Civil Contingencies - 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
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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 Civil Resilience [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 for Food and Rural Affairs – Animal Diseases
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]
DECC - Downstream Oil Resilience [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]
ERT Search and Rescue (Emergency Response Team) [external website]
European Commission, Civil Protection [external website]
European Crisis Management Academy [external website]
European Governments online [external website]
EU Exchange of Experts [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]
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
IAS Medical Air Ambulance Service [external website]
info4local [external website]
Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction [external website]
Institute of Civil Potection and Emergency Management [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 Rescue Corps [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
L
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]
Midland Rover Owners Club 4x4 Response [external website]
Mountain Rescue England & Wales [external website]
Multimap [external website]
Muslim Council of Britain [external website]
N
NATO [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]
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, Civil Contingencies Policy Branch [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]
ERT Search and Rescue (Emergency Response Team) [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]
Support and information after a major incident (Direct Gov) [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]
World Institute for Disaster Risk Management [external website]
WRVS [external website] (formerly Women's Royal Voluntary Service)
