This web page features a collection of resources for law enforcement and other first responders responding to mass casualty incidents. It emphasizes the impact of mass violence events on first responders’ physical and mental health to support their resilience.

This resource library collection highlights resources focused on mass violence incidents. It provides a collection of tip sheets about mass violence and active shooter incidents and includes links to other topic collections that focus on related topics.

This web page highlights resources to support the development of mass violence and terrorism response plans. It includes the Helping Victims of Mass Violence & Terrorism: Planning, Response, Recovery, and Resources Toolkit and a related webinar training series, resources for survivors and service providers, and opportunities to request training and technical assistance.

This collection of tip sheets was created for a variety of community members to promote healing and community resilience after experiencing a mass violence event. The highlighted tip sheets focus on family members of mass violence victims, survivors, first responders and recovery workers, healthcare practitioners, children, and more.

This collection of resources compiled by the Improving Community Preparedness to Assist Victims of Mass Violence and Domestic Terrorism: Training and Technical Assistance (ICP TTA) program covers the 16 areas identified by the program as essential for mass violence and terrorism-related preparedness, response, and recovery. The collection features resources for disaster planners, first responders, survivors, and other community members.

This collection of trainings explores the impacts of mass violence events and provides guidance for disaster planners, first responders, and other community members preparing for and responding to mass violence. The collection features recorded trainings and highlights upcoming trainings.

This recorded training features subject matter experts who explore the impacts of mass violence or domestic terrorism incidents on law enforcement officers. The training highlights the effect of vicarious trauma on first responders and provides strategies for organizations to support their personnel and mitigate the effects.

This part of FEMA’s website describes IS courses offered through FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute (EMI). Designed for first responders, emergency managers, and the public, EMI IS courses cover a range of emergency management topics.

The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Fire Administration developed this manual in an effort to provide pandemic influenza best practices, models, and protocols for emergency responders.

This report covers how agencies and organizations used social media to support preparedness, response, and recovery from Hurricane Sandy in 2012. It also describes challenges encountered and how they were addressed - and issues remaining to be addressed to help improve future use of social media as part of disaster management.

This 1-hour course provides general knowledge of how disaster affects children and adolescents. The course also emphasizes skills such as administering Psychological First Aid to children in the aftermath of a disaster and screening them for mental disorders in the months that follow. The course is provided through Prepare Iowa, a partnership of the Iowa Department of Public Health and the University of Iowa.

Provided through Prepare Iowa, a collaboration of the Iowa Department of Health and the University of Iowa, this 1-hour course is intended for anyone who may come into professional contact with disaster victims. The objectives of the course include defining disaster and trauma and understanding how proximity to a disaster event affects the potential for a traumatic response.

The authors share four case studies on domestic and international First Responders pandemic planning and preparedness efforts in this document.

Designed for first responders, disaster responders, emergency managers, mental healthcare practitioners, and others, this curriculum helps those supporting disaster-affected communities to provide services that are appropriate and effective for people of all cultures.

This 2-hour training describes the stressors that response work may involve and possible consequences of stress. It equips responders with an arsenal of techniques for addressing and managing stress and heightening the ability to cope with challenges.

This highly rated app provides a global, multi-hazard monitoring and alert system for users. The app allows users to quickly view hazards around the globe or to locate hazards in a specific area. Users can get general information about location of hazards or tap on hazard icons to get more in-depth information.

This guide provides suicide facts and figures, information on the role of first responders in suicide prevention, and information on helping someone who is suicidal. It offers information that may be helpful to managers of first responders as they plan, implement, and assess training and programs to prepare responders to work with individuals experiencing suicidality or scenes in which a suicide has been completed.

This web page provides an overview of the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children and the risk factors that may make it more likely for children to develop PTSD. It also describes the signs of PTSD in children and adolescents and different techniques to treat PTSD.

The authors provide tips for communicating risk internally (within agencies) and externally (with the community). Strategies for communicating with officers’ families, other agencies, the public, and the are included in the guide.

The CDC mobile app gives users 24/7 access to timely, vital health information wherever they go, including information on disease outbreaks and preparedness and response for disasters and other emergencies. It provides automatic updates with important public health information and a variety of types of content such as stories, videos, podcasts, journals, and blogs.

The Provider Resilience app gives health care professionals tools to guard against burnout and compassion fatigue as they help service members, veterans, and their families. Once downloaded, the app gives the user a self-assessment to create ratings for the risk of burnout. Features include a clock showing time since the users last day off, inspirational messages, and tips for restful breaks.

This webpage provides information on the current funding opportunities available from the OVC. Topics for grant funding opportunities include antiterrorism and emergency assistance programs and mass violence events.

This website, managed by the HHS and operated under the governance of the Office of Management and Budget, provides a comprehensive database of federally funded grant opportunities. The search can be narrowed down by topic, agency, eligibility, and more. The website also offers information on how to register for grants.gov, how to receive updates, how to apply, and other important information for anyone seeking funding.

This webpage offers information on FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMPG). Through the HMGP, FEMA provides funding to states, U.S territories, and federally recognized tribes, and those entities receive applications for funding from businesses, private nonprofits, and individuals (though individuals are sponsored by local governments and do not apply directly).

ASIST is a 2-day training program that teaches participants how to assist those at risk for suicide. Although many healthcare professionals use ASIST, anyone 16 years or older can use the approach, regardless of professional background. ASIST workshops cost money to attend, with cost varying by training site.