Disaster and Emergency Management on the Internet

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Staffordshire Raynet

The Radio Amateurs' Emergency Network in Staffordshire

Contents

Current and Recent Disasters

Types of Disaster, Emergency or Risk

Emergency Management and Training

Government Organizations and Public Agencies by Country

International Agencies

Maps

NonGovernmental/Voluntary Agencies

Amateur Radio Organizations

Ambulance and Voluntary Aid Societies

Search/Rescue Organizations

Other Voluntary Groups

Disaster Relief Agencies

Journals

Institutes and Associations

Commercial Organizations

Other Relevant Sites

Current and Recent Disasters

• Global Disaster Alert & Coordination System
• Disaster Center US organizations active in current/recent disasters
• Disaster News Network main focus recent US disaster response and volunteer operations, especially churches
• Federal Emergency Management Agency latest news on incidents in the US
• NOAA Watch: All Hazards Monitor - main focus is US

Types of Disaster and Emergency

Air Safety

• AirDisaster.com
• Federal Aviation Agency air safety records (US)
• Major Airline Disasters 1920-2002
• AirDisaster.com

Avalanches

• American Avalanche Association
• American Association of Avalanche Professionals
• Avalanche Centre - US and Europe
• Swiss Federal Institute for Snow & Avalanche Research

Drought

• Global Drought Monitor
• South West Asia Drought Monitor
• Experimental African Drought Monitor
• 2011 East African Drought from Wikipedia

Earthquakes

• Eastern Canadian National Earthquake Hazards
• Western Canadian National Earthquake Hazards
• The Earthquake Commission (New Zealand)
• The Earthquake Resource Guide from Online PHd Programs
• Earthquake Hazards from USGS
• Earthquake Report
• Earthquakes in the UK from the the British Geological Survey
• Earthquakes from NGDC
• California Earthquakes
• Fundacion Venezolana de Investigaciones Sismologicas
• Instituto Nacional de Sismologia Vulcanologia Meteorologia e Hidrologia Guatemala
• Laboratoria de Ingineria (Costa Rica)
  • Laboritoria de Ingeneria Sismica Costa Rica
• Mid-America Earthquake Center may time out
• National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering (US)
• Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (US)
• Realtime Seismic Event Display (California)
• Red Sismologica Nacional Costa Rica
• Red Sismologica Nacional Panama
• Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (US)
• Servicio Sismologico Nacional Mexico
• Swiss Seismological Service includes maps of seismic activity
• Eyewitness to Disaster: California Earthquakes
• General Directorate of Disaster Affairs: Earthquake Research (Turkey)
• USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
• Latest Earthquakes in the World from Edinburgh University
• Earthquake Preparedness

Environmental

• Envirolink

Extreme Weather

• Extreme Weather and Climate Events from NOAA
• National Severe Storms Laboratory (US)

Fire Emergencies

• Global Fire Monitoring from NASA with photos and movies of fires since 1992 and bibliography
• Global Fire Monitoring from University of Freiburg: International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
• National Incident Management Agency(US)
• National Fire News US
• Inciweb US
• US Forest Service Fire Information
• World Fire Statistics Centre

Floods

• Environment Agency Flood Warnings (UK)
• Flood Support Microsite
• Flood Forum UK
• Prepare for Flooding from UK Environment Agency

Hazardous Materials

• Bhopal Disaster from Wikipedia
• Biohazard News
• Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction
• Chemical Emergency Preparedness & Prevention - (US EPA)
• Chemical Safety and Hazard Board (US)
• Emergency Preparedness and Response Chemical Agents from CDC
• Guide for Hazard Emergency Operations Planning (FEMA)
• Hazardous Waste (UK Environment Agency)
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information (Canada)
• Haznet Safety Community (US)
• Office of Response & Restoration (NOAA) 
• Seveso Disaster from Wikipedia
• Bopal Disaster

