Tools

• Checklists
• Guides
• Examples
• Websites

The links here are tools to help the landowner, county/community official, forester, state official, logger, etc cope with the multitude of high stress jobs and situations that a wind event disaster will generate.

Tools include: checklists and guides to help focus and stay on task, examples of plans and work to help clarify and expedite the jobs at hand, and websites to provide real time data, up to date information, and links to services needed to complete the jobs at hand.

FEDERAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

	National Incident Management System (NIMS)
	National Response Framework Resource Center (FEMA)
	Southern Area Coordination Center

URBAN / METRO / REGIONAL

	Arborist Referral Directory: American Society of Consulting Arborists
	EPA Planning for Disaster Debris
	Storm Damage Resource Center
	Tools for Assessing and Managing Community Forests: i-Tree: i-Storm
	TreeLink (Urban and Community Forestry)
	UFind Urban Forestry Index
	Urban Forest Strike Team
	Verify an ISA certification/Find a Tree Care Service: International Society of Arboriculture

BUILDING CODES

	Building Code Information By State: Disaster Safety.org
	Florida Building Code
	Miami Dade County Florida Office of Building Code Compliance (Florida Building Code)

DEBRIS CONTRACTING

	Business Partner Network (BPN)
	Central Contractor Registration (CCR)
	Debris Removal Contractor Registry (DRCR)
	Disaster Resource Contract Registry (USACE)
	Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps)
	Information for Contractors and Vendors (FEMA)
	Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTAC)

FORESTRY / LOGGING / SALVAGE

	Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health (Bugwood Network)
	Forest Encyclopedia Network
	forestknowledge.net
	Healthy Forests and Rangelands (Woody Biomass)
	National Timber Tax Website
	Storm Handbook - Coping with Storm Damaged Timber: Germany
	U.S. Forest Service Research Publications
	WoodWorks

WEATHER

	National Weather Service (NOAA)
	NOAA Coastal Services Center
	Printable Hurricane Tracking Maps
	The Disaster Center
	The National Hurricane Center
	Weather Underground

MAPPING

	EarthTools
	Environmental Systems Research Institute
	Geodata.gov: U.S. Maps & Data
	Google Earth
	Integrated Common Analytical Viewer (iCAV) DHS
	Map Locator - Downloadable topo maps (USGS)
	Map Service Center (FEMA)
	Maps, Imagery, and Publications (USGA)
	Printable Hurricane Tracking Maps