Biological Hazard Exposure Preparedness Checklist: 14 Items
Prepare to follow public health instructions if an infectious or hazardous biological agent affects your community.
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๐ก๏ธ Prepare Before an Emergency
Notes: Save your city or county emergency management contact and follow current instructions.
Save your city or county emergency management contact and follow current instructions.
Notes: Agree on a meeting point or short check-in message; keep contact information private.
Agree on a meeting point or short check-in message; keep contact information private.
Notes: Confirm safe water, medicines, and a charged radio or phone are accessible.
Confirm safe water, medicines, and a charged radio or phone are accessible.
Notes: Save official alerts and medical advice channels.
Save official alerts and medical advice channels.
Notes: Follow product labels and infection-prevention guidance.
Follow product labels and infection-prevention guidance.
Notes: Consult providers about continuity if services are disrupted.
Consult providers about continuity if services are disrupted.
Notes: Make a flexible plan for changing official advice.
Make a flexible plan for changing official advice.
โ ๏ธ Respond Safely When Needed
Notes: Recommendations depend on the agent and incident.
Recommendations depend on the agent and incident.
Notes: Move away and notify appropriate responders.
Move away and notify appropriate responders.
Notes: Inform providers of any official incident notice.
Inform providers of any official incident notice.
Notes: Not every mask or respirator protects against every hazard.
Not every mask or respirator protects against every hazard.
๐ Recover, Maintain & Review
Notes: Avoid improvised disinfection of unknown substances.
Avoid improvised disinfection of unknown substances.
Notes: Precautions can change as an incident is assessed.
Precautions can change as an incident is assessed.
Notes: Replace consumed personal protection items.
Replace consumed personal protection items.
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How to Use This Checklist
Prepare to follow public health instructions if an infectious or hazardous biological agent affects your community.
Follow current alerts and instructions from local officials. Hazards, climate, geography, access requirements, and household needs can change which actions are appropriate.
Important Safety and Scope Notes
This practical checklist is an independent, English-language adaptation of the Ready.gov preparedness topic. It does not reproduce FEMA publications and is not endorsed by FEMA or any U.S. government agency.
Use this checklist to organize preparations and recovery tasks. In an active emergency, follow the latest official instructions rather than relying on a static checklist.
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