Useful Links
This list was largely compiled by John Parkinson, the Librarian at the Emergency Planning College
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
A
Association of British Insurers [External website]
ACPO - Association of Chief Police Officers [External website]
Air Accident Investigation Branch [External website]
Air Quality Archive - monitoring and forecasts [External website]
ALARM - The National Forum for Risk Management in the Public Sector [External website]
Ambulance Service Association [External website]
Animal Management in Disasters [External website]
Audit Commission Community Safety [External website]
AWE - Atomic Weapons Establishment [External website]
B
BASICS - British Association for Immediate Care [External website]
BBC - Connecting in a Crisis [External website]
BDMA - British Damage Management Association [External website]
Benfield Hazard Research Centre - University College, London [External website]
Blue Shield (National Preservation Office) [External website]
British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy [External website]
British Bankers' Association [External website]
British Civil Defence [External website]
British Geological Survey (Earthquakes) [External website]
British Medical Association [External website]
British Red Cross [External website]
British Standards Institution [External website]
British Transport Police [External website]
BT Emergency Planning [External website]
Bureau Enquète-Accidents (in English) [External website]
Business Continuity Institute (BCI) [External website]
C
CDC - Centers for Disease Control [External website]
CFOA - Chief Fire Officers' Association [External website]
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health [External website]
Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters [External website]
CIRIA [External website]
COI - Central Office of Information [External website]
COMAH - Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations [External website]
Community Legal Service Direct [External website]
The Contingency Planning Guide [External website]
Continuity Central [External website]
Coroner's Society of England and Wales [External website]
Counselling Directory [External website]
Countryside Information System [External website]
Council of Europe [External website]
CPNI - Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure [External website]
Crisis Navigator [External website]
CRiSMART - the Swedish Center for Crisis Management Research and Training [External website]
D
Department of Health - Emergency Planning [External website]
Disaster Action [External website]
Disaster & Emergency Management on the Internet [External website]
Disaster Research Center, Delaware University [External website]
BERR - Downstream Oil Resilience [External website]
Welsh version of the Downstream Oil Resilience page (Opens as a Word document) [External website]
Drinking Water Inspectorate [External website]
E
Emergency Information Infrastructure Partnership (USA) [External website]
EPS - Emergency Planning Society [External website]
Emergency Preparedness Information eXchange (Canada) [External website]
European Commission, Civil Protection [External website]
European Crisis Management Academy [External website]
European Governments online [External website]
F
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (USA) [External website]
Federal Emergency Management Agency (USA) [External website]
Financial Sector Continuity [External website]
Fire Service College [External website]
Fire Times magazine [External website]
Fitting In (Fire Research) [External website]
Forensic Science Society [External website]
Foresight Project [External website]
G
Gender and Disaster Network [External website]
Global Crisis Center [External website]
Government Decontamination Service [External website]
Guild of Security (UK) [External website]
H
Home Office Terrorism website [External website]
HPA - Health Protection Agency [External website]
HPA - Radiation Protection Division [External website]
HPA - Radiation Protection Division: at-a-glance leaflets [External website]
HSE Books [External website]
I
info4local [External website]
Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction [External website]
Institute of Civil Defence and Disaster Studies [External website]
Institute of Emergency Management (IEM) [External website]
International Association of Emergency Managers [External website]
International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters (USA) [External website]
International Police Association [External website]
International Seismological Centre [External website]
Internet Storm Center [External website]
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction [External website]
In Your Area [External website] - government database of key facts and figures in your area, and other information of interest
J
Joint Services Command Staff College [External website]
K
King's Fund - useful links [External website]
L
LANMIC - Lancashire Major Incident Co-Ordinating Group [External website]
Law Centres [External website]
Legal Services Commission [External website]
LESLP - London Emergency Services Liaison Panel [External website]
LGA - Local Government Association [External website]
M
Major Accident Hazards Bureau (European Commission) [External website]
Map Creation [External website]
Maritime and Coastguard Agency [External website]
Médecins sans Frontières [External website]
MI5 - The Security Service [External website]
Mountain Rescue Council [External website]
Multimap [External website]
Muslim Council of Britain [External website]
N
NATO [External website]
NATO Forum on Business and Security [External website]
National Chemical Emergency Centre [External website]
National Earthquake Information Center (USA) [External website]
National Land & Property Gazetteer [External website]
National Mass Fatalities Institute (USA) [External website]
NPIA - National Policing Improvement Agency [External website]
National Statistics [External website]
Natural Hazards Center (USA) [External website]
Near Earth Objects Information Centre [External website]
NETCU - National Extremism Tactical Coordination Unit [External website]
News Distribution Service (COI) [External website]
New Scientist [External website]
Newspaper Society [External website]
New Zealand Ministry of Civil Defence [External website]
NHS Emergency Planning Guidance [External website]
Northern Ireland, Central Emergency Planning Unit [External website]
Nuclear Safety Directorate [External website]
O
The Office of Rail Regulation [External website] The health and safety regulator for the rail industry.
OPSI - Office of Public Sector Information [External website]
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons [External website]
Ordnance Survey [External website]
P
Police Services of the UK [External website]
Preparing for Emergencies [External website]
Public Safety Canada [External website]
Public Security in Quebec [External website]
R
RADSAFE - Emergency response to the nuclear industry [External website]
RAPID UK - Rescue and Preparedness in Disasters [External website]
RAYNET, The Radio Amateurs' Emergency Network [External website]
RedR[External website]
RoSPA - Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents [External website]
S
St Andrews First Aid (Scotland) [External website]
St John Ambulance [External website]
Salvation Army [External website]
SARAID Search and Rescue Assistance in Disasters [External website]
Scottish Continuity Group [External website]
SIESO - Society of Industrial Emergency Services Officers [External website]
Space Weather Advisory Bulletin - NOAA [External website]
Space Weather Now - NOAA [External website]
Streetmap [External website]
T
Tagish's directory of government websites [External website]
Tornado & Storm Research Organisation (TORRO) [External website]
TSO Bookshop [External website]
U
UK Airlines Emergency Planning Group [External website]
UK Climate Impacts Programme [External website]
UKFSSART - UK Fire Services Search and Rescue Team [External website]
UK Legislation [External website]
UK Trauma Group [External website]
UK Search and Rescue [External website]
UNDAC - United Nations Disaster Assessment Co-ordination [External website]
V
Virtual Library [External website]
Visit Britain [External website]
W
Wales Resilience website [External website] The Welsh Assembly Government, emergency services, local authorities, health authorities and other emergency planning organisations work together in partnership to strengthen the resilience of services in Wales.
WHO - World Health Organization [External website]
WMD First Responders (USA) [External website]
World Institute for Disaster Risk Management [External website]
WRVS [External website] (formerly Women's Royal Voluntary Service)
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