Disaster Preparedness & Response
Pre-Disaster Planning (for professionals)
- Allocation of Scarce Resources During Mass Casualty Events (PDF)
- CDC Stacks
- Coping with and Mitigating the Effects of Shortages of Emergency Medications (pdf)
- Disaster Health Information Update (MLA 2012)
- Drought-Ready Communities: A Guide to Community Drought Preparedness
- Evidence Aid Project
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- HHS Public Health and Medical Services Emergency Support Preparedness
- Hospital Evacuation: Principles and Practices (pdf)
- Hospital Preparedness Program
- Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes (KSAs) for the Public Health Preparedness and Response Core Competency Model (pdf)
- Making Cities Resilient Report 2012
- Medical Library Association 2012 Annual Meeting Theater Presentations
- National Health Security Preparedness Index
- National Mass Care Strategy: A Roadmap for the National Mass Care Service Delivery System (pdf)
- People and Traditions: Tribal Preparedness for Emergencies and Disasters
- Principles of Planning for Disaster Risk Reduction
- Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise Implementation Plan
- Public Response to Alerts and Warnings Using Social Media
- Radiation Emergency Medical Management
- Ready or Not? 2012: Protecting the Public's Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism
- Ready Responder Toolkit: Emergency Planning for First Responders and Their Families (pdf)
- Selected Themes for Effective Long-Term Recovery
- Shelter-in-Place Checklist
- Special Populations: Emergency and Disaster Preparedness
- Special Report: Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX)
- The Great Southeast Shakeout
- Use of Social Media for Disaster Recovery (pdf)
- Weather-Ready Nation
- Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response
Disaster Response and Recovery
- Clinical Treatment Guidelines for Wildland Fire Medical Units (pdf)
- Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) Toolkit (pdf)
- Disaster Apps and Mobile Optimized Web Pages
- Emergency Communication: Communication Access for People with Limited Speech
- Emergency Management Sites for NC Counties
- Emergency Medical Services for Children National Resource Center
- Emergency Preparedness & Response
- Emergency Preparedness for Business
- Emergency Prescription Assistance Program (EPAP)
- Google Public Alerts
- NLM Disaster Recovery & Environmental Health Links
- North Carolina Division of Emergency Management
- North Carolina Health Alert Network (NCHAN) Preparedness & Response
- North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services
- OnTheMap for Emergency Management
- Workplace Safety and Health Topics: Emergency Medical Services Workers
Training and Education
- Boost Box Webinar Archives
- Capturing the Range of Learning: Implications for Disaster Health in a Resource Constrained Future
- CDC Learning Connection
- Columbia Regional Learning Center: An Education and Training Center for Emergency Response Systems
- Community Preparedness & Disaster Management Certificate Program
- Continuity and Resiliency for Health IT Systems: Preparing for Unforeseen Events
- Cultural Competency Curriculum for Disaster Preparedness and Crisis Response
- Emergency Management Institute
- Incident Command Decision Making for Public Health Leaders
- INEE Minimum Standards for Education: Preparation, Response, Recovery
- Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes (KSAs) for the Public Health Preparedness and Response Core Competency Model (pdf)
- NC AHEC Statewide Continuing Education Calendar
- PLoS Currents Disasters
- Principles of Planning for Disaster Risk Reduction
- Self-Care for Disaster Behavioral Health Responders Podcast
- Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology (SPICE)
- Tracking and Reunification of Children in Disasters: A Lesson and Reference for Health Professionals
- TRAIN Online Training Finder
- UNC Center for Public Health Preparedness Training
- UNC School of Public Health Webcasts
News & Updates
Mobile Resources
- DailyMed Mobile
- Disaster Apps and Mobile Optimized Web Pages
- Earthquake by American Red Cross
- First Aid by American Red Cross
- Google Public Alerts
- Heat Safety Tool
- Hurricane by American Red Cross
- Mobile App: PTSD Coach
- Psychological First Aid Mobile
- Radiation Emergency Medical Management
- ToxNet (for mobile)
- Web Wiser - Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders
Animals and Disasters
- Animals in Disasters
- AVMA Emergency Preparedness and Response Guide (pdf)
- Disaster Preparedness for Livestock
- Emergency Preparedness for Your Service Animal or Pet
- Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (pdf)
- North Carolina Animal Disaster Sheltering Resources
- Saving the Whole Family (pdf)
- Shelter Operations: Pet-Friendly Shelters (pdf)
Droughts and Extreme Heat
- Communicating the Health Risks of Extreme Heat Events
- Drought risk reduction framework and practices: Contributing to the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action
- Droughts and Health
- Excessive Heat Events Guidebook
- Extreme Heat
- Heat: A Major Killer
- National Drought Mitigation Center
- North American Drought Monitor
- U.S. Drought Portal
Mass Casualty Events
- Allocation of Scarce Resources During Mass Casualty Events (PDF)
