Preparedness Work Group

The Washington Emergency Management Division has created a work group of preparedness partners to collaborate and sync the preparedness messaging across the state. To participate, you'll need access to our BaseCamp hosted by our partners at CREW. Request using this form. Not everyone who requests access will be granted access. This is a work group for people working for specific organizations, not for the public as a large. For public preparedness tips, visit mil.wa.gov/preparedness 

Publications & Links

Have questions? Email us at public.education@mil.wa.gov

Get Two Weeks Ready

• 2 Weeks Ready - Backpack Brochure (PDF)
  • Print Ready Version of Backpack Brochure (PDF)
• 2 Weeks Ready – Emergency Information (PDF)
  • Print ReadyVersion of Emergency Info card (PDF)
• How does Drop, Cover, Hold on work? (Infographic) (PDF)
• Disasters Happen Poster (PDF)

Video Library

• EMDPrepare YouTube Channel
• Prepare Northwest playlist
• Prepare in a Year playlist
• Past Webinars
• Quickdraw Preparedness Videos
• ShakeOut Youth Video Contest winners

All Hazards - Basic Brochures

• English
• Chinese
• Korean
• Russian
• Spanish
• Tagalog
• Vietnamese

All Hazards - Basic Posters

• English
• Chinese
• Korean
• Russian
• Spanish
• Tagalog
• Vietnamese

Animals/Pets

• Pet Kit
• Pet Preparedness (2 Weeks Ready) 
• Pet Disaster Preparedness Kit (CDC)
• Pet Disaster Preparedness Kit (CDC) – Spanish

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

• Carbon Monoxide flyer - English (PDF)
• Carbon Monoxide flyer - Vietnamese (PDF)
• Carbon Monoxide flyer - Filipino (PDF)
• Carbon Monoxide flyer - Chinese (PDF)
• Carbon Monoxide flyer - Korean (PDF)

Chemical Emergencies

• Know What to do During Chemical Emergencies (PDF)
• Shelter-In-Place Flyer (In English & Spanish -- PDF)

Earthquake & Tsunami

• How to Drop, Cover, and Hold On poster
  
  • Spanish Poster
    
  • English Poster
  • English Video
  • Spanish Video
  • Italian Video
• Earthquake Insurance (PDF)
• Earthquake Country Brochure (PDF)
• Earthquake preparedness for mobile homes/manufactured homes (PDF)
• For Neighborhoods:
  • Map Your Neighborhood (MYN)
• For Kids:
  • The Earthquake Adventures of Terry and Gracie (K-2) (PDF)
  • The Earthquake Adventures of Terry and Gracie (3-6) (PDF) 
  • Without Warning: Tsunami Comic Book (PDF)
  • Without Warning: Earthquake Comic Book (PDF)
  • Prepare with Pedro
    • English (PDF)
    • Spanish (PDF)
• Tsunami Sirens
  • What are the Sirens? English (PDF) Spanish (PDF)

Enhanced 911

• Don't Let the Numbers Confuse You! (PDF)
• How to call 911 (PDF)
• 911 and Your Cellular Phone (PDF)
• 911—When Seconds Count (PDF)
• 911 Call Brochure-Spanish (PDF)
• What's Your Location (PDF)
• What's Your Location Poster (PDF)

Flood

• My Flood Book (In English & Spanish) (PDF)
• What to do when it's flooding (PDF)

Hazard Mitigation Plans

• WA State Enhanced Hazard Mitigation Plan

Kids

• Ready 2 Help game
  
• Kidz Stickers (PDF)
• The Earthquake Adventures of Terry and Gracie (K-2) (PDF)
• The Earthquake Adventures of Terry and Gracie (3-6) (PDF)
• The Volcanic Adventures of Terry and Gracie (K-6) (PDF)
• The Beautiful Mountain in the Sky - Lahar (K-6) (PDF)
• Tips for Kids: Ready Kids  (link)
• Disaster Activity Book for Kids English (PDF) Spanish (PDF)

Natural Disasters

• Learning About Natural Disasters With Word Games & Puzzles (GRADES 3-6) (PDF)
• Learning About Natural Disasters With Word Games & Puzzles (GRADES K-2) (PDF)
• Washington Geology Portal

Preparedness 

•  Personal Preparedness
  • Develop an Action Plan (PDF)
  • Create Out-of-Area Contact (PDF)
  • Contact Card in English (PDF)
  • Contact Card in Spanish (PDF)
  • Help / OK Card (PDF)
  • Store Water (PDF)
  • Grab and Go Kit (PDF)
  • Gather Important Documents (PDF)
  • Be 2 Weeks Ready (PDF)                       
  • Store Under the Bed Items (PDF)
  • Learn Utility Safety (PDF)
  • Practice Drop, Cover and Hold (PDF)
  • Learn Fire Safety (PDF)
  • How to Shelter-in-Place (PDF)
  • Conduct a Home Hazard Hunt (PDF)
  • Vehicle Kit
    
• Disaster Preparedness Guide - 2 Weeks Ready (PDF)
• DOH: Home Emergency Guide - 2012 (PDF)
• DOH: Home Emergency Guide - 2012 (Spanish) (PDF)
• Emergency Resource Guide, Spanish - 2007 (PDF)
• Emergency Preparedness Fact Sheets (Alternate Languages)

Prepare in a Year Booklets

• English
  
• Chinese
  
• Korean
  
• Russian
  
• Spanish
  
• Vietnamese

• Amharic (PDF)
• Arabic (PDF)
• Cambodian (PDF)
• Chinese (PDF)
• Farsi (PDF)
• Ilocano (PDF)
• Korean (PDF)
• Laotian (PDF)
• Romanian (PDF)
• Russian (PDF)
• Serbo-Croatian (PDF)
• Somaly (PDF)
• Spanish (PDF)
• Tagalog (PDF)
• Tigrigna (PDF)
• Ukrainian (PDF)
• Vietnamese (PDF)  

Power Outage

• Power Outage Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Generator Safety - English (PDF)
• Generator Safety - Spanish (PDF)
• Generator Safety - Somali (PDF)
• Generator Safety - Vietnamese (PDF)

Radiological

• Radiological Information for the public at this link.

Volcano

• Washington Volcano Hazards (PDF)
• Volcano Information Poster (PDF)
• Volcanic Ashfall Brochure - English (PDF)
• Volcanic Adventures of Terry the Turtle/Gracie the Wonder Dog (PDF)
• The Beautiful Mountain in the Sky; How to Be Safe if a Lahar Flows Down the Mountain (Grades K-6) (PDF)

Wildfire

• Wildfire Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Defend your home from wildfire (PDF)
• How to prepare your home for wildfires - English (PDF) & Spanish (PDF)
• Fireworks Safety (PDF)
• Prevent Wildfires While Having Fun Outdoors (PDF)
  
• Campfire Safety (PDF)

Windstorms

• Windstorms Fact Sheet (PDF)