The following publications cover topics related to Missouri Extension Disaster Education Network. For a complete list of MU Extension publications, visit the main Publications page.
Disaster Supplies Kit
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A disaster supplies kit includes essential items like food, water, and tools to sustain your family for several days during emergencies.
Taking Shelter From the Storm: Safe Rooms Video
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Learn how to build a safe room to protect your home and family from severe weather, including tornadoes.
Coping With Summer Heat
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The heat of summer not only can make for high utility bills, but also can be deadly. Here are some tips to help keep you comfortable, healthy and penny-wise.
Safe Drinking Water in an Emergency
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Learn how to store and purify water safely for emergencies, including boiling, bleach treatment, and proper container use.
Resources for Your Flooded Home
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Cleaning up after a flood takes special care. This publication can help you get your life and home back to normal.
Family Disaster Plan
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Having a plan can help your family make it through any disaster with minimal stress. Use this template to guide the process.
Tornado Season: Are You Ready?
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Each year, many people are killed or seriously injured by tornadoes despite advance warning. Learn how to stay safe.
Radiation Fact Sheet
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Explains types of radiation—alpha, beta, gamma, neutron—their sources, health effects, and ways to reduce exposure.
Energy Efficiency and Farm Water Systems
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Farm water systems are often neglected when it comes to energy efficiency. Although the savings to be realized may not be as great as perhaps energy-efficient lighting, the return can be fairly short for some energy-saving investments. This guide presents some general guidelines regarding farm water systems.
For the Unprepared: Home Heating in an Emergency
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Your home heat is gone. You've just discovered your heating system may be off for several days. It's cold outside; the inside temperature is dropping, and you have a first class emergency on your hands. What can you do?
Preparing for an Emergency: Home Heating in an Emergency
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At some time you may face a heating emergency. Visit our site for our Preparing for an Emergency: Home Heating in an Emergency guide.
Radon: An Indoor Health Hazard?
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Indoor air can be polluted in a number of ways. Indoor pollutants include formaldehyde, carbon monoxide, respirable dust, nitrogen dioxide, radon and other gases. This guide focuses on just one of these pollutants — radon.