Alameda County AlERT
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
CERT homepage
CERT training materials
California CERTs
CERT supplemental information
Citizencorps, the parent organization for CERT
Disaster Advisory Group for City of Albany
City of Albany Fire Department ALERT program
Ready.gov- government group designed to help ALL people prepare for a disaster
Ready America- info for people with disabilitites
Ready America- info for older Americans
FEMA- Are you ready?
Homeland Security: 30 tips for Emergency Preparedness
American Red Cross- Homeland Security Advisory System
Albany does not have a Shelter In Place system, but our neighboring cities do:
Richmond
Berkeley
MTS- Homeland Security Products
What the City of Berkeley is doing for CERT training, certification, and to help residents prepare
Below are web links to HAM, FRS and Fire Extinguisher PPTs. And of course my disclaimer; I am not promoting any one manufacturer or distributor of FRS radios. The links are intended for reference.
Links to radio sites:
NALCO: Northern Alameda County Amateur Radio Emergency Service
HAM radio information: refer to California links for all HAM information
Governmental links for HAM and local RACES
Santa Clara County ARES/RACES information- has links to many general information websites about Amateur Radio
Link to City of Berkeley -Past HAM radio exercise news bulletin
FRS and two way radio product reports
A Motorola FRS radio commercial site, (I am not promoting but ran accross this site for reference)
Another Motorola FRS radio commercial site for FRS price and feature comparisons. (for reference. I am not promoting this site)
A typical EBAY sale. There are many pages of FRS radios on EBAY. I am not promoting EBAY or any manuafacter, but if you search on ebay for FRS Radios you will encounter many pages of sales.
Fire Extinguisher on line training and power points
Oklahoma State Fire Extinguisher Training
University of Vermont Fire Safety and Extinguisher Information (has links to ppt files)
Chemical Safety Training (ppt)