With Memorial Day weekend right around the corner, plans are being made for barbecues and the all-American pastime of outings to the beach.  Here are some safety tips to make...

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As many as 10 tornadoes touched down last night in North Texas with at least six people killed and many injured.  In light of this upsetting development, we think it...

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Pets are often called man’s best friend and, at times, are the most loyal family member around.  Americans are crazy about their pets and we at 1-800-PREPARE want to make...

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It’s still teeming in the New York City metropolitan area.  It then seems apropos that we continue on with part two of “Flood Preparedness 101.”  Whether it rained or was...

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It’s raining buckets in the New York City metropolitan area today and all this blogger can think about is whether the basement will flood.  To that end, we at 1-800-PREPARE...

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A critically important study published in the online version of the June 2013 Pediatrics journal found that children under five years of age are almost twice as likely to ingest hydrocarbons...

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“It’s summertime and the livin’ is easy”-Louis Armstrong Nothing makes us think of summertime more than lazy days at the beach or pool and grilling hamburgers, hotdogs, chicken and corn...

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It may be hard to believe but it’s been six months since Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc along the U.S. eastern seaboard.  The hurricane was the costliest one in U.S. history...

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Family safety is first and foremost in people’s minds in the wake of the Boston bombings tragedy.  The time is now to revisit (or even put together for the first...

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There was a disaster training event at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor earlier this week as 31 graduate students and faculty members at the university’s School for Public...

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