Emergency Management, Safety, & Human Resources

Tom Tillotson

The City of Coweta is a equal opportunity employer.  Individuals interested in employment with the City of Coweta may inquire of job openings via this web site.  Please submit all inquiries to Mr. Tom Tillotson, Box 850, Coweta, Oklahoma.  (918) 486-2189.

Emergency Management in concerned with all types of technological and natural disasters.  The burden of disaster management, and the resources for it, require a close working partnership among all levels of government (Federal, regional, state, county, and local) and the private sector (business and industry, voluntary organizations, and the general public).  Emergency Management must be matched by a series of management phases than include strategies to mitigate hazards, prepare for and respond to emergencies, and recover from their effect.  These three components form Comprehensive Emergency Management. (Federal Emergency Management Agency Emergency Management Institute)

If you are interested in further information you can contact Tom Tillotson with the City of Coweta, 486-2189, the State Department of Civil Emergency Management (ODCEM),  or the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) about programs, preparedness, or volunteerism. 

If you are interested in Emergency Management as a career or volunteer work check out these sites:

ODCEM Oklahoma Department of Civil Emergency Management

FEMA     Federal Emergency Management Agency

The RAND Corporation

The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit research organization providing objective analysis and effective solutions that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors around the world.

Home page:  http://www.rand.org/index.html

Terrorism Resources: http://www.rand.org/publications/electronic/terrorism.html

Tie between the Air War College (AWC) Gateway to Internet Resources and the Counter-Terrorism Training and Resources for Law Enforcement

AWC Gateway:

Excellent resource for governmental information, also key documents from other domains.

Website:  http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awcgate.htm

Counter-Terrorism Training and Resources

The origins of this web site lie in recommendations made by the Counter-Terrorism Training Coordination Working Group convened by the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ's) Office of Justice Programs to examine the counter-terrorism tools available to law enforcement and first responder communities.  The site contains information on training, funding, planning, conferences and much more.

Website:  http://www.counterterrorismtraining.gov/

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Emergency Preparedness & Response

Excellent authoritative resource for disease related information, as well as detailed information about public health response, the Strategic National Stockpile, and materials on CBRN agents (as well as mass trauma).

Website:  http://www.bt.cdc.gov/index.asp

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

FEMA, now a part of the Department of Homeland Security, remains as the premier disaster preparedness, response and recovery agency at the federal level.  Check out the daily situation report under Emergency Personnel on the top menu.  Explore for up to date information on current responses and developing initiatives.

Website:  http://www.fema.gov/

The Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP)

The mission of ODP is to prepare America for acts of domestic terrorism by developing and implementing a national program to enhance the capacity of state and local agencies to respond to incidents of terrorism, particularly those involving chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) incidents, through coordinated training, equipment acquisition, technical assistance, and support for Federal, state, and local exercises.

ODP fulfills this mission through a series of program efforts responsive to the specific requirements of state and local agencies. ODP works directly with emergency responders and conducts assessments of state and local needs and capabilities to guide the development and execution of these programs. Assistance provided by ODP is directed at a broad spectrum of state and local emergency responders, including firefighters, emergency medical services, emergency management agencies, law enforcement, and public officials.

Website:  http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/

The MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base

The MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base is the one-stop resource for comprehensive research and analysis on global terrorist incidents, terrorism-related court cases, and terrorist groups and leaders. The Terrorism Knowledge Base illuminates the current status of terrorism today. It takes users through the history, affiliations, locations, and tactics of the terrorism entities operating across the world at this moment. The database features interactive maps, biographies on key terrorist personalities, dynamic graphs, and succinct summaries on who is who and what is what inside the shadowy world of terrorism today.

In order to create the premier source for anti-terrorism information, the Terrorism Knowledge Base integrates data from the RAND Terrorism Chronology 1968-1997; RAND®-MIPT Terrorism Incident database (1998-Present); Terrorism Indictment database (University of Arkansas & University of Oklahoma); and DFI International's research on terrorist organizations.

The Terrorism Knowledge Base is a dynamically-integrated website that effectively displays in-depth terrorism research, data, and multimedia in a user friendly, intuitive, and inter-connected format for researchers, policymakers, journalists, first responder emergency personnel and the general public.

Website: http://www.tkb.org/Home.jsp

DisasterHelp.Gov

The DisasterHelp.Gov website is an initial deployment that will become part of a larger initiative aimed at greatly enhanced Disaster Management on an interagency and intergovernmental basis.  The major objective of the initial deployment is to demonstrate the basic functions and to field-test the presentation.  The site is oriented toward helping users find information and services across a wide range of relevant Disaster Management offerings, as distinct from offering a specific suite of integrated services.

The DisasterHelp.Gov website is intended to reach five overlapping audiences: (1) Local / State / Tribal Governments, (2) individual Citizens, (3) private sector businesses, (4) non-Government organizations, and (5) Federal agencies.  The intergovernmental audience is the primary focus at present, and that audience is seen as composed of: political and civil service leadership, emergency managers, homeland security advisors, and first responders (including fire and law enforcement, emergency medical services, etc.)

Registration is required to access some of the information and to collaborate in the various knowledge centers.

Website:  https://disasterhelp.gov

Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS.GOV)

Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS.gov) is the national network of Lessons Learned and Best Practices for emergency response providers and homeland security officials. LLIS.gov's secure, restricted-access information is designed to facilitate efforts to prevent and respond to acts of terrorism across all disciplines and communities throughout the US.  

Authorized members of Lessons Learned Information Sharing have access to a wide variety of features, including:

• A constantly growing collection of Lessons Learned, Best Practices, and Good Stories across the full spectrum of disciplines
• Extensive online library of documents, including redacted after-action reports from federally sponsored exercises
• Online forum where emergency responders can discuss incident response, share contact information, and provide feedback
• Directory of local, state, and federal emergency responders
• Up-to-date list of emergency response events and exercises

Emergency response providers and homeland security officials from the local, state, and federal levels are eligible to join Lessons Learned Information Sharing.

Website:  http://www.llis.gov

The All-Hands Community

All-Hands.net is a user-supported community of emergency and continuity professionals. The goal is to make it easy to post articles, share files, and communicate with others in our profession. In other words, "all hands" working together to share knowledge and resources. This site is provided free of charge and free of advertisements as a public service. If you have an article that you would like to share, simply click on the "Submit News" link. In addition, you can ask and answer questions in the user forum, contribute links, review products, etc.  Registration is required to access many of the site features.

Website:  http://www.all-hands.net/pn/index.php

The National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT)

website:  http://www.mipt.org/

The National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism located in Oklahoma City is dedicated to preventing terrorism or mitigating its effects. Originally incorporated, on September 23, 1999, as a non-profit corporation in Oklahoma and recognized as such by the Internal Revenue Service, MIPT grew out of the desire of the survivors and families of the Murrah Federal Building bombing of April 19, 1995 to have a living memorial. We intend to honor that desire by doing what we can to try to prevent other cities from living through what Oklahoma City had to live through. MIPT held its first major conference on terrorism on April 19, 2000.