Ash Pamphlets

Pamphlets for the public and emergency managers

1) The health hazards of volcanic ash

2) How to prepare and cope with ashfall

3) How to protect yourself from breathing volcanic ash NEW

4) The health hazards of volcanic and geothermal gases NEW

IVHHN has four pamphlets on volcanic ash and hazards, and protection.

The first pamphlet is a guide for the public on the health hazards of volcanic ash. The second is for the public and emergency managers on guidelines for preparedness before, during and after an ashfall. The third is information for the public on how to protect yourself from breathing ash. The fourth is on the health hazards of volcanic and geothermal gases.

The pamphlets are available for mass distribution at the onset of new eruptions. The pamphlets are available in a range of languages. If you would like to have the pamphlets in your language, please Contact Us.

To view the pamphlets as PDFs, click on the low resolution flags below.

PRINTING THE PAMPHLETS

Ready-printed versions are no longer available. IVHHN is happy for the pamphlets to be reprinted locally.

Click on one of the low or high resolution flags, below, to download the pamphlet you require in the language that best suits you.  We recommend the high resolution format (where available) for mass printing for distribution to local populations - the format is different from the low resolution format to allow for direct compilation into pamphlet form.

If you download the pamphlets, we would appreciate it if you could Contact Us to let us know that you have downloaded them, so that we can keep track of their use.

The Health Hazards of Volcanic Ash - A guide for the public

This information is also available in English (in webpage format) at https://www.ivhhn.org/information/health-impacts-volcanic-ash

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Guidelines on Preparedness Before, During and After an Ashfall

This information is also available in English (in webpage format) at https://www.ivhhn.org/information/preparedness-ashfall

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How to protect yourself from breathing volcanic ash

This PAHO-WHO endorsed pamphlet is available in English, Spanish, Bahasa Indonesia, Japanese, Turkish and Filipino (click on flags, below). Text versions (in English, Spanish, Bahasa Indonesia, Japanese and Filipino) can be found at: www.ivhhn.org/ash-protection.

The Health Hazards of Volcanic and Geothermal Gases

This pamphlet is currently only available in English, Japanese and French. A text version of this pamphlet can be found at https://www.ivhhn.org/information/health-impacts-volcanic-gases.