Related Sites
A number of disaster-related resources are available on the Web. The
following resources contain additional information that may be useful
for getting additional disaster preparedness and recovery information.
USDA
- USDA/Disaster
Assistance
- On disaster assistance ranging from food stamps, keeping food safe
to assistance for farmers.
- The USDA Disaster
Information Gopher
- Various fact sheets on disaster recovery and preparedness along with
information on USDA programs.
Red Cross
- Repairing
Your Flooded Home
- Red Cross information to assist homeowners when they return to flood
damaged homes.
- American
Red Cross Community Disaster Education Materials
- Listing of
educational materials available through the Red Cross.
Federal Agencies
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA)
- Provides latest news from FEMA on major disasters,
emergency preparedness, reference library, as well as information on
help after a disaster.
- Publications
- United
States Fire Administration (publication) Resources on Fire and EMS.
- The Federal
Response Plan
- Outlines the federal response plan for federal
agencies as well as identifies which agency is responsible for taking the
lead in a specific area.
- Prevention
Guide
- Centers for Disease Control guide for disease prevention
following floods.
- Internal
Revenue Service
- Provides assistance to individuals and businesses
for getting money back from the IRS for property damaged or lost in a
location declared by the president as a major disaster area.
Idaho
- Bureau of Disaster Services
- Names and phone numbers for key personnel at the Idaho Bureau of Disaster
Services.
- Idaho Emergency
Response Commission
- Idaho Emergency Response Commission, responsible for responding to
hazardous materials incidents - tells who they are and what they do.
- Boise State University Earthquake
Seismology
- On Idaho and other earthquakes in the area, as well as links to other
earthquake related pages.
Other
- HouseNet's
Storm and Flood Help
- Housenet - repairing and cleaning up a flooded house.
- Earthquake Information for the
World
- National Information Center maintained by the U.S. Geological Service.
Links to current earthquake activity and to other informational sites.
- Northwest River Forecast
Center
- Database that provides river flow data in the Pacific
Northwest. Potential flooding conditions are identified.
Various State Cooperative Extension Sources
- ICES Disaster
Resources - Preparedness & Recovery
- University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service on what to do
before, during and after a disaster as well as links to other information.
- University of
Wisconsin disaster handbook
- Designed for agents to provide information on floods, fire, drought,
tornadoes, winter storms along with family and community issues.
- Coping With Winter
- How the homeowner, farmer and rancher can cope with cold winter weather
conditions.
- After a
Disaster Series of Publications
- List of publications from Virginia
Cooperative Extension dealing with issues that people need to be
concerned with after a flood.
- Coping With
Floods
- How farmers/ranchers and homeowners can cope with
potential flooding conditions - from North Dakota State University.