Are You Ready?  provides a step-by-step approach to disaster preparedness by walking the reader through how to get informed about local emergency plans, how to identify hazards that affect their local area and how to develop and maintain an emergency communications plan and disaster supplies kit. Other topics covered include evacuation, emergency public shelters, animals in disaster and information specific to people with access and functional needs.

Are You Ready?  also provides in-depth information on specific hazards including what to do before, during and after each hazard type. The following hazards are covered: Floods, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Thunderstorms and Lightning, Winter Storms and Extreme Cold, Extreme Heat, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Landslide and Debris Flows (Mudslide), Tsunamis, Fires, Wildfires, Hazardous Materials Incidents, Household Chemical Emergencies, Nuclear Power Plant and Terrorism (including Explosion, Biological, Chemical, Nuclear and Radiological hazards).

Are You Ready?  is also available in  Spanish , and can be used in a variety of ways including as a read-through or reference guide. The guide can also be used as a study manual guide with credit awarded for successful completion and a 75 percent score on a final exam. Questions about the exam should be directed to the FEMA Independent Study Program by calling 1-800-238-3358 or by going to  training.fema.gov/is .

Also available is the  Are You Ready? Facilitator Guide  (IS-22FG).  The Facilitator Guide  is a tool for those interested in delivering  Are You Ready?  content in a small group or classroom setting.  The Facilitator Guide  is an easy to use manual that has instruction modules for adults, older children and younger children. A resource CD is packaged with the  Facilitator Guide  that contains customizable presentation materials, sample training plans and other disaster preparedness education resources.

Copies of  Are You Ready?  and the Facilitator Guide are available through the FEMA publications warehouse (1.800.480.2520). For large quantities, your organization may reprint the publication. Please visit our  reprint page  for more information.

For more publications on disaster preparedness, visit the  Community and Family Preparedness  webpage.

Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness Full Document  (PDF – 21Mb)