AUSMAT is a group of medical professionals and including doctors, nurses, allied health and paramedics, and non-medical members such as fire-fighters, logisticians that deploy to a disaster area at short notice in order to supplement the local response which has beeen overwhelmed or rendered inoperable due to the incident.

Your link to information on US Disaster Medical Assistance Teams.

Under the Constitution, the Australian Government is allocated responsibility for external affairs matters including the provision of humanitarian assistance for emergency and refugee relief overseas. The Australian Government, through Emergency Management Australia (EMA), supports a comprehensive approach to emergency management. EMA pursues a cooperative and collaborative relationship with Australian Government agencies.

Ontario Ministry of Health Emergency Management Unit

ReliefWeb is the global hub for time-critical humanitarian information on Complex Emergencies and Natural Disasters.

The Sphere Project was launched in 1997 by a group of humanitarian NGOs and the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement.

This website shows you the time in various parts of the world in real time. You can personalise the web page to include the countries you have most contact with.

This website lists the latest earthquakes from around the world.