Tools & Resources.

Disaster declarations, public assistance, hazard mitigation, IPAWS / WEA, NFIP, and the National Response Framework.

Free online courses — IS-100/200/700/800 ICS series, hazard-specific courses, and the National Emergency Management Basic Academy. Required for many EMA roles.

The NWS St. Louis forecast office (LSX) covers Marion County, IL (zone ILZ070). Skywarn training, decision-support briefings, and direct contact for severe weather. Live zone forecast →

Download the National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL) shapefile for Marion County to populate the floodplain layer in this map.

Pipeline locations and emergency contact info. Public viewer is county-scale; officials can request PIMMA access (interactive viewer) and shapefile data for precise routing. Patoka pipeline hub data here.

Historical pipeline incidents searchable by state and county. Useful for risk assessment and after-action reference. Public access, no login required.

Detailed bridge inventory with structure ID, condition rating, age, and inspection status. Filter by State = IL, County = Marion.

Free EPA / NOAA hazmat planning suite (CAMEO Chemicals, ALOHA plume modeling, MARPLOT mapping). Essential for SARA Tier II planning and hazmat scene response.

Health alerts, CHEMPACK locations, mass casualty resources, and public health emergency reference materials.

Real-time US wildfire situational awareness — active perimeters, smoke plumes, air-quality. Aggregates NIFC, IRWIN, and NOAA HRRR feeds. Live wildfire layer for IL+adjacent states is also wired into our operations map ("Active Wildfires (NIFC)" toggle).

Coordinating body for federal wildland fire response. Useful for any IL fire that escalates to federal involvement, smoke-plume planning during western fire seasons, and Red Flag Warning context.

Real-time US Drought Monitor visualization — D0 (abnormally dry) through D4 (exceptional drought) intensity by county. Updated weekly (Thursdays). Use during fire-weather planning, agricultural emergency declarations, and water-supply monitoring.

Authoritative weekly drought assessment from USDA, NOAA, and the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Click on Illinois → Marion County for current designation. Source data used by Drought Aware and FEMA drought disaster declarations.

Illinois-specific drought tracking, precipitation deficit reports, and state climate summaries. Run by the Illinois State Water Survey. Useful for context beyond the federal USDM weekly snapshot.

National Land Cover Database — categorizes every 30m pixel of the US (forest, cropland, developed, wetland, etc.). Useful for wildfire fuel mapping, wildland-urban interface (WUI) analysis, flood vulnerability assessment, and agricultural impact estimation. Time-series 1985 to present.

Authoritative NLCD source. Free download of land cover, impervious surface, and tree canopy rasters in TIFF/SHP format. Useful for offline GIS analysis or to build a custom land-cover layer for the EMA map.

County-level summary tables (count of Good/Fair/Poor + deck area). Updated annually by June 15. Use to track Marion County's year-over-year condition trend.

FEMA's natural hazard loss estimation methodology and software. Requires Hazus desktop (free, runs on ArcGIS Pro). Hazus answers "what would happen if X" — earthquake, hurricane, flood, tsunami scenarios — with dollar losses, injuries, and displaced household estimates. National Inventory Database (27GB) on Cody's Desktop. See project Hazus guide for integration paths.

Post-processed Hazus output as county-level risk scores. Riverine flooding, tornado, hail, wildfire, winter weather scores plus Expected Annual Loss in dollars, Social Vulnerability, and Community Resilience indices. Marion County (FIPS 17121) is searchable. Easier than full Hazus integration for web-map use.

Regional FEMA office covering Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Primary federal coordination point for Stafford Act declarations, JFO standup, and IA/PA program delivery in Marion County.

Hub for the FEMA HMP program — required for HMA grant eligibility (BRIC, FMA, HMGP). Includes the HMP status map showing each jurisdiction's plan expiration. Marion County's plan must be current (5-year cycle) to draw mitigation dollars.

National probabilistic seismic hazard mapping — the basis for IBC seismic-design loading nationwide. Marion Co sits in the 0.15-0.20g PGA hazard band (2% in 50 yr). Drives Seismic Design Category for new construction in southern IL.

Multi-state EMA coordination body for NMSZ + WVSZ states. Hosts the annual Great Central US ShakeOut (3rd Thursday of October). Marion Co participates as a registered jurisdiction. Sign up at shakeout.org/centralus.

Authoritative IL coal mine maps. Free by-county PDF Directory of Coal Mines + GIS Coal Mine Areas dataset. Required reference for property-level mine subsidence risk. Marion Co has roughly 6 historical underground mines, primarily in the Centralia / Wamac / Sandoval corridor.

State-mandated coverage in 34 designated counties (Marion is one). All residential policies under $750k auto-include up to $750k mine subsidence coverage unless declined in writing. Commercial owners must affirmatively request the endorsement.

Engineering-grade nonstructural mitigation reference for hospitals, schools, EOCs, fire/EMS stations. Catalog of restraint details and materials. Companion guide FEMA P-528 covers homeowner-level mitigation.

Live streamflow gauge data nationwide. Color-coded flood/drought thresholds, custom maps, and historical comparisons. Powers situational awareness for flooding events on the Kaskaskia and Skillet Fork systems near Marion County.

DHS-issued national threat-level bulletins. Subscribe for email/SMS alerts. Local public-safety leadership should monitor for coordinated guidance during heightened threat periods.

EMS regulation, public health emergency response, hospital coalitions (Region 4 covers Marion County), strategic national stockpile coordination.

