GOVERNMENT
/ also see legal research
- ABAG
Bay Area Cities + Governments
- San Francisco area cities.
- Alameda
County Home Page, Courts, PD, etc.
- American
US Historical Documents online
- California
Ballot Propositions since 1911, courtesy of Hastings Law
- California
Board of Behavioral Sciences - Verify MFCC, LCSW, other licenses on
line.
- California
Department of General Services
- California
Department of Industrial Relations - Worker Comp, OSHA, etc.
- California
Department of Motor Vehicles
- California:
LexisOne does good job of indexing the State Government, all courts,
more.
- California
Professional Licenses for MANY professions
- California Technology, Trade and Commerce Agency -
- California
Secretary of State - Candidates / Voter Pamphlets / Propositions.
- California
Service Corps - State volunteer organizations
- California
STATE GOVERNMENT HOME PAGE - Start here for all agencies
- California State Information + Services - agencies,
courts, counties, politics. and more.
- California
Voter Foundation - nonpartisan elections + proposition info.
- Center
for Digital Government: technology issues in government
- Census:
State and federal
- Cityspan
- City and County of San Francisco Official Web Site
- Contractors
Calif. State License Board
- Is this guy licensed to do this kind of work?
- CSAC
Calif State Association of Counties
- California State Association of Counties (CSAC). Many
governmental sites. Links to all counties who have Web sites. Governor's
budget and such.
- DMV
Site Map California Department of Motor Vehicles
- Federal:
Ask the Government a Question. FAQs answered.
- Federal:
Congress.Org: Federal Congress, law, legislation, members
- CapWeb: A Guide to the U.S. Congress | Policy Issues
| Publications | Campaigns | Alerts |
- Federal:
Search Congessional Reports: Open CRS
- Federal:
U.S. Department of Justice / DOJ home site.
- FirstGov.gov
- Official website for searching the U.S. Government
- Federal
laws THOMAS search legislation
- Full Text of Federal Legislation House and Senate
bills searchable by keyword(s) or by bill number.
- Federal
Trade Commission - stop spam, telemarketing, etc.
- FedWorld
Federal Government Word Searching
- The U.S. Federal Government Word Searcher: search
dozens of Government WWW sites, hundreds of BBS connections via the
Web, research. National Criminal Justice Reference System.
- GovBenefits.gov
- Your Federal Benefits
- GovBenefits is a partnership of many Federal agencies
and organizations with a shared vision - to provide improved, personalized
access to government benefit programs.
- Government:
SearchGov.com word searches Federal + State Governments
- Clueless? Maybe the government has a word to describe
it.
- Government
Surveillance issues - cryptome.org
- Development of Surveillance Technology and Risk of
Abuse of Economic Information. Encryption, Privacy concerns.
- Governing
Magazine State, Local, Federal Government articles.
- State+ Federal government articles. Surveys, analysis,
technology, lots more. Published by Congressional Quarterly, Inc..
- GovSpot.com
- the government information portal of the Web
- GTC
Government Technology Magazine
- Government Technology GTC magazine. Computers, imaging,
document management, for local, state + federal government agencies.
- GCN
Government Computer News magazine.
- Government Computer News is an 80,000 circulation,
biweekly, newspaper covering government information systems, the people
who specify and build them, and the products and technologies they use.
It is the community newspaper of federal, state and local programs managers
and information system professionals. Articles with pointers to products.
- GTSI
Government Technology / computer supplier
- GTSI is a leading reseller of microcomputer and Unix
workstation products to federal, state and local governments,
- GIX:
Government Information Xchange -- BIG site by GSA
- GSA: Federal General Services Administration, has
pointers to 3 levels of federal + many State / other government sites.
Huge search engine.
- Homeland
Security Department
- Terrorist activity, threat advisory, immigration and
travel advisories, disasters.
