Important
Customize Materials. You will need to customize materials with information about your agency or location, and real-time details about the emergency situation.
Work with your PIO. Always work with your assigned public information staff on communication issues.
Not required. Use of these materials is not required. They were developed as resources to help in public health emergency planning and response. Always consult your agency's emergency plans and policies, and follow appropriate Incident Command System procedures.
Questions? We will continue to add resources to this site as they are developed. Please direct questions regarding this site or emergency communication resources to DOH.Information@doh.wa.gov.
Emergency Publications
Much of the information presented in these fact sheets can be found in our Emergency Resource Guide or the Prepare: home emergency guide. You can find instructions for downloading these guides or ordering print copies on our emergency publications page.
Fact Sheets A to Z
All non-English fact sheets on this page are in PDF format. All are one to two pages in length. English fact sheets can be printed from their webpages by using the Print function on the upper right side of the screen.
9-1-1 emergency calls
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Anthrax
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Bomb threats
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Botulism
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Brucellosis
Chemical agents
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Children (how to help them after a disaster)
English • Spanish • Cambodian • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Carbon monoxide poisoning
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese
Cold weather
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Contact list (out-of-area telephone numbers)
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Cover your cough
English • Spanish • Cambodian • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese
Deaf and hard of hearing (preparedness tips)
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Earthquakes
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Ebola
English • Spanish • Chinese • French • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese
E. coli
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese
Enterovirus N68
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese
Floods
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Floods (how to clean your basement after a flood)
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese
Fires in the home
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Generators (how to use them safely)
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Germs (how to avoid spreading them)
English • Spanish • Cambodian • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Glanders
Home preparedness for emergencies
English • Spanish • Cambodian • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Hot weather precautions
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Hypothermia
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese
Landslides and mud flows
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Medical needs (preparedness tips)
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Medicine (how to get it during a public health emergency)
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Mobility disabilities (preparedness tips)
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Pandemic flu
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Also see our Pandemic Flu webpages
Pets (how to care for them in an emergency)
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Poisoning
English • Spanish • Large Type
Power outages
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Psychological and emotional needs resulting from disaster
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Pneumonic plague
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Radiation
Radiation fact sheets from the the Office of Radiation Protection
- What you should know if there is an attack involving radiation (English only)
- How to reduce exposure to radiation (English only)
Radioactive materials
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Sewage spills (how to clean up after)
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese
Shelter-in-place
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Smallpox
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Smartphone use in an emergency
Supplies you will need in an emergency
English • Spanish • Cambodian • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Terrorism
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Tsunamis
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Tularemia
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Utilities (how to shut them off)
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Vehicles (prepare yours for an emergency)
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Viral hemorrhagic fevers
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Visual disabilities (preparedness tips)
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Volcanoes
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Volunteering - WAserv (Washington State Emergency Register of Volunteers)
Water (how to purify for drinking)
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Water sources in an emergency
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese
Water (Treating for drinking during emergencies)
Water (Color, taste and odor problems in drinking water)
Water heaters (how to secure them)
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Wildfires
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type
Windstorms
English • Spanish • Chinese • Korean • Russian • Somali • Ukrainian • Vietnamese • Large Type