Ever wonder what would happen in a national emergency (say, a nuke goes off)? Here is free training from the government on what they would do (the role of usda/forest service/military/etc and so on).
Main page:
http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/Emergency Support Function #13 – Public Safety and Security Annex (several other annexes from previous link)
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/emergency/nrf/nrf-esf-13.pdfTraining online (link at end of course list - first course is 10 hours! Lots of info)National Response Framework Resources
EMI’s Independent Study NRF Related Courses
1. IS-1 Emergency Manager: An Orientation to the Position
2. IS-10 Animals in Disaster, Module A: Awareness and Preparedness
3. IS-11 Animals in Disaster, Module B: Community Planning
4. IS-22 Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness
5. IS-100.a Introduction to Incident Command System, I-100.a
6. IS-100.HC Introduction to the Incident Command System for Healthcare/Hospitals
7. IS-100.LEa Introduction to the Incident Command System, I-100, for Law Enforcement
8. IS-100.PWa Introduction to the Incident Command System, I-100, for Public Works Personnel
9. IS-100.SCa Introduction to the Incident Command System, I-100, for Schools
10. IS-102 Deployment Basics for FEMA Response Partners
11. IS-111 Livestock in Disasters
12. IS-197 Special Needs Planning Considerations for Service and Support Providers
13. IS-200.a ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
14. IS-208 State Disaster Management
15. IS-235 Emergency Planning
16. IS-244 Developing and Managing Volunteers
17. IS-250 Emergency Support Function 15 (ESF 15) External Affairs: A New Approach to Emergency Communication and Information Distribution
18. IS-288 Role of Volunteer Agencies in Emergency Management
19. IS-394.a Protecting Your Home and Small Business from a disaster
20. IS-700.a National Incident Management System, An Introduction
21. IS-701 Multiagency Coordination Systems
22. IS-702 National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) Public Information Systems
23. IS-703 NIMS Resource Management
24. IS-706 NIMS Intrastate Mutual Aid—An Introduction
25. IS-775 EOC Management and Operations
26. IS-800.b National Response Framework, An Introduction
27. IS-801 Emergency Support Function (ESF) #1 – Transportation
28. IS-802 Emergency Support Function (ESF) #2 – Communications
29. IS-803 Emergency Support Function (ESF) #3 – Public Works and Engineering
30. IS-804 Emergency Support Function (ESF) #4 – Firefighting
31. IS-807 Emergency Support Function (ESF) #7 – Logistics Management and Resource Support Annex
32. IS-808 Emergency Support Function (ESF) #8 – Public Health and Medical Services
33. IS-809 Emergency Support Function (ESF) #9 – Search and Rescue
34. IS-810 Emergency Support Function (ESF) # 10 – Oil and Hazardous Materials Response Annex
35. IS-812 Emergency Support Function (ESF) # 12 – Energy
36. IS-813 Emergency Support Function (ESF) # 13 –Public Safety and Security Annex
37. IS-814 Emergency Support Function (ESF) # 14 – Long Term Community Recovery
38. IS-821 Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources Support Annex
39. IS-836 Nuclear/Radiological Incident Annex
40. IS-860 Introduction to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan
http://training.fema.gov/nrfres_IS.aspHave fun! And toss along anything of interest you find. Pretty interesting so far.