Resources - Threats and Hazards

If a link isn’t working, email us at nationalpedicoalition@gmail.com, and we will fix it! Topics you will find on this page: Children & Disaster Threat, Hazard/Risk Assessment and Resilience: Power Outages; Mosquito, Tick, Fleas, Vector Borne Diseases: Medical Isolation and High Risk Diseases; Wildfire/Fireworks/Smoke/Air Pollution; Hurricane/Tornado/Dust (Haboob) Storms; Severe Weather/Blizzards/Snow/Heat/Climate Change; Earthquakes/Tsunamis; Flooding/Landslides/Dam Failure; Active Shooter/Blast Trauma/ Civil Unrest; Radiologic/Nuclear; Chemical/Biological; Volcanoes; Cyber and Digital Safety.

This page was last reviewed and updated: October 2026

Chemical/Biologic/Environmental

Pediatric Chemical Surge Workshop Video Playlist (PPN)

The Decontamination of Children (Children’s Boston)

Wally the Wise Guy Shelter-In-Place

Teens in a Toxic Environment: Lessons from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (Natural Hazards Center)

Public Health Research and Surveillance Priorities from the East Palestine, Ohio Train Derailment: A Recorded Workshop (NASEM)

Medical Countermeasures- Expanding Delivery and Increasing Uptake Through Public-Private Partnerships: A Workshop Series (NASEM)

Decontamination: Disaster Management Resources (AAP)

National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC)

PRISM: Primary Response Incident Scene Management (BARDA)

Chemical Hazards Emergency Medical Management Pediatrics (CHEMM)

Volcanoes/VOG

Volcanoes (Ready Kids)

Volcanoes and Kids: What’s The Risk (NPDC)

Volcano Hazard Program (USGS)

Be Ready for Volcanic Ash Preparedness (Alaska)

VOG Frequently Asked Questions (Hawaii EMA)

Volcano Safety Tips (Red Cross)

Talking about Disasters: Volcanoes (Red Cross)

Protecting Children’s Health During and After Natural Disasters: Wildfires and Volcanic Ash (EPA)

Cyber and Digital Safety

Kids & Screen Time: How to Use the 5 C’s of Media Guidance (AAP)

NetSmatz (NCMEC)

Staying Safe Online: Keeping Kids Safe (FBI)

Parenting, Media, and Everything in Between (Common Sense Media)

A Parent’s Guide To Ensuring Their Children’s Digital Privacy (Masters of Legal Studies)

We Can Secure Our World (CISA) Playlist

Internet Safety for Kids (Consumer Notice)

Keeping Children Safe Online (CISA)

Family and Educator Resources (Savvy Cyber Kids)

Children and Youth Preparedness Social Media Toolkit

Power Outages

Grover Learns to Stay Safe In a Blackout (Sesame Workshop) video

Power Outage (911 for Kids)

Helping Young Children During Power Outages (IANR)

Power Outage Checklist (Red Cross)

Power Outages (Ready Kids)

Preparing for Power Outage for Medical Devices (FDA)

Public Safety Power Shutoff Checklist (California)

Children & Disaster Threat, Hazard/Risk Assessment and Resilience

Hazard Vulnerability Analysis Template (Region V for Kids)

Children’s Environmental Health: Post-Disaster Assessment Toolkit 2.0 (ASPR)

Children and Disaster Hazard Awareness All-Hazards Infographic (Region V for Kids)

Finding a New Normal: Life After a Natural Disaster: Video Series (CDC)

Understanding the Impacts of Natural Disasters on Children (SRCD)

Children Count in Disasters (Natural Hazards Center)

Man-Made Disasters (Child Life Disaster Relief)

Resilient Nation Partnership Network (FEMA)

Let’s Learn to Prevent Disasters: Educational kit and Game: Multiple languages (UNDRR/UNICEF)

Storytelling to Promote Action: The Big One (PrepTalks FEMA)

Words to Actions Engaging Children and Youth (UNDRR)

Mosquito, Tick, Fleas, Vector Borne Diseases

Tick-and Mosquito-Borne Diseases in Children (Nationwide Children’s)

Tick Borne Illness (APHA Environmental)

Mosquito-Borne Diseases in Children (Nationwide Children’s)

