Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) Search and Rescue Page

The state of Virginia's website for Search and Rescue Resources including the Ground Search and Rescue College for state run SAR training.

Emergency Management Institute (EMI) Independent Study Program (ISP)

Training institute set up by FEMA with free online courses of interest to all up and down the SAR chain of command.

Declination Computer

There just had to be something like this on the web. Simply plug in a zip code and get the magnetic declination for a given area. And it’s from the federal government, so you know it’s got to be good!

Latitude-Longitude/UTM Conversion

Limited to NAD27 and NAD83 datums, but it's from the federal government so once again...

USGS Map Locater

Download PDF files of USGS 7.5 minute quad topo maps of your area.

MapTools.com

Nice site with a wide variety of map plotting protractors for UTM and Lat/Long coordinates. Also features nice tutorials on plotting if you’re a novice or just want to brush up.

Cibola SAR Mini Lessons

From the Cibola SAR group of Albuquerque, New Mexico, comes a set of mini lessons running the gamut of SAR operations.  Cibola's focus is wilderness SAR so their gear lists may exceed the needs of Stafford volunteers, but much of the information in these lessons is very applicible.

Animated Knots

This is a great site for learning just about any knot and is linked to by numerous SAR groups throughout the country.  This link takes you to a dedicated Search and Rescue Knot page.