There are hundreds of online resources out there on the Internet, these are a few of the resources that Newmark has selected as most clear, concise and timely.
Resources for Emergency Preparedness:
The Department of Homeland Security's Website, www.ready.gov, is a succinct online guide with clear instructions and information primarily about potential terrorist attacks.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Website, www.fema.gov/areyouready, is long but complete and informative about all potential hazards.
The American Red Cross New York chapter, www.nyredcross.org, provides preparedness information as well as ways to volunteer and train in CPR and first aid.
Your local office of emergency management typically provides localized information.
New York City, NY: www.nyc.gov/html/oem/home.html. In addition to other information, the New York City Office of Emergency Management's Emergency Management Online Locator is a database through which you can locate your closest hurricane shelter or heat wave cooling center.
Newmark & Company Real Estate, Inc. has a presence in the following locations (in alpha order by city). The accompanying link is the emergency management organization for that location.
| Atlanta, GA: | www.afcema.net |
| Irvine, CA: | www.ci.irvine.ca.us/ipd/divisions/emergency_mgmt.asp |
| Long Beach, CA: | www.ci.long-beach.ca.us/disaster/index.htm |
| San Francisco, CA: | www.sfready.org |
| San Diego, CA: | www.co.san-diego.ca.us/cnty/cntydepts/safety/disaster/pages/functions.html |
| Chicago, IL: | www.ci.chi.il.us/Emergency911v |
| Dallas, TX: | www.dallasfirerescue.com/oep.htm |
| Greenwich, CT: | www.greenwichct.org/Emergency/Emergency.asp |
| Ft. Lauderdale, FL: | www.co.broward.fl.us/disaster.htm |
| Houston, TX: | www.ci.houston.tx.us/OEM/ |
| Melville, Long Island, NY: | www.co.suffolk.ny.us/webtemp1.cfm?dept=5&ID=147 |
| Woodbridge, NJ: | www.co.middlesex.nj.us/emergency/index.asp |
| Rutherford, NJ: | www.bcoem.org/overview1.htm |
| Washington DC: | dcema.dc.gov/main.shtm |
| White Plains, NY: | www.cityofwhiteplains.com/safety/safety.htm |
For additional New York State emergency management county and city agencies, try: www.nysemo.state.ny.us/localemo.html
Resources about Weapons of Mass Destruction:
For information about chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons, the CIA has a concise handbook at www.cia.gov/cia/publications/cbr_handbook/cbrbook.htm
If you receive a bomb threat, DO NOT HANG UP (even if the caller hangs up, do not hang up). Please use this checklist www.afscme.org/health/bombs.pdf and gather as much information as you can. Keep the caller talking as long as possible, the more they talk, the more you will learn. Have someone near you call 911 while you are on the phone. Leave the building if it appears that you are in imminent danger.
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry has a lot of good information about hazardous materials throughout the country located at its Website www.atsdr.cdc.gov
You can find some tips on identifying suspicious packages on this FBI 1-page publication www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel01/mail3.pdf
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