The views expressed here reflect the views of the authors alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views of any of their organizations. In particular, the views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of Big Medicine, nor any member of Team EMS Inc.

TOOLS: GREGORY BANNER'S COMPENDIUM OF WMD, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT & MEDICAL WEBSITES

Updated: Jan 29 2009

Most recent additions:

Radiation Issues, "Planning Guidance for Response to a Nuclear Detonation" Homeland Security Council. 16 Jan 2009.

Disaster Preparedness for Persons with Chronic Diseases. University Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky

Organizations – Federal Agencies (US and Other Nations)

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections Site
http://www.bioterrorism.uab.edu/index.htm

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Public Health Service, US Department of Health and Human Service http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/

Air War College, Homeland Security “Portal”
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awc-hmld.htm

American Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org/

Florida Capital Region Chapter
http://www.tallytown.com/redcross/
(numerous guides and links)

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
http://www.afip.org/

Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
http://www.afrri.usuhs.mil/

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
http://www.atf.treas.gov/

Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness
http://www.ccep.ca/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/

CDC, Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/

CDC, Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch, Outlines CDC emergency response assets and system
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/emergency/default.htm

CDC, Environmental Health Services Emergency Planning Site
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehs/ETP/default.htm

CDC, Epidemic Intelligence Service
http://www.cdc.gov/eis/

CDC, National Center for Infectious Diseases
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/index.htm

CDC, Office of Health and Safety
http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/default.htm

CDC, Strategic National Stockpile Program
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/stockpile/

CDC, Office of Workforce Policy and Planning, Professional Community Training
http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/owpp/default.asp

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, US Food and Drug Administration
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html

Defense Threat Reduction Agency - Chemical-Biological Defense
http://www.dtra.mil/

Department of Defense/ Department of the Army, Director of Military Support
http://www.doms.pentagon.mil/

Department of Defense, Military Vaccine Agency
http://www.vaccines.mil/default.aspx

Department of Defense, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counter-proliferation and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs DASD (CP/CBD)
http://www.acq.osd.mil/cp/

Department of Education, Emergency Planning
http://www.ed.gov/emergencyplan/

Department of Health and Human Services
http://dhhs.gov/

DHHS, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Emergency Operations
http://www.hhs.gov/disasters/

Department of Homeland Security
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/

NIMS Integration Center
http://www.fema.gov/nims/nims.shtm

Department of Justice, Office for Domestic Preparedness
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/

Department of Transportation, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety
http://hazmat.dot.gov/

EMAC, Emergency Management Assistance Compact
http://www.emacweb.org/

Emergency Management Australia
http://www.ema.gov.au/ema/emaInternet.nsf/HeadingPagesDisplay/Home?OpenDocument

Environmental Protection Agency, Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office
http://www.epa.gov/swercepp/

http://www.epa.gov/ceppo

EPA, Emergency Response Team
http://www.ert.org/

EPA, On Scene Coordinator
http://www.epaosc.net/default.htm

Federal Emergency Management Agency
http://www.fema.gov/

Federal Transit Administration, Department of Transportation
http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/Default.asp

FEMA, Office of National Preparedness
http://www.fema.gov/onp/

Health Canada Emergency Response Site
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/protection/biotech/bioterrorism.htm

Homeland Security Integration Center, US Army
http://www.wood.army.mil/hls/

Joint Interagency Training Center – West. National Guard Homeland Defense Training Site
http://www.jitc-west.org/index.html

Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical-Biological Defense
http://www.jpeocbd.osd.mil/

Joint Service Chemical Biological Information System, DOD, Tracking System for Equipment Development
http://206.37.238.107/jscbis/jscbis.cfm

Metropolitan Medical Response System, DHHS, OEP
http://www.mmrs.fema.gov

Military Vaccine Agency, US Department of Defense
http://www.vaccines.mil/

Modeling and Simulation Information Analysis Center, DOD
http://www.msiac.dmso.mil/wmd/default.asp

National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
http://narac.llnl.gov

National Disaster Medical System, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
http://ndms.dhhs.gov/index.html

National Incident Management System (NIMS) Integration Center, FEMA/DHS
http://www.fema.gov/nims/

National Infrastructure Protection Center
http://www.nipc.gov/

National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, NIH, DHHS
http://www2.niaid.nih.gov/biodefense/

National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov/

National Institutes of Health, Office of Science Education
http://science-education.nih.gov

