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Thinking about emergencies
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The Federal Emergency Management Policy
A rich resource of language, examples, advice, and teaching materials.FEMA's website is one of the most comprehensive sites on the Web.For individuals the FEMA site is rich with advice about what to do in advance, and what to do during and after various possible situations including terrorism, biological threats, chemical threats, nuclear blasts, explosions, and much more.
The American Red Cross
"Although the American Red Cross is not a government agency, its authority to provide disaster relief was formalized when, in 1905, the Red Cross was chartered by Congress to ‘carry on a system of national and international relief in time of peace and apply the same in mitigating the sufferings caused by pestilence, famine, fire, floods, and other great national calamities, and to devise and carry on measures for preventing the same.’"This website is as good a resource as you'll find, written in layman's language for the most part, about the world of emergencies with useful imagery, background information and more.This site is good for an overview of the topic, and a good source for teaching materials.
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