Emergency Preparedness & Disaster Links
US GOVERNMENT
- Office of Homeland Security
- DHS Disaster Help
- Emergency Planning and Prevention
- Emergency Response and Recovery
- USGS
- USGS Hazards
- NOAA Imagery
- NGDC-Natural Hazards Databases
- Pacific Disaster Center
- Western Disaster Center
- US Army Corps of Eng. Disaster Links
- NASA-Terra Data Access
- EPA Project EMPACT
- EPA Environmental Emergencies
- FEMA
- FEMA Media Site
- FEMA Disaster Map
- How to Prepare for Disaster
- FEMA: A Citizen’s Guide to Preparedness
- Dept. of Interior Natural Hazards
- Business and Industry Guide for Emergency Management
- Ready.Gov: Useful Sites
More
- ESRI-Hazards
- Disasternews.net
- Relief Web
- CIESEN
- Disastercenter
- Disastercenter’s Daily Report
- Disasters.org
- Environmental News Network
- Global Health Disaster Network
- Disaster Message Service
- UN Int’l Disasters Page
- Alertnet
- Earthweek
- Int’l Disaster Monitoring (Asia/Japan) ADRC: Asian Disaster Reduction Center
- Two Tigers Online Disaster Resources
- 911guide
- Emergency-Management.net
- Aircraft Statistics
- Air Travel: Live Traffic Control
- CrewStart.Com
- FAA
- Landings.com
- National Air Disaster Alliance
- Plane Crash Info.Com
- Plane Spotting Network
- National Transportation Safety
- Board (NTSB)
- Tail Numbers
AIRPLANE DISASTERS
Flight Tracking Software
International Air Safety Boards
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau
- (Canada) Transportation Safety Board
- (Ireland) Air Accident Investigation Unit
- (New Zealand) Transport Accident Commission
AVALANCHE
- Avalanche.org
- Boulder Colorado Climate and Weather Data
- Cyberspace Snow and Avalanche Center
- Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center
BIOLOGICAL & CHEMICAL WEAPONS/CONTAMINATION
General
- (DHS) Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Ready.Gov: Preparing for Terrorism
- Red Cross: Dealing with Unexpected Disasters
- RTNDA: Bioterror Resources (for Journalists)
- CDC: Emergency Preparedness
- CDC: List of Toxins
- US Army: Bio/Chem Agent Tables
- CIA Chem/Bio/Radiation Handbook
- HHS: Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
- USPS: Security of the Mail
- Emedicine: Biological Weapons
- FAQs: Personal Protection on Chemical/Biological Threat
- Stimson Center’s Chem and Bio Weapons Project
- Surviving Chemical/Biological/Nuclear Terrorism
- UPMC Center for Biosecurity
- Sandia National Labs Center for Civil Force Protection
- PBS Frontline: Plague War
- World Health Organization
- NIH Toxnet: Toxicology Database
- National Disaster Medical System (NDMS)
- Virtual Flight Surgeons
- US Navy: Documents on Biological, Chemical, and Nuclear Terror
Biological
- Ready.Gov: Biological Threat
- DHS: Biological Weapons Fact Sheet
- NIH Biodefense
- CDC – Bioterrorism
- Stanford Hospital Bioterrorism Web-Resources for Physicians
- FDA: Bioterrorism Information
- FDA: Countering Bioterrorism
- FTC: Biological Threats: What You Need to Know
- HHS: Public Health Emergencies
- 911guide
Anthrax
- ACP: Anthrax
- CDC: Anthrax
- DOD: Anthrax
- EPA: Anthrax
- FBI: Anthrax Attack
- Anthrax/Bioterror:Web Portal
- FDA: Anthrax Vaccine
- UPMC: Anthrax
- Univ. of Wisconsin Lecture: Anthrax
- World Anthrax Data Site
- JAMA: Anthrax as a Biological Weapon
- Anthrax imagery
- Anthrax (Español)
Botulism
Brucellosis
Ebola
Glanders
Melioidosis
Mycotoxin (T2 or “Yellow Rain”)
Plague
Ricin
Sarin
Smallpox
Soman (GD)
Tabun (GA)
Tularemia
Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
VX
CHEMICAL
- Ready.Gov: Chemical Threat
- CBIAC: Chem-Bio Defense Info
- CDC: Chemical Agents
- CIA: Chem/Bio/Radiological Incident Handbook
- DHS: Chemical Weapons Fact Sheet
- EPA:Chemical Emergency Preparedness
- EPA Environmental Emergencies
- EPA Chem Emergency
- 911guide
- Emergency Room Procedures in Chemical Hazards
- Hazard Emergencies
- Managing Hazardous Material Incidents
Lewisite
Mustard Gas
CYBER CRIME AND COMPUTER INFRASTRUCTURE
- Cyber Criminals Most Wanted
- DHS: Critical Information Protection
- DOD Information Assurance Technology
- DOE Computer Incident Advisory
- Federal Agency Computer Security Practices
- FIRST Computer Security Response Teams
- McAfee.com
- NIST: Computer System Security
