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Printable Brochures and Related Links
Brochures
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Brochures: How EPA Helps
- Federal emergency response and recovery (6 pp, 62 KB)
- EPA's Emergency Response Program (20 pp,127 KB)
- EPA's Emergency Response Managers (2 pp, 103 KB)
- National Response Program (20 pp, 127 KB)
- Regional Emergency Operations Center (1p, 43 KB)
Brochures: EPA's response resources
- ASPECT early reconnaissance airplane (1p, 71 KMB)
- DataRAM (4 pp, 85 KB)
- DataRAM product overview (2 pp, 898 KB)
- HAWK Camera on Helicopter (1p, 34 KB)
- Laboratory (2 pp, 2.8 MB)
- National Decontamination Team (1 p, 63 KB)
- Radiation risks and realities (4 pp, 115 KB)
- Radioactive contamination and radiation exposure (2 pp, 82 KB)
- Regional dive team (1p, 28 KB)
- Trace atmospheric gas analyzer (1p, 27 KB)
- Understanding radiation in our world (16 pp, 67 KB)
Brochures: How to help
- Report spills (2 pp, 124 KB)
- Sell services or supplies (72 pp, 1.3 MB)
- Volunteer to help (1p, 1.1 MB)
- Wear protective gear (1p, 49 KB)
Brochures: What to do
- Steps to Stay Safe as You Return Home (2 pp, 28 KB), en Español (2 pp, 32 KB), Tiếng Việ (2 pp, 153 KB), Chinese (3 pp, 259 KB)
- Carbon monoxide poisoning (2 pp, 66 KB)
- Children and disasters
- Helping Children Cope with Disaster (12 pp, 491 KB), en Español (4 pp, 81 KB), Tiếng Việ (4 pp, 318 KB)
- Recommendations Regarding Return of Children to Areas Impacted by Flooding and/or Hurricanes (3 pp, 74 KB)
- Preparedness Coloring Book (26 pp, 926 KB), en Español (25 pp, 1.1 MB), Tiếng Việ (24 pp, 1.1 MB)
- Disaster preparation
- Preparing for Disaster (14 pp, 668 KB)
- Blueprint for Safety News (4 pp, 1.1 MB)
- 5 Formas de Prepararse Para Una Emergencia (2 pp, 138 KB)
- Safety Awareness for Responders to Hurricanes (25 pp, 2.3 MB)
- Disaster preparedness for pets (2 pp, 307 MB)
- Drinking water (4 pp, 310 KB), en Español (4 pp, 320 KB), Chinese (5 pp, 250 KB)
- Emergency supplies
- Build A Disaster Supplies Kit, en Español (1p, 33 KB), Tiếng Việ (1p, 47 KB)
- Recommended Emergency Supplies for Schools
- Finding family members (1p, 41 KB)
- Fire, smoke and fumes
- How Smoke and Fires Can Affect Your Health (2 pp, 446 KB)
- Protecting Yourself from Adverse Health Effects of Smoke (1p, 31 KB)
- Flooding
- Private Wells - What to Do After the Flood (3 pp, 382 KB), en Español (3 pp, 715 KB), Chinese (4 pp, 249 KB)
- Flood Cleanup: Avoiding Indoor Air Quality Problems (2 pp, 37 KB)
- Flood Cleanup and the Air in Your Home (15 pp, 1.1 MB), en Español (15 pp, 1.1 MB)
- Generators: use safely (1 p, 159 KB), en EspaƱol (2 pp, 104 KB), Tiếng Việ (2 pp, 112 KB), Chinese (2 pp, 179 KB)
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Hazardous waste
- Drop Off Centers for Galveston County HHW (1 p, 284 KB)
- Examples of Household Hazardous Waste (1 p, 23 KB), en Español (2 pp, 23 KB), Tiếng Việ (1 p, 118 KB), Chinese (3 pp, 158 KB)
- Household Hazardous Waste Collection (Generic flyer) (1p, 25 KB)
- Hurricane Orphan Drum Program (1 p, 44 KB) , en Español (1 p, 57 KB), Tiếng Việ (1 p, 69 KB)
- Mercury (2 pp, 173 KB)
- Picking Up the Pieces (1p, 115 KB)
- Radiation (4 pp, 115 KB)
- Refrigerants (1p, 39 KB)
- Sorting Household Debris (1p, 2.3 MB), en Español (1p, 2.3 MB), Tiếng Việ (1 p, 2.7 MB)
- Mold and mildew
- A Brief Guide to Mold, Moisture, and Your Home (20 pp, 1.2 MB), en Español (20 pp, 1.2 MB)
- CDC Get Rid of Mold (15 pp, 196 KB)
- Flood Cleanup and the Air in Your Home (15 pp, 1.1 MB), en Español (15 pp, 1.1 MB), Tiếng Việ (28 p, 4.4 MB)
- Mold - Prevention Strategies and Possible Health Effects (52 pp, 813 KB)
- Mold Remediation in Schools and Commercial Buildings (54 pp, 4.6 MB)
- Preparing your pets for emergencies (2 pp, 1.9 MB)
- Reducing lead hazards (26 pp, 807 KB)
- Protect Your Children From Lead Poisining (2 pp, 167 KB)
- Shelter-in-place
- American Red Cross Shelter-in-Place (2 pp, 87 KB)
- CDC - Sheltering in Place during a Radiation Emergency (3 pp, 92 KB)
Links to Agencies
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Community and State Information from Ready.gov
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- U.S. Department of the Interior
- U.S. Geological Survey
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Alerts |
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