Personal Safety

• Hurricane Preparedness
  Viewing the image link below will take you to the Virginia Department of Emergency
  Services' "Hurricane Preparedness" page.

• Emergency Response
  View our "Links" page, and look under the topic heading "Emergency
  Response" for links to information on various programs.



• Fall Prevention



• Virginia Injury, Death and Hospitalization Data (.pdf file, 8 pages) .



• Falls Among Older Adults Fact Sheet View this page on the Centers for Disease Control's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control web site.



• Fire Prevention



• Fire Injury Fact Sheet (.pdf file, 1 page)
  View this document on the Virginia Department of Health's web site.



• Home Safety



• Older Drivers

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