Preparedness Tips may also be found at the North Carolina Preparedness website, www.readync.org, prepared by the North Carolina Crime Control & Public Safety Department.

Floods:
Are you ready for a Flood or Flash Flood?
Two page color brochures that provides essential flood and flash flood safety information on one side and interactive questions on the other side. This brochure encourages family disaster planning and preparedness. 
Available from: The American Red Cross or National Weather Service.

Flash Floods and Floods... The Awesome Power
Twelve page color brochure that gives information on flash floods and floods, how they happen, dangers to people, driving safety and background information.
Available from: The American Red Cross or National Weather Service.

Your Home Has Been Flooded... the First Steps
Brochure that covers immediate steps to take after a flood, including safety and minimization for further damage.
Available from:  Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), or The American Red Cross.

Repairing Your Flooded Home
Sixty-page booklet detailing how to perform simple home repairs following a flood. 
Available from:  FEMA, or The American Red Cross.

Thunderstorms:
Are you Ready for a Thunderstorm?
Two page color brochure that provides essential thunderstorm and lightning information on one side and interactive questions on the other. It encourages family disaster planning and preparedness.
Available from:  The American Red Cross or National Weather Service.

Thunderstorms & Lightning... The Underrated Killers
Twelve-page color in-depth brochure that provides information on thunderstorms and lightning, the science behind these phenomena and how to stay safe.  
Available from: The National Weather Service, American Red Cross or FEMA.

Tornadoes:
Are You Ready for a Tornado?
Two-page color brochure that provides essential tornado safety information on one side and interactive questions on the other side. It encourages family disaster planning and preparedness.
Available from:  The American Red Cross or National Weather Service.

Tornadoes... Nature's Most Violent Storm
Color twelve-page brochure that gives information on tornadoes, how they are formed, and how to stay safe. Includes section on tornado safety for schools.
Available from: National Weather Service, American Red Cross or FEMA.

Tornado Safety Tips
Eight-page brochure that provides information on tornado safety.
Available from: FEMA.

Return to Natural Disasters

Multipurpose:
Prepare for Disaster
Brochure which provides health and safety information for use before, during and after a disaster. 
Available from: North Carolina Emergency Management Division

Your Family Disaster Plan
Brochure describing four steps to disaster safety - finding out what can happen, planning, preparing and practicing.
Available from:  American Red Cross, FEMA, or the North Carolina Emergency Management Division.

Your Disaster Supplies Kit
Brochure giving information on how to assemble a disaster supply kit and a checklist for items to place in the kit.
Available from:  The American Red Cross, FEMA, or the North Carolina Emergency Management Division.

Food and Water in an Emergency
Brochure describing steps to store water, purify water, locate water sources, and store food. 
Available from:  The American Red Cross or FEMA.

Emergency Preparedness Checklist
Brochure which helps families examine ways to prepare their home and each household member for disasters.
Available from:  The American Red Cross and FEMA.

Checklist for People with Mobility Problems
Brochure designed to provide guidance on disaster preparedness for people who have mobility problems.
Available from: The American Red Cross and FEMA.

Disaster Preparedness for Seniors by Seniors
Twenty pages in flip page format which provides disaster preparedness information for older adults.
Available from:  The American Red Cross.

Taking a Home Inventory and Settling Insurance Claims After a Disaster
Available from:  the North Carolina Insurance News Service  The North Carolina Insurance News Service.

Before Disaster Strikes ... How to Make Sure You're Financially Prepared to Deal with a Natural Disaster
Twelve page brochure on how to protect property, how to conduct a household inventory, insurance, where to keep cash, using an "evaluation box", and what items to gather before an evacuation.
Available from: The American Red Cross.

Disaster Preparedness Coloring Book
Twenty-four page coloring book designed for children ages 3 to 10 and a "helper" to discuss disasters that can happen and ways to get ready for them.
Available from:  The American Red Cross and FEMA.

Disaster Preparedness for People with Disabilities
Twenty-one page booklet which includes safety tips and precautions to take before, during and after a disaster for people with various disabilities.
Available from:  The American Red Cross and FEMA.

Safe Living Your Manufactured Home
Brochure designed to raise awareness and make specific suggestions for living in manufactured homes. It addresses tornadoes, fires and flood safety issues.
Available from:  The American Red Cross

Can You Afford to Lose Everything You Own?
Brochure describing the benefits of renters' insurance and defraying common misconceptions.
Available from:  The American Red Cross.

Pets and Disaster:  Get Prepared
Brochure developed with the Humane Society of the United States.  It covers having a pet disaster plan, suggested pet disaster supplies, what to do when a disaster threatens, and suggested alternatives since pets are not allowed in most shelters.
Available from:  The American Red Cross or The Humane Society of the United States.