- Internet
Crime Complaint Center (IC3) - FBI and others
- Internet Crime Complaint Center
- Library
of Congress World Wide Web Home Page
- Federal Governmental links, internet resources.
- Marin
County Home page.
- MIDAS: Marin Information and Data Access System"
Marin Government, Cities, Visitor info, NonProfits, People, Marin Civic
Center.
- Marin
County Public Defender Home Page
- MARIN COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER home page. Search Calif.
statutes for PD laws. Websitter: Frank Cox.
- Marin
County, California -- Disaster/Emergency Resources
- Marin County Sheriff's Office of Emergency Services.
Disaster Prep + bulletins.
- Marin
County Park News Online - GOGA
- Marin:
G-Channel Online-Marin County Government Channel
- Marin
Market: Businesses, restaurants, etc.
- Marin County California: restaurants, scenes, more.
- Marin
Telecommunications Agency
- NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NASA Space / satellite photos, etc.
- NHTSA
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - Tests on cars
- Car safety, recalls, standards, crash tests, more.
- NIST:
National Institute of Standards and Technology
- OSHA:
Occupational Safety + Health Administration -
- Social
Security Online
- SPAM:
Federal site to stop Telemarketing and Spam + Junk Faxes
- SPAM:
National Do Not Call Registry - government site
- SPAM:
California State help for SPAM, JunkFax, Identity theft
- SPAM:
Junkbusters STOP Junk Fax
- State
Government Web Servers. Pick a State.
- TAX:
26 USC TITLE 26 - Internal Revenue Code / Cornell
- TAX:
California Franchise Tax Board
- California tax forms + instructions.
- TAX:
California Revenue + Tax Code
- TAX:
CCH Tax Briefing
- TAX:
EstatePlanning.Com
- Tax:
HR Block tax preparers
- TAX:
IRS - Federal Tax forms + instructions
- IRS: Internal Revenue Service Tax Forms, instructions.
Download forms.
- TAX:
IRS: Submit Tax Law Questions via Email to the IRS
- TAX:
IRS - Official Internal Revenue site, Income Tax Forms, Instructions,
Publications, Regulations
- TAX:
IRS tax forms, state tax forms, plus IRS e-file and state e-file. WorldWideWeb
Tax.
- TAX:
Planning MSN MoneyCentral Taxes
- TAX:
TurboTax and Quicken - software + tax hints
- United
Way of the Bay Area: Phone 211: Find Community Services
- www.211bayarea.org: United Way of the Bay Area is
the largest private funder of health and human services in Northern
California. We partner with contributors to build healthy and safe communities
in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and
Solano counties. Formerly, called "The Brain" database.
- USC
United States Code, full text, searchable
- U.S.
House Of Representatives - WWW site.
- U.S. House of Representatives' World Wide Web
service provides public access to legislative information as well as
information about Members, Committees, and Organizations of the House
and to other U.S. government information. resources.
- U.S.
Department of Justice Programs / Grant Funds / Drug Courts
- U.S. Department of Justice Home Page. Federal Grant
funding. Criminal Justice studies + programs. Drug Courts.
- Veteran
Affairs Dept.
- Veterans Benefits Administration interactive benefits
applications. Veterans Benefits Administration is an organizational
element of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Site allows applicants
to apply for certain VA benefits on line.
- Virtual
Tourist - California
- Art, government, maps, cities, State, photos, picutures,
- Welfare
Guide: TANF, Medicaid, etc.
- Supporting Families in Transition. A Guide to Expanding
Health Coverage in the Post-Welfare Reform World. TANF, Medicaid, eligibility,
etc...
- The
White House - visit George W Bush and friends.
- Presidential Policy papers, tours, and stuff.
EMERGENCY SERVICES /Incl Government.
- ABAG
Local Government / Earthquake Maps
- What's New | Bay Area Projects | Bay Area Commerce
| Local Government | Discussion Groups | Services. Earthquake maps.