About Fleas (CDC)

How to Choose an Insect Repellent for Your Child (Healthy Children/AAP)

Eastern Equine Encephalitis aka Triple E (Boston Childrens)

Eastern Equine Encephalitis (CDC)

Dengue Fever (Nemours KidsHealth)

DEET and children (EPA)

How to Apply Bug Repellent to Kids (Mass Gov)

Get the tips! Stop the ticks. Prevent Tick Bites. video (CDC)

How To Do A Tick Check video (Harvard Health)

How to Remove a Tick from a Child ) Healthy Children/AAP)

Medical Isolation and High Risk Diseases

Peyton the Penguin Explains High Consequence Pathogens (Chirp Team)

Personal Protective Equipment – Protecting Ourselves from the Bad Germs (Chirp Team)

Ambulance Adventures: What to Expect on a Ride to the Hospital! (Chirp Team)

Timmy Ambulance Ride (Chirp Team)

National Emerging Special Pathogens (NETEC)

Wildfire/Fire Works/Smoke/Clean Air

Why is CoCo Red (AirNow)

Why is CoCo Orange (AirNow)

Clean and Dirty Air (AirNow)

Air Quality and Outdoor Activity Guidance for Schools (AirNow)

Evacuating Under Fire: Children with Special Healthcare Needs in Disaster (Natural Hazards Center)

The Big Disaster: The Big Burn podcast series (NPR)

Your Playbook on How to Support Children, Youth, & Families During & After a Wildfire (AfterTheFire)

Smokey for Kids Preventing Wildfires (Smokey Bear)

Sparky’s Fire Safety Schoolhouse (NFPA)

Wildfires (FEMA Ready Kids)

Wildfires (CDC)

Wildfires: What Parents Need to Know (AAP)

Wildfire Resources (The National Child Traumatic Stress Center)

Environmental Hazards for Children in the Aftermath of Wildfires (PEHSU/AAP)

Children’s Health and Wildfire Smoke Exposure Workshop Recommendations (AirNow)

Ready Wrigley Prepares for Wildfires and Smoke (CDC) (English)

Fireworks Safety (Nemours Hospital)

Fireworks Safety (National Safety Council)

Hurricane/Tornado/Dust (Haboob) Storms

On the Road to Routine: Disruption and Recovery After Hurricanes (Natural Hazards Center)

Be Hurricane Ready (Texas Children’s)

Sesame Street Goes Through A Storm (Sesame Street)

#HurricaneStrong for Kids (FLASH: A NOAA partner)

Supporting Children in All the Spheres of Their Lives: Lessons from Katrina (Natural Hazards Center)

Witness a Mock Tornado Drill Hunter Elementary (video)

Hurricanes & Floods: (Healthy Children/AAP) Taking Care of Your Children and Yourself

Still At Risk U.S. Children 10 Years After Hurricane Katrina (Save The Children)

Hurricane Resources National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)

Hurricanes (CDC)

Hurricanes (FEMA Ready Kids)

10 Tornado Safety Tips to Keep Kids Safe (Save the Children)

Tornados Before During and After (CDC)

Dust Storms and Haboobs (NOAA/NWS)

Children and Dust (NEH.gov)

Protecting People from Sand and Dust Storms (WMO)

Is The Dust Bowl Happening Again? (PBS Terra)

Dust Storms (NSW)

Severe Weather/Blizzard/Snow/Heat/Climate Change

Trinka and Sam: The Rainy Windy Day (NCTSN)

Windstorm Resources (NCTSN)

Winter Weather (FEMA Ready Kids)

Winter Safety Tips for Parents and Children (NLM)

18 Winter Tips for Parents and Children (Childhood Preparedness)

Playing outside in the Winter (AAP Healthy Children)

Arctic Cold Front: Preparing Your Children for the Coldest Temperatures (Cook Children’s)

Ready Wrigley Preparedness for Extreme Heat (English/Spanish): (CDC)

Heat and Infants and Children (CDC)

Heat waves and how they impact children (UNICEF)

Extreme Temperatures: Disaster Management Resources (AAP)

No Heat Stroke (Dashboard)

Parents and Coaches Guide to Dehydration and Heat Illness in Children (National Safe Kids/ NATA)

