Resources

               Health/First Aid/Medical

• Pandemic Influenza Planning for Individuals  (Web)
• What is Pandemic Flu & How to Prepare  (PDF)
• Home-Care During A Pandemic  (PDF)
• Advanced Directive Healthcare FormsMake sure your wishes are made known if you are unable to communicate. Put together by the Vermont Ethics Network and accepted by the state and medical institutions statewide. There is a short version and a longer one. Covers end-of-life care, resuscitation wishes, burial/cremation, organ donation, and more. The State now has an online repository where you can place this doc for access by health-care providers, instead of having to mail a copy to every institution. †  (Web)
• Amer Coll of Emerg Physicians; Medical FormsSeveral types of useful med forms: emergency care consent for your kids, personal health history, emergency help for kids with disabilities.†  (Web)
• Mayo Clinic First Aid  (Web)
• First Aid—Quick reference2pg overview from Washington State EM; covers very basic considerations. Goes well with the "First Aid Guide" below.†  (PDF)
• First Aid GuideFrom Johnson & Johnson; a multi-page guide to basic first aid: extreme heat/cold issues, wounds, bone breaks, etc; easy to follow†  (PDF)
• Tips for Users of Life Support Systems  (PDF)
• Preventing Illness During Emergencies  (PDF)
• Learn CPROnline CPR instructions for helping adults/kids/pets; video & print-out formats  (Web)

        In Spanish

Also check the Individual/Family page for links not here.

• CDC Health & Safety Info  (Web)
• CDC First AidExtensive list of PDFs covering many health & safety issues.†  (Web)
• Learn CPROnline CPR instructions for helping adults & kids; videos & print-out formats†  (Web)
• Carbon Monoxide  (Web)
• How to Use 911  (Web)
• HHS Health Info Finder  (Web)
• Consumer Product Safety Commission Publications  (Web, with PDFs)
• Shelter-In-PlaceWhat "shelter in place" means & how to do it. A 4-pg Red Cross publication.†  (PDF)
• Collection of PDFs in Spanish, relating to health, Em. Preparedness
  • Winter Storms: tormenta-de-invierno
  • Power Outage: Se-corto-la-energia-electrica
  • Em Prep: Supply Kit;   Create a Family Plan (4pg);  Numeros de Emergencia; Plan-en-caso-de-emergencia (5pg)
  • RedCross-PrepForEmerg
  • Food & Water:  Agua-y-alimentos;  Proteja-los-alimentos
  • Getting-Medical-Care;   Bone Fracture
  • Medical Emergency: Dial 911;  Medical Emergency Services;   Emergency Room
  • Diabetes:  Basics;   Glucose  
  • Prevent Illness During Emergency
  • Cuidados-para-la-gripe-pandemica
  • ActivityBookForKids-Esp

• Guide to VT Town Clerks  (PDF)
• VEM’s Business Preparedness Workbook Worksheets for businesses, includes guides for planning care for livestock. † (PDF)
• IBHS Preparedness Workbook Forms, checklists, tips, worksheets for preparing a business to weather a disaster.†  (PDF)
• Business Continuity     Site opens in a new window
  Set of PDF forms, and instructions, to plan for the continuity of your business in the face of an emergency or disaster.†  (Web --> PDF downloads)
• Business Preparedness Checklists  (PDF)
• Preparedness Checklist for Child-care Providers CDC/HHS checklist & guide for child-care providers.†  (PDF)
• Haz-Mat Reporting Decision Flow Chart Prepared by VEM, a simple flow chart to aid in hazardous materials reporting decisions. 1pg†  (PDF)
• First Aid GuideFrom Johnson & Johnson; a multi-page guide to basic first aid: extreme heat/cold issues, wounds, bone breaks, etc; easy to follow†  (PDF)
• EPA: Chemicals in the Community From the EPA’s website: "Chemicals in Your Community - A Guide to the Emergency Planning Community Right-to-Know Act".†  (Web)
• Shelter-In-Place Plan for Businesses  (PDF)
• Emergency Management Guide for Business Provides information on how to create and maintain a comprehensive emergency management program. It can be used by manufacturers, corporate offices, retailers, utilities or any organization where a sizable number of people work or gather.†  (PDF)
• Red Cross Business & Industry Guide       Opens in new window
  Easy to follow instructions, plus PDFs/Word docs to download on preparing your business to weather disasters and making workplace supply kits; links to other resources.†  (Web --> PDFs)
• Preparing Livestock for Disaster†  (PDF)
• RedCross Farm Animal Preparedness  (Web)