- First Gov: Protect Yourself from Internet Fraud
- SANS
- Secret Service: Critical Systems Protection
- Secret Service: Cyber Threat Reporting
- Secret Service: Electronic Crimes Investigations
- White House: Strategy to Secure Cyberspace
DISASTER COMMUNICATIONS
(HAM RADIO LINKS)
- American Radio Relay League
- Amateur Radio Disaster Service
- Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES)
- Salvation Army: SATERN Disaster Communications
DISASTER EDUCATION
- NOAA: Natural Hazards Data
- Natural Hazards Center at Univ. of Colorado at Boulder
- Disaster Recovery Journal Article Search
- Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware
- CDC Disaster Prevention Guides
- IBHS: Institute for Business and Home Safety (Insurance Industry)
- Natural Hazards.org
- North American Emergency Management: Training
- Simon Fraser Univ., Vancouver, ‘EPIX’ Disaster Information
- Virginia Cooperative Extension Program: “After a Disaster” Publications
- Texas Agriculture Extension Program Hazards
DISASTER IMAGERY
US Government
Commercial Satellites
DISASTER MONITORING
Software & Notification
- AWS WeatherBug
- Emergencyemail.org
- Eye of the Storm Hurricane Tracker
- Wetsock Weather Monitor
- AIDS
- AIDS.org
- Hopkins:AIDS
- Avian Flu
- CDC: Avian Flu (Bird Flu)
- WHO: Avian Flu
- Cancer
- American Cancer Society
- Cancer.gov
- Cancer Care
- OncoLink
- Flu
- CDC: Flu
- Mad Cow Disease
- FDA: BSE (Mad Cow)
- SARS
- CDC: SARS
- Corda: Interactive SARS Map
- Health Canada: SARS
- Medscape: SARS
- Disastercenter: SARS
- SARS Watch
- Poynter Institute: SARS Resources
- WHO: Int’l SARS site
- West Nile Virus
DROUGHT
- DROUGHT
- USGS Water Use
- UNL Drought Monitor
- UNL Drought Monitor Current Conditions
- National Drought Mitigation Center
- USDA Drought Reports
- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
- NOAA’s Drought Info
EARTHQUAKES
- EARTHQUAKES
- USGS Sites
- Earthquake Hazard Program
- National Earthquake Info Center
- Geologic Hazard Program
- Western States Fault Maps
- National Seismic Hazard Mapping
- This Dynamic Earth
- The San Andreas Fault
- Earth’s Crust
- Earthquakes
- Latest Earthquake Info
- Listening to Earthquakes
- ws Seismic Monitor: “Seisvole.exe” by Dr. Alan Jones
Radiological & Nuclear
- Ready.Gov: Nuclear Blast
- Ready.Gov: Radiation Threat
- DHS: Radiological Dispersion Devices
- CDC: Radiological Weapons
- CDI: Nuclear Terror
- CIA: Chem/Bio/Radiological Incident Handbook
- EPA: Radiation Protection Basics
- FAS: Nuclear Terror
- NCI: Nuclear Control Institute
- NCI: Nuclear Terror
- Nuclear Incident Response (Lawrence Livermore National Labs)
- Oak Ridge: Radiation Emergency Assistance Center
- State Dept. Bureau Of Nonproliferation
- Terrorism Answers: Dirty Bomb
Toxic Spills
- Chem-Bio.com
- Chemical Transportation Emergency Center
- Chemical Spill.org
- US Chemical Safety Investigation Board
- Chemical Incidents Reports Center
- EPA Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention
- EPA Superfund Emergency Response Team
- EPA Environmental Response Center
More WMD Links
- Ready.Gov: Explosions
- Consequence Management Interoperability (CMI): Interagency Effort on WMD
- U. Wash.: Earthquake Hazards in Washington and Oregon
- UC Santa Barbara: Quake
- Caltech Seismic Lab
- SC EQ Data Center: General Info
- UC Berkeley Seismic Lab
- UC Berkeley Seismic FAQ
- SF Bay Quakes: Images
- QuakeView
- Cascadia Quakes: CREW.org
- Seismo-surfing the Internet
- FEMA Earthquake Mitigation
- Nevada Seismic Lab
- St. Louis University Earthquake Center (New Madrid Fault: North end)
- Center for Earthquake Research and Information (CERI) (New Madrid Fault: South end)
- (Japan) Earthquake Research Institute
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
FLOODS
NOAA
USGS
- Flood Info
- Streamflow Conditions
- Water Condition Animations
- National Water Conditions
- US Water Resources
- Significant US Flood History
- Water Use
- Real-Time Water Data
More
- FEMA: Flood Hazard Mapping
- EarthSat’s US Flood Threat Map
- One of the Worst Floods in US History
- Coping with Floods
- North Carolina Flood Maps
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
HEAT
HURRICANES
NOAA Links
- Hurricanes
- NHC: Hurricane Awareness
- NOAA Home PAge
