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On the Web
- University of Illinois Extension Disaster Resources - Provides access to information on disaster preparedness, including links to disaster agencies, organizations, and information networks.
- disaster preparedness 101 - The disaster and terrorism preparedness guide to protect you and your family against tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and terrorist attacks.
- Natural Disaster Knowledge Test - Natural disaster preparedness quiz
- Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response Association - Disaster preparedness and emergency response reference material, job opportunities, and related information.
- Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response Association - Disaster preparedness and emergency response reference material, job opportunities, and related information.
- The American Civil Defense Association - The American Civil Defense Association (TACDA) is a non-profit, non-political organization dedicated to providing strategic civil defense, disaster preparedness and disaster mitigation solutions to all sectors of American society and abroad, and to promoting reasonable disaster preparedness activities and sanctity of life for all. This site has significant content in the Resource Libraries section.
- Primer on Disaster Preparedness - Provides information on disaster preparedness, management and response for paper-based materials.
- It's A Disaster - A basic first aid and disaster preparedness manual by Bill and Janet Liebsch.
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - Home page of the agency responsible for coordinating federal disaster preparedness and assistance. Includes extensive public information, such as storm watch, information for kids, updates to disaster news, training availability, and a photo library.
- Center for Preparedness and Training - Offers disaster preparedness and emergency management training and exercises for business, government and industry.
Wikipedia Articles
- Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management - The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management is the Jamaican disaster preparedness coordinating body, responsible for preventing and reducing impact of hazards. It also coordinates responses to inter-island disasters with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency.
- Disaster Preparedness and Response Team - The Disaster Preparedness and Response Team DPART was established in Pakistan in November 2005. However it was not registered as a voluntary agency until 2006 and is comprised of civilian volunteers who give some of their time to train and in major emergencies act as volunteer disaster workers.
- Doctors for Disaster Preparedness - Doctors for Disaster Preparedness is a body associated with the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine. Its website states that DDP promotes homeland defense and prudent preparedness for disasters of all kinds, including war or terrorism.
- Disaster research - Disaster research deals with conducting field and survey research on group, organizational and community preparation for, response to, and recovery from natural and technological disasters and other community-wide crises. The purpose behind this field of research is to attempt to advance and communicate knowledge on mitigation techniques and procedures and disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.
- Community Emergency Response Team - In the United States a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), sometimes known as a Neighborhood Emergency Response Team (NERT), or Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET), is a group of volunteer emergency workers who have received basic training in disaster preparedness, disaster fire suppression, basic disaster medical operations, light search and rescue, and team operations. They are designed to act as an auxiliary to existing emergency responders in the event of a major disaster.