- After
a Disaster Series of Publications
- AlertNet
- Reuters News re disasters, crises
- AlertNet provides news, information and analysis for
everyone interested in emergency relief. AlertNet is run by Reuters
Foundation.
- AMA
Medical (Terrorism) Center for Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response
- American
Red Cross
- Bay
Area Transit Information 511.Org
- AC Transit (East Bay) Amtrak BART Berkeley Electric
Shuttle Transit CalTrain Contra Costa County Connection Dumbarton Express
Ferries Golden Gate Transit Greyhound Lines Petaluma Transit ETC.
- Biocomplexity
Thesaurus NBII.GOV
- Bioterrorism,
Biodefense, Public Health UPMC-Biosecurity.org
- Bioterrorism
and Emergency Preparedness - Stanford Hospital and Clinics
- Bioterrorism:
WHO | Diseases covered by CSR
- Calif
Air Resources live feeds: air, smoke, video, more
- The California Air Resources Board and the California
Department of Food and Agriculture are required to submit joint, biennial
reports to the Legislature on the progress of the phase down of rice
straw burning in the Sacramento Valley
- California
Data Exchange Center CDEC Flood Gauges.
- Real Time California river guages, flood conditions,
tides. Wet and wild.
- Calif.
OES Home Page / Governor's Off. Emergency Services
- Governor's Office Emergency Services: OES - California
Emergency Plan (Part I: Basic Plan) Current Conditions (EDIS, Weather,
Roads) OES Earthquake Program Earthquake Resources (OASIS) Related Agencies
and Organizations. California State Governor Office.
- Calif.
OES EDIS Emergency Digital Information Service, Governor's
- Calif.
County OES offices, National Guard too
- Calif.
State agency and employee phone listing
- CALTRANS
maps, road conditions, etc.
- Calif. Department of Transportation.
- CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- US Government site on many types of diseases, bioterrorism
issues, and more.
- CDC
Emergency Preparedness & Response Site
- CDC
Mass Trauma Preparedness and Response
- CERES:
California Environmental Resources Evaluation System
- Environment: geography, plants, animals, resources,
maps, fire prevention. etc.
- CERT
FEMA Community Emergency Response Team
- DART:
Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team
NASA Ames RC
- The Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) is
an all hazard Federal emergency response and recovery team that is home-based
out of NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California.
DART has an elaborate training facility and program that is available
to members of the emergency services community.
- DARPA:
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- The folks that brought us the Internet are now studying
cyberwarfare, chemical + biological warfare, and other disasters.
- DHS
| Department of Homeland Security
- Disabled
ADA Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG)
- Disabled
- CARD Emergency preparedness for First Victims - special needs
- CARD – Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters
- Oakland, CA / Alameda County nonprofit helping persons with special
needs,
- Disabled
People and Disaster Planning (DP2)
- DisabilityInfo.gov:
Rights, resources for disabled
- Disaster
Center - News on North American incidents, links to news sources, satellites,
etc.
- DisasterPlan.Com:
Planning and Disaster Recovery
- Big site: Developing Disaster Plan, disaster recovery
yellow pages.
- DOT
manual + more: Hazmat Safety U.S. Dept. Transportation / Poisons, etc.
- Earthquake
Engineering Berkeley NISEE.
- National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering
(NISEE) Earthquake Engineering Research Center (EERC) University of
California at Berkeley
- Earthquake
Engineering Research Institute EERI
- Huge site: audio visuals, laws, insurance, etc.
- Earthquake
Info from the USGS in Menlo Park, CA
- Earthquake info provided by the United States Geological
Survey in Menlo Park, California.
- Earthquake
IRIS Consortium - worldwide maps and reports
- Earthquake
SF_Bay Very Recent via USGS LIVE REALTIME
- Earthquake
Latest Quake Info USGS Info California
- U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 870,
Menlo Park, CA
- Earthquake
maps: Division of Mines and Geology
- Calif. Department of Conservation Division of mines
+ geology, with recent California Earthquake hazard maps.
