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Orange County Sheriff's Department [website]
This website contains information on the Orange County Sheriff's Department patrol areas, eServices, and community services. It also contains press releases and crime bulletins, as well as links to information on identity theft, victim information, and the Trauma Intervention Program.
Orange County (Calif.). Sheriff's Department
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National Trust for Historic Preservation [website]
The National Trust is the leader in preservation of historic buildings and neighborhoods. It's a privately funded non-profit organization that provides leadership, education and advocacy to save America's diverse historic places and revitalize our communities. The site highlights the most endangered places, and posts press releases and archives.
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States
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National Register of Historic Places [website]
The National Register of Historic Places is the Nation's official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation. It's part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect our historic and archaeological resources. The site contains a listing of all historic areas in the National Park System, over 2,300 national historic landmarks, and properties that have been nominated as significant to the nation.
United States. National Park Service
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Homes & Communities: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [website]
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) mission is to increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination. This site contains a number of resources including a library with legal and legislative information, fair housing information, and community initiatives.
United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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NIH: Office of Research Services [website]
This National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research Services (ORS) "plans and directs service programs for public safety and security operations, scientific and regulatory support programs, and a wide variety of other program and employee services. The ORS advises the NIH Deputy Director for Management and other NIH senior staff on the management and delivery of technical and administrative services in support of the NIH research mission. The ORS activities impact directly and indirectly organizations and people across the entire NIH including: scientific, administrative and support staff; patients and volunteers; visitors, contractors and suppliers; providers of services including public transportation and other municipal services; other federal government organizations and agencies such as regulatory agencies, state and local governments; and the surrounding neighborhood and business community. The ORS responds to the priorities of the NIH and IC [Institute or Center] Leadership, NIH employees, patients and others served by the NIH, by supporting an exemplary physical and service infrastructure that will effectively support new scientific challenges to strengthen the NIH mission, the unique NIH research environment, and enhance the quality of life for all who come in contact with the NIH."
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
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National Sheriffs' Association [website]
"Chartered in 1940, the National Sheriffs' Association [NSA] is a professional association dedicated to serving the Office of Sheriff and its affiliates through police education, police training, and general law enforcement information resources. NSA represents thousands of sheriffs, deputies and other law enforcement, public safety professionals, and concerned citizens nationwide. Through the years, NSA has provided programs for Sheriffs, their deputies, chiefs of police, and others in the field of criminal justice to perform their jobs in the best possible manner and to better serve the people of their cities, counties or jurisdictions. [...] NSA serves as the center of a vast network of law enforcement information, filling requests for information daily and enabling criminal justice professionals, including police officers, sheriffs, and deputies, to locate the information and programs they need. NSA recognizes the need to seek information from the membership, particularly the sheriff and the state sheriffs' associations, in order to meet the needs and concerns of individual NSA members. While working on the national level, NSA has continued to seek grass-roots guidance, ever striving to work with and for its members, clients, and citizens of the nation."
National Sheriffs' Association
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Kentucky Office of Homeland Security [website]
The Kentucky Office of Homeland Security Website contains information on state-wide and national homeland security issues and priorities. The website contains general information on the Homeland Security Advisory System and a summary of the National Homeland Security Strategy. It also provides lists of links pertaining to the following topics: events and conferences; health; travel; cyber security; anti-terrorism and counter-terrorism; family and children's concerns; volunteers; and homeland security grants. In addition, the site provides a list of links to various academic, medical, critical infrastructure, and professional resources.
Kentucky
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Personnel Accountability System Technology Assessment
"In recent years the fire service has focused considerable and increasing attention on the issue of personnel accountability. Although many fire and rescue agencies are now acknowledging the necessity of having a way to track and account for their personnel, it is difficult and confusing for some to choose the system and equipment best for them because of the variety of options available. Essentially, personnel accountability is an effort to improve the safety of emergency responders by keeping track of their locations and assignments when operating at the scene of an incident. Accountability can be maintained in many different ways. However, irrespective of the type of personnel accountability system (PAS) implemented, the goals are generally similar. A properly implemented PAS will help to ensure that the incident command staff knows the exact number and identity of personnel working at an incident, their approximate locations, and whether they are in distress." This 85 page manual is designed to focus attention on the issue of personnel accountability. Personnel accountability is an effort to improve the safety of emergency responders by keeping track of their locations and assignments when operating at the scene of an incident.
