Emergency Preparedness Web Portal Reviews
Toolkit- Community Renewal/Community Preparedness: http://www.serve.gov/toolkits/disaster/
The resource provided here is sponsored by the Corporation for National & Community Service. Its primary intention is to serve as a step-by-step guide by which users may outline strategies for community-wide emergency preparedness. The Toolkit is formatted so that the user can navigate it in two ways, either clicking through the steps for creating an emergency management plan or by using the leftbound sidebar menu to view specific elements of developing such a plan. The steps offered are practical and attainable in smaller communities though are less likely to be effective in urban settings. In either event, the links for government agencies and community groups such as the Citizen Corps and the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) are a useful resource to all potential users.
CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/
The source provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under the heading of Emergency Preparedness and Response is, like many government agency web portals, a glut of information all at once. This can be extremely disorienting to the inexperienced user. The CDC site offers a myriad of ways to navigate the site, including an alphabetically catalogued set of links relating to different emergencies, broad category links identifying types of emergencies such as 'Bioterrorism" or "Natural Disasters, " and a list of linked news items from all manner of category, among others. These provide a wide variance of paths to follow in addressing one's emergency preparedness needs. The site is simultaneously obfuscating to the novice user and highly informative to the experienced user.
CDC Mass Casualty Event Preparedness and Response: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/masscasualties/
The source provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under the heading of Mass Casualty Event Preparedness and Response is the page that the user reaches upon linking from the broad category link on the portal described above. This sub-category offers a more focused look at how to plan for this particular type of disaster. A series of links, divided as "Info for the General Public" and "Info for Professionals" offer step-by-step recommendations on how to behave in the event of a terrorist bombing or other such catastrophic event. Advice includes steps to be taken in advance of a suspected bombing, steps to be taken following such an incident and how best to address injuries related to the event. This subdivision helps to illuminate the usefulness of the portal described above.
WHO-Bioterrorism: http://www.who.int/topics/bioterrorism/en/
According to the link, "This page is not available in English." This significantly limits the ability of the primary English speaker to review the website. This is a major strike against the quality of the site in question.
Biodefence and Bioterrorism: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/biodefenseandbioterrorism.html
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