EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS

This list is meant to be a starting point for your emergency management partners.  This list is not exhaustive.  Use the fema.gov website to check for representative public-sector organizations, such as state offices of emergency management. 

·        International Association of Emergency Managers

·        American College of Contingency Planners / American Academy of Medical Administrators

·        American Society of Professional Emergency Planners

·        Association of Contingency Planners

·        Association of Public Safety Communications Officials

·        Association of State Floodplain Managers

·        Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness

·        Chemical Manufacturers Association

·        Church World Service

·        Disaster Emergency Response Association

·        Disaster Recovery Institute International

·        Institute for Business and Home Safety

·        International Association of Fire Chiefs

·        International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, Inc.

·        International Disaster Recovery Association

·        International Emergency Management Student Association

·        National Association of County Engineers

·        National Association of State EMS Directors

·        National Disaster Medical Systems

·        National Emergency Management Association

·        National Emergency Number Association

·        National Foundation for Mortuary Care

·        National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue

·        National Registry of Environmental Professionals

·        State and Local Emergency Mgt. Data Users Group

·        The American Civil Defense Association

·        The American National Red Cross

·        The International Emergency Management and Engineering Society

·        United Kingdom Emergency Planning Society

·        Western States Seismic Policy Council

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA)

Regional Offices for FEMA are located at 10 locations throughout the United States as listed below:

·        Region I (based in Boston, Massachusetts) serves Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

·        Region II (based in New York, New York) serves New Jersey, New York, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

·        Region III (based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) serves the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.

·        Region IV (based in Atlanta, Georgia) serves Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

·        Region V (based in Chicago, Illinois) serves Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

·        Region VI (based in Denton, Texas) serves Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.

·        Region VII (based in Kansas City, Missouri) serves Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.

·        Region VIII (based in Denver, Colorado) serves Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.

·        Region IX (based in San Francisco, California) serves Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada; and the Territory of American Samoa, the Territory of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.

·        Region X (based in Bothell, Washington) serves Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION BY TOPIC

Acronyms

Call FEMA’s Publication Warehouse at 800-480-2520 for the FEMA Acronyms Abbreviations and Terms (FAAT) List.

FEMA-General

The Internet has become a convenient source of information for many of us.  As a new emergency manager, you may want to start exploring the Internet by visiting http://www.fema.gov.  This is FEMA’s own Web site, developed and maintained at FEMA Headquarters.  Each Regional Office has a Web site as well, which can be accessed from the FEMA homepage.  FEMA’s Web site has a wealth of information for agency employees and the public alike.

·        http://www.fema.gov for the FEMA homepage

·        http://www.fema.gov/fema/index.htm for an index of FEMA topics on the Web

·        http://www.fema.gov/about/femaorg.htm for FEMA’s organizational chart

·        http://www.fena.gov/library/lib04alpha.htm for an alphabetical listing of the Director’s Policy Statements

Publications

Call FEMA’s Publications Warehouse at 800-480-2520 for a catalogue and copies for FEMA publications or visit http://www.fema.gov/library for on-line publications about a variety of FEMA programs.

Training

FEMA supports emergency management activities nationwide by making training available to emergency management and fire personnel, government officials, voluntary agency personnel, and the general public.

FEMA’s training is delivered through the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) and the National Fire Academy (NFA).  These schools are collocated on the National Emergency Training Center (NETC) campus at Emmitsburg, Maryland.  Both EMI and NFA offer courses, workshops, and seminars on the Emmitsburg campus as well as nationwide through the State emergency management training program and fire service training programs.

Visit the National Fire Academy’s Web site at http://www.fema.gov/nfa to learn more about NFA training for fire and emergency services personnel.