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html

National Nurse Emergency Preparedness Initiative
http://www.nnepi.org/

The National Response Center, US Coast Guard
http://www.nrc.uscg.mil/index.htm

The National Response Team, HAZMAT and Chemical Spills
http://www.nrt.org/

The National Toxicology Program, National Institutes of Health
http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
http://www.osha.gov/

OSHA Emergency Preparedness and Response Resources
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/emergencypreparedness/index.html

Office of Counterproliferation and Chemical and Biological Defense, DOD
http://www.acq.osd.mil/cp/welcome.html

The Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness (OCIPEP), Canadian Department of National Defense
http://www.ocipep-bpiepc.gc.ca/home/index_e.asp

Program Director for Biological Defense Systems, DOD agency conducting R and D for
Bio systems
http://www.sbccom.apgea.army.mil/RDA/pdbio/index.htm

Public Health Agency of Canada
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/new_e.html

Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC)
http://www.psepc-sppcc.gc.ca/

The Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS)
http://www.orau.gov/reacts/

The Technical Support Working Group, Department of Defense, R&D
http://www.tswg.gov/tswg/home/home.htm

United Kingdom Department of Health web site
http://www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en

UK Dpt of Health Policy Index

UK Resilience, The Civil Contingencies Secretariat, The Home Office (United Kingdom)
http://www.ukresilience.info/home.htm

US Air Force Counterproliferation Center
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awc-cps.htm

U.S. Army Chemical School
http://www.wood.army.mil/usacmls/

US Army Corps of Engineers Emergency Ops Site
http://209.225.176.11/ceerp/

US Army Edgwood Chemical Biological Center, US Army Research, Development and Engineering Command
http://www.ecbc.army.mil/hld/ip/reports.htm

U.S. Army Medical Command
http://www.armymedicine.army.mil/default2.htm

US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense
http://chemdef.apgea.army.mil/

U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine
http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/

U.S. Army North
http://www.5tharmy.army.mil/

USAMRIID - US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
http://www.usamriid.army.mil/

U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command
http://www.rdecom.army.mil/

USAID the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)
http://www.usaid.gov/hum_response/ofda/
http://www.cidi.org/

US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
http://www.chemsafety.gov

US Coast Guard, Command Center
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/commandcenter/oc.htm

US Coast Guard, National Response Center
http://www.nrc.uscg.mil/

US Northern Command
http://www.northcom.mil/

US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
http://www.nrc.gov/

US Secret Service
http://www.treas.gov/usss/index.shtml

Veterans Administration, Emergency Management Strategic Health Care Group
http://www.va.gov/EMSHG/

Organizations – International

Australian Developmental Gateway
http://www.developmentgateway.com.au/

European Commission, Public Health Information/References
http://europa.eu.int/comm/health/ph_threats/Bioterrorisme/clin_guidelines_en.htm

Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies
http://ineesite.org/

International Biodefense Handbook 2007. Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich
An Inventory Of National And International Biodefense Practices And Policies
http://www.crn.ethz.ch/publications/crn_team/detail.cfm?id=31124

European Commission, Public Health Information/References
http://europa.eu.int/comm/health/ph_threats/Bioterrorisme/clin_guidelines_en.htm

International Atomic Energy Agency
http://www.iaea.org/

Latin America and Caribbean Disaster Relief web site (Spanish)

http://www.redhum.org/

Relief Web, UN Humanitarian Disaster Site
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf

World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine
http://wadem.medicine.wisc.edu/

Organizations - Local Emergency Management/Bt/Health/WMD Web Sites

FEMA partners list (state EMAs, local agencies, national agencies)
http://www.fema.gov/fema/statedr.shtm

State Health Department Web Sites
http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/phtn/sites.asp
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/international/relres.html

Alaska Department of Health BT Web Site
http://health.hss.state.ak.us/dph/DPHPP/default.cfm

Arizona Homeland Security Web Site
http://www.az.gov/webapp/portal/displaycontent.jsp?id=903&group=main

Boston MMRS
http://www.bostonmmrs.org/

California Emergency Medical Services Authority
http://www.emsa.ca.gov/dms2/dms_pubs_reports.asp

California Office of Emergency Services
http://www.oes.ca.gov/

Colorado Department of Health BT Site
http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/dc/bioterror/bioterrorismhom.asp

Denver Emergency Management Site
http://www.denvergov.org/jump_emergency.asp

Florida Emergency Management Plan
http://floridadisaster.org/bpr/Projects/CEMP%20Online/cemp2000.htm

