Standards & Guidelines

Equipment

Responder Knowledge Base Created to provide emergency responders, purchasers, and planners with a trusted, integrated, on-line source of information on products, standards, certifications, grants, and other equipment-related information.
System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders (SAVER) Provides impartial test and evaluation information on commercially available equipment to the Emergency Responder community.

State Homeland Security and Emergency Services Directory
Homeland Security Information Network Department computer-based counterterrorism communications network
National Fire Department Census Data
Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders (WISER) Provides a wide range of information on hazardous substances encountered in hazardous material incidents.
Lessons Learned Information Sharing Serves as the national, online network of lessons learned, best practices, and innovative ideas for the emergency management and homeland security communities.

Equipment standards Guidelines adopted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate
Interagency Board for Equipment Standardization and Interoperability (IAB) An intra-agency group which develops the Standardized Equipment List (SEL) used by DHS Office for Domestic Preparedness
National Incident Management System (NIMS) Standardized incident management processes, protocols, and procedures to coordinate and conduct response actions
The National Response Framework establishes a comprehensive all-hazards approach to enhance the ability of the United States to manage domestic incidents.
First Responder Authentication Credentials Developing a smart identity credentialing system for emergency response officials (EROs).

This page was last reviewed / modified on January 4, 2011.