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EMERGENCY SANITATION:
During the tsunami...
Remember to put pocket packs of facial tissues in your go-kit
The First Week...
During the first week, as CERTs, we will be very busy doing search & rescue, triage, disaster first aid, comfort and care. We might need to be able to set up a sanitation system quickly. The following resources might be right for you during the first week.
Sanitation the right way and for the long haul ...
Remember that experts say that it may be as long as 1 to 3 years before our water and sewer utilities can be restored. Because of this, we need to know how to deal responsibly with pathogenic waste in a post-Cascadia earthquake scenario
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One page factsheet (print this and put it with your sanitation supplies)
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Compost bins
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Human Waste Composting
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Open Source Course from Johns Hopkins: Water Sanitation Needs in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
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YouTube videos on Humanure Composting
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Hazards of various waste disposal methods
Depoe Bay Fire District CERT Program
For help on this website contact info@DepoeBayCERT.org