Hurricanes and Tropical Storms

• Atlantic Marine Forecasts (National Hurricane Center)
• Canadian Hurricane Centre
• Caribbean Hurricane Network
• Central Florida Hurricane Center
• Hurricane Katrina from Wikipedia
• Hurricane and Tropical Weather Index
• NHC Hurricane Archive
• Hurricane Mitch and its Aftermath
• Index of Hurricanes and Tropical Weather from Louisiana
• Louisiana State University Hurricane Center
• Orlando Eye of the Storm Hurricane Center
• National Hurricane Center and Tropical Storm Prediction Center
• Internet Weather Source (US) - warnings and forecasts

Landslides

• International Landslide Centre Durham University
• Landslides Hazards Program from USGS
• International Landslide Research Group

Mass Trauma

• Mass Casualty Event Preparedness and Response (CDC)

Natural Disasters and Hazards

• Natural Disasters in Australia
• Natural Hazards Center University of Colorado
• Emergency Preparedness and Response to Natural Disasters from CDC
• List of Natural Disasters by Death Toll from Wikipedia

Nuclear Accidents and Radiation

• Radiation Emergencies from CDC
• Three Mile Island Alert
• US Nuclear Accidents
• Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
• Fukushima Accident
• 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami

Pollution

• UK Environment Agency
• Quantitative Evaluation of Contamination Consequences (US)
• Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan

Severe Storms

• National Severe Storms Laboratory (US)
• Climatic Data from the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois
• American Storm Chaser Links
• Weather information from around the world from NCDC/NOAA
• Ohio State Weather Website
• Online Weather for over 6,000 cities around the world
• US Hydrometeorolgical Prediction Center
• US Storm Prediction Center
• US National Weather Service
• World Meteorological Organization

Terrorism

• Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (US)
• Homeland Security National Terror Alert (US) 
• Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism
• Terrorism/Counterterrorism Web Links from USIP
• Terrorism and Preparedness Data Resource Center University of Michigan
• See also Terrorism Sources from Keele University

Tornadoes

• Tornado Warning Online
• Tornado Protection and Survival Guide

Tropical Storms

• NOAA Geostationary Satellite Server with realtime images, weather tracking, hurricanes, tropical storms
• Hurricanes, Typhoons and Tropical Cyclones

Tsunami

• NOAA Tsunami Program
• National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Propgram from NOAA
• Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
• Tsunami from NGDC
• Tsunami and Earthquakes from USGS
• The International Journal of the Tsunami Society from the Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology
• Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Tsunami Warning Center
• Tsunami! A comprehensive guide from Washington State University
• Tsumani Research Group University of Southern California
• Asian Tsunami Blogs 2004
• South-East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami Blogs
• Tsunami-info
• Scobleize Blogger Tsunami Weblogs
• United Nations Tsunami site
• Disaster Timeline

Volcanoes

• Volcanoes
• Volcanoes from NGDC
• Volcanoes from Dartmouth, with active sites, observatories and research links
• Volcano World from Oregon State U

General Information

• Geographic Distribution of Major Hazards in the US

Emergency Management and Training

• Australian Institute for Emergency Services
• AllState Catastrophe Information Center - Preparedness (US)
• Are You Ready? from FEMA
• Asia Disaster Preparedness Center
• Canadian Emergency Management College
• Disaster Management - preparedness
• Degrees in Emergency Management, Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center (Texas A&M)
• Earthquake Preparedness
• Emergency Planning (Canada)
• Emergency Preparednee Essentials (US)
• Disaster Resources (University of Illinois)
• National Center for Disaster Preparednsss (Columbia U.)
• National Disaster Preparednss Training Center (Hawii)
• National Council on Readiness and Preparedness (US)
• Asian Disaster Reduction
• Pacific Disaster Net
• The Survival Expert (UK)
• Tornado Protection and Survival Guide

