Emergency Response
Learn about procedures to respond to emergencies and disasters.
Being prepared before an emergency — such as a natural disaster, health pandemic, or violence — makes it easier for everyone to cope and recover during and after that emergency. These resources help early childhood programs learn more about emergency preparedness.
Check out emergency response and recovery and mental health and emergencies to explore related resources about responding to and recovering from disasters or emergencies.
Learn about procedures to respond to emergencies and disasters.
Learn about the actions a program takes to resume services as soon as possible when the emergency is over and to help everyone cope with the results of the disaster.
This chapter discusses ways to include mental health in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.
Each staff member assigned to an emergency role should know the preparedness, response, and recovery actions for their role. Use these sheets to prepare staff assigned to emergency roles.
Use this sheet to help the facilities safety lead know the preparedness, response, and recovery actions for their role.
Use this sheet to help the communication lead know the preparedness, response, and recovery actions for their role.
Use this sheet to help the transportation lead know the preparedness, response, and recovery actions for their role.
Use this sheet to help the mental health lead know the preparedness, response, and recovery actions for their role.
Use this sheet to help the attendance and reunification lead know the preparedness, response, and recovery actions for their role.
Use this sheet to help the learning and care lead know the preparedness, response, and recovery actions for their role.
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