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Emergency Preparedness

An emergency preparedness checklist next to selected items that are needed in case of emergency.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.

Emergency Response

Learn about procedures to respond to emergencies and disasters.

Emergency Recovery

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.

Mental Health and Disasters

This chapter discusses ways to include mental health in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.

Emergency Role Action Sheets

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.

Facilities Safety Lead

Use this sheet to help the facilities safety lead know the preparedness, response, and recovery actions for their role.

Communication Lead

Use this sheet to help the communication lead know the preparedness, response, and recovery actions for their role.

Transportation Lead

Use this sheet to help the transportation lead know the preparedness, response, and recovery actions for their role.

Mental Health Lead

Use this sheet to help the mental health lead know the preparedness, response, and recovery actions for their role.

Attendance and Reunification Lead

Use this sheet to help the attendance and reunification lead know the preparedness, response, and recovery actions for their role.

Learning and Care Lead

Use this sheet to help the learning and care lead know the preparedness, response, and recovery actions for their role.

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