Below are resources to care for yourself and your client in an emergency, including earthquakes, flooding, and extreme cold.
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Prepare yourself and your clients for emergencies
How to put together an emergency kit for any situation or disaster (WA Department of Health)
Disaster Preparedness for People with Disabilities – Available in Arabic, Spanish, French, Haitian Creole, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and Chinese
How to prepare for emergencies (WA Department of Health)
Caregivers Preparedness Checklist, available in English and Spanish (Red Cross)
Disaster Preparedness for Older Adults, available in English and Spanish (Red Cross)
Emergency Preparedness Tips (Red Cross)
Earthquake Resources in Washington (WA Department of Health)
Earthquake Resources in Montana
Earthquake Guide for the Elderly and People with Disabilities.
Landslides: How to prepare (WA Department of Health)
How to shelter-in-place (WA Department of Health)
Prepare a disaster supply kit (Ready.Gov)
What to do in extreme cold
Winter Storms in Washington: How to prepare
Winter Safety Tips in Montana: Montana811 and Safe Winter Driving
What to do before, during, and after a flood
Know Your Flood Risk (FEMA)
Protect Your Property from Flooding (FEMA)
Flood Resources in Washington (WA Department of Health)
Sign up to receive emergency alerts in Washington state
- Asotin County: Sign up for NotifyMe
- Benton County: Sign up for Code-Red
- Chelan County: Sign up for Everbridge
- Clallum County: Sign up for Everbridge
- Clark County: Sign up for Smart911 through CRESA911
- Columbia County: Sign up for Code-Red
- Cowlitz County: Sign up for Hyper-reach
- Douglas County: Sign up for Everbridge
- Ferry County: Sign up for Alert Ferry County System
- Franklin County: Sign up for Code-Red
- Garfield County: Sign up for AlertSense
- Grays Harbor: Sign up for Smart911
- Grant County: Sign up for NotifyMe
- Island County: Sign up for myAlerts
- Jefferson County: Sign up for NIXLE
- King County: Sign up for Alert King County. In Seattle, sign up for ALERT Seattle.
- Kitsap County: Sign up for Kitsap ALERT
- Kittitas County: Sign up for Everbridge
- Klickitat County: Sign up for Smart911
- Lewis County: Sign up for Lewis County Alert
- Lincoln County: Sign up for AlertSense
- Okanogan County: Sign up for Everbridge
- Mason County: Sign up for Code-Red
- Pacific County: Sign up for Hyper-reach
- Pend Orielle: Sign up for NIXLE
- Pierce County: Sign up for PC-Alert
- Skagit County: Sign up for Code-Red
- Skamania County: Sign up for Hyper-reach
- Snohomish County: Personal preparedness guides
- Spokane County: Sign up for Alert Spokane
- Stevens County: Sign up for Hyper-reach
- Thurston County: Sign up for TC-Alert
- Wahkiakum County: Sign up for ALERT Wahkiakum
- Walla Walla County: Sign up for Citizen ALERT (QR code online)
- Whatcom County: Sign up for Whatcom Unified ALERT Sense
- Whitman County: Sign up for Everbridge
- Yakima County: Sign up for ALERT Yakima
- Statewide: Washington Emergency Department