The following is a collection of disaster resources for your organization to use in its preparation. Click the links below to jump to a specific resource section.
Disasters and The Law: University of California School of Law online disaster law resource. Discusses the law in times of natural disasters.
Legal Services Aid: Federal Emergency Management Agency and the American Bar Association agreement to assist organizations helping low income disaster victims.
Individuals with Disabilities: A guide to safe and secure transportation of people with disabilities during an emergency.
CDC Preparedness Guide: A guide to organizations to assist with preparing for health related terrorism or disasters.
Disaster & Immediate Evacuation, LLC: Company assisting with emergency preparation, planning, training, workshops, and presentations.
Disaster Planning: A guide to organizations preparing for emergencies and continuity of operations.
Disaster Psychiatry Outreach: Provides psychosocial services, training, and support in emergencies.
Natural Hazards Center: The University of Colorado at Boulder disaster research newsletter.
DLR Films: Stories of Faithful Communities responding to disasters.
Domestic Preparedness: Domestic preparedness resource for first responders and emergency medical personnel.
Operation Hope: Providing free financial first aid kits.
Emergency Response Planning for Child Care Providers: A guide for child care providers to develop an emergency plan.
Teaching Children About Disasters: Resources for children and parents.
Finding and Reaching At Risk Populations in an Emergency: Locating at risk populations in an emergency.
Developing an Action Plan: Developing Regional Disaster Resilience.
Light Our Way: A Spiritual Guide in Times of Disaster
Mass Casualty Event Preparedness and Response: A guide from the CDC to disasters with mass casualties.
Regional Approaches to Preparedness: regional initiatives and projects.
Bioterrorism Preparedness: Guide to bioterrorism from Columbia University.
National Memorial Institute: Prevention of terrorism.
Disability Preparedness: Interactive map of disability and emergency preparedness resources.
Pandemic Flu Preparedness Checklist: Helps organizations develop and improve influenza pandemic response.
Personal Disaster Preparedness Guide: Operation Hope assists organizations in helping the underserved with disaster preparedness.
Public Health Preparedness: National Preparedness Month is a nationwide effort to encourage Americans to take simple steps to prepare for emergencies in their homes, businesses and schools.
Promising Practices: Pandemic preparedness tools.
Workplace Preparedness for Terrorism: Disaster preparedness in the workplace.
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning: Helps organizations and businesses recover from data and information loss.
Emergency Ministry: Articles and publications about emergency recovery.
Anxiety & Trauma Stress Studies: Cornell University
American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress: The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress is a multidisciplinary network of professionals who are committed to the advancement of intervention for survivors of trauma.
Association of Professional Chaplains: With commitment to interfaith ministry and the professional practice of pastoral care, the Association of Professional Chaplains serves chaplains in all types of health and human service settings.
Disaster Chaplaincy Services: Disaster Chaplaincy Services provides the spiritual and psychological first aid; crisis support to help people draw on spiritual resources in loss; spiritual care that respects the broad nature of each person’s spiritual tradition, responding and attending to the human meaning in times of loss; peer support to clergy and chaplains & first responders to ease compassion fatigue and burnout.
Mental Health America: Coping with disaster.
National Mental Health Information Center: Mental health response to mass violence and terrorism.
Community Counseling and Mediation: Service based organization providing community counseling and mediation.
Center for Disease Control: Health related information.
Department of Homeland Security: Prevention and protection; immigration; and travel safety and security.
Federal Emergency Management Agency: The primary mission of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is to reduce the loss of life and property and protect the Nation from all hazards, including natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters, by leading and supporting the Nation in a risk-based, comprehensive emergency management system of preparedness, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation.
Missouri Office of Homeland Security: In Missouri, we recognize that "homeland security" encompasses all of the public safety missions ranging from law enforcement, fire service, and first-responders, to emergency preparation, management, training and mitigation.
Missouri State Emergency Management Agency: ... to protect the lives and property of all Missourians when major disasters threaten public safety in any city, county or region of Missouri. SEMA responds to two types of disasters - natural and manmade.
State of Missouri: Government of the State of Missouri.
Church World Service: Church World Service is a cooperative ministry of 35 Protestant, Orthodox, and Anglican denominations, providing sustainable self-help and development, disaster relief, and refugee assistance in some 80 countries.Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: Presbyterian Disaster Assistance enables congregations and mission partners of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) to witness to the healing love of Christ through caring for communities adversely affected by crisis and catastrophic events.
Ready America: Prepare, plan, stay informed.
American Red Cross: Service organization providing relief to victims of disaster, blood to hospital patients, health and safety training to the public, or emergency social services to U.S. military families
Lutheran Disaster Response: A collaborative ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA.org) and The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS.org). Following a major domestic disaster, LDR seeks to minister holistically to the unmet needs of those affected, regardless of faith or creed. Lutheran social ministry organizations serve as LDR affiliates providing: hardship grants, spiritual and emotional care, volunteer coordination, and long term recovery.
Southern Baptist Disaster Relief: Providing physical, emotional, and spiritual help to victims of natural and man-made disasters, including floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, and terrorist attacks, in North America and overseas.
Missouri Interfaith Disaster Response Organization: Assists communities with recovery after disasters.
Scientology Disaster Response: Scientology volunteer services to worldwide disasters.
National Academic Consortium for Homeland Security: The Consortium comprises public and private academic institutions engaged in scientific research, technology development and transition, education and training, and service programs concerned with current and future U.S. national security challenges, issues, problems and solutions, at home and around the world.
National Disasters Ministries - United Church of Christ: The United Church of Christ National Disaster Ministries program assists communities affected by natural disasters (hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes) and technological disasters (toxic waste dump, transportation accident releasing toxic chemicals, mining hazards).
Center for International Disaster Information: The Center for International Disaster Information provides information and guidance in support of appropriate international disaster relief.
Center for Biosecurity: A study of biological science as it compares to biological hazzards.
Episcopal Relief and Development: Working in partnership with the worldwide Church, ecumenical agencies and local organizations, Episcopal Relief & Development saves lives and strengthens communities around the world.
International Orthodox Christian Charities: Undertaking humanitarian needs assistance.
National Center for Disaster Preparedness: The NCDP is an academically-based resource center dedicated to the study, analysis and enhancement of the nation's ability to prepare for and respond to major disasters, including terrorism.
New York Consortium for Emergency Preparedness: Providiong online emergency preparedness and management courses.
Pandemic Flu:preparing, educating, responding to the pandemic flu crisis.
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