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This publications provides tips for preventive home maintenance.
This publication offers general guidelines for cleaning or replacing flood-damaged carpets and rugs.
This publication covers items to consider when trying to salvage flood-damaged appliances.
This publication provides recommendations for removing mold from most household items.
This publication offers tips to deal with snakes, both indoors and outdoors, during the recovery process of a flood or disaster with strewn debris.
This publication covers the supplies you will need at home in the event of an emergency or disaster.
This publication offers tips to people returning to their homes and communities after evacuation during an emergency or disaster.
This publication discusses how to possibly restore furniture, including antiques, damaged by floodwaters.
This publication covers important information about cleaning household textiles after a flood.
This publication discusses how to prevent mold growth in the home environment.
This publication covers the supplies you will need for a lengthy stay in a shelter during an emergency or disaster.
This publication offers guidelines if a recent storm results in water damage to pesticide containers or application equipment in your home or on your property.
The key to surviving a hurricane is preparation. This factsheet takes you through the thought process of what needs to be done before a storm so that you are prepared.
Both before and in the aftermath of a disaster, every household item prone to movement, falling, breakage, or fire poses a potential hazard. To mitigate the risk of danger, it is advisable to conduct a thorough inspection of your home promptly, identifying and rectifying any potential hazards.
This checklist describes household conditions that can be hazardous to the elderly and recommends ways to improve home safety for older people.
This publication focuses on inspecting your home for potential mold and moisture issues.
This publication discusses the pros and cons of mold testing in a home.
This factsheet discusses reasonable accommodation and reasonable modification and fair housing law.
The factsheet focuses on reasonable accommodations and modifications covered under fair housing law.
This publication offers a list of steps to take for cleanup and repair of your home following a disaster or emergency.
This publication for tobacco growers describes steps that can be taken to avoid or minimize tobacco curing losses due to an electrical outage.
This publication addresses the dangers of carbon monoxide and provides ways to protect families from harm or death related to carbon monoxide.
This short article describes using gutters to manage moisture around the home.
This publication covers how to spot a tornado, where to go during a storm and tornado survival rules and tips.
This publication covers potential moisture problems in attics, crawl spaces and walls after a flood or other disaster.
If you stay at your house during an emergency or disaster, take the following actions to ensure you are well prepared.
Many people assume that floods, storms, hurricanes and other disasters happen to someone else, and many people postpone taking care of family papers. This factsheet helps you to determine what papers you should worry about protecting.
Don’t be reluctant to talk with your family about the possibility of a hurricane, fire, tornado, or flood. Thought and action before the disaster hits usually helps family members react wisely. Families that work together to prepare for the problem will cope better than those who do not take precautions.
This publication covers the supplies needed for an evacuation due to an emergency or disaster, as well as a checklist of things to do before leaving your house.
This publication offers safety tips and first aid procedures to prevent and treat heat stress disorders that may occur during clean-up after a hurricane or other disaster.
This publication offers tips on choosing a contractor for home repairs after an emergency or disaster.
This publication for farmers covers the guidelines to deal with pesticide storage facilities that may have been damaged by a flood or other disaster.
Esta publicación analiza los peligros del monóxido de carbono y brinda formas de proteger a las familias de daños o muertes relacionadas con el monóxido de carbono.
El radón es un gas inodoro, incoloro, radiactivo que ocurre naturalmente el cual se encuentra asociado al cáncer al pulmón. Esta publicación analiza cómo realizar una prueba de radón en su casa y qué debe hacer con los resultados.
Making arrangements for your pets should be part of your household disaster planning. If you must evacuate your home, it’s always wise to take your pets with you. Although trained service dogs are allowed in emergency shelters, other pets are not allowed due to public health and safety reasons. You need to have other plans for your pets. Advance planning is essential; it could save a pet’s life.
Durante e inmediatamente después de un desastre, cualquier artículo de la casa que puede moverse, caerse, romperse, o causar un incendio y volverse peligroso. Para reducir la posibilidad de peligro, inspeccione su hogar para encontrar y corregir peligros potenciales.
