Emergency Preparedness Information

Overview

The Office of Emergency Management wants you to be well-informed about what’s going on in your community and know how to respond to an emergency.  On this page, you can download fact sheets, brochures, guidelines, and instructions regarding a wide variety of subjects related to emergency preparedness.  

Emergency Alerts

Emergency Preparedness Resources

Disaster Preparedness

  1. Family Disaster Supply Kit (PDF)
  2. Louisiana Emergency Preparedness Guide (PDF)

Emergency Shelters

  1. Emergency Shelters General Information (PDF)
  2. Locate Emergency Shelters (PDF)
  3. State of Louisiana Sheltering Information (PDF)

Evacuation & Re-Entry

  1. Contraflow in Kenner-Metairie (PDF)
  2. Disaster Evacuation Lodging and Housing (PDF)
  3. Evacuation General Information (PDF)
  4. Jefferson Parish Special Needs Registry (PDF)
  5. Locate Fuel Statewide (PDF)
  6. MyDOTD Service Roadway Alerts (PDF)
  7. Post-Disaster Re-Entry Information (PDF)
  8. Public Assisted Evacuation-Bus Transportation General Information (PDF)
  9. Road Closures and Advisories (PDF)
  10. State of Louisiana Evacuation Plan and Contraflow (PDF)

Extreme Weather

  1. Extreme Cold Advisory Information (PDF)
  2. Extreme Heat Advisory Information (PDF)

Floods

  1. Flood Protective Measures 2023 (PDF)
  2. What To Do If You Are Flooding (PDF)

Hazardous Materials

  1. Hazardous Materials Incident General Information (PDF)
  2. Waterford 3 Color Zone Map (PDF)
  3. Waterford 3 Radiological Emergency Information (PDF)

Storms

  1. Hailstorm General Information (PDF)
  2. Hurricane Scale (PDF)
  3. NOAA Hurricane Tracking Chart (PDF)
  4. Storm Advisory System (PDF)
  5. Storm Debris Guidelines (PDF)
  6. Thunderstorm General Information (PDF)
  7. Tornado General Information (PDF)
  8. Weather Links (PDF)
  9. Windstorm General Information (PDF)
  10. NOAA Extreme Weather Information Sheet (PDF)

Disaster Assistance & Recovery

  1. How To Locate Individual Disaster Assistance (PDF)
  2. Pre-Apply For Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (DSNAP) (PDF)