Government Organizations and Public Agencies

Australia

• Australian Emergency Management Association - training programmes, disaster preparedness, disaster response and recovery
• Australian Health Disaster Management Policy Committee
• Australian Capital Territory Emergency Services
• List of Disasters in Australia by Death Toll
• National Disaster Resilience Program Queensland
• New South Wales Emergency Services
• Northern Territories Emergency Services may time out
• Queensland Emergency Services
• Rescue Coordination Centre
• South Australia State Emergency Services
• Tasmania Emergency Services
• Victoria State Emergency Services
• Fire and Emergency Services, Western Australia

Belgium

• Crisis and Emergency Management Centre state of art knowledge on crises and emergencies

Britain

• Chief Fire Officers Association
• Civil Contingencies Secretariat (UK Resilience)
• Fire Net
• BRE Group Fire Research
• Fire International Data Service with links to all UK fire brigade sites
• Fire Service College with links to UK and international fire services
• Hull City Council Emergency Planning
• London Emergency Services Liaison Panel
• London Fire Brigade
• Maritime & Coastguard Agency
• National Health Service Emergency Planning
• Scottish Executive Civil Emergencies
• Staffordshire Resilience Forum and Civil Contingencies Unit
• Surrey Emergency Planning Unit
• UK Emergency Planning Society
• UK Fire Services Resources
• Fire Satefy Law from the Department of Communities and Local Goverment

Canada

• Alberta Emergency Management
• Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness - training programs for business and government to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters
• Canadian Coast Guard
• Canadian Emergency Management College
• Canadian Search & Rescue Secretariat
• Canadian Transport Emergency Centre (Federal Department of Transport)
• CASARA Civil Air Search & Rescue Association
•  Civil & Emergency Preparedness Portal, Quebec Public Security Department
• Disaster Assistance Response Team
• Disaster Recovery Institute - Canada
• Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
• Emergency Services Database (BC)
• Industry Canada Emergency Telecommunications
• National Search and Rescue Secretariat

Caribbean

• Caribbean Disaster Emergency Agency OR here

France

• La Protection Civile du Haut Rhin

Hawaii

• Hawaii State Civil Defense<

India

• Bhopal Disaster Management Institute
• Natural Disaster Management in India
• Disaster Mitigation Institute

International Association of Emergency Managers

Jamaica

• Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management

Japan

• Asian Disaster Reduction Center

Mauritius

Natural Disasters

New Zealand

• New Zealand Ministry of Civil Defence
• New Zealand Search and Rescue Centre
• Landsar New Zealand Search and Rescue

Pacific

• Pacific Disaster Centre - fostering disaster-resilient communities

Philippines

• National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council

Slovakia

• Office of Civil Protection

South Africa

• African Centre for Disaster Studies
• Disaster management Institute of Southern Africa