- Earthquake
MCEER: Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research
- Multidisciplinarty Center for Earthquake Engineering
Research - Univ. Buffalo, New York. Quakeline.
- Earthquake:
Northern California ShakeMaps from USGS and others
- Earthquake:
Northern California Earthquake Data Center
- Earthquake:
Southern Calif. Earthquake Center / CalTech
- The SCEC (Southern California Earthquake Center) Data
Center is the primary archive and distribution center of seismological
data recorded by the Southern California Seismic Network.
- Earthquake:
Southern CA: Latest Quake Info
- Earthquake:
UC Berkeley Seismological Laboratory / REDI alerts
- Earthquake
USGS NEIC National Info Center / Golden, Colorado. Worldwide.
- USGS National Earthquake Information
- Earthquake:
USGS-National Seismic Hazards Mapping Project
- National seismic hazards mapping project - earthquake
maps.
- Earthquake:
USGS 1906 SF quake Simulations
- USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring,
reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards
- Earthquake:
USGS Real-Time Forecast of EarthquakesNext 24 Hours
- Earthquake:
USGS Hayward Fault Virtual Helicopter Tour
- EDIS:
Emergency Digital Information Service from OES
- This site is in frames, so you have to grope to get
to the EDIS messages for very urgent messages.
- Electrical
Power Grid: California ISO electrical grid blackouts and status.
- California Independent System Operator (Cal-ISO).
Electrical Grid blackouts.
- Electrical
Rolling Blackouts per PG+E System status
- EIIP
Emergency Information Infrastructure Partnership / training, discussions
- Emergency Information Infrastructure Partnership -
EIIP - training, chat, etc. emergency managers.
- EMAC,
the Emergency Management Assistance Compact
- Interstate Disaster Assistance Act administered by
National Emergency Management Association (NEMA).
- EPA:
the United States Environmental Protection Agency - chemical + toxic
waste issues
- EPIX
WWW Home Page
- Emergency Preparedness Information eXchange (EPIX)
at Simon Frasier University. Links to many emergency service sites.
- FEMA:
Are You Ready? Disaster Preparedness
- FEMA
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- FEMA
DisasterHelp.Gov - start here for disaster help
- FEMA
EMI: Emergency Management Institute training + downloadables
- FEMA
ICS Resource Center - training ICS-100+
- FEMA
Independent Study Program - NIMS, NRP, more
- FEMA:
IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction
- FEMA
Independent Study Online disaster courses
- FEMA:
NRP National Response Plan from Homeland Security
- NRP: National Response Plan, changes and Quick Reference
Guide ,Joint Field Office Standard Operating Procedures, and National
Incident Management System (NIMS) on the Homeland Security Website.
Use for Incidents of National Significance: major disasters, terrorist
incidents, and such.
- FEMA:
NIMS National Incident Management System
- NIMS is the National version of SEMS Standardized
Emergency Management System, which was based on ICS incident command
system experience.
- Fire
Reports daily by US Forest Service
- FIRESCOPE
Calif. OES Statewide Emergency Services, ICS forms
- Incident Command System Downloadable Forms, manuals,
for EOC and ICS emergency operations.
- Fire
Weather- National Weather Service Boise, Idaho - NOAA.
- NWS: NOAA weather and flood watches and warnings,
public forecasts and advisories. Fire watch.
- Firewise
/ Wildfire prevention info.
- Wildfire protection, links to NIFC National Interagency
Fire Center,
- Floods:
NOAA River Forecast Center - Sacramento, CA
- California Nevada River Forecast Center - Your government
source of hydrologic/weather data and forecasts for California, Nevada,
and portions of southern Oregon
- Floods:
NOAA Hydrometeorological Prediction Center
- GETS
- NCS | Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS)
- Golden
Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District
- Health
and Human Services, Federal site
- HHS.gov is the website for the United States Department
of Health and Human Services, led by Secretary Mike Leavitt, and based
in Washington, D.C.
