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FLORIDA RESOURCE LINKS
(Click on a link below to have that site appear in a new window. Listed in the far right hand column are links to a few disaster related pages within a respective site.)
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Since its founding in 1881, the American Red Cross has been the nation's premier emergency response organization. As part of a worldwide movement that offers neutral humanitarian care to the victims of war, the American Red Cross distinguishes itself by also aiding victims of devastating natural disasters. Over the years, the organization has expanded its services, always with the aim of preventing and relieving suffering. |
American Red Cross Florida Chapters
American Red Cross Disaster Services
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Citizen Corps, a vital component of USA Freedom Corps, was created to help coordinate volunteer activities that will make our communities safer, stronger, and better prepared to respond to any emergency situation. It provides opportunities for people to participate in a range of measures to make their families, their homes, and their communities safer from the threats of crime, terrorism, and disasters of all kinds. |
Florida Citizen Corps
Citizen Corps: Are you Ready?
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The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. |
Florida CERT
CERT Programs in your state
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The primary mission of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is to reduce the loss of life and property and protect the Nation from all hazards, including natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters, by leading and supporting the Nation in a risk-based, comprehensive emergency management system of preparedness, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation. |
FEMA Florida Disaster History
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The Florida Division of Emergency Management plans for and responds to both natural and man-made disasters. The division is the state's liaison with federal and local agencies on emergencies of all kinds. The division prepares and implements a statewide Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan; routinely conducts extensive exercises to test state and county emergency response capabilities; operates several mitigation programs through its various sections; and after a disaster, the conducts damage assessment surveys and advises the Governor on whether to declare an emergency and seek federal relief funds. |
Information for the Public
Information for Business
Information for Emergency Management
Florida State Emergency Response Team (SERT)
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National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (NVOAD) coordinates planning efforts by many voluntary organizations responding to disaster. Member organizations provide more effective and less duplication in service by getting together before disasters strike. Once disasters occur, NVOAD or an affiliated state VOAD encourages members and other voluntary agencies to convene on site. This cooperative effort has proven to be the most effective way for a wide variety of volunteers and organizations to work together in a crisis. |
Florida VOAD |
