Disaster First Aid: Emergency Resources and Links
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California O.E.S.

California Office of Emergency Services
Earthquake Program, Disaster assistance, photo library, PressReleases. Updated daily. http://www.oes.ca.gov
 

Center For Disease Control - Excellent information and articles on triage and treatment of trauma, crush injury, blast wave, and tsunami injuries. http://www.bt.cdc.gov/
 

Berkeley Fire Dept.

Berkeley Fire Dept. Office of Emergency Services C.E.R.T. Free training classes in emergency preparedness for anyone over 18 who lives or works in Berkeley. The Community Emergency Response Training (CERT) classes include Basic Personal Preparedness, Disaster Mental Health, CERT First Aid, Light Search and Rescue, and basics of Fire Suppression.
http://
www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/fire/oes.html
 

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Disaster Prep 101 - Website, book, practical articles, links, and Resources for citizens and businesses disaster preparedness and response. http://www.disasterprep101.com
 

Citizen Heros - The real story
Cypress Freeway Collapse, 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake. The official account Oakland Fire Department eyewitness report. http://www.sfmuseum.net/cypress/response.html
 

The Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. Read the citizens eyewitnesses accounts of their actual experiences of the disaster. http://www.sfmuseum.net/1906/ew.html
 

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Online Mini-course in S.T.A.R.T. Triage:
http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec17941/index.htm Online Exercise for S.T.A.R.T (With answers after you submit) http://www.citmt.org/start/exercise.htm http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec17941/index.htm

 

U.S. Geological Survey

U.S. Geological Survey With Clickable map for Regional Studies and state, national, or international information on earthquakes. http://www.usgs.gov Recent Earthquakes and wealth of information. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/
 

U.S. Fire Administration

US Fire Administration Home Page
Latest Updates. FEMA Announces New Fire Administration Web Page To Enhance Wildland Fire Preparedness
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/
 

FEMA

Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Information, updated daily. Hazard reports, photo library.http://www.fema.gov/
 

Association of Bay Area Governments.
ABAG Earthquake Maps and Information.
http://quake.abag.ca.gov/
 

Berkeley Seismological Laboratory- detailed up to minute EQ information. www.seismo.berkeley.edu/
 

Cal State University Dept of Earth and Environmental Sciences. www.sci.csueastbay.edu/earth/
 

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C.E.R.T.
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training program that teaches self-reliance skills and helps neighborhoods establish response teams to take care of each other in major emergencies when normal 911 Emergency Services are overhwhelmed. https://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/
To learn more, visit: About CERT: https://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/about.shtm
To find a CERT program in your area, go to: https://www.citizencorps.gov/citizenCorps/certsByState.do
For information about how to start a CERT program in your community, see: https://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/start.shtm

 
           
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