Special Feature: Safety and Preparedness - Communities
Publications & Multimedia
- National Preparedness Report
- Department of Homeland Security, Annual
- Helping Victims of Mass Violence and Terrorism: Planning, Response, Recovery, and Resources
- Office for Victims of Crime, August 2015
- National Strategy for Youth Preparedness Education: Empowering, Educating and Building Resilience
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, April 2015
- Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters: What Parents Can Do
- National Institute of Mental Health, 2015
- Preparedness in America: Research Insights to Increase Individual, Organization, and Community Action
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, August 2014
- Prepare for Emergencies Now: Information to Get Ready
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, January 2014
- Family Communication Plan for Kids
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, August 2013
- Family Communication Plan for Parents
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, August 2013
- Personal Preparedness in America: Findings from 2012 FEMA National Survey
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, July 2013
- Is Your Tribe Ready: Prepare for Emergencies In Tribal Nations
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, July 2011
- Practical Information on Crisis Planning: A Guide for Schools and Communities
- U.S. Department of Education, January 2007
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Food and Water in an Emergency (English)
Agua y alimentos en una emergencia (Español) - Federal Emergency Management Agency, August 2004
Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias, Agosto 2004 - Helping Children Cope with Disaster (English)
Cómo ayudar a los niños a confrontar una catástrofe (Español) - Federal Emergency Management Agency, August 2004
Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias, Agosto 2004 - Preparing for Disaster (English)
Preparación para casos de desastre (Español) - Federal Emergency Management Agency, August 2004
Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias, Agosto 2004 - Preparing for Disaster for People with Disabilities and other Special Needs (English)
Preparación para casos de desastre para personas con discapacidad y otras necesidades especiales (Español) - Federal Emergency Management Agency, August 2004
Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias, Agosto 2004 - Citizen Corps
- Bureau of Justice Assistance, June 2004
- OVC Handbook for Coping after Terrorism: A Guide for Healing and Recovery
- Office for Victims of Crime, September 2001
Related Resources
- Campus Safety Special Feature
- This NCJRS resource provides links to publications and related websites that focus on crime and safety at campuses of higher education.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Emergency Preparedness and Response
- This section of the CDC site is intended to help increase the nation's ability to prepare for and respond to public health emergencies.
- Citizen Corps
- Citizen Corps was created to help coordinate volunteer activities that make communities safer, stronger, and better prepared to respond to emergency situations.
- Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
- CERT educates people about disaster preparedness and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, and disaster medical operations. Using their training, CERT members can assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following an event and can take a more active role in preparing their community.
- Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS)
- CNCS is a federal agency that helps Americans improve the lives of their fellow citizens through service, tackling some of the most pressing challenges facing our nation.
- Disaster Assistance
- DisasterAssistance.gov provides information on how to get help from the U.S. Government before, during and after a disaster, including biological, chemical, and other terror events.
- Military Family Preparedness
- This resource provides information for military personnel and their families on how to prepare for and respond to disasters.
- National Neighborhood Watch Program
- Neighborhood Watch was created to unite law enforcement agencies, private organizations, and individual citizens in a massive effort to reduce residential crime.
- Office for Victims of Crime (OVC): Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program (AEAP)
- Through AEAP, OVC offers funding streams to provide timely relief for immediate and ongoing victim assistance services in the form of grants to qualifying applicants impacted by terrorism/criminal mass violence incidents.
- Office for Victims of Crime (OVC): Help for Crime Victims – Domestic Terrorism and Mass Violence
- This section of the OVC site provides information about crisis counseling services, crime victim compensation, and additional information and resources for victims of mass violence incidents.
- Ready.Gov
- One of the primary mandates of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is to educate the public, using tools such as Ready.Gov, about how to be prepared in case of a national emergency - including a possible terrorist attack. Ready.gov also provides useful resources in multiple languages including: Arabic, Chinese, French, Haitian, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu, and Vietnamese.
- Ready Business
- Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, this website outlines common sense measures business owners and managers can take after a disaster. It provides practical steps and easy-to-use templates to help plan for a company's future. It also provides useful links to resources providing more detailed business continuity and disaster preparedness information.
- Ready Kids (English), Listo Ninos (Español)
- Ready Kids is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Ready campaign and is designed to help parents and teachers educate children about emergencies and how they can help get their family prepared. The Ready Kids website features age-appropriate, step-by-step instructions on what families can do to be better prepared and the role kids can play in this effort. A Spanish version of the site is also available.
- U.S. Department of Education: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS)
- Through REMS, schools, school districts, and institutions of higher education, along with their community partners, are supported in the development of high-quality emergency operations plans and comprehensive emergency management planning efforts.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Public Health Emergencies
- This website provides information broken down by categories relating to terrorism and other forms of disasters.
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