Public safety

Disaster Discovery is a free, online board game developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agenday (FEMA) that asks players a series of true or false questions that deal with disaster situations

Developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agenday (FEMA), Disaster Math is a free, online quiz game for kids that incorporates math questions into disaster situations.

Incident Commander, a PC game, is used to train first responders how to respond to disaster situations. Players assume the role of an incident commander and coordinate and manage the multiple agencies needed during times of emergency including police, firefighters, and hazmat workers.

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security, initially created by Presidential Order on 1 April 1979. The primary purpose of FEMA is to coordinate the response to a disaster that has occurred in the United States and that overwhelms the resources of local and state authorities. FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards."

"ToucanEd was founded in 1995 by Kathleen Middleton, MS, CHES, with a commitment to providing health communication and education materials to diverse audiences of all ages. School, community, and employee health, safety, and security remain the company's passion. As developers of emergency preparedness trainings for first responders, we have successfully worked with the federal Department of Homeland Security, and with California’s Office of Homeland Security, Office of Emergency Services, Police Officers Standards and Training, and California Department of Public Health.”

"The Fire Department City of New York (FDNY) has the responsibility for protecting the citizens and property of New York City's five boroughs from fires and fire hazards, providing emergency medical services, technical rescue as well as providing first response to biological, chemical and radioactive hazards. The FDNY, the largest municipal fire department in the United States, has approximately 11,600 uniformed officers and firefighters and over 3,200 uniformed EMTs and paramedics."