September is National Preparedness Month

2019 Oregon Preparedness Month

Save Early for Disaster Costs: Prepare your Finances

• Check your insurance coverage and review the Document and Insure Your Property guide
• Visit Floodsmart.gov to learn more about flood insurance and how to protect your home or business
• Plan financially for the possibility of disaster
• Complete an Emergency Financial First Aid Kit (EFFAK)
• Financial preparedness graphics (Spanish)
• Flood insurance graphics (Spanish)
• Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services

Make a Plan to Prepare

Preparedness tools for Oregonians  What to take during an evacuation

Teach Youth to Prepare

• Caring for Children in a Disaster (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  
• Tools and Resources
• Ready Wrigley (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Youth Preparedness (Ready.gov)
• Ready Kids (Ready.gov)
• Sesame Street Fire Safety Program for preschool children (U.S. Fire Administration)
• Owley Skywarn (National Weather Service)
• Preparedness Comics (OEM)
• Tsunami: English and Spanish
• Earthquake: English and Spanish

Get Involved in Your Community’s Preparedness

• Oregon: Get Involved - State Emergency Registry of Volunteers (SERV-OR) and OHA Vista Program
• CDC: Get Involved
• National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
• National Safety Council
• Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT)
• State and Local Information