- Communication with the Public in a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency
- Emergency Response Guidebook: A Guidebook for First Responders During the Initial Phase of a Dangerous Goods/Hazardous Materials Transportation Incident
- Managing Hazardous Material Incidents
- Mass Casualty Event Preparedness and Response
- Operational Templates and Guidance for EMS Mass Incident Deployment (pdf)
- Public Health Preparedness for Mass Gatherings
- Radiation Emergency Medical Management
- Reopening Public Facilities After a Biological Attack: A Decision-Making Framework (2005)
- Web Wiser - Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders
Pandemic
- Community Flu 2.0
- Flu.gov Resources for Health Professionals
- H1N1 & Higher Ed Lessons Learned (PDF)
- MappyHealth: Tracking Disease Trends, 140 Characters at a Time
- North American Plan For Animal and Pandemic Influenza
- Pandemic Influenza Information for Health Professionals
- Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Guidance for Healthcare Workers and Healthcare Employers
Natural Disasters
- Drought-Ready Communities: A Guide to Community Drought Preparedness
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- MedlinePlus - Disaster Preparation & Recovery
- National Biosecurity Resource Center for Animal Health Emergencies
- Natural Disasters & Severe Weather
- NC Red Cross Chapters
- North Carolina Cooperative Extension Disaster Information Center
Biological, Chemical & Nuclear Terrorism
- Center for Health Hazards Preparedness
- Criminal and Epidemiological Investigation Handbook
- Emergency Room Procedures in Chemical Hazard Emergencies: A Job Aid
- Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal
- Epidemiology in North Carolina
- Guidance for Protecting Responders� Health During the First Week Following A Wide-Area Aerosol Anthrax Attack
- Institute for Biosecurity
- Managing Hazardous Material Incidents
- MedlinePlus - Biodefense and Bioterrorism
- MedlinePlus - Chemical Emergencies
- National Strategy for Biosurveillance (pdf)
- Office of Biotechnology Activities
- Radiation Emergency Medical Management
- Reopening Public Facilities After a Biological Attack: A Decision-Making Framework (2005)
- Wall Chart of Bioterrorism Agents
- Wall Chart of Chemical Terrorism Agents
Hurricanes
- Disaster Information Management Reseach Center
- Floods
- Hurricane & Flood Disaster Resource Collection
- Hurricane Information for Health Care Professionals
- Hurricane Preparedness
- Hurricane Sandy
- Hurricanes
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network: Hurricanes
- Private Wells: What to Do After the Flood
- Ready.gov
- Report: Gaps Continue To Exist in Nursing Home Emergency Preparedness and Response During Disasters
U.S. Government
Centers for Public Health Preparedness
Other Organizations
North Carolina
- Emergency Management Sites for NC Counties
- North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness
- North Carolina Cooperative Extension Disaster Information Center
- North Carolina Division of Emergency Management
- North Carolina Emergency Management Association
- North Carolina Health Alert Network (NCHAN) Preparedness & Response
- North Carolina Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response
- Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology (SPICE)
Post-Disaster Information & Assistance
- Disaster Recovery
- Emergency Prescription Assistance Program (EPAP)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Gulf Study: A health study for oil spill clean-up workers and volunteers
- National Biosecurity Resource Center for Animal Health Emergencies
- Natural Disasters & Severe Weather
- NC Red Cross Chapters
- NLM Disaster Recovery & Environmental Health Links
- North Carolina Cooperative Extension Disaster Information Center
- OVC Handbook for Coping After Terrorism
- Private Wells: What to Do After the Flood
- Recovering After a Disaster
- Returning Home After a Disaster: Be Healthy and Safe
- When the Healer Is Hurt: How Providers Cope with Being Victims of Disaster
Stress & Coping
- Coping with Disaster
- Find Mental Health Services across North Carolina
- Gulf Study: A health study for oil spill clean-up workers and volunteers
- MedlinePlus - Coping with Disasters
- Mental Health Disaster Preparedness Information
- National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- North Carolina Cooperative Extension Disaster Information Center
- OVC Handbook for Coping After Terrorism
- Self-Care for Disaster Behavioral Health Responders Podcast
Information in Spanish
Information for Children
Pre-Disaster Planning & Preparedness
- Disaster Health Information Update (MLA 2012)
- Drought-Ready Communities: A Guide to Community Drought Preparedness
- Emergency Drinking Water Supplies
- Emergency Medical Services for Children National Resource Center
- Emergency Preparedness for Business
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Long-Term Care Preparedness Toolkit (pdf)
- MedlinePlus - Biodefense and Bioterrorism
- MedlinePlus - Disaster Preparation & Recovery
- Mental Health Disaster Preparedness Information
- Natural Disasters & Severe Weather
- North Carolina Cooperative Extension Disaster Information Center
- Nuclear Power Plant Emergencies
- People and Traditions: Tribal Preparedness for Emergencies and Disasters
- Ready.gov
- Selected Themes for Effective Long-Term Recovery
- Weather-Ready Nation