Weather and Emergency Preparedness

Don't get scared -- get trained!

Live Weather Images

NWS Sites and Documents for Storm Spotters

• NOAA Skywarn Spotter page
• NOAA Storm Spotter Guides

Disaster Planning and Training Resources

Being an emergency amateur communicator is great -- but we should all have basic emergency and disaster preparedness and response training, too! The following links will speed you on your way to lots of free study materials and info on the various disaster, emergency, and terrorism preparedness, training, and relief agencies and organizations.

The American Red Cross

• Main Page - follow the preparedness links therein.

Federal Emergency Management Agency

• FEMA- Main page

Become a local Emergency Manager!

• FEMA Online Training Facility

Download the CERT Training Manuals!

Citizen Corps

The new umbrella organization that coordinates the efforts of many local and state volunteer emergency management, training, preparedness, and response agencies and organizations.

• Citizen Corps
• Corporation for National and Community Service
• AmeriCorps
• Senior Corps
• Peace Corps
• Your Record of Service
• USA on Watch
• Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS)

US Department of Homeland Security

• Department of Homeland Security
• President's DHS Site

US Department of Justice

The DOJ site is a great place for terrorism news releases!

• US Department Of Justice

Texas Division of Emergency Management

• Texas Division of Emergency Management

From the Texas DPS.

East Texas Council of Governments

• East Texas Council of Governments
• East Texas Workforce
• East Texas Regional Development

Miscellaneous

• The 9-1-1 Fire Police Medical Web Site - Has a link database with about 2500 emergency services sites listed (including many amateur, ARES, etc)

• The N3XGR ARES/RACES Index