Hurricane Katrina
- Katrina.com
- Wikipedia’s accumulated information on Hurricane Katrina
- Handicapped Pets and Hurricane Katrina
- Hurricane Katrina Information Guide
- CNN’s Katrina page
- HUD’s Katrina page
- FEMA’s Katrina Resources
- Firstgov.gov Hurricane Katrina page
- LSU Katrina Resources
- Katrina Relief
- The Emergency Email & Wireless Network
Vulnerable Populations
Parent and Youth Resources
- FEMA for Children (featuring Herman the Spokescrab)
- Pediatric Preparedness for Disasters and Terrorism [PDF]
- How to talk to your grade-schooler about disaster
Mentally/Developmentally Disabled, Medically fragile, Veteran, Elderly, Mobility/vision/hearing-Impaired resources
- Resources concerning emergency preparedness for the disabled
- Outline of how a local govenment ought care for special needs groups.
- Guide to disaster preparedness for the disabled [PDF]
- Emergency Preparedness for people with disabilities
- Veteran Service’s Office addresses
- Medically Fragile Disaster Preparedness
- Disaster planning for medically fragile children [PDF]
- Index of elder resource phone numbers from Alameda County Social Services
- In Home Supportive Services info
- Article:”Disaster and elder vulnerability: Niigata earthquake, Japan 2004″ (American Public Health Association)
Pet-Owner Resources
- ASPCA homepage for pet owner disaster preparedness
- ASPCA pet emergency guide
- Planning Against Disaster for your Cats
Undocumented resident-resources
- FEMA eligibility Q+A for undocumented persons
- Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens
Low Income and Homeless resources
- Article:”Socio-Economic Aspects of Water-Related Disaster Response” (International Strategy for Disaster Reduction) [PDF]
- Article:”Structurally unsound: do SAPs contribute to disaster vulnerability?” (id21)
- Article:”Beyond the damage: probing the economic and financial consequences of natural disasters” (Overseas Development Institute)
- Article:”Who Suffers? Identifying the Vulnerable Groups” (MIT)
Battered Women resources
- Guide for turning a battered women’s shelter into an emergency shelter
- Article:”Surviving Domestic Violence and Disasters” (Simon Fraser University)
April 30th, 2012 at 2:54 pm
Just stumbled upon your page and thought you might be interested in listing FEMA’s Animals in disaster modules from the FEMA Institute in amongst these links. The courses are free to take and if you are an animal industry professional, they count as continuing education!!
The main site is http://training.fema.gov/EMI/
The courses are.
Animals in Disasters: Awareness and Preparedness
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is10a.asp
Animals in Disasters: Community Planning
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is11a.asp
Wish you well! Have a great one!!