Awareness saves lives. Caution - link leads to an official website of the US Department of Homeland Security
One of the best ways to enlighten you neighbors about Emergency Preparedness is to host short lectures about ways to mitigate the effects of a possible emergency. Condominium community buildings, 4-H clubhouses, and public library meeting rooms are some great places to hold such meetings, or you could simply invite a few neighbors to your home for coffee and an informal talk. Attendees will be especially interested if the talk includes example objects and the subject matter relates to the current season, so to keep Emergency Preparedness in the forefront of their minds, it is a good idea to give several targeted lectures and educational demonstrations throughout the year.

 Child Education

Planning Together for Emergencies Educator Guide .pdf
Fire Safety Program Educator Guide .pdf
Games That Teach .pdf
Emergency Preparedness Youth Activities .pdf

 Youth Education

Guiding 4-H Youth in Civil Defense .pdf
The Schools and Civil Defense .pdf
Planning for Junior High School Civil Defense Education .pdf
Student Guide to Building an Emergency Fund .pdf

 Adult Education

Let's Face It .mp4
A Short History of National Preparedness Efforts .pdf
Summaries of Soviet Civil Defense Research Reports .pdf
Radiation Documentary .mp4
The Case for Civil Defense in Nuclear War Education .pdf
Disaster Preparedness in Urban Immigrant Communities .pdf
A Handbook for Air Raid Wardens .pdf
Role of the Warden in the H-Bomb Era .mp4
Fire and EMS Terminology .pdf
Talking About Disaster .pdf
Are chatbots a reliable source of information for voters .pdf
Notes for Speakers and Writers .pdf
Extension Methods Ideas for Rural Civil Defense .pdf
Example Script from a CONELRAD Drill .pdf
Example General Audience Radiation Lecture .mp4
OSHA- Small Business Handbook .pdf
FSU- Preppers Course Materials .pdf
TACDA- Civil Defense Basics .pdf
USDA- Programed Instruction on Survival Preparedness for Rural Areas .pdf
DHS- Risk Management Fundamentals .pdf
| FEMA- Community_Emergency_Response_Team_Training_Program .zip
|  DCPA- Attack Environment Manual .pdf
|   OCD- Civil Defense Adult Education Teachers Manual .pdf
|    FCDA- Basic Course for Civil Defense .pdf
|     WW2 OCD- Planning guides, Memoranda, Pamphlets, Training guides .pdf

Swiftwater Rescue Course Manual .pdf
Rescue Skills and Techniques .pdf
Team Training of Rescue Parties .mp4
Emergency Response to Terrorism .pdf
Emergency Response to Terrorism STUDYGUIDE .pdf
Nuclear Scenario Instructor Guide .pdf

In regards to civilian defense focused agencies cited in the media archived here...
The military styled "Office of Civilian Defense" (OCD) was active only for the duration of WWII. With the onset of the 1950s, Civil Defense was reestablished as the "Federal Civil Defense Administration" (FCDA). At the start of the 1960s the agency was briefly renamed the " Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization" (OCDM), before being shortened to just the "Office of Civil Defense" (also OCD). In the 1970s, the agency was again renamed as the "Defense Civil Preparedness Agency" (DCPA). The DCPA was absorbed by the "Federal Emergency Management Agency" (FEMA), which was itself merged into the "Department of Homeland Security" (DHS).

Many Civil Defense programs were never officially disbanded. They simply received name changes or were quietly forgotten about. It is our hope that with awareness training lectures which you can provide, neighborhoods will again take advantage of these programs.

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