Phase 3 - Warning

This data source provides data on indicators relevant to emergency preparedness such as demographics, Language spoken at home, English proficiency, country of origin, years living in U.S., housing status, and transportation.

This bill requires that the Director of California’s Office of Emergency Services considers the multiple languages and needs of populations who have limited English proficiency (LEP) and to incorporate their needs into emergency planning, response, and recovery training.   

The webcast highlights best practices and lessons learned in reaching vulnerable populations in a public health emergency.

In this study, focus groups were conducted to identify themes in African Americans’ decisions not to evacuate New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina.

This working paper presents the findings from a comprehensive assessment of emergency preparedness communication and public health messaging strategies for at-risk populations, including those with limited English proficiency (LEP).

This guide provides general emergency preparedness information as well as that which is specific to the needs of Sacramento County, California residents. The guide is available in multiple languages.  

This resource is a fact sheet about carbon monoxide poisoning. It explains what carbon monoxide is and where it can be found. The majority of the information is about carbon monoxide poisoning and how to reduce risk of CO poisoning.

This article focuses on strategies to effectively communicate with vulnerable populations, including racial/ethnic minorities and individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP), in the event of a water contamination crisis.  

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.

This comprehensive manual serves as a guide for developing an emergency response plan from the ground up.

The syllabus for this course, offered at the University of Colorado, Boulder, is available online and provides links to a number of articles which focus on the vulnerability of racially/ethnically diverse communities across various phases of an emergency.

This report examines the problem of communicating emergency information to communities which are multi-ethnic.

This qualitative study examines factors influencing evacuation decisions of impoverished, mainly minority communities in New Orleans who were severely affected by Hurricane Katrina.

The September/October 2008 installment of the DiversityPrepardness.org E-Newsletter highlights a number of promising resources, contains information pertaining to hurricane season and culturally diverse populations, and excerpts from and interview with Dr. Randy Rowell.

This slideshow presentation provides findings from a comprehensive review of literature and websites which assessed current initiatives and information available on emergency preparedness for racially and ethnically diverse communities.

This audio feature consists of an interview between New America Media and representatives from ethnic media news organizations regarding their efforts to reach ethnically diverse populations in the hours and days following a disaster.  

This research based article examines health concerns identified by Latinos who resided in the path of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and Mississippi.

The aim in the article is to give a critical analysis of research that has been done on crisis communication as well as intercultural public relations and develop a different theoretical framework.

This brief article highlights the efforts of Emergency and Community Health Outreach Minnesota (ECHO) to effectively reach populations with limited English proficiency (LEP) in a public health emergency. 

This work of synthesis shows how various racial and ethnic groups perceive natural hazard risks and respond to warnings.

This online course provides both general and specific risk communication strategies to successfully reach special populations in an emergency.

This report documents how migrant farm workers were impacted during the 2007 wildfires in North San Diego County and provides recommendations to improve future response and recovery efforts.

This audio file provides information on sirens and telephone alerts, and is available in multiple languages.

This handout provides information on sirens and telephone alerts, and is available in multiple languages.

This mobile video provides information on sirens and telephone alerts, and is available in multiple languages.

This multimedia presentation provides information on sirens and telephone alerts, and is available in multiple languages.