Links

• Managing Spontaneous Volunteers
  This publication includes the principles and concepts of operations surrounding a successful program of utilizing unaffiliated volunteer relief workers during a community's response to a disaster event.
• Design for Success
  This document emerged from NVOAD's long range plan as a tool for defining progress toward the goals of building a stronger VOAD movement.
• PandemicFlu.gov
  One-stop access to U.S. Government avian and pandemic flu information. Managed by the Department of Health and Human Services.
• Department of Homeland Security's Ready.gov Web Site
  Ready.gov is a common sense framework designed to launch a process of learning about citizen preparedness. One of the primary mandates of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is to educate the public, on a continuing basis, about how to be prepared in case of a national emergency – including a possible terrorist attack.
• Emergency Preparedness and Response
  FEMA is now located within the Department of Homeland Security.  It has a new name - Emergency Preparedness and Response but will keep its name FEMA for the sake of familiarity when responding to disasters.
• Are You Ready? A Guide to Citizen Preparedness
  Are You Ready? A Guide to Citizen Preparedness brings together facts on disaster survival techniques, disaster-specific information, and how to prepare for and respond to both natural and man-made disasters.
• Disaster Finder
  Disaster Finder is a service developed and maintained by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, located in Greenbelt, Maryland. You can search for information based on keyword or concept.
• Disaster News Network
  Disaster News Network (DNN) is a news service that tells the story of disaster response and suggests appropriate ways the public can help survivors. It also facilitates information sharing among disaster responders.
• Center for International Disaster Information
  The Center for International Disaster Information provides critical information services to other information and the general public about international disasters and about those organizations responding.
• International Association of Emergency Managers
  The International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to promoting the goals of saving lives and protecting property during emergencies and disasters.
• Small Business Administration Disaster Assistance
  Small Business Administration assistance for businesses struck by disaster.
• AlertNet from Reuters
  The Reuter Foundation is acting as a specialist news supplier and neutral information broker to the international disaster relief community, via the Internet.