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Your Family Disaster Plan
Families can-and do-cope with disaster by preparing in
advance and working together as a team. Follow the steps listed in this brochure to create your family's disaster plan. Knowing what to do is your best protection and your responsibility. Outlined are four steps to safety. 1) Find out what could happen to you; 2) Create a disaster plan; 3) Complete the checklist in this brochure; 4) Practice and maintain your plan.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
1991-09
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Emergency Preparedness Checklist
Learn how to protect yourself and cope with disaster by planning ahead. This checklist will help you get started. Discuss these ideas with your family, then prepare an emergency plan. Post the plan where everyone will see it--on the refrigerator or bulletin board. For additional information about how to prepare for hazards in your community, contact your local emergency management or civil defense office and American Red Cross chapter. Included here are preparations for a disaster supply kit, escape plan, and a home hazard hunt. This checklist is good for natural disasters as well as hazardous materials spills.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
1993-08
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Emergency Response to Terrorism: Self-Study Guide
This self-study course is designed to
provide you with a general introduction to the basic concepts for first-responder awareness at the scene of a potential terrorist incident. To master the basics
more thoroughly, it is recommended
that you complete this course as well as the NFA's corresponding 16-hour course, Emergency Response To
Terrorism: Basic Concepts (ERT:BC)
(available as of September 1997). This course includes five modules, a
Glossary, a Curriculum Guide, Appendix A: Terrorism Annex to the
Federal Response Plan, Appendix B:
Presidential Decision Directive 39
(Unclassified), and Appendix C: Related Course List.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
1999-06
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Terrorism Backgrounder
This document provides background information on terrorism including a definition of terrorism. Emergency information, biological and chemical weapons information, and facts about terrorism are all outlined in this record. Most terrorist incidents in the United States have involved small extremist groups who use terrorism to achieve a designated objective.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2001
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FEMA Weapons of Mass Destruction Study Course: Instructor Guide: Orientation and Exercise Course G 310.01
As part of its strategy to execute its mission, FEMA's Emergency
Management Institute (EMI) has developed a series of courses,
consisting of three sessions, which simulate the types of challenges
faced by local communities following a WMD terrorist incident. The sessions are designed to help you analyze, discuss and identify
your jurisdiction's needs. This course involves nuclear terrorism, as well as a radiological scenario and chemical scenarios (Sarin and and VX), and a biological (anthrax) scenario. The primary purpose of this course is to improve the ability of
local governments to prepare for, manage, and respond to mass
casualty terrorism incidents involving the use of WMD.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2001
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Nation Remembers, A Nation Recovers: Responding to September 11 One Year Later
In observance of the first anniversary of 9/11, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has published A Nation Remembers; A Nation Recovers, a collection of personal stories from the frontlines of the disaster in New York, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon. In addition, A Nation Remembers; A Nation Recovers summarizes the funding FEMA has approved to individuals, non-profit agencies, and government entities in response to the tragic events of September 11, 2001. The everyday heroes profiled in the report include: Cathy Shiltz, FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue Task Force member; Van Bateman, Incident Commander with the USDA Forest Service; John Sheehan, FEMA Community Relations Specialist; Rick Lohr, Emergency Services Coordinator for Somerset County, Pa.; Giovanny Guerrero, volunteer-turned-staffer at the Salvation Army; David Hart, FEMA Individual Assistance Officer; Col. John B. O'Dowd, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Capt. Gene Kelty, Fire Department of New York; Kenny Winkler, officer with the New York Police Department; Ellen Foote, Principal of Intermediate School 89;
John Rights, FEMA Mortgage and Rental Assistance Task Force member; Joe and Joan Guido, business owners; and
April Naturale, Project Liberty Coordinator.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2002-09-06
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Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan (FRERP) - Operational Plan
The objective of the Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan (FRERP) is to establish an organized and integrated capability for timely, coordinated response by Federal agencies to peacetime radiological emergencies. The FRERP: provides the Federal Government's concept of operations based on specific authorities for responding to radiological emergencies; outlines Federal policies and planning considerations on which the concept of operations of this Plan and Federal agency specific response plans are based; and specifies authorities and responsibilities of each Federal agency that may have a significant role in such emergencies. There are two Sections in this Plan. Section I contains background, considerations, and scope. Section II describes the concept of operations for response.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