United States Fire Administration
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FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting [website]
"The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program has been the starting place for law enforcement executives, students of criminal justice, researchers, members of the media, and the public at large seeking information on crime in the nation. The program was conceived in 1929 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police to meet the need for reliable uniform crime statistics for the nation. In 1930, the FBI was tasked with collecting, publishing, and archiving those statistics. Today, four annual publications, Crime in the United States, National Incident-Based Reporting System, Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, and Hate Crime Statistics are produced from data received from over 18,000 city, university/college, county, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies voluntarily participating in the program. The crime data are submitted either through a state UCR Program or directly to the FBI's UCR Program. In addition to these reports, information is available on the Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA) Program and the Hate Crime Statistics Program, as well as the traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS) and the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)."
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
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North Carolina State University Disaster Information Center [website]
"The North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service is a provider of research-based, educational materials to help individuals, families, communities and businesses. Each year, millions of people are affected by natural disasters and their consequences. This site has been produced to offer assistance in dealing with natural disasters."
North Carolina State University
2005
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Charlotte Fire Department [website]
The mission of the Charlotte Fire Department is "To preserve life and property through rapid emergency response, code enforcement, education and planning."
Charlotte (N.C.). Fire Department
2006
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NC Detect: North Carolina Disease Event Tracking and Epidemiologic Collection Tool [website]
"The North Carolina Disease Event Tracking and Epidemiological Collection Tool (NC DETECT), is the early event detection system of the North Carolina Public Health Information Network. NC DETECT was created by the North Carolina Division of Public Health (NC DPH) in 2004 to address the need for early event detection in North Carolina using a variety of secondary data sources. Authorized users are currently able to view data from the North Carolina Emergency Department Database (NCEDD) and the Carolinas Poison Center. Data from the Pre-hospital Medical Information System (PreMIS), the Piedmont Wildlife Center and the NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine Laboratories are in final testing and will soon be available for user analysis."
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Special Operations Response Team (SORT): North Carolina 1 - Disaster Medical Assistance Team (NC1-DMAT) [website]
"Special Operations Response Team, or 'SORT' is a non-profit corporation founded in 1978 to provide the highest level of Disaster Medical Support through Education, Research and Response. SORT was founded in 1978 and incorporated in 1988. SORT is based in Forsyth County, North Carolina. SORT personnel include physicians, nurses, paramedics, emergency tactical staff, law enforcement officers, psychologists, chaplains, and support members. SORT stands by or responds to mass crowd gatherings, unusual occurrences such as natural and man made disasters, mass casualty or evacuations situations, hazardous materials spills or emergency rescue operations. In 1990, SORT's members were selected as a Disaster Medical Assistance TEAM (DMAT) of the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS), a nationwide system of Medical teams and healthcare facilities originally organized by the U.S. Public Health Service and presently under Federal Emergency Management Agency / U.S. Department of Homeland Security."
Special Operations Response Team
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Developing Army Leaders through CGSOC/AMSP and BCTP
"How the Army prepares its officers to deal with the complexities of the battlefield is the purpose of this monograph. Specifically, this monograph will take a focused look at two distinct arms of the institutional training domain; the command and General Staff Officer's Course [CGSOC] and the Advanced Military Studies Program [AMSP] and the Battle Command Training Program [BCTP]…. This monograph provides an assessment on the Army's performance at these institutions and provides recommendations for improving them as well. The conclusion finds that the Army is doing a credible job in the training and education and makes the assertion that it is up to each individual officer to take ownership of his own development to ensure proficiency on the battlefield."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. School of Advanced Military Studies
Beck, William T.
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Agencia Estatal para el Manejo de Emergencias y Administración de Desastres [website]
This website is the official site for the Puerto Rican State Agency for Emergency Management and Disaster Administration, La Agencia Estatal para el Manejo de Emergencias y Administracion de Desastres. This agency is charged with the coordination of government resources before, during, and after public emergencies and disasters.
