Emergency Preparedness
Are you prepared?
Community emergencies can be caused by several things, including ice storms, floods, tornados, or terrorism.
There are three important tasks you should complete Before you & your family are faced with an emergency:
- Develop a family response plan to different types of emergencies.
- Keep three days' worth of emergency supplies in your home (and a smaller supply in your vehicle).
- Create a communication plan for reaching family during an emergency.
General Preparedness
- American Red Cross
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Northern Virginia Regional Commission
- Safe Rooms (for tornados)
- US Department of Homeland Security (Ready.Gov)
- Virginia Department of Emergency Management
- Arlington Alert System
Public Health Emergencies
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Public Health Emergency Preparedness
- Virginia Department of Public Health