Ressources  Répertoire Internet   Désastres

Bay Area Governments (1997 12)
Get access to San Francisco Bay area government information such as earthquake maps and the Environmental Hotline.

California Office of Emergency Services (1997 05)
Information is provided about the Governor's Office of Emergency Services, the California Emergency Plan, current conditions (weather, roads, etc.), their earthquake program, etc.

Canada Centre for Remote Sensing - Natural Hazards (2003 11)
CCRS scientific teams assess and demonstrate the potential of remote sensing data to satisfy the information requirements of agencies that have an operational mandate for the management of various types of disasters.

Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness (1999 05)
CCEP's mandate is to assist communities, governments and private business to prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from man-made or natural disasters. Read about its training programs, conference, publications, etc.

Canadian Safety Equipment Inc. (2001 09)
This company provides fall protection, breathing apparatus, gas detection, auto extrication, Thermal imaging cameras and confined space entry/rescue apparatus.

Disaster and Waste Management Independent Study Courses (2003 11)
"This is a listing of courses in engineering, disaster management, and computer science developed and administered by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Engineering Professional Development (EPD)."

Disaster Recovery Information Exchange (DRIE) (2003 10)
Information from this Canada-based organization includes: membership; meeting schedule; program; disaster reference materials; upcoming conferences; recent disasters; etc. There is also a disaster message board.

Disaster Recovery Institute Canada (1998 12)
DRI Canada is a not-for-profit corporation established in 1996 to create a base of common disaster recovery planning knowledge through education, assistance, and the development of a resource base; to certify qualified individuals; and to promote the credibility and professionalism of certified professionals. Read about its education programs, the Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) designation, etc.

Disaster Resource (2003 12)
"The Disaster Resource is an annual publication and online resource that focuses on disaster-recovery and business continuity."

EH&S; Products - Stevens Publishing (2000 06)
A trade publication featuring articles on safety, environmental, occupational health, training, emergency services and industrial hygiene for the manufacturing/industrial industries. Each online edition includes employment resources, calendar of events, and links to government agencies and professional organizations in the industry.

Emergency Management Australia (2005 07)
EMA is a Commonwealth Government agency with the responsibility of reducing the impact of natural and man-made disasters on the Australian community. It is also the lead Federal agency responsible for disaster response.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) (1999 07)
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an independent agency of the US federal government. Its mission is "to reduce loss of life and property and protect our nation's critical infrastructure from all types of hazards through a comprehensive, risk-based, emergency management program of mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery."

Illinois CES Disaster Resources (2005 07)
This web site provides information on current disasters and conditions in Illinois USA plus a number of documents on disaster preparedness and recovery. Links are provided to emergency management disaster relief and disaster research organizations.

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (1999 10)
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance. Read about the ICRC, its history, current involvements, etc.

International Rescue Corps (2003 11)
Provides information about this international,independent front-line search and rescue organisation. Based in the United Kingdom, they are Òfinanced solely by donations and our own fund raising, and manned totally by volunteers.Ó

Life Safety Associates (1996 07)
Life Safety Associates develops and provides on-site emergency, safety and disaster training. Information is provided about the company and its products and services.

Mediccom.org (2003 11)
Mediccom describes itself as "the world's largest Public Safety & Disaster Management BBS on the Internet."

National Earthquake Information Center (2001 04)
This US Geological Survey site has information about recent earthquakes, general earthquake information, etc.

National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering at University of California Berkeley (1996 07)
Provides educational and technical resources and support services. The Earthquake Engineering Abstracts database allows public access to world literature in earthquake engineering since 1971. Multiple earthquake image databases also accessible.

Natural Disaster Reference Database (1999 05)
The Natural Disaster Reference Database (NDRD) is a bibliographic database on research, programs, and results which relate to the use of satellite remote sensing for disaster mitigation.

New South Wales Volunteer Rescue Association Inc. (1996 02)
Detailed information about the Association with links to associated organizations and other emergency sites.

NSW Volunteer Rescue Association Inc. (Australia) (1999 05)
Read about VRA, "an affiliation of 75 community based volunteer rescue organisations providing accredited primary response and marine rescue resources across Australia's most populated state."

RiskList (2001 04)
This is a directory of Internet resources for risk managers. Topics include: risk resources, risk financing, disaster recovery/contingency planning, sources of legal and regulatory risk, breaking risk issues, recommended reading, etc.

Safe-T-Proof (2003 09
The company specializes in earthquake preparedness products and services. They have offices in Los Angeles USA and Tokyo Japan.

Southern California Earthquake Center (1998 03)
SCEC "is a Science and Technology Center of the National Science Foundation." Read about the Center's research, view hazard maps, read general earthquake information, etc.

STAR Technology (2000 05)
STARTechnology provides advanced simulation services for emergency responsetraining. Read about the company's services.

Strohl Systems (1999 05)
This company designs, markets and supports business continuity software and services.

Turtle Data Storage (1999 05)
Perm-A-Store provides storage cases for computer data backups. These cases are reported to be resistant to heat, cold, magnetism, dust, etc.

Wilderness Emergency Medical Services Institute (2001 04)
WEMSI provides medical care to patients in the specialized prehospital situations of wilderness, backcountry, and other delayed and prolonged transportation contexts such as catastrophic disasters. WEMSI also is involved in a curriculum project. The goal of the project is to produce teaching materials, and a textbook to be used to instruct persons, who are currently certified prehospital personnel (Emergency Medical Technicians, and Paramedics), in providing an appropriate level of medical care in the wild.

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