A guide to civil defense resources

By WND Staff

The following is a list of key contacts in private and government agencies concerned with the protection of the civilian population in the event of nuclear, chemical or biological attacks with weapons of mass destruction.

GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS

FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)

Director: Joe M. Allbaugh

If you have knowledge of fraud, waste, or abuse involving FEMA contracts, programs, or personnel, call the Fraud Hotline at:

1-800-323-8603

FEMA Office of Inspector General

Inspector General: George J. Opfer

Office of Inspector General, Room 502

Federal Emergency Management Agency

500 “C” Street, S.W.

Washington, DC 20472

E-mail: www.fema.gov/ig/hotmail.htm

Office of Homeland Security

Director: Tom Ridge

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20500

Switchboard: 202-456-1414

Fax: 202-456-2461

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

P.O. Box 2008

Oak Ridge, TN 37831

National Emergency Management Association
NEMA is the professional association of state emergency management directors

c/o Council of State Governments

P.O. Box 11910

Lexington, KY 40578

(859) 244-8000

(859) 244-8239

PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS

Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine

Doctors for Disaster Preparedness

The American Civil Defense Association

Publisher of the quarterly Journal of Civil Defense

Post Office Box 1057

118 Court Street

Starke, Florida 32091

Toll-free 1-800-425-5397

Direct 904-964-5397

FAX 904-964-9641

E-mail

Survival Ring

Civil Defense Volunteers of Utah

Sharon Packer at (435) 657-2641 or

Paul Seyfried at (801) 280-8303, or

e-mail

Anser Institute for Homeland Security

Amateur Radio Emergency Communication

Jennifer Hagy

Media Relations Manager

(860) 594-0328

MANUFACTURERS OF CIVIL DEFENSE EQUIPMENT

Utah Shelter Systems

(also Civil Defense Volunteers of Utah)

Sharon Packer (435) 657-2641

Paul Seyfried (801) 280-8303

e-mail

Shalon Chemical Industries Ltd.

25, Nahmani St., Tel-Aviv 65794, Israel,

Tel: 972-3-6291225, Fax: 972-3-6291615

e-mail

BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE

Claremont Institute

MissileThreat.com

High Frontier

CIVIL DEFENSE OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS

Swiss Civil Protection Website