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Washington
Interfaith Disaster Recovery Organization (WIDRO)
WIDRO is a network of faith-based groups inspired
and
committed to collaboratively maximizing the deployment of our
respective resources when responding to Washington State
disasters.
- King County
Crisis Clinic
After
more than five years of planning, Crisis Clinic has made the dialing
code “2-1-1” available as a way for people to
directly connect to our Community Information Line. It’s the
same service with the same staff, just an easier way to reach
us!
- Managing
Spontaneous Volunteers
This publication includes the principles and concepts of operations
surrounding a successful program of utilizing unaffiliated volunteer
relief workers during a community's response to a disaster event.
- Design for Success
This document emerged from NVOAD's long range plan as a tool for
defining progress toward the goals of building a stronger VOAD movement.
- PandemicFlu.gov
One-stop access to U.S. Government avian and pandemic flu information.
Managed by the Department of Health and Human Services.
- Department of Homeland
Security's Ready.gov Web Site
Ready.gov is a common sense framework designed to launch a process of
learning about citizen preparedness. One of the primary mandates of the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security is to educate the public, on a
continuing basis, about how to be prepared in case of a national
emergency – including a possible terrorist attack.
- Washington State Emergency
Management Division
The Washington State Emergency Management Division "coordinates and
facilitates resources to minimize the impacts of disasters and
emergencies..." This site is full of essential information for
preparedness and emergency operations at federal, state, and local
levels.
- Emergency Preparedness and
Response
FEMA is now located within the Department of Homeland
Security. It has a new name - Emergency Preparedness and
Response but will keep its name FEMA for the sake of familiarity when
responding to disasters.
- Are You Ready? A
Guide to Citizen Preparedness
Are You Ready? A Guide to Citizen Preparedness brings together facts on
disaster survival techniques, disaster-specific information, and how to
prepare for and respond to both natural and man-made disasters.
- Disaster
News Network
Disaster News Network (DNN) is a news service that tells the story of
disaster response and suggests appropriate ways the public can help
survivors. It also facilitates information sharing among disaster
responders.
- Center for
International Disaster Information
The Center for International Disaster Information provides critical
information services to other information and the general public about
international disasters and about those organizations responding.
- International
Association of Emergency Managers
The International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) is a
non-profit educational organization dedicated to promoting the goals of
saving lives and protecting property during emergencies and disasters.
- Small
Business Administration Disaster Assistance
Small Business Administration assistance for businesses struck by
disaster.
- AlertNet
from Reuters
The Reuter Foundation is acting as a specialist news supplier and
neutral information broker to the international disaster relief
community, via the Internet.
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