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Community and Internet Resources


Safety: Health


National

New Sign American Redcross offers tips on heat related illness and how to prevent it for people with disabilities.

New Sign Severe Weather Preparation and Safety Tips

State Listings

Missouri

New Sign EnergyCare provides year-round client assistance and refers callers to agencies that provide utility assistance, counsels callers on how to stay safe and well in cold weather, provides blankets and heaters for persons who are ill, persons who are elderly and have low incomes, and who families with young children who are ill, provides minor furnace repair for older adults who have low incomes and own their homes, provides weatherization kits for families with low incomes who are physically able to install the kits, weatherizes homes to keep persons who elderly, ill or disabled safe and help them conserve precious financial resources and energy. EnergyCare continually provides products and services that help St. Louis city and county residents throughout the year.

International

Canada

New Sign Hot Weather Guidelines: Agencies Serving Elderly/Persons with Disabilities Peel Health recommends the following steps to be taken to prevent heat related illness:

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