Statewide LE coordination, Statewide Terrorism Intelligence Center (STIC), and ISP Districts (verify which district covers Marion Co — likely District 11).

Live road conditions, snow plow tracking, construction, and downloadable shapefiles for state highways. Marion County is in IDOT District 8 (Edwardsville) — regional point of contact for all state-owned bridges and technical assistance to county/township engineers.

Leaking underground storage tank reporting, oil & chemical spill response, and the IEPA Emergency Response Unit (24/7).

Search licensed childcare facilities by county for evacuation planning and welfare checks.

Statewide amateur radio emergency communications coordination for Illinois. Marion County (IL) ARES/RACES activity is coordinated through the IL Section — no standalone Marion County website. (Marion County, Indiana is a different group.) See also the main IL Section site and the national ARRL ARES program.

Animal disease response, agricultural disaster declarations, livestock movement controls, grain storage / fertilizer facility regulation, and agricultural commodity emergencies. Coordinates with USDA APHIS during foreign animal disease (FAD) events.

Illinois state NFIP coordinator. Statewide floodplain management, dam safety, and the ordinance template for participating communities. Marion County / Salem / Centralia floodplain administrators report through this office. Required contact for any local floodplain ordinance amendment or LOMR.

State-level coalition of nonprofit / faith-based / community organizations responding to disasters in Illinois. Coordinates donations management, volunteer reception, casework, mass care, and long-term recovery. See also National VOAD. Active denominational partners in southern IL: Salvation Army Midland, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (Illinois Baptist), Catholic Charities of Springfield, Lutheran Disaster Response.

Board, departments, and county-level emergency management contacts.

Federally-required body for SARA Title III hazmat planning. LEPC chair has the SARA Tier II reports for tank-bearing facilities — best source for the tanks layer in this map.

Emergency Telephone System Board. Holds the master CAD address points for the county — useful for verifying coordinates of the populated layers in this map.

Shelter activations, disaster mental health, casework, and Service to the Armed Forces. Holds the formal MOU list for school/church shelter sites. Local chapter line: (618) 532-3511.

Southern Illinois regional preparedness coalition working across counties on healthcare-system readiness, surge planning, and mass-casualty exercises. Referenced by Marion County Health Department's emergency response page.

DHS-issued business continuity planning templates, risk assessments, and recovery worksheets. Free and SLTT-friendly. Pair with FEMA COOP guidance for public-sector continuity.

Federal Continuity of Operations program guidance, templates, and training. Required reading for any county / municipal department working on its own COOP plan.

Statewide mutual-aid system for Illinois law enforcement. Maintains regional weapons-of-mass-destruction response teams, mobile field force teams, and crisis-response capability that augments local agencies during major incidents.

DHS-issued active shooter preparedness guidance for the general public, businesses, and houses of worship. Companion to CISA Active Shooter Preparedness for institutional planners.

Statutory requirements for fire, severe-weather, bus-evacuation, and law-enforcement (lockdown) drills in Illinois schools. Schedule references and reporting forms. Pair with district safety committees and local PD/FD coordination.

Direct federal aid to individuals and households after a presidentially-declared disaster — housing assistance, lodging expense reimbursement, ONA (Other Needs Assistance), critical needs assistance, and disaster legal services.

Federal cost-share grants to state, tribal, local governments, and certain nonprofits for emergency response, debris removal, and permanent restoration of damaged public facilities. Marion County submits via IEMA-OHS.

Low-interest federal disaster loans for businesses (any size), nonprofits, homeowners, and renters in declared disaster areas. Direct from SBA — separate from FEMA IA. Activated automatically when FEMA IA is declared.

National Flood Insurance Program consumer site. Policy-purchase information, claims process, and risk-rating (Risk Rating 2.0) basics. Pair with the IL DNR Office of Water Resources for state coordination.

FEMA Region 5 publication — comprehensive funding catalog for Illinois mitigation projects. Cross-walks federal/state/private grant sources by hazard type. Essential reference for HMP project annexes.

24/7, multilingual, free, anonymous crisis counseling for people experiencing emotional distress related to natural or human-caused disasters. Call or text 1-800-985-5990. SAMHSA-run; brief from this site to disaster-affected residents.

Nationwide three-digit dialing code for mental health, substance use, and suicide crisis support. Routes to local crisis centers. Pair with the Disaster Distress Helpline for after-action mental-health response.

Should be downloadable from this site as a public PDF. SCIRPDC (South Central IL RPDC) or Greater Egypt RPC typically write/update these for southern Illinois counties. If Marion County's current plan is past its 5-year update window, that is itself an action item — HMGP eligibility hinges on a current plan. Status check: FEMA HMP status map.

Title 29, Subtitle A — IEMA administrative rules governing local emergency management programs in Illinois. Reference for ESDA/EMA staffing, accreditation, mutual aid, and grant compliance.

Compiled historical hazard data and risk reporting used to inform the EOP and annexes.

Free, self-paced online courses. Required ICS curriculum: IS-100, IS-200, IS-700, IS-800. Many funding programs require these.

In-person and virtual courses across all CISA mission areas. Office for Bombing Prevention training, Cybersecurity Awareness, Active Shooter Preparedness webinars.

FEMA's residential training facility in Anniston, AL — free travel + lodging for SLTT responders. Hands-on hazmat, mass casualty, and CBRNE courses.

Federated catalog across DHS, FEMA, DOJ, and state academies. Filter by certification, hazard, and location.