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Climate & Health Resources
Emergency Preparedness and Response
The official Harris County emergency preparedness website,
www.readyharris.org
, offers ongoing emergency updates and resources for flooding, hurricanes, evacuations, and more.
HCPH’s
Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response
provides health-related emergency preparedness resources and information.
Call
2-1-1 Texas
to register for evacuation assistance, please call 211 or 877.541.7905, a program of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. Choose option 4.
Ready.gov
has tools and resources for personal and family preparedness.
Air Conditioning Assistance
Reliant's Beat the Heat program
assists eligible seniors, disabled individuals, and families without the means to cool their homes by providing portable air conditioners.
2-1-1 Texas
also offers air conditioning assistance resources.
Extreme Heat
Visit
www.H3AT.org
for updates about the urban heat island mapping campaign.
A Summary Report provided by CAPA Strategies can be found online
here
.
The H3AT Urban heat island
mapping campaign data
is open source and available to the public.
Air Quality
The
Harris County Community Air Monitoring Program (CAMP)
is designed to measure pollution levels that affect public and environmental health across Harris County.
Houston Health Department sends alerts on days when outdoor air quality conditions are problematic for people with asthma. To register for the alerts visit
Alert Houston
.
EPA/AirNow
reports the Air Quality Index (AQI) which tells you how clean or polluted your outdoor air is, along with associated health effects that may be of concern.
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) provides air quality forecasts and
ozone action day email alerts
.
Guidance for
schools
related to air quality and outdoor activities
Air Alliance
advocates for better air quality and engages community members
Call 1-800-490-9198 to request free EPA brochures on:
Ozone and Your Health, Particle Pollution and Your Health, and Air Quality Index: A Guide to Air Quality and Your Health.
Learn more about
Ozone
Learn more about
particulate matter
Learn more about
hazardous air pollutants
Flooding
The
Harris County Flood Education Tool
allows viewers to search specific addresses and view their FEMA flood plains.
Harris County Flood Control District aims to increase flood resilience in the county. You can explore the various projects to reduce flood risks and damages on this interactive
map
.
The
Community Flood Resilience Task Force
and Harris County Infrastructure Resilience Team (IRT) are designed to work together to promote multidisciplinary flood resilience across Harris County. Equity, health, safety, meaningful community engagement, and transparent and open communication are critical to these efforts.
City of Houston Publications
The
Climate Action Plan
,
Climate Impact Assessment
, and
Resilient Houston
provide mitigation strategies, future climate projections, and resilience strategies for the City, but some information could be applicable to other jurisdictions.
CDC Resources
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s
Climate and Health Program
is a great source for information about how climate impacts health and what public health departments can do to help.
The CDC’s
Heat and Health Tracker
provides extreme heat trends at the national level as well as the county level.
4th National Climate Assessment
The
National Climate Assessment
(NCA) assesses the science of climate change and variability and its impacts across the United States, now and throughout this century.
Climate Perceptions
Public Opinion is an important consideration when it comes to climate change policies and the
Yale Climate Opinion Maps
showcase climate perceptions across the United States.
Climate & Health Assessment
The U.S. Global Change Research Program’s
Climate and Health Assessment
examines how climate change is already affecting human health and the changes that may occur in the future.