Florida Department of Health Emergency Operations
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/demo/eo/contacts.htm

Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Emergency Management Program
https://www.hah-emergency.net/

Houston “Defense of Houston” project and website
http://www.defenseofhouston.org/

Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (See BT sub-heading)
http://lapublichealth.org/acd/

Los Angeles County Emergency Management Site
http://www.lacoa.org/

Massachusetts Department of Public Health
http://www.mass.gov/dph/topics/bioterrorism/bt.htm

Missouri Emergency Response Site
http://www.dhss.state.mo.us/BT_Response/erp.htm

The New England Disaster Recovery Information Exchange Group
http://www.nedrix.com/

New Mexico BT site
http://epi.health.state.nm.us/han/

New Mexico Office of Health Emergency Management
http://www.health.state.nm.us/ohem/

New York City Department of Health
http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/doh/home.html

New York City Office of Emergency Management
http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/home.html

Oregon Department of Health BT web site
http://www.ohd.hr.state.or.us/bioterrorism/index.cfm

Rhode Island Department of Health BT web site
http://www.health.ri.gov/environment/biot/index.php

San Francisco Individual Preparedness Site
http://www.72hours.org/index.html

Santa Clara County, California BT site
http://www.sccphd.org/diseasecontrol/bioterrorism.asp

Texas Department of Health BT web site
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/preparedness/default.asp

Texas Department of Health Immunization Division Site
http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/immunize/default.htm

Texas Department of Emergency Management Plans and Forms download site
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/dem/documents.htm#plans

Texas Medical Association BT Resources Site
http://www.texmed.org/has/bioterrorism.asp

University of Colorado at Boulder, Emergency Preparedness Site
http://ehs.colorado.edu/embr/

Vermont Department of Health
http://www.state.vt.us/health/

Virginia Department of Health BT Site
http://www.vdh.state.va.us/epi/bio.htm

Virginia Task Force One Urban Search and Rescue team
http://www.vatf1.org/

Washington, DC, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Homeland Security site
http://www.mwcog.org/homeland/index.htm

Washington D.C. Emergency Operations Plan
http://dcema.dc.gov/info/drp.shtm

Organizations – Private, Non-Profit, Academic Organizations, Professional Societies

Academic Centers for Public Health Preparedness (Information on currently 19 public health schools which are federally funded to provide some PH/BT resources and information), The Association of Schools of Public Health
http://preparedness.asph.org/home.cfm

http://emergency.cdc.gov/planning/continuationguidance/pdf/appendix-7.pdf

The American Academy of Emergency Medicine
http://www.aaem.org/

American Academy of Family Physicians, Disaster Planning/Emergency Web Sites
http://www.btresponse.org/

http://www.aafp.org/btresponse.xml

http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/clinical/disasterprep.html

American Academy of Pediatrics, Bioterrorism, Terrorism Resources
http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/cad.htm

http://www.aap.org/terrorism/index.html

American Association of Health Plans, BT Site
http://www.aahp.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Inside_AAHP/Bioterrorism_Emergency_

The American Biorecovery Association
http://www.americanbiorecovery.org

The American Civil Defense Association
http://www.tacda.org/

American College of Contingency Planners, American Academy of Medical Administrators
http://www.aameda.org/Specialtygroups/ACCP/contingency.html

American College of Emergency Physicians, Disaster and EMS site
http://www.acep.org/webportal/Advocacy/ems/

American Medical Association, Center for Public Health Preparedness and Disaster Response
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/6206.html

The American Society for Healthcare Engineering
http://www.ashe.org/

The American Society of Professional Emergency Planners
http://www.iprimus.ca/~tmheath/INDEX.HTM

ANSER Institute for Homeland Security. Private Non-profit
http://www.anser.org/

Association of Contingency Planners, International (Business Emergency Planning)
http://www.acp-international.com/

The Association of Healthcare Journalists
http://www.healthjournalism.org/index.php

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
http://www.apic.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
http://www.astho.org/

Business Executives for National Security
http://www.bens.org/

Center for Biodefense, George Mason University
http://www.gmu.edu/centers/biodefense/

Center for Biodefense, University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ
http://biodefense.umdnj.edu/index.asp

Center for Biosecurity, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/aulimp/

Center for Catastrophe Preparedness and Response, NY University
http://www.nyu.edu/ccpr/

Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies, Johns Hopkins University
http://www.hopkins-biodefense.org/

Center for Disaster Research and Education, Millersville University, PA
http://muweb.millersville.edu/~CDRE/

Center for Emergency Preparedness, George Washington University Medical Center
http://www.gwumc.edu/c4ep/

Center of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance
http://www.coe-dmha.org/index.htm

Center for Homeland Defense and Security, Naval Postgraduate School
http://www.chds.us/

Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota
http://www1.umn.edu/cidrap/

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu

Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute for International Studies
http://cns.miis.edu/

Center for Public Health and Disasters, UCLA
http://www.cphd.ucla.edu/

Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)
http://www.cred.be/cred1/index.htm

Center for State Homeland Security
http://www.cshs-us.org/

Center for the study of Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections, Saint Louis University School of Public Health
http://www.bioterrorism.slu.edu/

Chemical and Biological Defense Information Analysis Center (CBIAC)
http://www.cbiac.apgea.army.mil/

The Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute
http://www.cbaci.org/

CHEMTREC, American Chemistry Council Emergency HAZMAT Information
http://www.chemtrec.org/Chemtrec/

The Chemical Education Foundation
http://www.chemed.org/

Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc.
http://www.crcpd.org/

Consequence Management Interoperability Services, Battelle/DOD
http://www.cmi-services.org/

Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
http://www.cste.org/

The Culinary Response Team of America. (Emergency Response Feeding)
http://www.icrta.org

Doctors for Disaster Preparedness
http://www.oism.org/ddp/

The Emergency Information Infrastructure Partnership
http://www.emforum.org/

Emergency Nursing World, Internet Site, Bioterrorism Resources
http://enw.org/Bioterrorism.htm

The Emergency Net, Emergency Response and Research Institute, Misc. References
http://www.emergency.com/

The Emergency Response Technology Program, National Technology Transfer Center
http://www.htfwo.org/ertProgram/default.asp

The Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness, Harvard University, JFK School of Government
http://www.esdp.org

Federation of American Scientists, Chemical and Biological Arms Control Program
http://www.fas.org/bwc/

Global Emerging Infections System, Department of Defense
http://www.geis.fhp.osd.mil/

Global Security Newswire. Nuclear Threat Initiative. Non Profit Information Group
http://204.71.60.35/d_newswire/issues/2003_12_11.html

Greater NY Hospital Association
http://www.gnyha.org/eprc/

The Harvard Sussex Program on CBW Armament and Arms Limitation
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/spru/hsp/

The Health Physics Society, Homeland Security Committee
http://hps.org/hsc/reports.html

Henry L. Stimson Center, Chemical and Biological Weapons Non-proliferation Project (Mostly dealing with international non-proliferation issues)
http://www.stimson.org/home.cfm

Infectious Disease Society of America
http://www.idsociety.org/Template.cfm?Section=Home

The Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management (ICDRM). The George Washington University
http://www.gwu.edu/~icdrm/

International Association for Counterterrorism and Security Professionals
http://www.iacsp.com/index.html

International Association of Emergency Managers
http://www.iaem.com/

International Society for Respiratory Protection
http://www.isrp.com.au/

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
http://www.llnl.gov/

Mass Casualty Planning, International Nursing Coalition for Mass Casualty Education. Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/nursing/coalitions/INCMCE/incmce.html

MedicCom.Org, Toledo, Ohio Disaster Medical Assistance Team, Links and Resources
http://mediccom.org/public/default.htm

National Academic Consortium for Homeland Security, Ohio State University
http://www.osu.edu/homelandsecurity/NACHS/

National Academies of Science, Civilian Emergency Response to Chemical or Biological Weapons Incidents Project

National Academies of Science, Disaster Round Table
http://dels.nas.edu/dr/

National Academies of Science, Institute of Medicine
http://www.iom.edu/

National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), BT site
http://www.naccho.org/project63.htm

National Association of Medical Examiners
http://www.thename.org/

The National Association of Sara Title III Program Officials
http://www.nasttpo.org/

National Associations of State EMS Directors
http://www.nasemsd.org/

National Bioterrorism Civilian Medical Response Center (CiMeRC)
http://www.cimerc.org/Default.htm

National Center for Domestic Preparedness, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
http://www.ncdp.mailman.columbia.edu

National Center on Emergency Planning for People with Disabilities
Email: NCEPPD@inclusioninc.com or call at 202.546.4464 x201
(No web site available)

