Emergency Resources Links

Name: Chicago Office of Emergency Management
Description: Chicago's emergency operations center.
Phone Number: 312-746-9111
Email: oemc@cityofchicago.org
URL: http://egov.cityofchicago.org/
Name: CIA
Description: Independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
Phone Number: 703-482-0623
URL: https://www.cia.gov/
Name: CIA's World Factbook
Description: Includes guides to country profiles, reference maps, notes and definitions, and other information regarding the nations of the world.
URL: https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Name: DHS
Description: The Department of Homeland Security provides the unifying core for the vast national network of organizations and institutions involved in efforts to secure our nation.
Phone Number: 202-282-8000
URL: http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/
Name: Diseases and Bioterrorism - CDC
Description: Alphabetical listing and description of diseases and biological warfare agents, from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Phone Number: 888-232-6348
URL: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/agentlist-category.asp
Name: FBI
Description: The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice. It has the authority and responsibility to investigate specific crimes assigned to it. The FBI also is authorized to provide other law enforcement agencies with cooperative services, such as fingerprint identification, laboratory examinations, and police training.
Phone Number: 202-324-3000
URL: http://www.fbi.gov/homepage.htm
Name: FDIC
Description: Preserves and promotes public confidence in the U.S. financial system by insuring deposits in banks and thrift institutions.
Phone Number: 877-275-3342
Email: publicinfo@fdic.gov
URL: http://www.fdic.gov/index.html
Name: FEMA
Description: The Federal Emergency Management Agency leads the effort to prepare the nation for all hazards and effectively manage federal response and recovery efforts following any national incident. FEMA also initiates proactive mitigation activities, trains first responders, and manages the National Flood Insurance Program.
Phone Number: 800-621-3362
URL: http://www.fema.gov/
Name: FFIEC
Description: The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council is a formal interagency body empowered to prescribe uniform principles, standards, and report forms for the federal examination of financial institutions by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) and to make recommendations to promote uniformity in the supervision of financial institutions.
Email: ffiec-suggest@frb.gov
URL: http://www.ffiec.gov/
Name: FinCEN
Description: Safeguards the financial system from the abuses of financial crime, including terrorist financing, money laundering, and other illicit activity.
Phone Number: 800-949-2732
URL: http://www.fincen.gov/
Name: Global Alert Map
Description: Interactive, up-to-date map of world with superimposed icons for current crisis points
Email: havaria@rsoe.hu
URL: http://visz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/woalert.php?lang=eng
Name: National Hurricane Center
Description: Official U.S. hurricane tracking and prediction for Atlantic and Carribbean storms and Pacific storms out to 140 degrees West.
Email: nhc.public.affairs@noaa.gov
URL: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Name: NICC
Description: The National Infrastructure Coordinating Center coordinates communications with the Nation?s critical infrastructure during an incident.
Phone Number: 202-282-9201
Email: nicc@dhs.gov
URL: http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/index.html
Name: NRC
Description: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is an independent agency established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to regulate civilian use of nuclear materials.
Phone Number: 800-368-5642
Email: opa@nrc.gov
URL: http://www.nrc.gov/
Name: Nuclear Blast FAQ - CDC
Description: Information on dealing with the aftermath of nuclear detonations, from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Phone Number: 800-CDC-INFO
URL: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/nuclearfaq.asp
Name: NYC Office of Emergency Management
Description: New York City's emergency operations center
Phone Number: 718-422-4800
URL: http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/home/home.shtml
Name: NYPD Shield
Description: NYPD SHIELD is an umbrella program for a series of current and future Police Department initiatives that pertain to private sector security and counter-terrorism.
Phone Number: 718-615-7506
URL: http://www.nypd2.org/nyclink/nypd/html/ctb/index.html
Name: Overseas Security Advisory Council
Description: The OSAC is a Federal Advisory Committee with a U.S. Government Charter to promote security cooperation between American business and private sector interests worldwide and the U.S. Department of State.
Phone Number: 571-345-2223
URL: http://www.ds-osac.org/
Name: PCIS
Description: The mission of the Partnership for Critical Infrastructure Security (PCIS) is to coordinate cross-sector initiatives that promote public and private efforts to help ensure secure, safe, and reliable critical infrastructure services.
URL: http://www.pcis.org/
Name: TFI
Description: The Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) marshals the department's intelligence and enforcement functions with the twin aims of safeguarding the financial system against illicit use and combating rogue nations, terrorist facilitators, money launderers, drug kingpins, and other national security threats.
Phone Number: 202-622-2015
URL: http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/
Name: U.S. Department of the Treasury
Description: The Department of the Treasury is the primary federal agency responsible for the economic and financial prosperity and security of the United States.
Phone Number: 202-622-2000
URL: http://www.ustreas.gov/
Name: U.S. Department of the Treasury - CIP
Description: The Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and Compliance Policy coordinates the Department's development and implementation of policies regarding: the protection of the critical infrastructure of the financial services sector, including the Department's lead agency role with respect to the financial sector; the enforcement of statutes and regulations within the financial sector, including money laundering, terrorist financing, and identity theft; and the sharing of information among financial institutions and between the private and public sectors, including financial privacy and the sharing of suspicious information pursuant to the Bank Secrecy Act.
Email: OCIP@do.treas.gov
URL: http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/domestic-finance/financial-institution/cip/
Name: U.S. Secret Service
Description: The U.S. Secret Service Extranet, entitled eInformation Network, provides an information-sharing platform for the Secret Service and its business partners. The websites featured on eInformation are eLibrary, USDollars, and Task Forces.
Phone Number: 202-406-5708
URL: https://www1.einformation.usss.gov/elib/welcome.nsf/Home
Name: U.S. National Response Center
Description: Offical U.S. site for information on chemical and oil spills
Phone Number: 202-267-2675
Email: lst-nrcinfo@comdt.uscg.mil
URL: http://www.nrc.uscg.mil/nrchp.html
Name: U.S. Pandemic Flu Site
Description: Official site for all U.S. information on pandemic flu
Phone Number: 800-232-4636
Email: cdcinfo@cdc.gov
URL: http://pandemicflu.gov/
Name: U.S. Power Outage Updates
Description: News and updates on power outages in the U.S., from the Department of Energy. Includes links to Energy Assurance Daily reports, emergency status reports, and outage lessons learned.
Phone Number: 202-586-1411
URL: http://www.oe.netl.doe.gov/index.aspx
Name: US-CERT
Description: A partnership between the Department of Homeland Security and the public and private sectors to protect the nation's Internet infrastructure. US-CERT coordinates defense against and responses to cyber attacks across the nation.
Phone Number: 1-888-282-0870
Email: soc@us-cert.gov
URL: http://www.us-cert.gov/
Name: USGS Earthquake Center
Description: U.S. Geological Survey's official site for earthquake data and maps
Phone Number: 888-275-8747
URL: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/
Name: WHO
Description: The World Health Organization is the UN's specialized agency for health
URL: http://www.who.int/en/