EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS RESOURCES
Government Resources
- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security www.ready.gov
- US Department of Health and Human Services www.cdc.gov/flu/
- American Red Cross www.redcross.org/services/disaster/beprepared/
- American Red Cross in LA www.redcrossla.org
- Federal Emergency Management Agency https://www.fema.gov/plan-prepare
- Governor’s Office of Emergency Services www.oes.ca.gov
- County of Los Angeles www.lacoa.org
- Office of Emergency Management www.espfocus.org 213- 974-1166
- City of Los Angeles Emergency Preparedness www.lacity.org/emd/ 213-978-2222
- Emergency Pet Preparedness: ASPCA www.aspca.org
- LAFD Emergency Preparedness Booklet www.cert-la.com/EmergPrepBooklet.pdf
Emergency Kits, Equipment, and Supplies
Local plumbing and hardware stores, chains such as Costco and Home Depot, camping and outdoor wilderness supply stores have many supplies. Also, consider these sources:
- SOS Survival Products, Van Nuys, CA – survival products, kits www.sosproducts.com 1-800-479-7998
- Quake Kare Inc, Moorpark, CA 93021 – survival products, kits www.quakekare.com 1-805-553-0688
- Ready Freddy – kits, no batteries required www.ReadyFreddy.com 1-800-687-6448
- PreparedPAK – kits for home safety, family, pets, car www.preparedpak.com
Training
Contact the Red Cross or LAFD for information on training in First Aid, CPR, and CERT.
www.cert-la.com Cert Unit 818.756.9674
Updated November 2020