Switzerland

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Thailand

• Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

Ukraine

• Ministry of Emergencies and Affairs of Ukraine  

United Nations

• United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

United States

• Department of Homeland Security Also here
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• State Offices and Agencies of Emergency Management from FEMA
  • Are You Ready Guide
• Public Health Emergency System
• Alabama Homeland Security
• Alachua County (FL) Emergency management - excellent county-level service
• Alaska Homeland Security and Emergency Management
• All Hands Community - emergency and continuity professionals
• The American Civil Defense Association
• American Veterinary Medical Assistance Teams
• Association of Public Safety Communications Officials International Inc
• American Rescue Team
• The Anser Institute for Homeland Security Studies and Analysis
• Arizona Division of Emergency Management
• Arkansas Department of Emergency Management
• Calhoun County (FL) Emergency Management
• California Hazardous Materials Investigators Association
• California Office of Emergency Services
• Charlotte County(FL)EM
• Collier County (FL) EM
• Columbia County (FL) EM
• Colorado Division of Emergency Management
• Connecticut Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
• Delaware Emergency Management Agency
• The Disaster Center - listing of professional and voluntary disaster agencies
• Disasterhelp - resource recruitment and coordination
• Disaster Preparedness Council
• The Emergency Management Forum
• Florida Division of Emergency Services
• Georgia Emergency Management Association
• Flagler County (FL) Emergency Services - excellent county site
• Florida Division of Emergency Management - excellent state web site
• Florida County Emergency Management Web Sites
• Granville County (NC) Emergency Management
• Harris County (TX)Homeland Security & Emergency Management
• Hawaii State Civil Defence
• Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security
• Illinois Emergency Management Agency
• Illinois Ready
• Illinois Disaster Resources
• Illinois Emergency Services Association
• Indiana State Emergency Management Agency
• Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management
• Kentucky Office of Homeland Security
• Kentucky Emergency Management
• Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation
• (Louisiana) Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
• Maine Emergency Management Agency
• Maryland Emergency Management Agency
• Massachusetts Emergency Management
• Miami-Dade Office of Emergency Management
• Michigan Emergency Management Association
• Minnesota Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
• Mississippi Emergency Management Agency
• Missouri Homeland Security
• Missouri State Emergencg Management Agency
• Montana Disaster and Emergency Services
• National Center for Disaster Preparedness
• National Fire Plan
• National Interagency Coordinating Center
• National Emergency Number Association
• National Urban Search & Rescue System
• Nebraska Emergency Management Agency
• New Hampshire Department of Safety
• New Mexico Department of Homeland Security & Emergency Management
• New Mexico Emergency Mnagement Association
• North American Center for Emergency Communications
• North Carolina Emergency Management Agencies
• North Dakota Department of Emergency Services
• North East States Emergency Consortium
• Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance
  • Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance from Wikipedia
• Oklahoma Department of Civil Emergency Management
• Oregon Emergency Management
• Pacific Disaster Center (Hawaii)
• Pennsylvania Homeland Security
• Poland (ME) Emergency Management
• Rhode Island Emergency Management Association
• Salyersville(KY) Magoffin Disaster Emergency Services
• South Carolina Emergency Management Division
• South Dakota Department of Public Safety and Emergency Services
• Tennessee Office of Homeland Security
• Tennessee Emergency Management Agwncy
• Texas Homeland Security
• Texas Division of Emergency Management
• Utah Division of Emergency Management
• Vermont Department of Public Safety
• Virginia Department of Emergency Management
• Washington State Emergency Management Division
• Wyoming Homeland Security

International Agencies

• European Union Civil Protection
• International Police Association
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Links to national societies
• International Committee of the Red Cross
• UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
• Medecins sans Frontieres
• Oxfam Environment - disaster management and mitigation

Maps

• MapAction.org 'supporting humanitarian operations with real-time mapping'
• ReliefWeb
• UNOSAT - downloadable image-based maps listed by country

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  Nongovernmental/Voluntary Organizations

  Disaster Relief Agencies and NGOs Involved in Disaster Relief

  Disasters Emergency Committee (UK)

  Amateur Radio emergency communications

  • International Radio Emergency Support Coalition

  International Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Organizations

  Australia

  • WICEN South Australia
  • WICEN Victoria

  Britain

  • RAYNET - The Radio Amateurs' Emergency Network National Home Page (RAEN) with links to local groups
  • RSGB Emergency Communications Website

  Canada

  • ARES Canada
  • Amateur Radio Emergency Communications, Saskatchewan

  New Zealand

  • AREC New Zealand

  Russia

  • ARES Russia

  United States

  • Emergency Radio - how radio amateurs can help following disasters
  • National Amateur Radio Emergency Service Site links to state/local groups
  • The Hurricane Watch Net
  • SKYWARN, ARES and REACT information and explanations

