Tools & Resources
Curated federal, state, and local resources for Marion County Emergency Management staff, first responders, and partner agencies. The CISA Resources & Tools hub is the primary entry point for cybersecurity, infrastructure protection, training, and exercise materials.
★ Primary Resource
CISA Resources & Tools
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's central hub for guidance, training, exercise packages, threat advisories, and free assessment tools across all 16 critical infrastructure sectors.
cisa.gov/resources-tools
CISA — Featured Sub-Resources
Exercise
Free, ready-to-run TTX scenarios — active shooter, ransomware, severe weather, terrorism, school violence, and more. Includes facilitator guide and participant materials.
cisa.gov/cisa-tabletop-exercise-packages
Tool
Joint CISA / FBI / NSA hub for ransomware reporting, incident response guides, and the #StopRansomware Guide PDF. Use the report form for any county network or vendor compromise.
cisa.gov/stopransomware
Guide
Resources, templates, and training for active-shooter incident planning at schools, government facilities, healthcare, and houses of worship.
cisa.gov/topics/physical-security/active-shooter-preparedness
Guide
Bomb threat checklists, IED awareness, evacuation distance tables, and the Office for Bombing Prevention training catalog.
cisa.gov/topics/physical-security/bombing-prevention
Guide
Connect, Plan, Train, Report — practical security guidance for small communities, soft targets, and crowded places. The "Vehicle Ramming – Self-Assessment Tool" is here.
cisa.gov/topics/physical-security/hometown-security
Tool
Sector-specific plans, councils, and resources. Most relevant to Marion County: Emergency Services, Healthcare & Public Health, Water & Wastewater, Transportation, Communications, and Energy.
cisa.gov/critical-infrastructure-sectors
Tool
Free vulnerability scanning, web app scanning, and phishing assessments for SLTT (state, local, tribal, territorial) governments. Sign up by emailing vulnerability@cisa.dhs.gov.
cisa.gov/cyber-hygiene-services
Region 5
CISA's regional office for IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI — assigns Protective Security Advisors (PSAs) and Cybersecurity Advisors (CSAs) who provide free on-site assessments and incident support.
cisa.gov/about/regions/region-5
Other Federal Resources
FEMA
Disaster declarations, public assistance, hazard mitigation, IPAWS / WEA, NFIP, and the National Response Framework.
fema.gov
Training
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.
training.fema.gov
NWS
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 →
weather.gov/lsx · zone ILZ070
FEMA
Download the National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL) shapefile for Marion County to populate the floodplain layer in this map.
msc.fema.gov
PHMSA
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.
npms.phmsa.dot.gov · GovOfficial portal · PIMMA
PHMSA
Historical pipeline incidents searchable by state and county. Useful for risk assessment and after-action reference. Public access, no login required.
phmsa.dot.gov/data-and-statistics
FHWA
Detailed bridge inventory with structure ID, condition rating, age, and inspection status. Filter by State = IL, County = Marion.
infobridge.fhwa.dot.gov
EPA
Free EPA / NOAA hazmat planning suite (CAMEO Chemicals, ALOHA plume modeling, MARPLOT mapping). Essential for SARA Tier II planning and hazmat scene response.
cameo.noaa.gov
CDC
Health alerts, CHEMPACK locations, mass casualty resources, and public health emergency reference materials.
emergency.cdc.gov
NIFC / Esri
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).
livingatlas.arcgis.com/wildfireaware
NIFC
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.
nifc.gov
USDM / Esri
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.
livingatlas.arcgis.com/drought-aware
NDMC
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.
droughtmonitor.unl.edu
IL Climate
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.
isws.illinois.edu/state-climatologist
USGS / MRLC
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.
livingatlas.arcgis.com/nlcdlandcoverexplorer
USGS
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.
mrlc.gov
FEMA
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.
fema.gov/flood-maps/products-tools/hazus
FEMA
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.
hazards.fema.gov/nri
State of Illinois Resources
IEMA-OHS
State-level coordination, mutual aid, exercise grants, and the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC).
iema.illinois.gov
IDPH
EMS regulation, public health emergency response, hospital coalitions (Region 4 covers Marion County), strategic national stockpile coordination.
dph.illinois.gov
ISP
Statewide LE coordination, Statewide Terrorism Intelligence Center (STIC), and ISP Districts (verify which district covers Marion Co — likely District 11).
isp.illinois.gov
IDOT
Live road conditions, snow plow tracking, construction, and downloadable shapefiles for state highways. Marion County is in IDOT District 9.
gettingaroundillinois.com
IL EPA
Leaking underground storage tank reporting, oil & chemical spill response, and the IEPA Emergency Response Unit (24/7).
www2.illinois.gov/epa
DCFS
Search licensed childcare facilities by county for evacuation planning and welfare checks.
sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov
Marion County & Local Resources
County
Board, departments, and county-level emergency management contacts. Verify URL — replace if needed.
marionco.illinois.gov
Parcels
Bruce Harris & Associates (BHA) hosted GIS viewer. Click any parcel for PIN, owner, address, acres, and assessor data. Search by PIN with
?pin=XXXXX. Powers the live "Parcels (Live — viewport)" layer in our operations map at zoom 14+.marion-il.bhamaps.com
LEPC
Marion County Local Emergency Planning Committee
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.
Contact via Marion County ESDA
9-1-1
Marion County 9-1-1 / ETSB
Emergency Telephone System Board. Holds the master CAD address points for the county — useful for verifying coordinates of the populated layers in this map.
Contact via Marion County ESDA
Red Cross
Shelter activations, disaster mental health, casework, and Service to the Armed Forces. Holds the formal MOU list for school/church shelter sites.
redcross.org/local/illinois
Training & Certification
FEMA
Free, self-paced online courses. Required ICS curriculum: IS-100, IS-200, IS-700, IS-800. Many funding programs require these.
training.fema.gov/is
CISA
In-person and virtual courses across all CISA mission areas. Office for Bombing Prevention training, Cybersecurity Awareness, Active Shooter Preparedness webinars.
cisa.gov/resources-tools/training
FEMA
FEMA's residential training facility in Anniston, AL — free travel + lodging for SLTT responders. Hands-on hazmat, mass casualty, and CBRNE courses.
cdp.dhs.gov
Federal
Federated catalog across DHS, FEMA, DOJ, and state academies. Filter by certification, hazard, and location.
firstrespondertraining.gov
Suggest a Resource
If a resource you rely on isn't listed, send it to Marion County ESDA for review. Include the URL, what it's used for, and which staff role would benefit. Resource list is reviewed quarterly.