1996
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Radiological Emergency Management
This independent study course is intended to provide members of the general public with an overview
of several types of radiological emergencies: radiological transportation accidents, nuclear power plant accidents, nuclear terrorism threat, and other radiological hazards. This overview introduces the nature, degree of hazard, and general emergency response strategies associated with each type of emergency. Specific emergency response guidance, such as how to operate radiation detection equipment or how to respond to a radiation incident, is presented in other courses. For optimal results, study this course carefully at your own pace. Learning from these materials is different than learning from a traditional textbook. The course is self-instructional and contains all of the information you need to increase your knowledge of radiological hazards. The course contains a pretest, five units, a final examination and a glossary. You should take the pretest to test your knowledge before you begin studying. You can score the pretest yourself, using the pretest answer key (located after the pretest questions), to determine units requiring additional emphasis. The glossary, located before the final exam, contains definitions of terms related to radiological hazards. The glossary may be consulted while you are reading the units or may be read separately.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2001
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FEMA Fact Sheet: Radiological Accidents
This fact sheet discusses radiological accidents in terms of definition, prevention, reaction, and preparation. Radiological accidents can occur wherever radioactive materials are used, stored, or transported. In addition to nuclear power plants, hospitals, universities, research laboratories, industries, major highways, railroads, or shipping yards could
be the site of a radiological accident. Distance, shielding, and time are the three ways to minimize exposure to your body.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
1993-09
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FEMA Fact Sheet: Nuclear Power Plant Emergency
Although construction and operation of nuclear power plants are closely monitored and regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, accidents, though unlikely, are possible. The most immediate danger from an accident at a nuclear power plant is exposure to high levels of radiation. Distance, shielding and time are the three ways to minimize risk of exposure. This fact sheet discusses planning and identifies terms to be familiar with in the event of an emergency.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2001
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Needs Assessment of the U.S. Fire Service
The Fire Service Needs Assessment Survey was conducted as a census, with appropriate adjustments for non-response. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) used its own list of local fire departments as the mailing list and sampling frame of all fire departments in the US. In all, 26,354 fire departments were mailed survey forms. The content of the survey was developed by NFPA, in collaboration with an ad hoc technical advisory group consisting of representatives of the full spectrum of national organizations and related disciplines associated with the management of fire and related hazards and risks in the U.S. Overall, NFPA received 12,240 completed surveys and has edited, coded, and keyed 8,416 surveys for analysis in this report. The overall response rate is 46%, which is unusually high for a survey involving a large number of smaller departments. Because NFPA prepared two preliminary reports based on the first 5,100 surveys keyed and those results are very similar to the results based on 8,416 surveys, the authors believe that the surveys keyed late and so not included in this analysis would not, if analyzed, materially affect the results, either nationally or by community size. In particular, all surveys from departments protecting populations of 50,000 population or more were keyed for this analysis, and a sufficient number of surveys from each of the population intervals for smaller communities have also been keyed to assure a statistically valid sample. However, the additional surveys keyed will permit a much larger share of US fire departments to have participated, in what clearly is shaping up as the highest-participation and most-detailed database on fire service resources and needs ever assembled.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2002-12-18
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Terrorism and CERT: Glossary
Nine page glossary of terms related to terrorism, relevant to Community Emergency Response Training (CERT) training modules.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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CERT Terrorism Training Power Point Visuals
Power point visuals to accompany Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Terrorism training manual.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Federal Response Plan Interim (9230.1-PL) January 2003