- Tropical Prediction Center
- Cyclones
- Tropical Forecast
- Satellite Imagery
- Past Hurricanes
- NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters
- Other Links
- More NOAA Websites
- OSEI:Imagery
- GOES: Satellites
- Hurricane Season 2000
- NWS Miami Region
- Atlantic Oceanographic Lab
- Hurricane FAQ
- National Climatic Data Center: Weather Data Archive
- Hurricane Research
- NSSL Hurricane Info
- Hurricane Info & Links
- NWS Album “Meteorological Monsters”
More Links
- Hurrwarn
- Hurricanetrack
- Lowe’s Storm2000 Hurricane Central
- The Weather Channel
- Pacific Disaster Center
- Intellicast: Tropical Weather
- FEMA: Tropical Storm and Hurricane Watch
- FEMA: Hurricanes
- FEMA:Tropical Storm and Hurricanes
- NASA:Tropical Storm Wind Overlays
- Florida Today Hurricane 2000
- American Red Cross: Hurricanes
- WeatherNet Tropical Weather
- WeatherNet
- Disastercenter.com
- Atlantic Tropical Weather Center
- CIMSS Tropical Cyclones
- New Orleans Hurricanes
- Meteorology
- Miami University(Ohio): Hurricane Links
- Startingpoint
- Brockport Univ.: Hurricane
- Orlando Sentinel Hurricane
- Ohio State: Severe Text
- Hawaii: Hurricanes, Typhoons and Tropical Cyclones
- Other Links
- Hurricanes Online Meteorology
- Terrapin: Tropical Storm Tracking
- USA TODAY
- AWS Hurricane Net
- NC Storm Surge
- NC Hurricane Coverage
- S.W. Florida Hurricane Resources
- Storm Carib
- 53rd Weather Recon Squadron: Hurricane Hunters
NOAA
- NOAA
- Climate Diagnostic Center
- Climate Prediction Center
- El Niño-Southern Oscillation
- El Niño Research, Forecasts and Observations
- La Niña page
- Atlantic Oceanographic Lab
More
EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION
- More on Earthquakes
- USGS: World Earthquake Map
- NEIC:General Info
- Recent CA Earthquakes
- Hazards Preparedness
- What’s New
- Northern Calif. EQ Potential
- EQ Home Page
- Earthquake Info
More Earthquake Sites
ICEBERGS
INTERNATIONAL DISASTERS
- CDC: Foreign Travel Advisories
- Alertnet
- WHO-Belgium: Int’l Disaster Database
- World Bank Disaster Management
- Global Disaster Information Network (GDIN)
- Centre for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels
- UN: International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
- UN: Relief Web
- UN: Directory of Disaster Reduction
- International Weatherlinks
- (Canada) Emergency Preparedness
- (Canada) Safeguard
- Simon Fraser Univ., Vancouver, “EPIX” List of International Disaster Relief Agencies
- Desastres.Net
- Desastres.Net (More)
- Caribbean Disaster Mitigation Project
- Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
- PAHO Disasters Site
- Latin American Disaster Information Center (CRID)
- Response Agency (CDERA)
- OAS Natural Hazards Project
- (Turkey) Middle East Technical University Disaster Management
- (Asia/Japan) ADRC: Asian Disaster Reduction Center
- (Japan) Earthquake Research Institute
- (Japan) Institute Studying Disasters
- (Japan) National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED)
- (Asia/Thailand) Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
- (Australia) Natural Hazards Research Center
- (New Zealand) Office of Civil Defense
REFUGEES
LANDSLIDES
LIGHTNING
OCEANS: MARINE WEATHER, IMAGERY & DATA
NOAA
- Sustainable Seas
- National Data Buoy Center
- Coastwatch
- Oceanic Data Center
- Ocean Images
- Ocean Surface Winds
- Oceans
More
- NASA: Seawifs
- NASA: Daily Seawind Animations
- USCG: Storm Center
- US Navy: Oceans
- Japan: TRMM Sea Surface Temperature
OILSPILLS
- EPA Oil Spills
- US Gov’t Oil Spill Incident News Site
- EPA Superfund Emergency
- EPA Oil Spill Response Guide
- NOAA: Oil Spills Aids
- NOAA: Oil Spills Response and Restoration
- NOAA: Restoring Resources Lost in Oil Spills
- US Coast Guard
- USCG: National Response Center
- USCG: National Pollution Funds Center
RELIEF AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
- American Red Cross
- America’s Second Harvest
- Catholic Relief Services
- Church World Service
- Disaster News Network
- Emergency Response Program
- Habitat for Humanity
- Humane Society
- Interaction.org
- International Red Cross
- Mennonite Disaster Service
- National Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD)
- Salvation Army
