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    FEMA Flood Map Service Center (opens in a new tab)

    FEMA

    Look up whether your address sits in a mapped flood zone. Worth ten minutes even if you are certain you are not, because flood insurance and mortgage requirements both key off this map.

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    AirNow (opens in a new tab)

    EPA

    Official air quality index with wildfire smoke overlays. Pair it with a plan for indoor air, because during a smoke event the indoor number is the one you can actually change.

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    Carbon Monoxide Information Center (opens in a new tab)

    CPSC

    Generator and heater placement rules, and the reason those rules exist. Carbon monoxide kills more people after storms than the storms do, and the fix is free: distance and a working alarm.

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    Cooperative Extension System (opens in a new tab)

    USDA NIFA

    Find your state extension office. Extension publications are the most under-used preparedness resource in the country: tested, local, free, and written by people who answer the phone.

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    Firewise USA (opens in a new tab)

    NFPA

    Defensible space standards and the zone system around a structure. Zone zero, the first five feet, does more than anything else on the list and costs nothing but a Saturday.

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