Disasters
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Stacking Sandbags
- This publication shows the proper way to stack sandbags.
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Mold in Your Home
- Exposure to mold is common both inside and outside the home, but some people are more sensitive to mold than others, especially those with allergies and asthma. Mold exposure may cause cold-like symptoms, watery eyes, sore throat, wheezing and trigger asthma attacks.
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Steps to Reduce Flood and Water Damage
- Many things can be done before the snow melts or before a heavy rainstorm to reduce damage to home and property. This checklist can help you prepare to reduce the severity of water or a flood on your home and family.
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Filling Sandbags
- The proper way to fill sandbags is shown in this publication.
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Successful Disaster Recovery Using the Community Capitals Framework
- The community capitals framework can be a powerful tool to help communities successfully recovery from disasters. After experiencing a disaster, a community can review its pre- and post-disaster capitals or utilize the community capitals framework in the recover process.
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Flood Recovery Checklists for Farmsteads
- This publication is for farmers and ranchers affected by flooding.
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Families and Flood Evacuation: Items to Take for Children Evacuating
- Natural disasters such as floods are stressful events for families. Evacuating their home is obviously stressful for children. Plan ahead by packing a disaster supplies kit for each of your children to grab if your family has to evacuate due to flood conditions or other reasons.
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Strategies for Managing Drought in the Northern Plains
- The purpose of this drought response plan is 1) to describe the drought indicators and response triggers that will be used to determine if drought response actions are needed and 2) to provide land owners and managers a range of management options that will allow for a flexible and rapid response to drought.
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Facility/Equipment Safety
- This poster gives the guidelines for facility/equipment used in emergency mass feeding shelters.
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Safe Food Handling
- This poster gives the guidelines for emergency mass feeding shelters.
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Handling Food through Floods
- Flood water may carry silt, raw sewage, oil or chemical waste. If foods have been in contact with flood waters, use this information to determine their safety.
