American Sign Language Videos: Together We Prepare

The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the Illinois Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission collaborated to create a series of videos presenting vital preparedness messages in American Sign Language.

• Emergency Planning: Together We Prepare (watch all videos)
• Introduction
• Make a Plan
• Get Trained
• Build a Kit
• Volunteer
• Sheltering in Place
• Going to a Shelter
• Emergency Planning for People with Special Needs
• Evacuation
• Planning for Evacuations
• What to Do When You Are Told to Evacuate

Severe Weather

• Intro
• Tornado Fast Facts
• Thunderstorm and Lightning Fast Facts
• Flooding Fast Facts
• Tornado - Before
• Tornado - During
• Tornado - After
• Storm - Before
• Storm - During
• Storm - After
• Flood - Before
• Flood - During
• Flood - After
• Closing

Emergency management content on the Butte-Silver Bow website was developed drawing heavily from and updating the excellent resources offered on the Ready Illinois website produced by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) and partner organizations.