Download a quick reference guide to provide step-by-step emergency information to food managers and other supervisory personnel at food service establishments. The handbook addresses both naturally-occurring and man-made emergencies.

This web-based training course focuses on the role of environmental health professionals in emergency preparedness.

Divided into two modules, “Emergency Preparedness and Response Fundamentals” and “Putting Principles into Practice,” this course addresses basic environmental health concepts important to front-line staff with years of experience as well as those new to the field.

This trainer guide offers food trainers a scripted, two-hour course on the fundamentals that will help food workers prevent or mitigate impacts to the safety of food and people in the panic of an emergency.

The Emergency Handbook for Food Managers serves as the basis for this training guide. The trainer guide is recommended for food manager certification renewal training.

Does your agency have an environmental health emergency response plan? The Environmental Health Emergency Response Guide can complement existing emergency plans or serve as a foundation when developing a new environmental health emergency response plan. The guide addresses 15 environmental health-related topics and describes the potential roles for environmental health professionals during an emergency or disaster.

This list addresses equipment and supplies useful for responding to an emergency. It was created to help food service establishments plan ahead, so that they are not left without basic necessities in the event of an emergency.

This fact sheet is available in the following languages: English, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Hmong, Laotian, Oromo, Russian, Vietnamese, and Somali.

An essential tool for food managers, the self-audit checklist integrates food defense and emergency readiness into food safety management offering a single system for food protection. Using this self audit tool will reduce: Risks of unsafe practices; Uncertainty in emergencies; and Food-borne illness outbreak. This checklist is available in the following languages: English, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Hmong, Laotian, Oromo, Russian, Vietnamese, and Somali.

Two fact sheets provide food managers and environmental health professionals with guides for emergency preparedness on recommended items to include in an emergency kit, and, making costly decisions after an emergency event. Prepared by the Twin Cities Metro APC, the two fact sheets address equipment and supplies useful for responding to an emergency, and a single-page reference for deciding whether to salvage or discard food, furnishings and equipment during cleanup and recovery.

This product includes three comic books with stories told by real-life disaster survivors. In Deep Water (flood), Aftershocks (earthquake), and Eye over Houston (hurricane) are all designed around the theme of personal preparedness and community resilience. These stories showcase how neighbors and communities can pull together and provide practical tips from actual survivors.

A companion trainer guide for the Emergency Preparedness and Response Fundamentals: Training for Environmental Health Professionals CD, this guide contains presentation outlines and group activities designed for environmental health managers and trainers.