Natural Disasters

Anticipating emergencies and planning a response can greatly lessen the extent of injuries and limit equipment, material and property damage.

Clean Up

Keeping Workers Safe During Clean Up and Recovery Operations Following Hurricanes
http://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/hurricaneRecovery.html
From the US Occupational Safety & Health Administration

Fact Sheet: Flood Cleanup - Avoiding Indoor Air Quality Problems
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/flood.html
From the US Environmental Protection Agency

Natural Disasters: Response, Cleanup & Safety for Workers http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/workers.asp
From the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Flood Clean Up Fact Sheet
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35694
From the American Lung Association

Flood Clean Up
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/DisasterRecovery/flood.htm
From Iowa State University Extension

After a Disaster
http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/disaster/after.html
From University of Illinois Extension

West Virginia Disaster and Emergency Management Resource Manual http://www.wvu.edu/~exten/depts/cewd/wvdemr/Disaster%20Manual.htm
From West Virginia University Extension

Picking Up the Pieces After a Disaster
http://www.prepare.org/basic/Pieces.pdf
From the American Red Cross

Recover and Rebuild
http://www.fema.gov/rebuild/index.shtm
From the US Federal Emergency Management Agency

 

Additional Resources

These documents represent just some of the information about natural disaster preparedness that are in the National Safety Council Library. If you see something of interest, contact the library (630-775-2199) for help in obtaining documents.

C 06 - 0398
THE FURY: PREPARING FOR NATURAL DISASTERS
Author(s): MARLOW IM / SLATTER M / WOZNIAK T
Source: RISK MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE V.53 NO.5, PP.10-14, MAY 2006

C 06 - 0230
THE RIGHT PPE FOR DISASTER RESPONDERS
Author(s): JOHNSON L
Source: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY V.75 NO.1, PP.46,48-50, JAN 2006

C 05 - 1024
WATER DAMAGE CLEAN UP STEPS FROM IICRC
Author(s): NO *AUTHOR*
Source: FACILITY SAFETY MANAGEMENT, PP.6,8,10, OCT 2005

C 04 - 0339
PREPARE FOR HURRICANES, OTHER DISASTERS
Author(s): NO *AUTHOR*
Source: FACILITY SAFETY MANAGEMENT, PP.35-37, NOV 2003