Hot Car Resources (Kids and Cars)

Legacy of disasters: The impact of climate change on children (Save the Children)

Climate Central

Earthquakes/Tsunamis

Rocket Earthquake Safety: (RocketRules.org & Hero In You Foundation)

Staying Safe in an Earthquake (Rocket Rules Videos)

Earthquake (COPE Disaster Champions)

Earthquake Safety: How to Teach Your Child About Earthquakes (Red Cross)

Sample Earthquake Drill: Drop, Cover, and Hold On (UCSF)

The Great ShakeOut Website (ShakeOut.org)

Earthquake Country Alliance

Earthquakes (FEMA Ready Kids)

Earthquakes Before, During and After (CDC)

Earthquake Resources (NCTSN)

Ready Wrigley Book Earthquake (CDC) English/Spanish

10 Earthquake Safety Tips to Keep Children Safe (Save the Children)

Kids Earthquake Safety – (Disaster Dodgers) Video

Earthquakes What Every Child Provider Should Know (FEMA)

Tsunamis (FEMA Ready Kids)

The First “Sue Nami” (USGS)

Tsunami Smart Kids (UNESCO)

10 Tsunami Safety Tips to Keep Children Safe (Save The Children)

Tsunamis and Your Safety (CDC)

Tsunami Resources (NCTSN)

Tsunami Ready Program (NWS)

Tsunami Get to High Ground video (COPE Disaster Champions)

World Tsunami Awareness Day: Activation Toolkit

Flooding/Landslides/Dam Failure

Floods and Your Safety (CDC)

Owly Flood Ready: video playlist (PEHSU)

Floods (FEMA Ready Kids)

Clinician Recommendations Regarding Return of Children to Areas Impacted by Flooding (PEHSU)

Flooding Resources (NCTSN)

Flash Flood Recovery Information for Families (Healthy Children/AAP)

Landslide Resources (NCTSN)

Landslides and Mudslides and Your Safety (CDC)

Dam Safety With Beaverly (FEMA Activity Book)

Active Shooter/Blast Trauma/Civil Unrest

Best Practice Considerations for Armed Assailant Drills in Schools (NASP)

Participation of Children and Adolescents in Live Crisis Drills and Exercises: Policy Statement (AAP)

Be SMART Secure Gun Storage (Be SMART For Kids)

Checklist to Help Prevent Violence in Schools (PTA)

Lockdown Drills Self Paced Training Highlights (NCSS)

The Bullet Points Project (UC Davis)

Averting Targeted School Violence: A US Secret Service Analysis of Plots against Schools

Mass Shooting Protocol & Playbook for Mayors and City Managers

Emergency Management Checklist for Victim-Based Response to Mass Violence Incident (IAEM/NMVC)

K-12 Standard Response Protocol (Iloveuguys Foundation)

K-12 School Shooting Database (The Violence Project)

Creating School Active Shooter Intruder Drills (NCSTN)

Active Shooter Resources (FBI)

Oklahoma City Bombing (FBI)

Paediatric Blast Injury Field Manual (Center for Blast Injury Studies) multi-language versions

Making the Invisible Visible: A HaRD Lens on Pediatric Risk in Conflict‑Affected Settings video (WADEM)

Pediatric Blast Trauma: Systematic Review of Mortality and Injury (2022)

Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) guidelines

Civil Unrest Resource Guide (PPN Resource Central)

Planning for Civil Unrest (AAP webinar)

Tear Gas and Children Fact Sheet (WRAPEM)

Radiologic/Nuclear/Radon

Radiation Surge Annex Pediatric Workshop (WRAPEM)

Pediatric Considerations Before, During, and After Radiological or Nuclear Emergencies Technical Report (AAP)

Planning Guidance for Response to Nuclear Detonation (FEMA)

Children and Radiation Training (WHO)

Children of the Atomic Bomb (UCLA)

Radiation Emergency Medical Management (REMM)

REMM Infants and Children

REMM Pregnant Women and Fetus

Medical Countermeasures for Children in Radiation and Nuclear Disasters

Radiation Injury Treatment Network (RITN)

Radon and Children (North Carolina)

Radon in Schools and Childcare: (Mass.gov)

Radon and Children’s Health (Oregon Health)