The National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, Academic Consortium
http://www.ncbrt.lsu.edu/ndpc.html

The National Emergency Management Association
http://www.nemaweb.org/index.cfm

National Environmental Health Association
http://www.neha.org/

The National Fire Protection Association
http://www.nfpa.org/Home/index.asp

National Fire Service Incident Management System Consortium
http://www.ims-consortium.org/

National Governor’s Association Center for Best Practices, Emergency Management Site
http://www.nga.org/center/divisions/1,1188,T_ENVIRONMENT_EMERGENCY,00.html

National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center, Sandia Labs
http://www.sandia.gov/mission/homeland/programs/critical/nisac.html

National Institute for Chemical Studies
http://www.nicsinfo.org/

National Organization on Disability
http://www.nod.org

The National Terrorism Preparedness Institute, St. Petersburg Junior College
http://terrorism.spjc.edu/index.htm

http://terrorism.spjc.edu./

National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (NVOAD)
http://www.nvoad.org/

The Natural Hazards Center, U. of Colorado at Boulder
http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/index.html

The Nebraska Center for Bioterrorism Education
http://necenterforbted.org/

The NBC Industry Group
http://www.nbcindustrygroup.com/

The Occupational Health Disaster Expert Network
http://ohden.sph.unc.edu/

Oklahoma City National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism
http://www.mipt.org/index.html

The Public Entity Risk Institute
http://www.riskinstitute.org/

The RAND Corporation
http://www.rand.org

The RAND Center for Domestic and International Health Security
http://www.rand.org/health/healthsecurity/

The Risk Management Resource Center
http://www.eriskcenter.org/

Sandia Labs, Chemical/Biological Programs
http://www.ca.sandia.gov/chembio/

Survival Ring, Private Civil Defense Site
http://www.survivalring.org/

The Terrorism Research Center, Mostly International in Nature
http://www.terrorism.com/index.shtml

University of Alabama Center for Domestic Preparedness
http://main.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=19254

University of Southern California Homeland Security Center of Excellence
http://www.usc.edu/dept/ise/hsc

Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response
http://yalenewhavenhealth.org/emergency/

Web Link Compendiums, Glossaries, Search Engines and other Resource Listings

Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Terms, DOD
http://www.tricare.osd.mil/imtr/downloads/dmim_acr.doc

http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/

Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Terms, FEMA FAAT list
http://www.fema.gov/doc/library/faatlist2002.doc

Advanced Practice Centers Toolbox, NACCHO (Misc. Best practices for public health emergency planning)
http://www.naccho.org/stockbox/

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Dpt of Health and Human Services. “Quality Tools” site. (Search engine for linked reports and tools)
http://www.qualitytools.ahrq.gov/

AHRQ Emergency Preparedness Site
http://www.ahrq.gov/prep/

Air War College Military Internet Guide
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awc-ndex.htm#top

“All Hands” Emergency Management Tool Box, Misc. guides and resources
http://allhandsconsulting.com/toolbox.htm

Bibliography of Terrorism, the Disaster Center
http://www.disastercenter.com/terror.htm

Biodefense Image Library. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), DHHS
http://www2.niaid.nih.gov/Biodefense/Public/Images.htm

BT Toolbox, NACCHO
http://www.naccho.org/bttoolbox/

Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness
http://www.ccep.ca/cceplink.html

CBRNIAC/Battelle web resource listings
http://www.cbrniac.apgea.army.mil/links/directory.php

CBS News Disaster Links
http://www.cbsnews.com/digitaldan/disaster/disasters.shtml

CBW Events Database, The Harvard Sussex Program on CBW Armament and Arms Limitation
http://fas-www.harvard.edu/~hsp/

CDC, A-Z index of resources
http://www.cdc.gov/az.do

Centers of Public Health Preparedness, Educational Resource Guides. Multiple Topics
http://www.asph.org/CPHP/CPHP_ResourceReport.cfm#

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense Information Analysis Center (CBRNIAC), DOD support center
http://www.cbrniac.apgea.army.mil/

CNS - Chemical and Biological Weapons Resource Page
http://cns.miis.edu/research/cbw/index.htm

Department of Defense, Defense Technical Information Center Index of resources
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/find.html#d

DisasterHelp.Gov Resource List
https://disasterhelp.gov/portal/jhtml/quicklinks/TreeTest.jhtml