- HazMat
Guide for First Responders - USFA - search for chemical spills
- HazMat
Pocket Guide to chemical hazards, by CDC and NIOSH.
- Hazardous
Substance Fact Sheets - PDF format- searchable
- New Jersey State Haz Mat site: search on the chemical
+ view fact sheet in PDF format.
- HazMat
toxins database, poisons, dangerous chemicals. Government site: TOXNET
- Government sponsored databases on toxicology, hazardous
chemicals, poisons, medical response.
- HIPAA
Privacy Rule - HHS Emergency Disaster Data
- HHS
- Disasters & Emergencies Official Govt. info
- Homeland
Security Department
- Terrorist activity, threat advisory, immigration and
travel advisories, disasters.
- Homeland
Security NRP National Response Plan
- NRP: National Response Plan, changes and Quick Reference
Guide ,Joint Field Office Standard Operating Procedures, and National
Incident Management System (NIMS) on the Homeland Security Website.
Use for Incidents of National Significance: major disasters, terrorist
incidents, and such.
- Homeland
- Center for State Homeland Security
- Homeland
Security Ready.gov - Prepare for disasters and terrorists
- We must have the tools and plans in place to make
it on our own if a terrorist attack occurs.
- Incident
Command / Art Botterell
- Art Botterell, Formerly Calif OES, FEMA official,
Founder, Networks In Emergency Management Forum, personal web page.
- Law:
Disasters and the Law: Katrina and Beyond
- Maps:
geodata.gov Detailed Govt. Maps
- Maps
California - Faults, firezones, etc Humboldt State
- Marin
County, California -- Disaster/Emergency Resources
- Marin County Sheriff's Office of Emergency Services.
Disaster Prep + bulletins.
- Marin
County Demographics - Home Page
- Information about the demographics of Marin County,
California. Includes census information, population and housing information
from both the State of California and the Marin County Community Development
Department. Also includes studies on the Emerging Trends and Needs Assessmsent
in Marin as compiled by United Way.
- Marin
County Schools - Emergency Communication
- Marin:
CVNL.ORG: Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership - Marin's
NonProfits
- Marin:
G-Channel Online-Marin County Government Channel
- Medical:
American Health Lawyers Association AHLA
- AHLA (American Health Lawyers Association) Web site
- The latest health law information.
- Medical:
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- US Government site on many types of diseases, bioterrorism
issues, and more.
- Medical:
MedlinePlus: Disasters and Emergency Preparedness
- Medical:
Merck Manuals online: Home, Diagnosis, Aging, Geriatrics
- Medical:
NIAID: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease
- Medical:
Oral Rehydration - diarrhea, influenza, more
- Diarrhoea, diarrhea, diarrhoeal diseases, dehydration
and oral rehydration are the focus of Rehydration Project. We create
and support diarrhoea management programs that rehydrate a dehydrated
child through the promotion of oral rehydration salts [ORS]. We also
promote breastfeeding, achieving and maintaining high levels of immunization,
improving access to clean water and safe sanitation and encourage hygiene
education.
- Medical:
Pandemic Avian Flu in birds- OIE daily update
- OIE : Organisation Mondiale de la Santé Animale -
World Organisation for Animal Health - Organizacion Mundial de Sanidad
Animal
- Medical:
Pandemic Avian Flu Southern Africa site
- Medical:
Pandemic Avian Flu (Bird Flu) - Patient Education Institute
- This patient education tutorial explains what the
avian flu is, what are its symptoms and treatment options. It also discusses
its potential future threats and prevention.
- Medical:
Pandemic Avian flu / Nature Weekly Science Journal
- Nature is the international weekly journal of science:
a magazine style journal that publishes full-length research papers
in all disciplines of science, as well as News and Views, reviews, news,
features, commentaries, web focuses and more, covering all branches
of science and how science impacts upon all aspects of society and life.
