Phase 2 - Preparedness
This report focuses on the 2007 California Wildfires and the impact of natural disasters on Latino and immigrant communities.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 6 - Response, Channels of Communication, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters, Mass Casualties
Language(s): English
Date added: 01/30/2009
Fritz Institute's BayPrep project seeks to improve disaster preparedness in the San Francisco Bay Area and ensure that vulnerable communities have been taken into account in disaster planning.
Subtopics: Organizational Supports, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
Date added: 09/30/2008
This data source provides information on health behaviors, access to care, and disease prevalence in the adult population.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Building Knowledge, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
Date added: 05/11/2009
This handout provides information on biological emergencies in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Bioterrorism, Outbreaks, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Hindi, Russian
Date added: 07/07/2008
The goal of this report was to determine whether individuals in categories of English as a Second Language, Urban Asian, and Urban Caucasian have differing beliefs and perceptions about types of terrorism agents and events.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Channels of Communication, Message Content, Bioterrorism, Outbreaks, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Chemical, Radiation
Language(s): English
Date added: 03/19/2008
This audio file provides information on blackouts and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
Date added: 02/16/2009
This handout provides information on blackouts and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
Date added: 07/23/2008
This mobile video provides information on blackouts and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
Date added: 02/16/2009
This multimedia presentation provides information on blackouts and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
Date added: 02/16/2009
This web-video provides information on blackouts and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
Date added: 02/16/2009
This handout provides information on bombing or explosion emergencies in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 2 - Preparedness, Mass Casualties, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Hindi, Russian
Date added: 07/07/2008
This handout provides information on how to build an emergency preparedness kit for emergencies in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Building Knowledge, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
Date added: 03/27/2009
This translated bulletin provides general information regarding the nature of terrorism and advises the reader of preventative measures which can be taken to help offset the effects of a terrorist attack.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Spanish, Chinese
Date added: 03/19/2008
This report presents the findings from a statewide assessment of emergency preparedness programs and initiatives for racially and ethnically diverse communities in California.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Organizational Supports, Building Partnerships, Building Knowledge, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
Date added: 05/11/2009
CDC SNAPS has pooled various data sources to develop national, state, and county profiles consisting of indicators relevant to emergency preparedness.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Emergency Decision Making, Building Knowledge, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
Date added: 04/21/2009
This U.S. Census Bureau website provides demographic and socioeconomic data on costal populations and areas at elevated risk for natural disasters in the United States.
Subtopics: Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
Date added: 06/16/2010
The CDC Emergency Preparedness and response website provides information on a number of different types of emergencies and can be viewed in 13 different languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Bioterrorism, Outbreaks, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters, Radiation, Mass Casualties, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Vietnamese, Spanish, Korean, Tagalog, Portuguese, Chinese, French, Russian, Haitian Creole, German, Italian
Date added: 04/28/2008
This handout provides information on chemical emergencies in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 2 - Preparedness, Chemical, Mass Casualties, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, French, Hindi, Russian
Date added: 07/07/2008
This audio file provides information on chemical emergencies and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Chemical, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
Date added: 02/16/2009
This handout provides information on chemical emergencies and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Chemical, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
Date added: 07/23/2008
This mobile video provides information on chemical emergencies and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Chemical, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
Date added: 02/16/2009
This multimedia presentation provides information on chemical emergencies and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Chemical, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
Date added: 02/16/2009
This web-video provides information on chemical emergencies and is available in multiple languages.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Chemical, Terrorism
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
Date added: 02/16/2009
The Chinatown Disaster Project provides a "Disaster Preparedness and Response FastFacts Handbook" and training for residents in San Francisco's Chinatown to prepare them for independent survival in the first 72 hours following a disaster.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Building Knowledge, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
Date added: 03/19/2008
This resource guide provides information to residents of San Francisco's Chinatown on disaster preparedness and response.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Building Knowledge, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English, Chinese
Date added: 04/20/2009
This website provides links to the results of a number of surveys on individual preparedness by various characteristics, including race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status.
Subtopics: Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
Date added: 08/13/2009
This website provides data and GIS maps on demographics and public transportation in 20 metropolitan regions.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
Date added: 05/08/2009
Outlines an emergency preparedness plan for the farmworker communities in San Diego County, and also contains the "San Diego Firestorm 2007 Report: Fire Impact on Farmworkers & Migrant Communities in North County" prepared by the National Latino Research Center at the California State University, San Marcos.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
Date added: 04/05/2011
The CCD's Build A Table Tool allows users to view data on school enrollment at various levels, from national to school specific, and can be viewed by race/ethnicity, sex, and grade level.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Building Knowledge, Phase 2 - Preparedness
Language(s): English
Date added: 05/11/2009
Using the case of Hurricane Katrina to illustrate the collapse of the standard model of emergency management without a clear focus on the role of cognition, the authors reframe the concept of intergovernmental crisis management as a complex, adaptive system.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Channels of Communication, Message Content, Emergency Decision Making, Phase 3 - Warning, Building Knowledge, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters
Language(s): English
Date added: 04/04/2009