Clean Up Safely After a Disaster
Overview
Specific Cleanup Topics
- Carbon Monoxide Exposure
- Chain Saw Injury
- Chemical Hazards
- Cleaning & Sanitizing with Bleach
- Debris Smoke
- Electrical Hazards
- Environmental Concerns
- Flood Recovery
- Food & Water Safety
- Hand Hygiene
- Heat Exposure
- HVAC Systems
- Mold
- Pressure Washer Injury
- Pressure Washers Safety
- Reentering Your Flooded Home
- Respiratory Protection for Residents
Educational Materials
- Posters and Flyers:
- Keep Food Safe
- English (429 KB/1 page)
- Vietnamese (86 KB/1 page)
- Eat Safe Food
- English (180 KB/1 page)
- Spanish (464 KB/1 page)
- Vietnamese (57 KB/1 page)
- Make Water Safe
- English (325 KB/1 page)
- Spanish (423 KB/1 page)
- Vietnamese (44 KB/1 page)
- Drink Safe Water
- English (109 KB/1 page)
- Spanish (137 KB/1 page)
- Vietnamese (50 KB/1 page)
- Wash Your Hands
- English (95 KB/1 page)
- Spanish (96 KB/1 page)
- French (93 KB/1 page)
- Haitian Creole (92 KB/1 page)
- Vietnamese (98 KB/1 page)
- Carbon Monoxide Hazard: Proper use of pressure washer engines
- English (39 KB/1 page)
- Kill Germs with Bleach
- Getting Rid of Cleaning Products and Other Chemicals
- English (84 KB/1 page)
- Spanish (84 KB/1 page)
- Vietnamese (83 KB/1 page)
- Get Rid of Mold
- English (201 KB/1 page)
- Spanish (223 KB/1 page)
- Vietnamese (131 KB/1 page)
- Say No to CO! Proper use of pressure washers and generators
- Keep Food Safe
- Stickers:
- Clean Hands Save Lives
Stickers for printing on 8.5" x 11" sticky-tac paper- English (1.5 MB/1 page)
- Spanish (1.4 MB/1 page)
- French (1.4 MB/1 page)
- Haitian Creole (1.4 MB/1 page)
- Clean Hands Save Lives
- Handout Cards:
- Hand Hygiene
- English (34 KB/2 pages)
For use when distributing hand sanitizer
Also available in Microsoft Word format (50 KB/2 pages)
- English (34 KB/2 pages)
- Hand Hygiene
- Slide Sets:
- "Clean Hands Save Lives" (504 KB/9 slides)
- Flyer: Carbon Monoxide Hazard" Proper use of pressure washer engines (39 KB/1 page)
- Flyer: Kill Germs With Bleach (172 KB/1 page)
Spanish (64 KB/1 page) | Vietnamese - Flyer: Getting Rid of Cleaning Products & Other Chemicals (84 KB/1 page)
Spanish (84 KB/1 page) | Vietnamese - Flyer: Get Rid of Mold
Spanish | Vietnamese - Flyer: Say No to CO! Proper use of pressure washers and generators (159 KB/1 page)
Spanish (181 KB/1 page) - Flyer: Wash Your Hands: After a disaster, staying clean can be hard to do..."
Spanish | Vietnamese
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- Page last updated November 9, 2012
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