QuakeSmart Tool Kit
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently produced a QuakeSmart Toolkit for businesses. The kit provides guidance on things you can do to help mitigate the damage an earthquake can do to your personnel, property, and to help lessen any financial losses that might be incurred.
For more information and to access the QuakeSmart Earthquake Mitigation Toolkit for Businesses,
click here.
Become a SKYWARN Weather Spotter
Skywarn Weather Spotters are volunteers who helpkeep their local communities safe by providing timely and accuratereports of severe weather to the National Weather Service. Skywarn stormspotters are citizens who form the nation's first line of defenseagainst severe weather.
Anyone with an interest in public service is encouraged to join the Skywarn program. Training is free and available online. Click here for more information.
Become a Weather Observer
CoCoRaHS is an acronym for the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network. CoCoRaHS is a unique, non-profit, community-based network of volunteers of all ages and backgrounds working together to measure and map precipitation (rain, hail and snow). By using low-cost measurement tools, stressing training and education, and utilizing an interactive Web-site, our aim is to provide the highest quality data for natural resource, education and research applications. Click here for more information
See our Resource Links - an internet library of emergency management and preparedness information, organized by topics such as:
- Personal, Family & Neighborhood Preparedness
- Biological, Chemical & Environmental Hazards
- Disaster Recovery
- Drought
- ... and many more
Click here for more information.