Puerto Rico
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National Center for Food Protection and Defense (NCFPD) [website]
"The National Center for Food Protection and Defense (NCFPD) was officially launched as a Homeland Security Center of Excellence in July 2004. Developed as a multidisciplinary and action-oriented research consortium, NCFPD addresses the vulnerability of the nation's food system to attack through intentional contamination with biological or chemical agents. NCFPD takes a comprehensive, farm-to-table view of the food system, encompassing all aspects from primary production through transportation and food processing to retail and food service. NCFPD's research and education program is aimed at reducing the potential for contamination at any point along the food supply chain and mitigating potentially catastrophic public health and economic effects of such attacks. The program incorporates cutting-edge research across a wide range of disciplines, including supply chain management, logistics, epidemiology, risk assessment, economics, molecular biology, food microbiology, biomedical engineering, toxicology, and risk communication. In delivering on its mission to defend the safety and security of the food system through research and education, NCFPD places a high priority on addressing potential threats to the food system that could lead to catastrophic damage to public health or the economy."
National Center for Food Protection and Defense (U.S.)
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European Commission: Public Health [website]
"This is the website of the European Commission's Directorate for public health and risk assessment. It provides information on policies and decisions taken at European, national and international level to protect Europeans' health by enabling them to make healthy choices and live healthier lives. For health experts, the site also links to databases of public health statistics. EU health strategy covers all relevant EU policy fields and is supported by a multi-annual health programme."
European Commission
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US Army Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center [website]
"The U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC) is located at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Massachusetts, under the Army's Research, Development and Engineering Command. Stretching back to 1954, the NSRDEC's history of support for the Soldier has continued uninterrupted for more than six decades, with a focus on Soldier-related research, development and testing and evaluation efforts. If Soldiers wear it, eat it, sleep under it, or have it airdropped to them in theater, it can be traced back to the NSRDEC. Made up of a diverse workforce comprised of scientists, engineers, technologists and equipment designers, the NSRDEC provides a wide range of capabilities to the Soldier, to include field feeding and life support systems, clothing, precision airdrop systems, and ballistic, chemical and laser-protection systems."
U.S. Army Natick Research, Development, and Engineering Center
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European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net)
"EARS-Net is a European wide network of national surveillance systems, providing European reference data on antimicrobial resistance for public health purposes. The network is coordinated and funded by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. The coordination of EARS-Net, the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (former EARSS), was transferred from the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in January 2010. [...] EARS-Net maintains a comprehensive surveillance and information system with European reference data on antimicrobial resistance for public health purposes. The results contribute to greater public awareness and scientific understanding of antimicrobial resistance and its importance in public health."
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
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Notice of Bomb Threat
This document is an information card that includes questions for postal workers to ask and/or answer in the event of a bomb threat.
United States. Postal Inspection Service
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Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS) [website]
"The VIPS Program provides support and resources for agencies interested in developing or enhancing a volunteer program and for citizens who wish to volunteer their time and skills with a community law enforcement agency. The program's ultimate goal is to enhance the capacity of state and local law enforcement to utilize volunteers."
United States. Department of Justice; International Association of Chiefs of Police
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Library of Congress, Federal Research Division: Terrorism and Crime Studies
The Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress performs directed research at the request of other U.S. Government agencies. The FRD Terrorism and Crime Studies web site provides links to some of the research products related to counter-terrorism, including Bibliography on Future Trends in Terrorism and The Sociology and Psychology of Terrorism: Who Becomes a Terrorist and Why?
Library of Congress. Federal Research Division
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United States Department of Agriculture: Homeland Security
"This USDA's Homeland Security web site provides current information for anyone
involved or interested in U.S. food production and security. It contains materials on what you can do to help protect America's food supply and links to what the USDA is doing to respond to security threats."
United States. Department of Agriculture
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National Center for Disaster Preparedness [website]
"Located at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, the National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP) is an academically based resource dedicated to preparing the frontline public health workforce to deal with biological and terrorist threats. NCDP is also dedicated to developing and providing distance-based learning and Internet programs to teach public health professionals how to plan and prepare for a terrorist event or infectious disease outbreak."
Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health
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National Security Archive at The George Washington University [website]
"The National Security Archive is an independent, nongovernmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The archive collects and publishes declassified documents."
