Related Online Resources

• A new NACUBO (The National Association of College and University Business Officers) book, Mission Continuity Planning: Strategically Assessing and Planning for Threats to Operations, offers 12 steps to arm your campus against cyber attacks. It's available free online is a condensed extract - http://www.nacubo.org - with a link to information on how to purchase the book.

Other Resources from SCUP

• FEMA would like to introduce HAZUS to colleges and universities as an effective tool for hazard mitigation planning. This summary was prepared by FEMA for the September 10, 2002 SCUP audioconference-Disaster Mitigation Planning: Outstanding Higher Education and Community Collaborations. Click here to read the entire summary entitled "The HAZUS Loss Estimation Software Program and Its Value to Colleges and Universities".
• This excellent resource is really from FEMA, but it's served up on our website. It's a 38-page draft document about building a Disaster-Resistant University (pdf). It and a number of additional useful resources collected as a handout document for listeners at our November 9 audioconference are all listed here. Note that this draft does not include various attachments references in the draft itself. Update. Near-final versions of this document were distributed at the FEMA session at our conference in San Diego in July. When final tweaks are made to the FEMA document, we will have a link to the final version on this page.
• Our November 9 audiocast was a wonderful learning experience. We are planning more, meanwhile audiotapes are available. To purchase a cassette tape of the "Emergency Planning Management: Facing our New Realities" audioconference, please call KRM at 1-800-775-7654. If you attended the broadcast the cost is $80 US for SCUP members and $90 US for non-members - the individual who made the broadcast reservation for your institution or firm will need to place the order. If you did not attend the broadcast, the cost is $160 US for SCUP members and $180 US for non-members.
• SCUP's Emergency Management Planning email list This is our state-of-the-art, Lyris-based email discussion list where you can ask questions of your peers and to be the first to learn of pertinent, useful online resources from all sources.
• The Society's "Plans Database" is a searchable database with nearly 2,000 entries, including dozens of institutional disaster or emergency plan hyperlinks. You can add your own resources to the database using your browser.
• Subscribe to SCUP Email News. Published via the Internet since 1987, our email newsletter keeps you apprised of of Society events and pertinent resources from all over the Academy.

Meta-Resources (Collections of Pertinent Resources)
• The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and its Planning Guidance Center
• FEMA's EMI Higher Education Project
• NACUBO's "Emergency Preparedness" page
• CASE's Crisis Management: Communications, Fundraising/Development, Alumni Affairs/Travel
• Resources from US Federal Government's FirstGov: Protect Yourself and Your Country, What You Can Do for Victims and Their Families, Victims' Benefits and Assistance, Travel
• Contingency Planning and Management Online
• the American Medical Association has a good Disaster Preparedness and Medical Response resource

  Anthrax Threat Resources

• CDC Collection of Anthrax Documents includes this most recent document Update and Guidelines for Anthrax
• Learning About Anthrax is a good resource from ERIC, the Educational Resources Information Center
• The Official DoD Website for the Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program can be a bit frightening but has lots of information