- Medical:
Pandemic Bird Flu Manual - Dr. Grattan Woodson, MD, FACP
- Medical:
Pandemic: California Influenza Surveillance Project- Dept HS
- The California Department of Health Services is under
the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHSA).
- Medical:
Pandemic: CIDRAP Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
- Major site on H5N1 Bird Flu / Pandemic news.
- Medical:
Pandemic Cytokine Storm and the H5N1 Influenza Pandemic: The Bird Flu
- Medical:
Pandemic FDA Food and Drug Influenza Information
- Pandemic Flu Information
- Medical:
PANDEMIC Flu OFFICIAL US GOVERNMENT site pandemicflu.gov
- Medical:
Pandemic: FluTrackers - Public Blog discussion of issues
- Bird Flu Avian Flu Pandemic News and Information
- Medical:
Pandemic: Flu Wiki - People + Professionals share info
- Medical:
Pandemic MarinPanFlu.org: County Of Marin Health and Human Services
- Avian Influenza
- County of Marin: Health and Human Services Avian Influenza
Health and Human Services - Avian Influenza
- Medical:
Pandemic National Disaster Medical Services NDMS Conference
- Medical:
Pandemic NPR Health Officials on Bird Flu
- An especially virulent strain of the bird flu has
spread from Asia to Europe and Africa. Known as H5N1, the virus can
infect humans as well as birds. World leaders and health officials are
taking the threat of a pandemic seriously, and pressure is on to develop
effective containment measures and treatments.
- Medical:
Pandemic: PBS Bird Flu Television Pgms
- Online NewsHour, Bird Flu: Spread of the H5N1 Strain
- Medical:
Pandemic ProMED.ORG Internatonal news medical issues
- International Societ for Infections Diseases.
- Medical:
Pandemic: Recombinomics Virologist News
- Henry L. Niman, PhD, a virologist with a special interest
in recombinant viruses like influenza.
- Medical:
Pandemic: Red Cross San Juan Online Library
- The American Red Cross helps keep people safe every
day as well as in an emergency thanks to caring people who support our
work in the community. Please support your local Red Cross
- Medical:
Pandemic San Diego County site
- Medical:
Pandemic Santa Clara Co. Public Health handouts
- Medical:
Pandemic symposium: PERI - Public Entity Risk Institute
- Medical:
Pandemic school kit: Contra Costa County
- Medical:
Pandemic School Kit: Marin County Schools
- Medical:
Pandemic: Trust for America's Health
- Resources for Avian Influenza, Bioterrorism and such.
- Medical:
Pandemic UC Davis Avian Influenza site
- Medical:
Pandemic United Nation FAO's Avian Flu etc. site
- AGA, Animal Production and Health Division,
- Medical:
Pandemic US Dept Agriculture - birds, poultry
- Medical:
Pandemic: (USDA - APHIS) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- Medical:
UCSF Infection Control Manual
- Medical:
Video info on medical issues, XPlain.net
- The Patient Education Institute is an established
provider of patient and health education systems and software, serving
hospitals, clinics, physician offices and related health care institutions.
- Medical:
WHO | World Health Organization
- MMRS
- FEMA's Metropolitan Medical Response System
- NASA
Earth Observatory - satellite photos
- National
Academy Sciences Bioterrorism links: more than 3,000 related Web pages.
- National
Guard: California County OES Links
- Natural
Disaster Reference Database / NASA satellites
- NASA Database of information using satellite remote
sensing for disaster mitgation. Graphic intensive site.
- Natural
Hazards Center, Univ. Colorado: large searchable database
- The Natural Hazards Center, located at the University
of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA, is a national and international
clearinghouse for information on natural hazards and human disasters.
Many cross links. Software available.
- NCS
National Communications Center / Satellite links + more.
- National scale disasters: National Communications System - ERlink:
emergency + secure communications, satellites, Presidential + National
Security Council level.
