Ready Campus   

Ready Campus is a partnership among Pennsylvania's colleges, universities, and communities designed to strengthen preparation for and response to regional or national emergencies by using campus facilities, training campus volunteers, and providing college students with service learning opportunities to prepare them to be crisis-ready civic leaders of the future.

US Department of Health & Human Services - Substance Abuse Mental Health Service Administration   

SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center, Mental Health All-Hazards Disaster Planning Guidance

American Psychological Association   

Information about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Automated Exercise & Assessment System   

AEAS provides efficient and cost-effective training and readiness assessment for the Emergency Responder Community: * 14 scenarios: 11 with WMD events and 3 for system familiarization * Tabletop and Functional Exercises * Exercises command structures both in the EOC and at the incident site * Automatic assessment of participant actions is available for After Action Review * Easy to set up and run - select a scenario, assign player roles, and choose communication channels * A community can use their own equipment, resources, and locale * Exercises inter-agency communication and the Incident Command System (ICS) * Participants are assessed as a team as they work to mitigate consequences of the WMD event * Real time event progression mimics real world stress * Complete After Action Review capability facilitates discussion and generates take-home reports

Bird Flu Manual Online   

The Only Free Online Reference and Resources around to help you get your Business Prepared for a pandemic outbreak of Bird Flu. Contains procedures, templates, ready made training presentations, and more.

British Columbia Earthquake Response Plan, 1999 Edition   

"NEMA is the professional association of state and pacific caribbean insular state emergency management directors committed to: - Providing national leadership and expertise in comprehensive emergency management; - Serving as a vital information and assistance resource for state and territorial directors and their governors; and - Forging strategic partnerships to advance continuous improvements in emergency management."

Community Development/Emergency Management   

Southern Cross University (Australia) offers distance education programs delivered via the Internet. Our Postgraduate Diploma and Masters courses are aimed at those people involved in Emergency Management and/or Humanitarian fields who have an interest in developing their community development knowledge and practice base.

The Connection - "America's Bridge to Preparedness"   

The Connection newsletter is comprised of articles written by the people from around the Country who are involved in community preparedness on a daily basis.

Crisis and Emergency Management Newsletter Website   

Crisis and Emergency Management Newsletter Website Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management The George Washington University. The purpose of the EMSE 232 Disaster Newsletter is to provide its readers with a current perspective of activities in the disaster management field in the United States and around the world. The Newsletter includes information on current disaster management trends in the areas of research, funding, technology, legislation and consulting. This information is produced by the students of EMSE 232 - Crisis and Emergency Management at The George Washington University, and provides brief summaries of current activities accompanied by a computer link or reference to more detailed information.

Crisis Information Management Software (CIMS) Feature Comparison Report   

This NIJ Special Report compares 10 crisis information management software products currently used by emergency management agencies (EMAs). The products examined were specifically designed to augment EMA responses to crisis situations and enhance emergency management planning and mitigation. The report is accompanied by an Excel-based Feature Comparison Matrix that allows an agency to assess the performance of a product(s)—respective of agency priorities, requirements, and conditions of operation—and use that information for the procurement process. (October, 2002)

Emergency Planning and Special Needs Populations FEMA Course   

The G197 Emergency Planning and Special Needs Populations course material can be downloaded. This course material is intended to be delivered in an instructor-led classroom training. This is not a self-paced, self-study or computer based training course.

Federal Emergency Management Agency Online Photo Library   

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has updated its online photo library, a collection of more than 9,200 images of natural disasters and terrorist events, including response and recovery activities, taken by FEMA's disaster photographers. The majority of photographs in the collection are in the public domain and may be downloaded, reproduced, and distributed for educational and informational purposes without further permission from FEMA.

FEMA: Disaster Resistant Universities   

Both a how-to guide and a distillation of the experiences of 6 universities & colleges across the country that have been working over the past several years to become more disaster-resistant. Provides basic information designed for institutions just getting started as well as concrete ideas, suggestions, and practical experiences for institutions that have already begun to take steps.

FEMA: Disaster Resistant Universities   

n the last decade, disasters have affected university and college campuses with high frequency, sometimes causing death and injury, but always imposing monetary losses and disruption of the institution's teaching, research, and public service. Damage to buildings and infrastructure and interruption to the institutional mission result in significant losses that can be measured by faculty and student departures, decreases in research funding, and increases in insurance premiums. These losses could have been substantially reduced or eliminated through comprehensive pre-disaster planning and mitigation actions. "Building A Disaster Resistant University" is both a how-to guide and a distillation of the experiences of six universities and colleges across the country that have been working over the past several years to become more disaster-resistant. The guide, which can be downloaded below, provides basic information designed for institutions just getting started as well as concrete ideas, suggestions, and practical experiences for institutions that have already begun to take steps to becoming more disaster-resistant.

HouseHold Emergency Preparedness   

Site dedicated in teaching families how to create an emergency family plan and disaster supply kit.

Indiana Primary Health Care Association (IPHCA)   

Disaster Response: Principles of Preparation and Coordination, by Dr. Erik Aufderheide, originally published in 1989, remains one of the primary reference sources on disaster problems and planning. The text addresses many systems-related issues, e.g., interagency coordination, communication, resource management, and so on, and provides the reader with food for thought on managing various aspects of planning for the health and medical consequences of disaster.

The Internet Disaster Information Network   

The IDIN, provided as a public service by Telekachina Productions, helps to distribute the latest news on disaster situations to the Internet community via the World Wide Web. Includes current situations as well as historical archives.

National Disaster Education Coalition (NDEC)   

The National Disaster Education Coalition (NDEC) is composed of federal government agencies and national not-for-profit organizations that work together to develop and disseminate consistent educational information for the public about disaster preparedness. The goal of the NDEC is to formulate information and advise the public about how to prepare and respond appropriately to natural and human-caused disasters. NDEC member agencies ensure that disaster safety messages are appropriate, accurate, research-based, and crafted appropriately for the audience by using understandable language.

National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (DMORT)   

"This is a Federal Level Response team designed to provide mortuary assistance in the case of a mass fatality incident or cemetery related incident. We work under the local jurisdictional authorities such as Coroner/Medical Examiners, Law Enforcement and Emergency Managers."

National Emergency Management Association   

"NEMA is the professional association of state and pacific caribbean insular state emergency management directors committed to: - Providing national leadership and expertise in comprehensive emergency management; - Serving as a vital information and assistance resource for state and territorial directors and their governors; and - Forging strategic partnerships to advance continuous improvements in emergency management."

National Emergency Management Association   

"NEMA is the professional association of state and pacific caribbean insular state emergency management directors committed to: - Providing national leadership and expertise in comprehensive emergency management; - Serving as a vital information and assistance resource for state and territorial directors and their governors; and - Forging strategic partnerships to advance continuous improvements in emergency management."

National School Safety and Security Services   

Postgraduate training program in emergency management and public health   

George Washington University (GWU) recently announced a postgraduate training program in emergency management and public health for beginning and mid-career professionals interested in combining emergency services, disaster relief, and the rapid assessment of public health concerns and services.

Prepare.org: California Preparedness Materials   

People With Disabilities and Medical Concerns Amnerican Red Cross Helps you and your family , including people with certain disabilities and medical concerns to prepare for earthquakes and other disasters.

"The Quality of Panic" by Lee Clarke   

Clarke indicates that "contrary to these popular portrayals, group panic is relatively rare. In disasters people are often models of civility and cooperation."