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EMERGENCY PLANNING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES

Disaster Preparedness For People With Disabilities Red Cross, undated, last accessed 12/04

Assisting People With Disabilities In A Disaster FEMA PUBLICATION 10/04

People with Disabilities and Disaster Planning (DP2) - a group of people primarily from Los Angeles County who met during 1996 and 1997 and formulated recommendations to reduce problems with accessibility that many people with disabilities experienced after the Northridge Earthquake of 1994. This group included individuals with disabilities and individuals from the disaster planning and response professions.

Disaster Preparedness Tips for PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, by June Kailes - Although these "Tip Sheets" focus on earthquake safety, they are useful for all types of disaster preparedness for people with disabilities. Much of the information is also helpful in preparing for emergencies and disasters such as power outages, fires, floods, hurricanes, nuclear power plant accidents, tornados, tsunamis, volcanoes, winter storms and very cold or very hot weather. [accessed 10/6/05]

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