The Federal Response Plan (FRP) outlines how the Federal Government implements the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended, to assist State and local governments when a major disaster or emergency overwhelms their ability to respond effectively to save lives; protect public health, safety, and property; and restore their communities. The FRP describes the policies, planning assumptions, concept of operations, response and recovery actions, and responsibilities of 25 Federal departments and agencies and the American Red Cross, that guide Federal operations following a Presidential declaration of a major disaster or emergency. The fundamental assumption is that recovery is a cooperative effort among Federal, State, local, and voluntary agencies and the private sector in partnership. This interim edition of the FRP reflects the passage of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This replaces the previous issuance of the FRP in April 1999. It is intended for use pending a thorough review and update by DHS, at which time a new edition of the FRP will be issued.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2003-01
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Community Emergency Response Team Participant Handbook
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) concept was developed and implemented by the City of Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) in 1985. The training program LAFD initiated proved to be so beneficial that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) felt the concept and the program should be made available to communities nationwide. The Emergency Management Institute (EMI) and LAFD have expanded the CERT materials to make them applicable to all hazards. The goal of training is to prepare people to help people. Training covers basic skills that will be important if emergency services are unavailable.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2004-05
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FEMA Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Incident Support Team (IST) in Federal Disaster Operations: Operations Manual
This document is a level 2 SOP or operations manual: a complete reference document detailing the procedures for performing a single function (Standard Operating Procedure), or a number of interdependent functions (Ops Manual). This Operations Manual has been prepared to guide Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) personnel perform Federal disaster response operations during major disasters or emergencies. The National Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Incident Support Team (IST) provides a group of highly qualified specialists readily available for rapid assembly and deployment to a disaster area. The IST furnishes Federal, State, and local officials with technical assistance in acquiring and using US&R resources. It provides advice, incident command assistance, management and coordination of US&R task forces, and US&R logistics support. The IST methods of operation, organization, position descriptions, qualifications, operational checklists, equipment, rostering guidelines, and preparedness activities are described in this document.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2000-01
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Emergency Support Function #9: Urban Search and Rescue Annex
Emergency Support Function (ESF) #9 -- Urban Search and Rescue rapidly deploys components of the National Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Response System to provide specialized lifesaving assistance to State and local authorities in the event of a major disaster or emergency. US&R operational activities include locating, extricating, and providing on-site medical treatment to victims trapped in collapsed structures.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
1999-04
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Terrorism and CERT: Manual, Instructor Module
Module uses lecture to review the B-NICE agents. It covers indicators regarding their use. Participants are given actions that they can take if they are at or near an incident involving these agents including procedures for decontamination and sheltering in place. Participants apply the knowledge learned in this module by describing actions that they would take in a scenario presented to them at the beginning of the module and again at the end.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Terrorism and CERT: Manual, Student Module
This module uses lecture to review the B-NICE agents. It covers indicators regarding their use. Participants are given actions that they can take if they are at or near an incident involving these agents including procedures for decontamination and sheltering in place. Participants apply the knowledge learned in this module by describing actions that they would take in a scenario presented to them at the beginning of the module and again at the end.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Guide for All-Hazard Emergency Operations Planning: State and Local Guide (101): Chapter 6, Attachment G: Terrorism
This new guidance, Attachment G, is a supplement to Chapter 6 of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA)State and Local Guide 101 Guide. This supplement aids state and local emergency planners develop and maintain a plan for responding to and recovering from terrorist-initiated incidents involving weapons of mass destruction. The guide discusses hazards, situations and assumptions, operations, organization and assignment of responsibilities, and administration and logistics. The purpose of Attachment G is to aid State and local emergency planners in developing and maintaining a Terrorist Incident Appendix (TIA) to an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) for incidents involving terrorist-initiated weapons of mass destruction (WMD).1 The planning guidance in this Attachment was prepared with the assistance of the Departments of Defense, Energy, Agriculture, Health and Human Services, Justice, and Veterans Affairs; the Environmental Protection Agency; the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; the National Emergency Management Association; and the International Association of Emergency Managers. State and local governments have primary responsibility in planning for and managing the consequences of a terrorist incident using available resources in the critical hours before Federal assistance can arrive. The information presented in this Attachment should help planners develop a TIA that integrates the Federal, State, and local responses. The TIA resulting from this guidance should supplement existing State and local EOPs. A suggested format for a TIA is shown in Tab A. The TIA should identify and discuss the nature of the WMD hazard(s), the hazard agents, potential targets, and release areas, as described in this document. The entire document "State and Local Guide (SLG) 101: Guide for All-Hazard Emergency Operations Planning" may be found at: http://www.fema.gov/rrr/gaheop.shtm
