Emergency Information & Cards – FEMA has put together an excellent PDF form that you can fill out and save or print to organize all of your personal emergency information.
Child Cards – These are cards that you can fill out and then fold up to keep in your child’s wallet/purse/backpack for all of their personal emergency information. It would be a good idea to tape the edges of the folded card and put a $20 bill inside for your child to use in emergencies, as well.
Lessons From Katrina and Rita – This report from the Victoria Transport Policy Institute takes a look at failures in the emergency response to hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Law Enforcement Lessons Learned From Hurricane Katrina – Researchers from The University of South Carolina put this report together, which evaluates the lessons learned from hurricane Katrina.
The Pandemic Influenza Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Guide – This is the Department of Homeland Security’s guide for businesses to help prepare for pandemics.
Preparing Workplaces for an Influenza Pandemic – Along similar lines to the last document, this is OSHA’s guide to pandemic preparedness for businesses.
Social Distancing as a Pandemic Influenza Prevention Measure – This paper from the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases is a review of recent literature related to social distancing as a method of dealing with flu outbreaks.
Interim Pre-pandemic Planning Guidance: Community Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Mitigation — This is the CDC’s community level guide for limiting the spread of pandemics in the US.
Pandemic Influenza: Quarantine, Isolation and Social Distancing – The Colorado Department of Human Services put together this field manual for dealing with pandemics.
Rapid Activation of Social Distancing – This journal article published in BMC Public Health tests the effectiveness of social distancing at stopping a pandemic when it is started early