Give Yourself a Better Chance

Special Needs Resources

Disaster Preparation is essential to being equipped to handle potentially dangerous situations when they arrive. This is particularly true for the disabled and pets who may have a hard time dealing with circumstances that may potentially be fatal. In order to be more prepared for these events, Dane County has produced two flyers that may help:

• Disaster Preparedness for People with Disabilities (37Kb PDF)
• Before Disaster Strikes - A Mini-plan for People with Pets (56Kb PDF)

Please print these flyers out and distribute them to anyone you may feel would benefit from them.

Related Resources

• Dane County Evacuation Plan
• Dane County Warning System

Useful Links

• American Red Cross
  
  Document: "Preparing for Disaster for People with Disabilities and Other Special Needs," 2004
• Disaster Preparedness Central
  
  Online Resource Directory for People with Disabilities
• Disability Preparedness.Gov
  
  Website packed with information for people with disabilities, including information about preparing service animals for emergencies.
• FEMA Resources
• Florida Department of Health Special Needs Shelter Program
• National Council on Disability
  
  Document: "Saving Lives: Including People with Disabilities in Emergency Planning," 2005
  
  Document: "Nobody Left Behind: Report on Exemplary Best Practices in Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response for People with Disabilities," 2007. Prepared by the Research and Training Center on Independent Living. University of Kansas.
• National Organization on Disability
  
  Website: Emergency Preparedness Initiative