George Washington University
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CSREES Agricultural Water Security White Paper
"The CSREES [Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service] Agricultural Water Security White Paper details the water security issues and problems relevant to agriculture and natural resources management; and describes how CSREES [Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service], the federal partner with the nationwide land grant university system, is establishing a new initiative in agricultural water security to move us towards sustainable water use. It will support and coordinate cutting edge research and innovative education and extension programs nationwide. These programs will fill critical knowledge gaps and provide tools and technologies to ensure USDA's ability to address water crises proactively. The white paper puts into action bold steps identified at the USDA Research, Education, and Economics mission area listening session on agricultural water security. It outlines opportunities for new partnerships with other federal agencies, private, and non-profit groups and strengthens the partnership between USDA-CSREES and the land grant universities."
United States. Department of Agriculture
O'Neill, Michael, 1975-; Dobrowolski, James P.
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Connecticut Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security [website]
From the Connecticut Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security's website: "The Mission of the Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security is to direct and coordinate all available resources to protect the life and property of the citizens of Connecticut in the event of a disaster or crisis, through a collaborative program of prevention, planning, preparedness, response, recovery, and public education.[...] The Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security is responsible for coordinating with state and local government personnel, agencies, authorities and the private sector to ensure adequate planning, equipment, training and exercise activities by such personnel, agencies, authorities and the private sector with regard to emergency management and homeland security; coordinating, and as may be necessary, consolidating homeland security communications and communications systems of the state government with state and local government personnel, agencies, authorities, the general public and the private sector; distributing and, as may be appropriate, coordinating the distribution of information and security warnings to state and local government personnel, agencies, authorities and the general public; and establishing standards and security protocols for the use of any intelligence information. The Division also has the responsibility for providing a coordinated, integrated program for state-wide emergency management and homeland security. The Deputy Commissioner of Emergency Management and Homeland Security is responsible for providing a coordinated, integrated program for statewide emergency management and homeland security."
Connecticut. Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
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HAZUS Multi-Hazard Loss Estimation Methodology InCAST User's Manual, Version 2.0
"InCAST [Inventory Collection Tool] is a software application, developed by FEMA in cooperation with NIBS, to facilitate the collection of building-specific data for HAZUS [Hazards U.S.], FEMA's multi-hazard loss estimation program. The InCAST [Inventory Collection Tool] User's Manual provides guidance and background information to enable the user to effectively operate InCAST. The first section explains how to install and uninstall InCAST, and then introduces the main features of this new data collection utility, including a description of screen features, tool bar, and an overview of the system requirements. The first section concludes with information on how the user can obtain technical support in the application of InCAST, or any other component of the HAZUS [Hazards U.S.] multi-hazard loss estimation program. The second section of the Users Manual provides step-by-step instructions on how to use InCAST to collect multi-hazard data. Appendix A contains a detailed Data Dictionary."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Exposure of Manufactured Housing to Wind in Hurricane Charley
This map provided by HAZUS-MH (Hazards U.S. - Multi Hazard), illustrates how manufactured housing in four SW Florida counties: Sarasota, Charlotte, Desoto, and Lee, were effected by the wind in Hurricane Charley. It also describes how HAZUS-MH can be used in pre-disaster preparation: Identification of manufactured housing (pre-1994) that is most vulnerable to wind, and estimation of the number of households that occupy manufactured housing, including low-income and elderly. In a post-disaster situation, it can be used to identify manufactured housing sites that have experienced peak gust winds in excess of 110 mph. It can also be used for application of estimates for damage assessment planning and search and rescue (SAR), and identification of manufactured housing sites that have a high probability of experiencing at least moderate damage.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Gound Shaking from Magnitude 7.1 Earthquake on Newport-Inglewood Fault
This map provided by HAZUS-MH (Hazards U.S. - Multi Hazard), provides a map of areas surrounding the Newport Inglewood Fault that would be effected by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake. It also describes the potential uses of HAZUS-MH in pre-disaster preparation including: Identification of population, general building stock and lifelines that would be most at risk from magnitude 7.1 earthquake on Newport-Inglewood Fault, and identification of counties and population centers that would be subjected to PGA > 0.4 (area of greatest expected damage). Post-disaster uses include a rapid needs assessment " identification of population, general building stock, essential facilities and lifelines (utilities and transportation) with at least a moderate probability of major or severe damage and potential loss of functionality.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