Health-care/Public Welfare

• New South Wales Health—Multi-language health/safety resources  (Web)
• Health education materials in a number of languages  (Web)
• Red Cross Multi-language Preparedness Resources  (Web)
• Nat'l DisAbility Org  (Web)
• Preparedness Services for the Disabled† (PDF)
• Preparedness Checklist for Home Health-care Providers 4pgs, from CDC/HHS for public and private organizations that provide home health care services.†  (PDF)
• Red Cross: Preparedness for Those with Disabilities 48pgs; Intended as guide for those with disabilities, but excellent, easy to follow for everyone; has tips/info not in other workbooks. E.g. calendar for making supply purchases over 5-month period.† (PDF)
• Advanced Directive Healthcare FormsMake sure your wishes are made known if you are unable to communicate. Put together by the Vermont Ethics Network and accepted by the state and medical institutions statewide. There is a short version and a longer one. Covers end-of-life care, resuscitation wishes, burial/cremation, organ donation, and more. The State now has an online repository where you can place this doc for access by health-care providers, instead of having to mail a copy to every institution. †  (Web)

• CDC Emergency Response Resources  (Web)
• Emergency Medical Services Checklist CDC/HHS checklist for providers of emergency medical services †  (PDF)
• Victim Triage Area (PDF)
  in Spanish  (PDF)
• Responding to Victims with Disabilities 33pg booklet on how best to assist victims who are disabled. † (PDF)
• CERT Use CERT volunteers for traffic/crowd control, as on-scene scribes, to help set up triage, supply areas, wherever you need relief, so your crew can do the work it's trained for † (Web)
• VT Office of EMS  (Web)
• VT Communications Committee Part of DPS, responsible for implementing statewide interoperable voice/radio communications among responding agencies† “VCOMM”  (Web)

• Haz-Mat Emergency Response Guide 374 pg color-coded hazardous materials guide. Covers classifications, codes, placard identification, response guides by hazard, isolation/protective action distance tables & SOPs, and more. †  (PDF)
  print version available through ACEPC, contact Tim at 388-3141
• Dry Hydrant Program  (Web)
• AFG Fire Grant Overview  (Web)
• VT Fire Academy training schedule  (Web)
• BioHazard Quick Ref  (PDF)
• Chemical Hazards Quick Ref  (PDF)
• FEMA NIMS/ICS Independent Study  (Web)
• DHART  (Web)

• DHS on School Preparedness  (Web)
• VT School Crisis Guide  (Web)
• Volunteer Protection Memo: Duncan A. Higgins, Deputy Director, VEM; December 27, 2005; Re: Liability for Emergency Management Volunteers†  (Word doc)
• Volunteer Protection ActText of Public Law 105-19; the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 as signed into law by President Clinton on June 18, 1997†  (Word doc)
• Guide to VT Town Clerks  (PDF)
• CERT  (Web)
• CERT Guidebook Short overview of what CERT volunteers do, training, activation, and responsibilities; 6pgs.†  (PDF)
• VT Emergency Alert System  (Web)
• Title 20—Public Safety/Emergency Management  (Web)
• EPA: Chemicals in the Community From the EPA’s website: "Chemicals in Your Community - A Guide to the Emergency Planning Community Right-to-Know Act".†  (Web)
• Haz-Mat Reporting Decision Flow Chart Prepared by VEM, a simple flow chart to aid in hazardous materials reporting decisions. 1pg†  (PDF)
• VT Communications Committee Part of DPS, responsible for implementing statewide interoperable voice/radio communications among responding agencies† “VCOMM”  (Web)

• FEMA NIMS/ICS Independent Study  (Web)
• VT DPS Training Schedule  (Web)
• The Emergency Manager's Guide  (Web)
• VT State Emergency Operations Plan  (Web)
• Rapid Response Plan template Word template for town Rapid Response Plan, version 6-1, Sept. '06; 10 pgs. †  (Word doc)
• Civil Support Team Activation Protocols  (Word doc)
• ARES Ham Radio operators, civil operation
• RACES Ham Radio; State/Federal operations
• Community Planning for Animals In A Disaster†  (PDF)

• Addison County Community Action  www.ACAG.org
          Middlebury   388-3608
          Vergennes   877-2677
  
• Addison Community Action (CVOEO)    388-4802
          Emergency Food Shelf         800 639-2318
• VT Dept Health, Middlebury    388-4644
• Counseling Service of A. C.   388-7641  www.csac-vt.org/
• Parent Child Center  388-3171   www.sover.net/~thepcc/
• Women Safe (24-hr)   800 388-4205   www.womensafe.net/
• John Graham Shelter    877-2677  www.johngrahamshelter.org/
• A.C. Humane Society    388-1100  www.addisonhumane.org/
• AC Home Health   388-7259
• Champlain Valley Agency on Aging, Sr. Help Line  
                                     800 642-5119    www.cvaa.org/

• Red Cross    Burl 660-9130
                         Rut   773-9159
• VT 211   dial: 211    www.vermont211.org\
• A.C Amateur Radio www.acara-vt.org/
• VT ARES    www.vtares.org/
• VT RACES    www.dps.state.vt.us/vem/races/