Emergency Response Fact Sheets

Preparedness Today: What You Need to Know

The American Red Cross and CDC have teamed up to answer common questions and provide guidance on steps you can take now to protect you and your loved ones.

Chemical Agents: Facts About Evacuation

Knowing when and how to evacuate an area in an emergency

Chemical Agents: Facts About Sheltering in Place

How to find temporary shelter in an emergency

Chemical Agents: Facts About Personal Cleaning & Disposal of Contaminated Clothing

What to do if you come in physical contact with dangerous chemicals

Emergency Preparedness for Business

Instructions to building occupants, actions to be taken by facility management, and first responder notification procedures. From the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH)

Hospital Preparedness for Mass Casualities

Provided by the Advancing Health in America Policy Forum.

OSHA Best Practices for Hospital-Based First Receivers of Victims

Information to assist hospitals in developing and implementing emergency management plans for protecting hospital-based emergency department personnel during the receipt of contaminated victims from mass casualty incidents occurring at locations other than the hospital. Provided by the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA).