Are You Ready?
An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness
Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness (IS-22)
is FEMA’s most comprehensive source on individual, family, and community
preparedness. The guide has been revised, updated, and enhanced in August 2004
to provide the public with the most current and up-to-date disaster
preparedness information available.
Are You Ready? provides a step-by-step approach to disaster
preparedness by walking the reader through how to get informed about local
emergency plans, how to identify hazards that affect their local area, and how
to develop and maintain an emergency communications plan and disaster supplies
kit. Other topics covered include evacuation, emergency public shelters,
animals in disaster, and information specific to people with disabilities.
Are You Ready? also provides in-depth information on specific
hazards including what to do before, during, and after each hazard type. The
following hazards are covered: Floods, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Thunderstorms
and Lightning, Winter Storms and Extreme Cold, Extreme Heat, Earthquakes,
Volcanoes, Landslide and Debris Flows (Mudslide), Tsunamis, Fires, Wildfires,
Hazardous Materials Incidents, Household Chemical Emergencies, Nuclear Power
Plant, and Terrorism (including Explosion, Biological, Chemical, Nuclear, and
Radiological hazards).
Are You Ready?, also available in
Spanish,
can be used in a variety of ways including as a read-through or reference
guide. The guide can also be used as a study manual guide with credit awarded
for successful completion and a 75 percent score on a final exam. Questions
about the exam should be directed to the FEMA Independent Study Program by
calling 1-800-238-3358 or by going to
www.training.fema.gov/emiweb/is.
Also available is the Are You Ready? Facilitator Guide (IS-22FG).
The Facilitator Guide is a tool for those interested in delivering
Are You Ready? content in a small group or classroom setting. The
Facilitator Guide is an easy to use manual that has instruction modules
for adults, older children, and younger children. A resource CD is packaged
with the Facilitator Guide that contains customizable presentation
materials, sample training plans, and other disaster preparedness education
resources.
Copies of Are You Ready? and the Facilitator Guide are available
through the FEMA publications warehouse (1.800.480.2520). For large
quantities, your organization may reprint the publication. Please visit our
reprint page for more information.
For more publications on disaster preparedness, visit the
Community and Family Preparedness webpage.
FEMA RELEASES "Getting Ready For Disaster" DVD
With the upcoming hurricane season on the horizon, killer tornados and
wildfires in the Midwest and south and California floods breaking levies,
FEMA announces the release of a new citizen preparedness DVD titled,
"Getting Ready For Disaster- One Family's Experience". The DVD guides
viewers through important steps of disaster preparedness and is a welcome
addition to FEMA's preparedness materials.
A
transcript of the videos has been provided for those that are unable to
view these files.
Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness
- Are You Ready Full Document (PDF
21MB)
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Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
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