Resources
Your
Family Disaster Plan
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Posted February 2009
Medical and non-medical volunteers needed
for Essex County MRC (Medical Reserve Corps); visit the Essex
Regional Health Commission website.
Essex
County Public Health Reserve Corps brochure
New
Jersey Flood Fact Sheet: Hurricane Season 2008
- posted April 2008
FEMA
Offering Disaster Assistance - posted May 13,
2007

Ready
Together New Jersey: A Public Health Guide to Emergency Planning
Easy to read booklet helps residents
prepare themselves and their families for a health emergency
Your
Guide to: Prepring for Pandemic Flu
From the Livingston Health Department
What you should know, what you can do, contents of an pandemic
flu emergency kit, and public health implications
Essex
County Office of Emergency Management
593 Lincoln Avenue, 2nd floor - Orange, NJ 07050 (973) 395-2572
County
of Essex
Essex
Regional Health Commission
Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Are You Ready?
FEMA Citizen Guide to Preparedness
A comprehensive source of individual, family, and
community preparedness. Includes print and video about: basic
preparedness, natural hazards, technological hazards, terrorism,
recovering from a disaster, disaster supplies checklist, and
family communications plan.
American
Red Cross
American
Red Cross in Metropolitan New Jersey
209 Fairfield Rd - Fairfield, NJ 07004 - (973) 797-3300
Citizen
Corps
National
Weather Service
New
Jersey Office of Emergency Management
NJ State Police Headquarters, PO Box 706, West Trenton,
NJ 08628
Includes: "Plan & Prepare" section highlighting
the three basic steps to all-hazards preparedness: "Get
a Kit" of emergency supplies, "Make a Plan"
for what your family will do during an emergency; and "Stay
Informed" of possible threats.
New
Jersey Homeland Security
New
Jersey State Police
New
Jersey State Police/OEM
US
Department of Education Emergency Planning
US
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
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Tips for Emergency Preparedness
Ready:
Prepare, Plan, Stay Informed.
Informational sites for citizens, business and kids
September
is National Preparedness Month
Get a Kit, Make a Plan, Be Informed and Get Involved
National Preparedness Month is a nationwide effort
held each September to encourage Americans to take simple
steps to prepare for emergencies in their homes, businesses
and schools.