• Behavioral Issues
• Child Care
• Cleaning Up After a Storm
• Communication
• Deciding To Stay Or Go
• Evacuation Shelters
• First Aid & Medical
• Flood Center
• Food and Water
• Help the Relief Effort
• Insurance Center
• Lighting & Power
• Pet and Animal Care
• Preparing Your Home
• Special Needs
• Storms Explained

Preparing Your Home

The key to weathering any storm is proper preparation. Making a solid plan and following through will save you and your family the last minute stresses of trying to secure your home and belongings. Here you will find information on how to prepare yourself (compiling emergency essentials and disaster supply kits), your home (securing the interior and exterior properly) and your business (minimize damage and loss) so you make it through the storm intact.

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Preparing Yourself

1. Do You Have a Hurricane Disaster Supply Kit?
2. Essentials Checklist: First Aid
3. Essentials Checklist: Food
4. Essentials Checklist: Important Family Documents
5. Essentials Checklist: Sanitation Supplies
6. Essentials Checklist: Tools and Supplies
7. Emergency Planning and Emergency Supply Kit
8. FEMAs Are You Ready? - Assembling a Disaster Supply Kit
9. FEMAs Are You Ready? - Emergency Planning and Checklists
10. FEMAs Are You Ready? - Getting Informed
11. FEMAs Are You Ready? - Practicing and Maintaining Your Plan
12. FEMAs Are You Ready? - Taking Shelter
13. FEMAs Are You Ready? - Why Prepare

Safe Rooms/Shelters

1. Building Your Shelter
2. Building a Safe Room: Do You Need a Shelter?
3. Building a Safe Room: Understanding the Hazard
4. Planning Your Shelter
5. Safe Rooms: General Information on In Home Shelter
6. Shelter-in-Place in an Emergency
7. Taking Shelter from the Storm
8. Tornado/Hurricane Safe Rooms FAQs

Securing the Exterior

1. Against the Wind: Protecting Your Home from Hurricane Wind Damage
2. Add Waterproof Veneer to Exterior Walls
3. Anchor Your Fuel Tanks
4. Install Sewer Backflow Valves
5. High Winds: Brace Gable End Roof Framing
6. High Winds: Install Shutters or Plywood Window Covers
7. High Winds: Maintain EIFS Walls
8. High Winds: Protect Windows and Doors
9. High Winds: Reinforce Double Entry Doors
10. High Winds: Reinforce or Replace Garage Doors
11. High Winds: Remove Trees and Potential Windborne Missiles
12. High Winds: Secure Built-Up and Single-Ply Roofs
13. High Winds: Secure Composition Shingle Roofs
14. High Winds: Secure Metal Siding and Metal Roofs
15. Anchor and Brace Propane Tanks and Gas Cylinders
16. Build with Flood-Resistant Materials
17. Dealing with Vegetation and Combustible Materials
18. Dry Floodproof Your Building
19. Protect Wells from Contamination by Flooding
20. Replace Roofing with Fire-Resistant Materials
21. Protecting Your Home from the Winds of a Hurricane
22. Types of Hurricane Shutters FAQ

Securing the Interior

1. Install a Generator for Emergency Power
2. Raise Electrical System Components
3. Raise or Floodproof Heating, Ventilating, and Cooling (HVAC) Equipment
4. Protect Business Records and Inventory
5. Anchor Equipment Properly
6. Anchor Tall Bookcases and File Cabinets
7. Bolt Sill Plates to Foundation
8. Brace Cripple Walls
9. Install Latches on Drawers and Cabinet Doors
10. Mount Framed Pictures and Mirrors Securely
11. Restrain Desktop Computers and Appliances
12. Use Flexible Connections on Gas and Water Lines
13. Protecting Valuable Records