Ambulance and Voluntary Aid Societies

• Australian Red Cross
• Austrian Red Cross
• Belgian Red Cross (French)
• British Red Cross
• American Red Cross
• Canadian Red Cross
• Irish Red Cross
• Japanese Red Cross
• Kuwait Red Crescent
• Mexicana Cruz Roja
• Netherlands Red Cross
• New Zealand Red Cross
• Norwegian Red Cross
• Order of St John of New Zealand
• Polish Red Cross
• St John Ambulance of Canada
• Singapore SJA
• St John Ambulance UK
  • St John Bedfordshire
  • SJA Cambridgeshire
  • SJA Derbyshire
  • SJA Greater Manchester
  • SJA London
  • SJA Maidstone
  • SJA Oxfordshire
  • SJA South & West Yorkshire
  • SJA Surrey OR here
  • SJA Wales
  • SJA Wiltshire
• Spanish Red Cross
• Swedish Red Cross
• Turkish Red Crescent

• International Search and Recsue Teams Directory

  UK Teams

• Association of Lowland Search Rescue
• Berkshire Lowland Search & Rescue
• Berkshire Search and Rescue Dogs
• Blue Dome Mountain Rescue Council
• Braemar Mountain Rescue Group
• British Cave Rescue Council
• Cave Rescue Organization
• Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team
• Cheshire Search and Rescue
• Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team 
• Derbyshire Cave Rescue Organization
• Emergency Response Team Search and Rescue
• Exmoor Search and Rescue Team
• Kent Search and Rescue
• Kintail Mountain Rescue Team
• Mountain Rescue Scotland
• Norfolk Search and Rescue
• North Wales Cave Rescue Organization
• Oxfordshire Lowland Search & Rescue
• Penrith Mountain Rescue Team
• Scarborough & Rydale Mountain Rescue Team
• Scottish Mountain Rescue Committee
• SARA - Severn Area Rescue Association
• South and Mid-Wales Cave Rescue Team
• Staffordshire Search & Rescue
• Surrey Search and Rescue
• Sussex Search and Rescue
• South & Mid Wales Cave Rescue Team
• Wiltshire Search and Rescue

• Bjvrgunarsvein Arsfll (Iceland)
• California Rescue Dog Association
• Royal Canadian Air Force Search and Rescue Organizations Directory
• Dublin and Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team
• ICE-SAR (Iceland)
• Irish Cave Rescue Organization
• Mountain Rescue Association (US)
• Mounted Search and Rescue Teams by State (US)
• National Disaster Search Dog Foundation (US)
• Search & Rescue Dogs of Pennsylvania
  Other Volunteer Organizations
  
• British Association for Immediate Care
• Community Emergency Response Teams Society of British Columbia
• Coastwatch (UK)
• Skywatch Civil Air Patrol (UK) - private pilots observing and reporting incidents involving aircraft

Disaster Relief Agencies

• Action By Churches Together
• Aid Association for Lutherans
• Catholic Relief Services (US)
• Christian Disaster Response
• Disaster Relief Agencies
• Interaction.org coalition of US-based agencies/">
• Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Disaster Response (International)
• Lutheran World Relief
• Mennonite Disaster Service
• National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters
• Nazarene Disaster Response
• Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
• Tearfund Relief
• United Methodist Relief
• West Pennsylvania Salvation Army Disaster Services

Journals

• ADPC: Asian Disaster Management News
• Asian Journal of Environmental and Disaster Management
• Australian Journal of Trauma and Disaster Studies
• Bapco Journal
• Crisis Manager Newsletter from Bernstein Communications
• Crisis Response Journal
• Disaster Advances
• Disaster Research Newsletter
• Disaster Recovery Journal
• Disaster Prevention and Management
• Disaster Recovery Journal
• Homeland Defense Journal
• International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters
• Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Institutes and Professional Bodies

• American College of Emergency Physicians
• Australian Emergency Management Volunteer Forum
• Center of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (Hawaii)
• Center for Disaster management and Humanitarian Assistance (University of South Florida and Tulane University)
• Disaster Mental Health Institute
• Disaster Recovery Institute (Canada)
• Emergency Planning Society (UK)
• Emergency Response & Research Institute (India)
• Fire & Rescue Institute
• Global Fire Monitoring Centre (Germany)
• World Association for Disaster & Emergency Medecine