- News:
ABC News Live TV Feed for Broadband
- News:
ALJAZEERA - International English Edition
- News:
CBSNews.com National + local.
- News:
CBS News online Video / CBSNews.com
- News:
Web Cams SF Bay area cbs5.com
- News:
KCBS SF Bay Area all news traffic; weather
- News:
abc7news.com for San Francisco Bay Area KGO TV 7
- News, Video and Information for the San Francisco
Bay Area
- News:
KGO-AM 810 News Talk live + KGO / ABC TV
- News:
KPIX TV SF area channel 5
- News:
KRON TV SF area channel 4
- News: San Francisco KRON TV.
- News:
KTVU / Fox channel 2 Bay Area TV
- News:
KQED | Public TV, Radio
- News:
NBC.com National TV
- News:
Newsweek.com - National News, World News, Health, Technology and more...
- MSNBC.com
- News:
NPR radio Podcast Directory
- News:
PBS Public Broadcasting System TV analysis, more
- News:
Radio 810 KGO AM Radio, San Francisco Bay Area
- News:
Radio: 560 KSFO SF Bay Area
- NGOs:
GuideStar.org NonProfit organizations of all types
- Nuclear
Biological Chemical attacks: SC-EMS
- NVOAD:
National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
- NVOAD coordinates planning efforts by many voluntary
organizations responding to disaster.
- OSHA:
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Pagers:
Send a text message to any Pager free: Cook Paging
- Make sure your Browser is running JAVASCRIPT or the
text message won't be sent.
- Preparedness:
72hours.org - Are you prepared? SF Disaster Site.
- Preparedness:
BePrepared Mill Valley CA
- Preparedness
Cal_Pen University of California Television online
- University of California Television provides informational,
educational, and enrichment television programming to the public and
draws upon the vast intellectual, scientific, and creative talents of
the University of California.
- Preparedness
for Disabled: NOD National Organization on Disability
- Preparing
For Disaster -LA County OEM Emergency Mgmt
- Preparedness:
Disasters / Threats at Schools
- Preparedness:
Earthquake Safety: Homeowner's Guide Calif Seismic Safety Commission
- Preparedness:
Earthquake Handbook for SF Bay Area
- Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country - Your Handbook
for the San Francisco Bay Region by USGS, Red Cross, OES, and others
- Preparedness:
Earthquake Hazards Program USGS
- Preparedness:
FEMA: Are You Ready? Disaster Preparedness
- Preparedness:
Ready.gov Business Continuity
- Preparedness:
Ready.org - many organizations, plans
- Information and resources for ready
- Preparedness:
Terrorism Seminars on PBS
- Bioterrorism, Dirty Bomb, etc. produced by Fred Friendly
Seminars PBS programs
- PrepareNow.org
SF Bay Area Disaster Preparedness
- Preparedness:
Ready.gov - Homeland Security
- Prepare.org
Red Cross: Prepare for Disasters
- Preparedness:
San Diego County Office of Emergency Services
- The San Diego County Office of Disaster Preparedness
was originally the
- Preparedness:
California Preparedness Education Network
- University of California Television provides informational,
educational, and enrichment television programming to the public and
draws upon the vast intellectual, scientific, and creative talents of
the University of California.
- Red
Cross Bay Area Chapter
- Red
Cross Disaster Recovery Checklists
- Red
Cross: Disaster Education Library / Tallahassee Fl.
- Well organized disaster education preparedness planning
and mitigation library online.
- Red
Cross Preparedness Seniors + Disabled
- The American Red Cross helps keep people safe every
day as well as in an emergency thanks to caring people who support our
work in the community. Please support your local Red Cross
- Supplies:
beprepared.com Emergency supplies
- Emergency Essentials is devoted to helping people
with emergency preparedness. Their website, Beprepared.com, offers information
and great deals on food storage, emergency kits, water filtration, MREs,
72 hour kits, water storage, freeze dried food, dehydrated food, camping
supplies, survival kits, emergency preparedness, disaster kits, first
aid kits, emergency lighting, emergency food supplies, meals ready to
eat, portable water filters, emergency car kits, 55 gallon drums, led
flashlights, earth quake preparedness, hurricane preparedness, food
dehydrators, and many other disaster preparedness items and topics.
