Disaster Preparedness for:
- Seniors
- People with disabilities and special needs
- People with medical conditions
A Clear
Fire Safety Message - A Fire Safety Fact Sheet for the Visually Impaired:
Disaster Preparedness for People with
Disabilities: A comprehensive guide designed to help people who have physical,
visual, auditory, or cognitive disabilities to prepare for natural disasters
and their consequences. (June 1997)
Earthquake Safety Tips for Seniors: Compiled by the
Emergency Evacuation Preparedness—A Guide for People with Disabilities and Other Activity
Limitations: By June Isaacson Kailes, Disability Policy
Consultant. (2002)
Emergency Preparedness for Employees with Disabilities in
Office Occupancies: Compiled by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
and the
Emergency Procedures for
Employees with Disabilities in Office Occupancies:
Fire Risks for the Mobility
Impaired:
Fire Safe and Sound – A Fire Safety Fact Sheet for
the Deaf and Hard of Hearing:
Fire Safety for Older Adults and Their Caregivers:
Heat Stress in the Elderly: Compiled by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. (October 2004)
Let's Retire Fire: Fire Safety for Older Americans:
National Organization on
Disability: Emergency Preparedness Initiative (EPI)
Preparedness Information for Seniors,
Written by Seniors (October 1995)
READY.GOV - For People with Disabilities and Special Needs
READY.GOV - Information for Older Americans
Removing the Barriers - A Fire
Safety Fact Sheet for People with Disabilities and their Caregivers:
Sign Language for Emergency
Situations: A helpful manual for assisting people with hearing impairments.
Special Populations Fire-Safe
Checklist:
U.S. Department of
Transportation Emergency Preparedness Guidelines for People with Disabilities
Using a Generator When Disaster Strikes: Developed with technical
advice from the National Fire Protection Association (publisher of the National
Electric Code®).
The following tip
sheets were developed by the Independent Living Resource
Center San Francisco
Tips for People with Cognitive
Disabilities
Tips for People with Communication
Disabilities
Tips for People with Disabilities
and Medical Concerns
Tips for People with Environmental
or Chemical Sensitivities
Tips for People with Hearing
Impairments
Tips for People with Life-Support
Systems
Tips for People with Mobility
Concerns
Tips for People with Psychiatric
Disabilities