How ready is your emergency plan? It is imperative for you and your loved ones to have an evacuation plan and emergency plan created, practiced, and memorized. The Salvation Army reminds us how history has shown us that a disaster can significantly impact our lives with little or no notice. Emergency preparedness is vitally important. […]

Winter storms create a higher risk of car accidents, hypothermia, frostbite, carbon monoxide poisoning, and heart attacks from overexertion. Winter storms and blizzards can bring extreme cold, freezing rain, snow, ice, and high winds. A winter storm can: Last a few hours or several days; Knock out heat, power, and communication services; and Place older […]

As many people in the United States begin to plan for fall and winter holiday celebrations, CDC offers the following considerations to help protect individuals and their families, friends, and communities from COVID-19. These considerations are meant to supplement—not replace—any state, local, territorial, or tribal health and safety laws, rules, and regulations with which holiday gatherings must comply. […]

Current FEMA Earthquake IA Programs* available to residents:  *A quick note on all IA programs for this disaster – any losses (housing or employment) must be directly caused by the earthquake. Job loss or other losses due to COVID are not eligible under this disaster program, and residents cannot receive the benefits for the same […]

The keys to effective disaster preparedness—be informed, make a plan and take action—apply to all of us, but people with disabilities or access and functional needs (AFN) should approach preparedness planning with additional considerations. Now is a great time to consider the needs of people with disabilities or AFN when disaster strikes. July 26, marks […]

Utah is Earthquake Country- Utah has experienced sixteen earthquakes greater than magnitude 5.5 since pioneer settlement in 1847, and geologic studies of Utah’s faults indicate a long history of repeated large earthquakes of magnitude 6.5 and greater prior to settlement. Utah is not on a boundary between tectonic plates where most of the world’s earthquakes […]