DHHS Disasters and Emergencies Web site
http://www.hhs.gov/disasters/index.shtml

Disaster and Emergency Management Information Network, Texas A&M
http://ccs.tamu.edu/homeland_security/index_home.html

DHS, Office for Domestic Preparedness, Resource/Training Site
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/library/bulletins.htm

DOD Glossary of Healthcare terminology
http://www.tricare.osd.mil/imtr/downloads/glossary.doc

Emergency Management News and Information - RSS Feeds and Email Updates, FEMA
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/rss_em.html

Emergency Preparedness Information Exchange (EPIX), Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada
http://hoshi.cic.sfu.ca/epix/index.html

Emergency Services WWW Site List (Private Canadian Web listing)
http://www.district.north-van.bc.ca/eswsl/www-911.htm

Encyclopedia of Occupational Health and Safety, International Labor Organization
http://www.ilocis.org/en/contilo.html

Enviro-Health Links - Disaster Recovery and Environmental Health. National Library of Medicine. (Listing of resources for environmental health issues related to emergency response)
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/disasterrecovery.html

EPA, National Compliance Assistance Clearinghouse
http://134.67.99.39/clearinghouse/

Federal Environmental Hotline Listings (Phone numbers)
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/hotline.htm

FEMA Photo Library
http://www.photolibrary.fema.gov/photolibrary/index.jsp

Formats, Collection of Misc. templates, examples, plans. Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness
http://www.ccep.ca/cceptemp.html

GAO compendium of disaster products
http://www.gao.gov/docsearch/featured/dprr.html

Glossary of clarifying definitions and examples of terms. The National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC™), sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.guidelines.gov/resources/glossary.aspx

Glossary of Radiological Terms, CDC
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/glossary.asp

Glossary of Terms for Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Agents and Defense Equipment. Technical Guide 204. U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, Dec 2001
http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/documents/TG/TECHGUID/TG204a.pdf

Greater NY Hospital Assn Disaster Resource Site
http://www.gnyha.org/eprc/

Hazardous Materials Information Service, Department of Defense
http://www.dlis.dla.mil/hmirs/default.asp

The Hazard Response Technology Library
http://www.hmtri.org/hart/fire_resource.htm

Homeland Security Digital Library, Naval Postgraduate School
https://www.hsdl.org/?auth/login&dest=

Humanitarian Resource Institute, Biodefense Reference Library
http://www.humanitarian.net/biodefense

Internet Resources in Toxicology & Environmental Health. National Library of Medicine
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/Tox/ToxSpecial.html

Lessons Learned Information Sharing System, Department of Homeland Security
https://www.llis.dhs.gov/frontpage.cfm

Medical Library Association, Web links
http://www.mlanet.org/resources/caring/resources.html

MEDLINE Plus, Disasters and Emergency Preparedness Web Reference, National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/disastersandemergencypreparedness.html

MedTng.Com web link site, Department of Defense
http://www.medtrng.com/nbc_information.htm

The MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Database, National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism
http://www.tkb.org/Home.jsp

Misc. Reports, Edgwood Chemical-Biological Center
http://www.ecbc.army.mil/hld/ip/reports.htm

Misc. Terrorism Articles, Emergency Response and Research Institute
http://www.emergency.com/cntrterr.htm

The Monterey CBRN Incident and Response Data Base
http://cns.miis.edu/db/irdhome.htm

National Academies, Web Resources Listing and Search Engine (Bioterrorism)
http://www.nap.edu/shelves/EMT1/index.html

http://www.nap.edu/shelves/first/

National Communications System Library (listing of key governmental homeland
security documents, laws, etc.)
http://www.ncs.gov/library.html

National Emergency Preparedness Database, Misc. web links
http://www.twotigersonline.com/resources.html

National Fire Protection Association Glossary of Terms
http://www.nfpa.org/PDF/definitions.pdf?src=nfpa

National Hazards Center Natural Hazards Library HAZLIT Database and Search Engine
http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/library/

National Homeland Security Knowledgebase, Commercial Site
http://www.twotigersonline.com/resources.html

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Publications
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/publistd.html

National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/disasterrecovery.html

National Library of Medicine Search Service, PUBMED
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/

National Response Team web links
http://www.nrt.org/

National Technical Information Service Health and Safety Home Page, Links to Government Health Pubs
http://www.ntis.gov/products/health.htm

NBC-Links.com, Private site, Misc. Information on Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Issues
http://www.nbc-links.com/