Beprepared.com also has many recipes to aid in rotating your food storage
- Supplies:
EarthquakeSupplyCenter.Com
- Earthquake supply center, earthquake supplies, emergency
supplies, emergency kits, first aid, survival, food rations, water,
emergency water, water containers, purification, water preserver, five
year shelf life food and water, emergency preparedness
- Supplies:
GEMPLER'S - industrial and safety supplies
- Commercial-grade supplies for outdoor workers –
cowhide gloves, workwear, safety supplies & more.
- Sunrise
+ Sunset times by U.S. Navy
- Terrorism:
Nucl_Biol_Chem_War_SC-EMS
- US Army nuclear, chemical, biological terrorism medical
+ similar information.
- Terrorism:
FindLaw legal news: War on Terror
- Tide
Prediction: Official NOAA tide tables
- NOAA official National Ocean Service Tides
- Tides
Online - much easier tables than NOAA
- Traffic:
511.org SF Bay Area travel guide
- Traffic
Map Live SF Bay Area via KCBS radio
- Traffic
Cam Hwy N/B 101 @ 580, San Rafael
- Traffic
Cams: cbs5.com - CBS 5 Web Cams SF Bay area
- Traffic
SF Bay Area Realtime traffic.com
- Tsunamis
and Earthquakes Links - USGS WCMG
- Tsunami
Warning West Coast & Alaska
- West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center Web Page
- Tsunami
Warning Center - Pacific Warning Center Bulletins
- United
Way of the Bay Area: Phone 211: Find Community Services
- www.211bayarea.org: United Way of the Bay Area is
the largest private funder of health and human services in Northern
California. We partner with contributors to build healthy and safe communities
in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and
Solano counties. Formerly, called "The Brain" database.
- US
Forest Service / Fire Information
- Fire Information. See www.r5.pswfs.gov/nfmanagement
for Region 5: Pacfic Southwest.
- Weather:
El Niño NOAA official page
- NOAA and El Nino: NOAA's role in studying, predicting
and mitigating the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon
- Weather:
Links / Fire info. FIRESCOPE Calif.
- Weather:
Marin County Local Weather
- Weather
NOAA Prediction Center
- NOAA / NCEP weather prediction short + long term.
- Weather
NOAA NWS forecast SF Bay Area.
- Weather
NWS National Weather Service - SF BAY AREA / NOAA. - SUPERB!
- National Weather Service San Francisco / Monterey
Bay Areas. Huge site. Records to 1850s, hotlinks everywhere.
- Weather:
National Weather Service NWS Home Page -government warnings + forecasts
- Weather:
Maps U of Illinois - The Daily Planet
- Weather:
National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
- Huge Federal current + past weather site.
- Weather:
North America Satellite on Yahoo!
- Weather:
SF Gate Bay Area weather, tides etc.
- SF Gate's Local Bay Area weather reports, current
conditions and forecasts for the Bay Area including fog forecasts, radar,
satellite and marine weather information
- Weather:
The Weather Channel
- Wildfire
CDF fire page.
- California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
- Wildfire:
FIRESafe Marin - prevent wildfires
- FIRESafe Marin is a
- Wildfire:
National Fire Maps via NIFC
- Wildfire:
NWCG National Wildfire Coordinating Group
- Wildfire:
NOVA Online | Fire Wars | PBS program
Wildland
Firefighter magazine
- Wildfire
GeoMAC USGS / Official Federal Fire Maps, satellite photos.
- Wildfire:
Northern Calif. Current and background Info
- Wildfire:
USDA Forest Service fire information
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