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.