NIOSH Emergency Response Resources
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/emres/

OSHA Emergency Response References
http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/emergencyresponse/index.html

OSHA Document, Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response
http://www.osha-slc.gov/Publications/OSHA3114/osha3114.html

OSHA Publications and Fact Sheets
http://www.osha-slc.gov/OshDoc/Additional.html

Project Disaster
http://projectdisaster.com/

Public Health Preparedness Resource Center, Association of Schools of Public Health
http://www.asph.org/acphp/

Relief Web. UN International Resource Listing
http://rw.aidworkers.net/

Resource Guide for Public Health Preparedness, NY Academy of Medicine
http://www.phpreparedness.info/index.php

Resource Typing Definitions I (First 60 Resources), FEMA. Jan 2004.
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/preparedness/initial_60_rtd.pdf

Responder Knowledge Base (RKB), National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism
http://www1.rkb.mipt.org/

RI Disaster Initiative Annoted Bibliography Listing
http://www.ridiproject.org/downloads/annotated_bibliography.pdf

Safety and Health Publications, Texas Workers Compensation Commission
http://www.twcc.state.tx.us/information/videoresources/onlinepubsb.html#Alphabetical

Two Tigers WMD resource data base
http://www.twotigersonline.com/resources.html#homeland-security-3

UK Resilience. Government Publications site
http://www.ukresilience.info/publications.aspx

US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, Resources listing
http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/ResourceGuide/A_Zindex.aspx

Virology Web Site, Photo library, etc.
http://www.virology.net/

Virology BT Web Site
http://www.virology.net/garryfavwebbw.html

WMD terrorism data base, Center for Nonproliferation Studies
http://cns.miis.edu/wmdt/

World Health Organization, Health Library for Disasters
http://www.helid.desastres.net/

Agricultural, Animal, Food and Water Issues

Agricultural, Chemical and Petroleum Industry Terrorism Handbook, FBI. 2006
http://www.mn-htcia.org/FBIAgChemHandbook.pdf

American Academy on Veterinary Disaster Medicine
http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/clinsci/wing/aavdm/aavdm.htm

The American Backflow Prevention Association
http://www.abpa.org/

American Veterinary Medical Association
www.avma.org

Disaster specific area is
www.avma.org/disaster

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, US Department of Agriculture
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/

Center for Post-Harvest Food Protection and Defense, University of Minnesota
http://www.coafes.umn.edu/

Clean Water Advocacy - Security - General Information – Links. Association of Metropolitan Sewage Agencies
http://www.amsa-cleanwater.org/advocacy/security/secinfo.cfm

Diagnosis and Management of Foodborne Illnesses: A Primer for Physicians and Other Healthcare Professionals. AMA et. al., April 2004.
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/3629.html

The Extension Disaster Education Network, Agricultural, Plant, Animal Issues
http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/eden/default.aspx

Course and Training resource glossary
http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/eden/Resources/onlineext.aspx

Federation of American Scientists, Agricultural Biowarfare and Bioterrorism Site
http://www.fas.org/bwc/agr/main.htm

Food and Drug Administration, Bioterrorism Web site
http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/bioterrorism.html

Food and Drug Administration, Interim final regulation, Registration Of Food Facilities October 10, 2003
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fsbtac12.html

Foodborne Outbreak and Surveillance Unit, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/foodborneoutbreaks/

Food ISAC (Information Sharing and Analysis Center)
http://www.fmi.org/isac/

Food Safety, “FSIS Security Guidelines for Food Processors,” Food Safety and Inspection Service, US Department of Agriculture, April 2002
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/oa/topics/SecurityGuide.pdf

“Foodsafety.gov: Gateway to Government Food Safety Information”
http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/bioterr.html

Foodshield Web site
http://foodshield.org/

The Groundwater Foundation
http://www.groundwater.org/

Guide to developing a Food Defense Plan for Warehouse and Distribution Centers

US Dpt of Agriculture. January 2008

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/Guidance_Document_Warehouses.pdf

International Portal on Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health, United Nations
http://www.ipfsaph.org/Biosec/En/default.jsp?language=en

Misc. Resources and Documents, Counter-terrorism.com, government web site.
http://www.counterterrorismtraining.gov/pubs/food.html

Model emergency plan for agriculture and animals. September 2002. The National Emergency Management Association
http://www.nemaweb.org/library/documents/Model_Plan_for_Animal_ESF.pdf

