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Official Citizen Preparedness Websites

National

ready.gov — U.S. Department of Homeland Security

www.fema.gov/plan/index.shtml — U.S. Federal Emergency Management Administration

hhs.gov/disasters/ — U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

bt.cdc.gov/ — U.S. Centers of Disease Control

redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_500_,00.html — American Red Cross

Local/State

nyprepare.gov — New York State Aware/Prepare

nyc.gov/html/oem/html/ready/ready.shtml – New York City Office of Emergency Management

nyredcross.org/index.php — Red Cross of Greater New York

codeready.org — Minnesota Department of Health

72hours.org — City of San Francisco

whatifcolorado.com — Colorado Department of Health

72hours.dc.gov — District of Columbia

Special Needs Populations Preparedness Websites

nod.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=1564 –National Organization For The Disabled’s Emergency Preparedness Initiative

ready.gov/america/getakit/seniors.html — Ready.Gov Seniors

hsus.org/hsus_field/hsus_disaster_center/resources/disaster_preparedness_for_pets.html — Humane Society’s Disaster Preparedness For Pets

aspca.org/pet-care/disaster-preparedness — ASPCA Animal Disaster Preparedness

diversitypreparedness.org — National Resource Center on Advancing Emergency Preparedness for Culturally Diverse Communities

Preparedness Reports/Guides

rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1731/ — Individual Preparedness and Response to Chemical, Radiological, Nuclear, and Biological Terrorist Attacks (Lynn Davis, et al., Rand Corporation)

london.gov.uk/assembly/reports/7july/report.pdf — Report of the 7 July Review Committee, London Assembly

disaster.ifas.ufl.edu/default.htm — The Disaster Handbook, University of Florida IFAS Extension

Other Preparedness Websites

homelandsecurity.gwu.edu — Homeland Security Policy Institute, George Washington Univ.

upmc-biosecurity.org/ — University of Pittsburgh Center for Biosecurity

redefiningreadiness.net — Redefining Readiness/New York Academy of Medicine

crisiscommons.org — Crisis Commons

crisiswiki.org — CrisisWiki

whatsyourrq.org– Council of Excellence in Government, “What’s Your RQ (Readiness Quotient)?”

hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index.php?lang=eng — Emergency Disaster Information Services Alert Map

wirelessfoundation.org/VITAAdvisories/helpful_resources.cfm — Wireless Foundation VITA Advisories (wireless phone emergency tips)

fluwikie.com — Flu Wiki

cardcanhelp.org — Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters (CARD)

Crisis Infomatics Articles — University of Colorado Crisis Infomatics

Homeland Security/Preparedness Media

homestation.typepad.com/hlsinsideandout/ — Homeland Security Inside & Out

readyradio.sprnetwork.com/ — Ready Radio

Books On Preparedness

theunthinkable.com — The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes And Why – Amanda Ripley (Crown)

randalllarsen.com/book.html –  Our Own Worst Enemy — Randall Larsen (Grand Central)

clairerubin.com — Emergency Management: The American Experience, 1900-2005 (Peri) – Claire Rubin

crushthecell.com – Crush The Cell: How To Defeat Terrorism Without Terrorizing Ourselves — Michael Sheehan (Crown)

Articles On Citizen Preparedness

foreignaffairs.org/20080301faessay87201/stephen-e-flynn/america-the-resilient.html — “America The Resilient: Defying Terrorism and Mitigating Natural Disasters” – Stephen Flynn, Foreign Affairs (April/March 2008)

democracyjournal.org/article.php?ID=6567 — “Civic Security: Why FDR’s Bottom-Up Brand of Civic Defense Should Inspire Progressive Plans for Homeland Security”, Matthew Dallek, Democracy (Winter 2008)

Some Of My Journalistic Work On Homeland Security/Preparedness

onthemedia.org/yore/transcripts/transcripts_110301_firemen.html – Firefighting, Media & The Lessons of 9/11 (11/3/01) NPR

onthemedia.org/yore/transcripts/transcripts_050203_alert.html — Ready Or Not? Why Is The Government Soft Pedaling Civil Defense (5/2/03) NPR

wnyc.org/onthemedia/transcripts/transcripts_072503_fear.html – Fear & Fallout : Why The Government & Media Aren’t Defusing The Dirty Bomb Scare (7/26/03) NPR

sollyonline.com/content.cfm?copy=article&header=work&SID=151 — Preparedness Falls Short (8/21/03) USA Today

sollyonline.com/content.cfm?copy=article&header=work&SID=152 – City Must Prepare For Next 9/11 (9/10/03) New York Daily News

sollyonline.com/content.cfm?copy=article&header=work&SID=158 – Too Radioactive? Why Media Isn’t Covering ‘Dirty Bombs’ (1/10/04) NPR

sollyonline.com/content.cfm?copy=article&header=work&SID=161 – Prepare For Terrorism (2/4/04) USA Today

sollyonline.com/content.cfm?copy=article&header=work&SID=163 — Not Ready For The Next Attack (3/18/04) Washington Post

onthemedia.org/yore/transcripts/transcripts_070204_freakout.html — Le Freakout (7/3/04) NPR

onthemedia.org/yore/transcripts/transcripts_070904_freak.html – Le Freakout 2 (7/10/04) NPR

sollyonline.com/content.cfm?copy=article&header=work&SID=169 – Maybe We Should Bring Back The Draft (6/11/04) Metro New York

sollyonline.com/content.cfm?copy=article&header=work&SID=181 – National Sacrifice Requires More Than Symbolic Ribbons (12/8/04) USA Today

washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051603735.html – It’s an Emergency. We’re Not Prepared (05/18/08) Washington Post