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This website exists to help build resilience to disasters in the Puget Sound Area for individuals, groups, businesses and all partners in disaster response.

Information on hazards was adapted from the Talking About Disasters: Guide for Standard Messaging prepared by the Coalition of Organizations for Disaster Education in Washington DC. To see the original material from the Guide, please go to: http://www.redcross.org/disaster/disasterguide/

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See also: Non English for previously translated preparedness information available in more languages

Translations done automatically by Google Language Tools: http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en --therefore imperfect, if there is doubt about the meaning of a translation on disaster safety, please contact your local Red Cross.


Get Prepared for Disasters

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Analyzing and Overcoming Potential Challenges


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Stay Informed

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Learn About Hazards

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Participate

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Regional Overview

Region 1: Island, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, and Whatcom Counties | Region 2: Clallam, Jefferson and Kitsap Counties | Region 3: Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, and Thurston | Region 5: Pierce County | Region 6: King County

Languages other than English

Amharic | Arabic Armenian | Bosnian | Burmese | Cambodian | Chinese | Creole | ESL | Farsi | French | German | Greek | Hindi | Hmong Hmoob | Ilocano | Italian | Japanese | Karen | Kirundi | Korean | Kurdish | Lao | Maori | Materials in Multiple Languages | Non English | Oromo | Polish | Portuguese | Punjabi | Romanian | Russian | Samoan | Serbo Croation | Somali | Spanish | Swahili | Tagalog | Thai | Tigrinya | Tongan | Ukrainian | Urdu | Vietnamese

Videos

Video Disaster Mental Health | Video Disaster Supplies | Video Earthquakes | Video Fire | Video General | Video Home Earthquake | Video Insurance | Video Prepare Animals | Video Residential Fire Safety | Video Severe Weather | Video Utilities | video Water Food | Video Wildland Fire | Volcano Video


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