RESOURCE GUIDE
This guide provides links to assist MRC unit leaders and volunteers with additional online resources about
sheltering.
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
 Emergency and Terrorism Preparedness for Environmental Health Practitioners
 Evacuee Educational Materials http://emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/educationalmaterials.asp
 These are the 2007 guidelines for preventing the transmission of infection agents in healthcare settings.
 Shelter Assessment Tool for environmental health professionals
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/shelterassessment/
Dallas County Health and Human Services
 Public Health Guidance Documents for Evaluation Shelters – Lessons Learned
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehs/Docs/Shelter_Guidance_Dallas_County.pdf
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
 Introduction to Incident Command System (ICS100)
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/courseOverview.aspx?code=is-100.b
 National Incident Management System (NIMS 700 ) Introduction
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/courseOverview.aspx?code=is-700.a
 Reference guide designed to assist the accommodation of Individuals with Disabilities in the Provision
of Disaster Mass Care, Housing and Human Services http://www.fema.gov/accommodating-individualsdisabilities-provision-disaster-mass-care-housing-human-services
 Online training introducing ESF #6: Mass Care, Emergency Assistance, Housing, and Human Services
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/courseOverview.aspx?code=is-806
 A guidance document for planning the integration of Functional Needs Support Services in general
population shelters. http://www.fema.gov/pdf/about/odic/fnss_guidance.pdf
 Independent Study Program/Distance Learning http://training.fema.gov/IS/
 Shelter Management Team http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=6478
 Shelter Manager Qualification http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=6476
Florida State Agricultural Response Team (SART)
 SART Training Material including Pets in Disaster courses http://www.flsart.org/SART/tm?pageID=2
Florida Department of Health
 Overview, plans, and resources for Special Needs Shelter Program
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/demo/bpr/SpecialNeedsShelter.html
The Humane Society
 Overview on becoming an animal rescue volunteer, including links to trainings
http://www.humanesociety.org/community/volunteers/volunteer_arv.html
Massachusetts Region 4B
 Emergency Preparedness Resources http://www.region4b.org/Resources.aspx
 Pet Preparedness Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPEDhLIWNOE
Medical Reserve Corps (National Office)
 Resource guide for Medical Special Needs in Shelters
https://www.medicalreservecorps.gov/File/Promising_Practices_Toolkit/Guidance_Documents/Emerge
ncy_Preparedness_Response/MRC-SpecialNeedsShelterGuide.pdf
Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) of Kansas City
 A series of training videos for volunteers in disaster shelters
http://www.mrckc.org/shelter-videos.html
National Resource Center for Child Protective Services
 Training materials for preventing child abuse in disaster shelters http://nrccps.org/informationdissemination/preventing-child-abuse/
Northeast Homeland Security Regional Advisory Council (NERAC)
 A video overview of how to most effectively and efficiently open a shelter using the Shelter in a Box
Toolkit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpbz25ogm70
Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2006
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-109publ308/pdf/PLAW-109publ308.pdf
The Sphere Project
 Overview and resources for minimum standards in disaster response http://www.sphereproject.org/
University of Nebraska Medical University (UNMU) HEROES
 Videos around emergency preparedness education, including training for volunteers in shelters
http://www.youtube.com/user/unmcheroes
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
 National Commission on Children and Disasters 2010 Report
http://archive.ahrq.gov/prep/nccdreport/nccdrpt9.htm
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health
 This webpage provides an overview of cultural competency.
http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=2&lvlID=11
 Think Cultural Health – a suite of online cultural competency programs
https://www.thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov/index.asp
 Cultural Competency Curriculum for Disaster Preparedness and Crisis Response - a free, online
educational program accredited for social workers, disaster mental health workers, first responders
(including EMTs and firefighters) and emergency managers. https://cccdpcr.thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov/
Volusia County, Florida
 Disaster Preparedness Guide, Special Needs Shelters
http://www.volusia.org/services/public-protection/emergency-management/before-a-disaster/specialneeds.stml
Western Massachusetts Medical Reserve Corps
 Emergency Preparedness resources http://wmmrc.org/resources/
This resource guide provided as a tool within the Introduction to Sheltering for MRC Volunteers
training course, developed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Emergency
Preparedness Bureau.