Commercial Organizations

• Acorn Supplies Survival Kits and Food Storage (US)
• A.I.D. Training -safety and emergency training (UK)
• AirServe - air services to humanitarian organizations on a non-profit basis
• American Family Safety disaster-preparedness products
• Ardent Fire Protection Systems
• Anvil Technologies - communications for first responders
• Athena Global - disaster management consultancy
• BA Products Emergency Preparedness Survival Products(US)
• Be Prepared
• Bapco - efficient communications and IT systems in public safety and civil contingency services (UK)
• Bernstein Communications - Crisis Prevention, Response and Issues management professionals (US)
• Blue Chip business continuity (UK)
• BlueWolf Survival and Preparedness
• Chemical Industry Association(UK)
• Chiltern International Fire (UK)
• COBRA software - emergency response support
• Columbia Fire and Safety - emergency equipment (Canada)
• Concept Fire Suppression (UK)
• Contego Disaster Management Software
• Continuity Planning (UK)
• Controll-IT GmbH - disaster software solutions
• Critical Incident Stress from Integrated Leadership Strategies (US)
• Disaster-Emergency Preparedness
• Disaster Logistics
• Disaster Recovery
• Disaster Recovery Forum
• Disaster Recovery Guide
• Disaster Timeline - graphic description of major disasters 1965>present that have affected emergency management policies in the US
• EarlyAlert.com - disaster and emergency management consulting (US)
• EastBanc Technologies - Automated Local Emergency Resource Tracking System
• Emergency Communications (BC,Canada)
• Emergency Disaster Systems (USA)
• Emergency Essentials - long term food storage and supplies
• Emergency Logistics Management (US) - information and solutions for businesses affected by earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes etc
• Emergency Preparedness Capacity Builders (S.Australia)
• Emergency Preparedness Kits (UK)
• Emergency Preparedness Kits from Ice-Qube.com (US)
• Emergency Preparedness Services(US)
• Emergency Response Planning and Management Inc. (US)
• The EPI Center - survival foods and water
• ESE Direct (UK) - health and safety supplies: foil Blankets, stretchers etc
• Family Disaster Plan
• FireCell UK - fire extinguoshers, blankets etc
• FirefightingCom
• FireMart UK
• Fire Safety Engineering (UK consultancy)
• Fire Safety Engineering Links
• First Response Supplies (UK) - paramedic and first aid supplies
• FutureTowns(UK) 'designing towns for managing the impact of disasters'
• GK First Aid Training (UK)
• Global Continuity - business disaster recovery
• Hughes Safety Showers (UK) - eyebaths, decontamination
• Human Resources Disaster Recovery
• IAS Air Ambulance Service (UK and international)
• Innovative Emergency Management - high-tech consulting on quantitative emergency management (US)
• Intechnology Disaster Recovery (UK)
• Janco-Associates Disaster Recovery (US)
• JHC Consulting Emergency Preparedness(US)
• Kenyon International Emergency Services
• Medical Goods (US)
• PennCare - emergency medical supplies and services (US)
• Praxiom's Homeland Security Resource (Canada) - offers comprehensive homeland security planning
• Preparedness.com - supplies and kits
• PTSD Resources - publishers of material on PTSD
• Ready Set Go Kits Disaster Preparedness Kits (US)
• Rezek Equipment - Specializing in advanced portable equipment technology, manufacturing field systems deployed on-location for relief efforts, disasters, national security, special events, and productions.
• SP Services International suppliers of medical, first aid, ambulance and emergency rescue equipment(UK)
• Segard Availability Services continuity planning software
• Survival Suppliers (US)
• TSG Associates (UK) - triage and mass casualty equipment
• UK Urban Search and Rescue Training

Other relevant sites and Sources

• CBS News Disaster Links - excellent, comprehensive collection of wordwide links
• Critical Incident Stress Management and Post-Traumatic Stress  
• Emergency Response Training
• FEMA for kids   
• Public Safety Search Engine
• World Association for Disaster