Resources
Information on Emergency Planning
- International Association of Emergency Managers
- (IAEM)
- The Business Continutity Institute
- (BCII)
- Business Recovery Managers Association
- (BRMA)
- Disaster Recovery Institute International
- (DRII)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- (FEMA) San Franciscio is in Region IX, which includes: AZ, CA, Guam, HI, NV.
- National Fire Protection Association
- (NFPA)
- California Office of Emergency Services
- 24-hour warning center, emergency ops and training, Response Information Management System (RIMS),
Emergency Digital Information Service (EDIS).
- San Francisco Mayor’s Office of OES
- Office, community outreach
Are you Ready? (FEMA preparedness document)
Local Emergency Responce & Preparedness Orginizations
- Bay Area Red Cross
- More soon.
- SF Auxiliary Communications Service
- The SF Office of Emergency Services Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) is a
group of Ham radio operators that provide vital communication skills during a disaster.
ACS gives free training for those interested in learning how to use a Ham radio in
disasters, and can help you get your license.
- San Francisco CARD
- If you are a community-based organization looking to develop your emergency plan, or
to receive training in personal preparedness, SEMS or volunteer management, CARD
can help. San Francisco CARD is a coalition of traditional disaster responders and
community service providers dedicated to preparing the community to mitigate and
respond to disasters. To find out more about how your organization can participate
call (415) 558-2737 or email sanfranciscocard@yahoo.com.
- San Francisco SAFE, Inc.
- Safety Awareness for Everyone is a community crime-prevention
organization that helps San Franciscans protect themselves from becoming victims. Contact SAFE
to set up your own Neighborhood Watch group at (415) 553-1984 or the
SF SAFE Website
- United States Geological Survey
- The USGS California and
USGS Bay Area
sites include maps with times, magnitudes, and more information about recent
earthquakes.
- The Association of Bay Area Governments
- Helps solve problems such as land use, housing, environmental quality, and economic development,
and to protect local control, plan for the future, and promote
cooperation on areawide issues.
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Aids in preventing, preparing for, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters
through building codes, awareness, response, and assistance.
- Governor’s Office of Emergency Services
- A California state agency focused on prepartion for and response to natural and man-made
disasters.
- California OES Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS)
- The ACS provides tactical, logistical and administrative support and communications for all
government communications systems. This includes operations on equipment and frequencies of
any authorized equipment or frequencies in support of ANY need by government
that might be in any way connected with an eventual emergency.
- Coastal Region, California OES-ACS
- Coastal region unit of the statewide ACS.
- State of California Emergency Alert System (EAS)
- The EAS is the long awaited 1997 upgrade to the 1964 EBS—the Emergency Broadcast System.
The EAS is the fastest, cheapest, and the most effective means of warning the public-bar none! The
EBS was originally created to enable Federal authorities to warn the American public of a
national emergency via the nation’s broadcast stations and other communications resources.
It was subsequently expanded to enable the National Weather Service and local civil defense
authorities to warn the public of any threat to the public health, safety, and welfare. The EBS
was never used for an actual National emergency but it has been used thousands of times to
warn of local, natural, or manmade threats.
- FEMA Radio Network
- The FEMA Radio Network is an online, searchable database containing audio
files related to Emergency Management.
Preparedness Link Matrix
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| Planning & Supplies |
- lists
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- building inspections
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| Shelter |
- shelter-in-place or evacuate?
- map
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