FINDING AND USING PLANNING RESPONSE AGENCY RESOURCES FEMA

FINDING AND USING PLANNING & RESPONSE AGENCY RESOURCES: FEMA, EPA, CDC Mike Phillips Illinois Valley Community College & group participants

Background � � � Quality sources for students to use Sources available in the future Sources that support learning

Developing a Resource Page � Identify Goals � One user group Specific project or unit Students in one course � Multiple user groups Students in several courses Community

Finding the Resources � International Federal State Local � Privately Developed & Maintained � � Not for profits (NGOs) � For profits

The Usual Suspects: Federal � USGS: � Stream gage � Earthquakes � Water quality � Volcanoes � Maps, air images � Drought � Much more

The Usual Suspects: Federal � NOAA � Marine & coastal (inc. National Hurricane Center) � Water temp � Drought � Stream gage � Temp over time � Drought � All things weather & climate

The Usual Suspects: Federal � USEPA � Enviromapper � Watershed � Superfund � USDA � Soils � Drought � DOE � Energy Information Administration

The Usual Suspects: Federal � � US Drought Monitor NASA � Imagery � CDC � Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry � National Center for Injury Prevention and Control http: //webappa. cdc. gov/sasweb/ncipc/leadcaus 10. h tml

The Usual Suspects: Federal � � � FEMA Bureau of Labor Statistics Census � Population � Regional river basin coalitions � ie. � clock Susquehanna River Basin Coalition NRC

State Agencies � Environmental Protection Agency Geological Survey/State Geologist Cooperative Extension Emergency Management Public Health � each state has its own structure � �

Local Resources � City Hall � clerk � mayor � zoning office � emergency response office � � Fire Department Sewage Dept. Water Dept. Students should be encouraged to visit or call

Other Resources � � � International Private for-profit Not for profit

Mike’s Resource Pages � For students & community � http: //www 2. ivcc. edu/phillips/geology/environmental_rese arch. htm � Project specific (for a project on international energy policy � http: //www 2. ivcc. edu/phillips/courses/bio 1000 we/assignm ents/group_resources. htm � Unit specific (for a unit on earthquakes for a natural disasters course) � http: //www 2. ivcc. edu/phillips/courses/gel 1005/GEO 207/as signments/week 2/207 -week 2. htm (above pages are attached as rtf documents as well)