Emergency Preparedness
Introduction
Subscribe to alerts and find resources to prepare for extreme weather and natural disasters.
Alerts
| Resource | Source |
|---|---|
| AirNow air quality alerts | AirNow |
| Notify Chicago alerts | City of Chicago |
| Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications App | City of Chicago |
| Overflow action alerts | Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) |
Preparedness Resources
| Resource | Source |
|---|---|
| Heat preparedness | |
| Cooling centers | |
| City of Chicago | |
| Cook County | |
| 311 | |
| Create a heat action plan | Heat.gov |
| Cold preparedness | |
| Warming Centers | |
| City of Chicago | |
| Cook County | |
| 311 | |
| Extreme cold and winter storm preparedness | City of Chicago |
| Winter storm preparedness | American Red Cross |
| Emergency utility support | |
| Utility Bill Assistance | Community and Economic Development Association of Cook County (CEDA) |
| Utility Billing Relief Program | City of Chicago |
| Electric and Heat Assistance | Greater Chicago Food Depository (GCFD) |
| Air quality | |
| Purple Air | |
| AirNow | |
| Our Air Chicago | |
| Wildfire Smoke Action Plan | Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units |
| Flooding | |
| Is My Home Rain Ready? Quiz | Center for Neighborhood Technology |
| Guide to Floodproofing | Illinois Department of Natural Resources |
| Tornadoes | |
| ReadyIllinois | State of Illinois |
| Tornado Safety Guide | National Weather Service |