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Disaster Management and Preparedness for Independent Living Centers and Statewide Independent Living Councils

ILRU Disaster Management Information Line for CILs and SILCs: 866-203-5111
To request set up of an emergency voicemail box for your center or SILC, press 2 and leave a number where you can be reached. ILRU staff will contact you to set up your voicemail.

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Books

• Emergency Planning for CILs: For Your Community (MS Word Doc) | Emergency Planning for CILs: For Your Community (PDF File) — A publication of the IL Net Training and Technical Assistance Project
• Emergency Planning for CILs: For Your Organization (MS Word Doc) | Emergency Planning for CILs: For Your Organization (PDF File) — A publication of the IL Net Training and Technical Assistance Project

Newsletters

• Prepare for the Worst: How CILs Can Assist INDIVIDUALS in Disaster Preparation -- IL NET Updated June 2006
• Hurricane Survivors with Disabilities--Lives of Isolation -- IL NET May 2006
• How well are YOU prepared for a hurricane, flood, fire, terrorist attack or other EMERGENCY! -- IL NET October 2005
• 9-11 offers important lessons in disaster preparedness -- IL NET January 2002
• Our crisis, our community and our challenge --IL NET October 2001

Webcast Archives

• Disaster Preparedness for Individuals with Disabilities presented by Jacquie Brennan on Wednesday, December 13, 2006
• Disaster Relief Strategies for Individuals presented by Lex Frieden, Director, ILRU, and Mark Johnson, Director of Advocacy, Shepherd Center on September 14, 2005
• Saving Lives: Including People with Disabilities in Emergency Planning presented by Patricia Pound on April 27, 2005
• Disaster Preparation for People with Disabilities presented by June Isaacson Kailes on May 7, 2003