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National Homeland Security Threat Levels
Red Cross Homeland Security Advisory System
Recommendations
Monday, August 25, 2003 —
American Red Cross Homeland Security Advisory System
Recommendations for Individuals, Families, Neighborhoods,
Schools, and Businesses
The White House issued Homeland Security Directive-3, in
March 2002, which established five threat conditions for
possible terrorist attack: Green = Low; Blue = Guarded; Yellow
= Elevated; Orange = High; and Red = Severe.
General explanations were given for preparedness activities
for each level, but these were intended mainly for government
agencies. Across the country questions of “What does a
condition ‘yellow’ mean to me or my family? or What does this
mean to a business or school?” remained. The American Red
Cross recognized the need and developed a complementary set of
guidelines for the following areas:
Click here for a Spanish
Version of the Recommendations.
Additional Materials and Resources for Use with the
Homeland Security Advisory System and American Red Cross
Recommendations
American Red Cross materials dealing with
terrorism and unexpected events
Visit the on-line listing of available publications. Click
on "Publications"
then "Community
Disaster Education" to get to lists of available materials
such as:
Notes:
- American Red Cross Chapters can provide these materials
and others at no cost or a nominal fee, depending on the
item
- Items with an (S) are available in Spanish
- Many of the items listed on the public website are
available in Spanish and other languages and available to be
ordered in brochure form
- The materials listed in this document are not meant
to be the sole source of preparedness information for the
American public
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