Include these sites in your Emergency Information Document to ensure that you can quickly access them from any computer or smart phone.
- Download the FEMA App to access disaster preparedness tips, build your personal emergency kit, and look for open Disaster Recovery Centers along with open shelters (if you're a disaster survivor). Also, stay informed with the FEMA blog.
- Local emergency management officials often have notification systems. Opt-In to a distribution for your community. To find out if your community offers such services, contact your local office of Emergency Management.
- Signup to receive a monthly preparedness tip from FEMA's text messages program.
- Bookmark important mobile sites:
- Center for Diseases Control: m.cdc.gov
- American Red Cross: www.redcross.org/mobile
- FEMA/Ready: m.fema.gov
- National Hurricane Center: www.nhc.noaa.gov/mobile
- Bookmark important online sites:
- Your local emergency management agency, use Ready.gov's State and Local Information page to locate your community's direct information.
- National Weather Service: www.weather.gov
- American Red Cross Safe and Well: www.redcross.org/safeandwell
- Save your meeting locations on your phone's mapping device.
- Google Crisis Response
- Facebook Disaster Relief: www.facebook.com/disasterrelief
- Follow FEMA and Ready on line:
- In addition to using your cell phone and other technology, tune into broadcast television and radio for important news alerts. If applicable, be sure that you know how to activate the closed captioning or video description on your television.
- Important: In an emergency, you still need to call 9-1-1 for help. Remember that you cannot currently text 9-1-1. If you are not experiencing an emergency, do not call 9-1-1. If your area offers 3-1-1 service or another information system, call that number for non-emergencies
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