Emergency Preparedness
- American Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org/
Training, News, Services, Publications
- BAM! (Body and Mind) - Kids
Survival Skills
www.bam.gov
Everyday survival skills with outdoor sports, insects and more.
- Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) - Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/emcontact/index.asp
What to Do in an Emergency
- Citizen Corps
http://www.citizencorps.gov/
Uniting Communities - Preparing the Nation can help your family and community
be safer, stronger and prepared to respond. Citizen Corps, a vital component
of USA Freedom Corps, was created to help coordinate volunteer activities
that will make our communities safer and ready to respond.
- Colorado
State University
- Cooperative Extension
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/emergency/emermenu.html
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/menufood.html
Disaster related food/nutrition health publications can be accessed
from the web site.
- Disasterhelp.gov
https://disasterhelp.gov/portal/jhtml/index.jhtml
Providing information and services of disaster management in the areas of
preparedness, response, recovery, and migration.
- Educational Resources - University
of Nebraska Cooperative Extension
in Lancaster County,
University of Nebraska--
Lincoln
http://lancaster.unl.edu/factsheets/
Index of On-line Educational Resources
- Extension Disaster Education
Network (EDEN)
www.eden.lsu.edu
Links Extension educators across the U.S. Also find subjects from food to
field safety, physical to physiological, government and the community.
- Family and Consumer Science
(FCS) - Disaster Preparedness, Helping Yourself... Helping Your Family
http://fcs.tamu.edu/housing/disaster_preparedness/index.php
Texas Cooperative Extension encourages you to help yourself and your family
by "Being Prepared for the Unexpected" whether it be a natural
or man-made disaster.
- FDA Kids' Homepage
http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/kids/
Locate Food Safety, Inspect a Warehouse, Animals, Vaccines and The Teen
Scene resources.
- The Federal Aviation Administration
http://www.faa.gov/
Aviation Safety, Traveler Briefing, Airport Status, Safety Tips, Weather.
- Federal
Citizen Information
Center
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/family/disaster-guide/shelter.htm
Citizen's Survival Kit.
- Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA)
http://www.fema.gov
FEMA en Espaņol, Library, Features, Storm Watch & Current Weather, Top
News Stories, Disaster News, Spotlight and Agency News.
- FirstGov.gov
- FoodSafety.gov
http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/fsgnews.html
Gateway to Government Food Safety Information
- Food Safety and Inspection
Service (FSIS) - Food Security and Emergency Preparedness
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/topics/biosecurity.htm
- Food Safety Education
and Consumer Information
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/consedu.htm
Food Safety Resources for Educators and Consumers, Publications, Current
Interest, Hotlines, Training Materials.
- HazardMaps.gov
http://www.hazardmaps.gov/vision.php
The Multi-Hazard Mapping Initiative (MMI).
- Homeland Security - The White
House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/homeland/
In Focus, News, Appointments, Offices, Speeches.
- Home Safety Council (HSC)
- Encyclopedia
http://www.homesafetycouncil.org/safety_guide/safetyguide.aspx
General Home Safety, Child Safety, Disaster Preparedness, Do-It-Yourself
Project Safety, Fire Safety, Holiday Safety, Home Security, Hurricane and
Severe Storms, Outdoor Safety, Senior Safety, Projects, En Espaņol.
- Identity Theft
http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/index.html
The U.S. government's central web site for information about identity theft.
- Integrative Center for Homeland
Security - Texas A&M University
http://homelandsecurity.tamu.edu/
Directed by Dr. Paul K. Carlton, to cover safety aspects of food and agriculture,
transportation, information archiving and security, management of biohazards,
health issues, training of first-responders and medical personnel.
- McGruff.org
http://www.mcgruff.org/
Basic safety rules for children through games, puzzles, and comics.
- National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration - United States Department of Transportation
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
Vehicle & Equipment Information, Traffic Safety/Occupant Issues, Air
Bags, Child Passenger Safety, Ratings, Recalls, Complaint Form, Testing
Results, Auto Safety Hotline, Injury Prevention.
- National Safe Kids Campaign
www.safekids.org
Protecting Kids from their number one killer... unintentional injury.
- National Traffic and Road
Closure Information - U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway
Administration
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/trafficinfo/index.htm
Click on State for Traffic and Closure Information, 511- America's Traveler
Information Telephone Number, Construction Related, Traffic Conditions,
Transit Related, Regional Links, Weather/Road Conditions.
- National Weather Service
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
http://www.nws.noaa.gov
Observations, Forecasts, Weather Safety, Education/Outreach, Information
Center.
- New York Online Access
to Health (NOAH) - Dealing with Traumatic Events
http://www.noah-health.org/english/illness/mentalhealth/ptsd.html
What are reactions to traumatic events, the basics, causes and victims,
effects, children, trauma, care and treatment, living with traumatic events,
information and resources in English and Spanish.
- Purdue Cooperative Extension Service - Indiana
http://www.ces.purdue.edu/
- Ready.gov
http://www.ready.gov/
From the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, simple things we can
do to help ourselves and our loved ones prepare for the potential of terrorist
attacks. Make a kit, make a plan (whether at work, school, in a vehicle
or a high-rise building) and become informed.
- Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) - The Center for Mental Health Services
(CMHS), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.mentalhealth.org/
The goal of CMHS is to help provide support services for those needed
by adults and children in mental health areas.
- Texas Cooperative Extension,
Emergency Information Web Site
http://archone.tamu.edu/faculty/dbilbo/Taex%20Emergency/Taextop.htm
- Texas Department of Health
(TDH)
http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/
See TDH Today, health data, publications, kids corner, services and library.
- Texas Department of Insurance
(TDI)
http://www.tdi.state.tx.us/index.html
Auto, Home, Health, Life, Title, Commercial, Workers' Comp, Bulletins/Rules,
Insurance Fraud, Regulation, Publications, Links,
- Texas Homeland Security
http://www.texashomelandsecurity.com
Be informed. Be prepared. Be involved. A Texan's role in homeland security
and what you can do to protect your family and safeguard our great State
can be found here.
- Texas Poison Control Center
http://www.poisoncontrol.org/
- Texas School Safety Center
www.txscc.txstate.edu/txssc.htm
Provides training and assistance to promote safety and reduce violence.
- Trauma Link - The Interdisciplinary
Pediatric Injury Control Research Center
http://www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/division/generic.jsp?id=71419
Pediatric Trauma Research Center is based at the Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania. Online Resources include:
Child Passenger Safety, Violence Prevention, Responses to Traumatic Injury
and General Injury Prevention.
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC)
http://www.cpsc.gov/
Product recalls, library, Consumer (Espaņol), Links, Video, 4 Kids, Business
and Search.
- USDA Community Food
Security Initiative, United State Department of Agriculture
http://www.reeusda.gov/food_security/foodshp.htm
Helping to fight hunger, improve nutrition, strengthen local food systems,
empower low-income families to move toward self-sufficiency.
- U.S.
Department of Education - Emergency Planning - ED.gov
http://www.ed.gov/emergencyplan/
A site that helps provide school leaders with information (natural disasters,
violent incidents and terrorist acts) they need to plan for an emergency.
- U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency - Learn About Chemicals Around the House
http://www.epa.gov/kidshometour/
Learn about toxic substances, labels, accidents-what to do, questions about
household products, puzzlers, test your knowledge and home tour.
- The Weather Channel
http://www.weather.com
Health, Travel, Events, Recreation, Driving Forecast.
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updated:
June 28, 2006
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