- Action Against Hunger
- American Red Cross (via Amazon)
- American Jewish World Service
- BAPS Care International
- CARE
- Direct Relief International
- GOAL
- Habitat for Humanity International
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
- Islamic Relief Worldwide
- Karunalanka Trust
- Network for Good
- Oxfam International
- Sarvodaya
- Save the Children
- UNICEF
- World Food Programme (UN)
SEVERE WEATHER
US Government Links
- NWS Severe Weather Awareness
- NOAA National Warnings Area
- NCDC Climatic Extremes and Weather Events
- NOAA: GOES Satellite Server
- NOAA:NWS
- NESDIS
- NWS File Server Access
- U Mich Weather WeatherSites
- NASA-EOS Data NASA-Gateway Data Search and Order
- NOAA- National Climatic Data Center
- NOAA Climate Prediction Center
- NOAA Newspage
- NOAA
- NWS Forecasts: NY, NJ and Conn.
- NWS Watches and Warnings
- NOAA Storm Prediction Center NOAA Storm Prediction Center Watch, Warning and Advisory Display
- NOAA-Interactive Weather Information Network
More Links
- AccuWeather.com
- AMS- American Meteorological Society
- AWS Automated Weather Source
- Intellicast
- TV Weather.Com
- Universal Weather – Local Forecast
- Universal Weather – U.S. Radar with Tops and Movement
- Washington Post Weather
- Weatherbug: Severe Weather Alerts
- Weatherguys
- Weather Channel
- Weather Channel: Project Safeside
- Weather Channel – Current U.S. Weather
- Weather Underground
- Weatherlinks
- World Meteorological Organization (Switzerland)
- WxUSA
STATE DISASTER AGENCIES
- Homeland Security: State Emergency Services
- Homeland Security: State Contact Map
- Emergency Management: State Map
- FDA: State Health Agencies
State by State
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- California: Emergency Digital Information
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York State
- New York City
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Texas Dept. of Health
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington, D.C.
- Washington State
- Wyoming
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
SPACE WEATHER
- NOAA Space Weather Now
- NOAA Today’s Space Weather
- Lund Space Weather Center
- National Academy of Sciences: Space Weather Links
- NASA SpaceScience.com
- NASA Spacelink Hot Topics
- Univ of Arizona Spacewatch
- SOHO Solar Observatory
- Spaceweather Today
- Spacenews Solar Weather
- Rice Univ. Space Weather Resources
- Michigan Tech: Auroras
- UNH: Experimental Space Plasma Group
TERRORISM
- DHS Homeland Security
- EPA: Protecting the Water Supply
- FBI
- FBI: To Report Terrorist Activity
- Federal Consumer Information Center: Coping With Crisis
- FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
- FEMA Terrorism Facts
- White House: America’s War on Terrorism
- Monterey Institute: Center for Non-Proliferation Studies: Terror
- Pentagon
- State Dept: Terrorism Info
- SITE Institute
- Terrorism.com
Preparing for Terrorism
- FEMA: Incident Planning Guidelines
- FEMA Terrorism Facts
- Homeland Security: Primer on Terrorism
- Israeli Resources to Surviving Terrorist Attacks
- Red Cross:Terrorism – Preparing for the Unexpected
Monitoring Terror
- NewsLab: Resources for Journalists Covering Terrorism
- Terrorism Time Line: 1993-2003
- Terrorism Time Line: 1993-2003
- Terrorism Questions and Answers
- Debka.Com
- GAO Report on FEMA’s Preparedness to Combating Terror Attacks
TALKING TO CHILDREN ABOUT DISASTERS
- FEMA: Kids
- Helping Children After a Disaster
- Purdue Univ: “Terrorism and Children”
- CDC: Children and Terrorism
- Mental Health.com: Acute Stress Disorder
- NY State: Age-Related Reactions of Children to Disasters
- Child Trauma
- Coping With a National Tragedy
- NEA: Crisis Communications Guide & Toolkit
- Guide to Children’s Grief
- NIMH: Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters
- APA: Managing Traumatic Stress:
- Tips for Recovering From Disasters and Other Traumatic Events
- Trauma Information Pages
TORNADOES
NOAA
- National Severe Storms Laboratory
- NSSL Educational Information
- NSSL – RealTime MM5
- NSSL Tornado Information
- NSSL Research Topics – Tornadoes
- NORA Storm Pred. Ctr. Monthly Stats
- Tornadoes FAQs
- Climatological Data
- Tornadoes
- Highway Underpasses Safe in Tornadoes?