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2001-04
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Risk Communications and the Chemical Stockpile Emergency-Preparedness Program
"The Source Book has been developed for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) in support of the training course on risk communications. The purpose of the document is to provide a fairly comprehensive document on risk communication research and recommended practices, especially as they relate to the CSEPP. In a world of increasing risks, appropriate and continual dialogue with affected publics about risks should be one of the foremost concerns of public agencies, especially those involved in risk communications for the CSEPP. How that information is interpreted or modified by existing beliefs remains problematical. To enhance risk communication efforts, we need communications of risks in a language easily understood by the majority of publics. Effective public participation also depends substantially upon the development of indigenous technical and analytic resources and upon the institutional means to act upon and incorporate that increased knowledge."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Sorensen, John H.; Vogt, Barbara M.
1994-09
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FEMA Fully Activated in Response to Apparent Terrorist Events [September 11, 2001]
"In response to the apparent terrorist events, FEMA's [Federal Emergency Management Agency] Washington-based Emergency Response Team (EST) has fully activated and on 24-hour operations. All 10 of the FEMA regions - headquartered in Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, Denton, TX, Denver, San Francisco and Bothell, Wash. - are also fully activated. FEMA has activated the Federal Response Plan, which brings together 28 federal agencies and the American Red Cross to assist local and state governments in response to national emergencies and disasters. Already, FEMA has deployed eight Urban Search & Rescue teams (US&R) to New York City to search for victims in the affected buildings. US&R teams are specially trained teams that include engineers and other technical experts as well as specially trained search dogs. Another four teams have been deployed to the Pentagon, for search and rescue efforts there. In addition, disaster medical teams and disaster mortuary teams are on stand-by in New Jersey and Washington D.C. to respond when requested. FEMA has requested that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers handle debris removal in the affected areas. FEMA support is working closely with the White House to ensure coordination and management of the consequences of the events. The Department of Justice has immediate responsibility for crisis management."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2001-09-11
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FEMA Mitigation Best Practices: Morgan County Flood Buyout Project
This document is part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Best Practices Portfolio. The Best Practices Portfolio is a collection of true stories about people and communities who have experienced disasters, and what mitigation they used to survive, rebuild, and prepare for disasters. From the document: "Residents in various Morgan County locations along the Potomac River and its tributaries have suffered repeated flood damage. The buyout project was a joint Federal, State and local undertaking. It involved acquiring the properties and demolishing the structures. Once this is completed, the county will grade the vacant lots and then maintain them as open space in perpetuity." This and other individual FEMA Best Practices documents are also combined in "Mitigation Best Practices: Public and Private Sector Best Practice Stories for All Activity/Project Types in All States and Territories Relating to All Hazards [August 10, 2011]," which can be accessed at the following link: [https://www.hsdl.org/?abstract&did=683132]
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2005-01-01
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LRC Subject List (Thesaurus)
This learning resource center (LRC) subject list works as a thesaurus for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) topics.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2010-05-20
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FEMA Mitigation Best Practices: Elba Stormwater Drainage System
This document is part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Best Practices Portfolio. The Best Practices Portfolio is a collection of true stories about people and communities who have experienced disasters, and what mitigation they used to survive, rebuild, and prepare for disasters. From the document: "Elba, Alabama has a long history of flooding stemming from (1) failure of the town's protective ring levee, which caused major flooding throughout the downtown area, and (2) stormwater accumulation within the levee, affecting the low-lying southcentral and southwestern areas of town (as happened in 1994). [...] With a Hazard Mitigation Grant, Elba installed a stormwater drainage system in 1997. The system was built by widening an existing drainage channel and installing two pumps at low-lying points in the town's southeast quarter. The pumps, designed to remove water quickly from flooded areas, are each capable of moving 17,500 gallons per minute." This and other individual FEMA Best Practices documents are also combined in "Mitigation Best Practices: Public and Private Sector Best Practice Stories for All Activity/Project Types in All States and Territories Relating to All Hazards [August 10, 2011]," which can be accessed at the following link: [https://www.hsdl.org/?abstract&did=683132]
