55 Ways to Repurpose a Donation
USAID CIDI’s 55 Ways to Repurpose a Material Donation
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Public Awareness and Public Education
Preparing Your Community for Tsunamis: A Guidebook for Local Advocates
Published by GeoHazards International, this working draft guidebook is designed to help local leaders prepare their communities for tsunamis using a whole-community approach. This guidebook is for anyone who would like to be an advocate for tsunami preparedness in their community.
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Seguridad en caso de tsunami
Guia para seguridad en caso de Tsunamis. This document is a Tsunami Safety Checklist that gives you basic information on what to do and what supplies you need in case a tsunami occurs.
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Seguridad en caso de tormentas invernales
This document is a Winter Weather Safety Checklist that gives you basic information on what to do and what supplies you need in case winter weather and/or cold waves occur.
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Extreme Cold: A Prevention Guide to Promote Your Personal Health and Safety
Emergency procedures and public information regarding extreme cold weather compiled by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These guidelines have been developed for use in the United States, but may be relevant in other areas with similar climates. This resource includes preparing your home and vehicle, recognition
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Team Firestopper – Preventing Fire Before They Start in Central California
Fire remains one of the leading causes of unintentional deaths in California and the Nation and accounts for 90 percent of annual disaster responses by the American Red Cross. For those living in Central California, they are no exception. Due to the prevailing economic conditions in the Central Valley most homeowners and renters often do
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Mangroves and education reduce disaster risk in Viet Nam
The Red Cross of Viet Nam, with support from the International Federation, the Japanese Red Cross Society and the Danish Red Cross, has planted mangroves along almost all the coastline where natural conditions allow. Local communities carry out the planting and the planters have the right to harvest marine products in the areas where they
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Better be prepared: Education, Organization and Preparation for Risk Reduction
The “Better Be Prepared” series is made up of 14 modules which have been drawn up in the Regional Centre of Reference in Community-Based Education for the Prevention of Disasters with the support of the International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies through the Regional Representation for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean and
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Expect the Unexpected and Facing Fear: Emergency preparedness in schools
To prepare the population to act safely during unexpected events, the Canadian Red Cross has developed the preparedness program “Expect the Unexpected” to get ready for emergencies. This preparedness program is intended for students, their parents, teachers and Canadian Red Cross facilitators who may be called upon to contribute in class. The objective of this
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Harmonizing learning in Central America
The Regional Disaster Preparedness Reference Centre in El Salvador was created in 2005 to improve the capacity, quality and effectiveness of National Societies’ disaster response in the Central America region. The centre is responsible for coordinating the training of members of national disaster response or intervention teams in the region. To this end, it has
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