- Facts About Tornadoes
- Storm Prediction Center
- Storm Pred. Center Watch & Warnings
- NWS- Warnings & Forecasts
- NWS-Tornados Norman, Oklahoma
- NSSL-NWS Tornado-
- Quest Series VORTEX
More Tornado Links
- VORTEX Case Studies
- Pacific Northwest MM5 Mesoscale Numerical Forecasts 36-12-4 km domains
- “Twister” Intensity
- “Twister” Glossary
- Tornadoproject.com
- FEMA Tornado Facts
- Weather Channel – Severe Weather Alerts
- Texas A&M Meteorology Convective Forecast Center
TSUNAMIS
- NOAA Tsunami Hazard Mitigation
- West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning
- Tsunami and Earthquake Links
- Pacific Disaster Center
- NGDC: Tsunami Data
- USC Tsunami Research
- Tsunami Information Resource
- Tsunami Forecast Offices
- Pacific Tsunami Museum
- (UK) Tsunami Risks Project
- Wikipedia: Tsunami
- USGS: Tsunamis & Earthquakes
TYPHOONS
VOLCANOES
USGS
- USGS Search
- Volcano Observatories
- Long Valley Home Page
- Hawaii Volcano Watch
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Alaska Volcano Observatory
- Cascades Volcano Observatory
- Volcano Theme Page
- Volcano Monitoring
More
- Current Volcanic Activity
- Volcano World
- AU Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory
- Batur Volcano, Indonesia
- Observatiores Volcanologiques (en Francais)
- Taal Volcano
- Vesuvius
- Jason Project Field Trips on Volcanoes (and much more!) NASA EOS IDS Volcanology
- Volcano Information Center
- Smithsonian’s Global Volcanism Program
- Karymsky, Kamchatka
- Volcanoes in Victoria, Australia
- NOAA Vents Program
- Volcano Database Search
- USGS Volcano Hazards
WEATHER MAPS AND CHARTS
- NWS Fax Charts
- Marine Charts
- Tables of Wind Chill and Heat Index
- FEMA Winter Storm Update Center
- NOAA News Online
WILD FIRES
NOAA
- Current NOAA Imagery
- Fire Danger Map
- Automated Fire Mapping System
- Fire Weather Information Center
- Fire Detection Around The World
- Storm Prediction Center: Fires
- Covering Florida Fires
More US Government Sites
- USDA Active Fire Mapping System
- MODIS Fire Imagery
- USGS: Western Wildfires
- USGS: Wildfire Research
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Fire Management
- National Interagency Fire Center
- NIFC National Fire News
- Wildland Fire Assessment
- Calif Fires
- Bureau of Land M’gmt
- Florida Division of Forestry
- National Park Service
- InfoZone
- Forest Service: Fire
- Forest Service: Other Fire Links
- The Natural Role of Fire
- Montana Fires
More US Wildfire Sites
- UCSB Southern California Wildfire Hazard Center
- Firewise
- Firehouse
- Wildfire Images
- Florida Today: Special Report
- History of Wildfires
- Wildfire News
- American Red Cross: WildFires
- Wildlandfire:”They Said”
International Wildfires
- Fireglobe
- Fireglobe:Current
- UNEP:Fires
- World Fire Web
- Machu Picchu International Fire Protection Project