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2005-01-01
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FEMA Mitigation Best Practices: Heavy-Duty Safe Room Provides Tornado Relief for Homeowners, Pets
This document is part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Best Practices Portfolio. The Best Practices Portfolio is a collection of true stories about people and communities who have experienced disasters, and what mitigation they used to survive, rebuild, and prepare for disasters. From the document: "When Karen and her husband built their retirement home in 2002, they were determined to build a protective safe room equipped with the necessary amenities and materials in the event of a devastating tornado. Instead of building the room inside their home like most people, they decided to construct it 20 feet away from the house, and build it large enough for their extended family. Karen and her husband based their safe room model on FEMA regulations and added a few additional measures of their own." This and other individual FEMA Best Practices documents are also combined in "Mitigation Best Practices: Public and Private Sector Best Practice Stories for All Activity/Project Types in All States and Territories Relating to All Hazards [August 10, 2011]," which can be accessed at the following link: [https://www.hsdl.org/?abstract&did=683132]
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2005-06-17
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Guidelines for Preparing an Environmental Assessment for FEMA
"The following is an outline for how to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) for FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]-funded grant projects, including specifications for the public comment period."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2011
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Emergency Preparedness, USA: Study Course
This independent study course contains information about natural and
technological hazards. Participants are led through the development of personal emergency preparedness plans and are encouraged to become involved in the local emergency preparedness network. The text is accompanied by illustrations, maps, charts, and diagrams.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2001
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FEMA National Urban Search and Rescue Response System: Task Force Equipment Cache List
This marks the first edition of the equipment cache list that includes significant cost information. Estimated unit and total costs have been included for each item or group of items. In addition, unit cost caps have been included for a significant number of items. These cost caps specify spending limits for National US&R Response System task forces that are purchasing equipment items under preparedness cooperative agreements (grants), as well as emergency procurements under their response cooperative agreements with FEMA. These items should serve as a useful planning tool for both System and non-System task forces. Cost information will be reviewed annually and adjusted, as appropriate.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2000
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Multi-hazard Loss Estimation Methodology, Earthquake Model: HAZUS-MH MR1, Advanced Engineering Building Module: Technical and User's Manual
"This manual describes procedures for developing building-specific damage and loss functions with the Advanced Engineering Building Module (AEBM). The AEBM procedures are an extension of the more general methods of the FEMA/NIBS earthquake loss estimation methodology (HAZUS) and provide damage and loss functions compatible with current HAZUSMH Software. Kircher & Associates working for the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) has developed these procedures under agreements between NIBS and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The procedures have been pilot tested and reviewed by NIBS' Earthquake Committee and Building Damage Subcommittee. HAZUS damage and loss functions for generic model building types are considered to be reliable predictors of earthquake effects for large groups of buildings that include both above median and below median cases. They may not, however, be very good predictors for a specific building or a particular type of building that is known to have an inherent weakness or earthquake vulnerability (e.g., W1 buildings with weak cripple walls would be expected to perform much worse than typical wood- frame buildings). For mitigation purposes, it is desirable that users be able to create building-specific damage and loss functions that could be used to assess losses for an individual building (or group of similar buildings) both in their existing condition and after some amount of seismic rehabilitation. The term 'building-specific' distinguishes the development of damage and loss functions, as described in this manual, from the 'generic' building functions of HAZUS. Building-specific damage and loss functions are based on the properties of a particular building. The particular building of interest could be either an individual building or a typical building representing a group of buildings of an archetype."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2003-01