National Biosecurity Resource Center for Animal Health Emergencies, Purdue Homeland Security Institute
http://www.biosecuritycenter.org/

National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense
http://fazd.tamu.edu/

National Wildlife Health Center, USGS
http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/

http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/index.jsp

Physician Preparedness for Acts of Water Terrorism. on-line reference guide
http://www.waterhealthconnection.org/

Plum Island, Animal Disease Center
http://www.ars.usda.gov/plum/

Securing Small Wastewater Systems, National Environmental Services Center
http://www.nesc.wvu.edu/nsfc/SecuringWastewaterSystems.html

Security. State FOIA Laws: A Guide To Protecting Sensitive Water Security Information. Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies. 2002.
http://www.amwa.net/security/FOIA.pdf

US Animal Health Association
http://www.usaha.org/

US Department of Agriculture, Homeland Defense Web site
http://www.usda.gov/homelandsecurity/homeland.html

Water ISAC (Information Sharing and Analysis Center)
http://www.waterisac.org/

Water Infrastructure Security. EPA
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/security/

Water System Checklists
http://www.homelandsecurity.org/journal/Articles/watersafetyguidelines.htm

http://www.homelandsecurity.org/journal/Articles/wastewatersafetyguidelines.htm

Water System Issues, American Water Works Association
http://www.safedrinkingwater.com/

Water Emergency Issues, “Physician Preparedness for Acts of Water Terrorism”. Private web site
http://www.waterhealthconnection.org/bt/index.asp

Water Infrastructure Security Enhancements Guidance Documents. American Society of Civil Engineers.
http://www.asce.org/static/1/wise.cfm

Water Security, EPA Site
http://cfpub.epa.gov/safewater/watersecurity/index.cfm

Water Security Handbook: Planning for and Responding to Drinking Water Contamination Threats and Incidents. May 2006. EPA
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/watersecurity/pubs/water_security_handbook_rptb.pdf

Water Use Planning Tables (usage indices). US Dpt of Energy.

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/water/water_useindices.html

Business/Facility/School/Installation Information

Agricultural, Chemical and Petroleum Industry Terrorism Handbook, FBI. 2006
http://www.mn-htcia.org/FBIAgChemHandbook.pdf

Air Handling Systems, Guidance for Filtration and Air-Cleaning Systems to Protect Building Environments from Airborne Chemical, Biological, or Radiological Attacks, NIOSH DHHS (NIOSH) Pub No. 2003-136, April, 2003
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2003-136/pdfs/2003-136.pdf

Airports. “Guidelines to Improve Airport Preparedness Against Chemical and Biological Terrorism (Unlimited Release Version). Sandia National Laboratories. May 2005
(Note – FOUO Version also published).
http://www.sandia.gov/news-center/news-releases/2005/images/unlsand-2005-3237.pdf

Applied Technology Council. Various Building damage guidelines and tools
http://www.atcouncil.org/index.html#

Bridges and Tunnels, “Recommendations for Bridge and Tunnel Security” US Department of Transportation.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/security/brpcover.htm

Building Protection Information, Edgwood Chemical Biological Center
http://buildingprotection.rdecom.army.mil/

Building Protection Information, “Protecting Building Occupants from Biological Threats.” Center for Biosecurity, U of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Building Vulnerability Assessment Tool (HVAC and air handling systems), Rhode Island Department of Health. Nov 2004.
http://www.health.ri.gov/environment/bvat.pdf

Building Vulnerability Assessment & Mitigation Program (BVAMP)

http://securebuildings.lbl.gov/BVAMP.html

Building Protection Guidance and Resources (WMD events), Department of Energy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
http://securebuildings.lbl.gov/

Building Vulnerability Assessment AND Mitigation Program (BVAMP), Berkeley Lab
http://securebuildings.lbl.gov/BVAMP.html

Building Guidance. “Reopening Public Facilities After a Biological Attack: A Decision-Making Framework. Board on Life Sciences (BLS), The National Academies Press. 2005.
http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11324

Business Emergency Management Planning, NIOSH, Multiple Resources.
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/prepared/

Business Emergency Planning, Ready Gov Web site
http://www.ready.gov/business/other/library.html

Business Security Site, Security Industry Association
http://www.siaonline.org/index_bst.asp

The Center for Infrastructure Expertise Library, University of New Hampshire
http://www.ni2ciel.org/

Chemical Facility Vulnerability Assessment Methodology, National Institute of Justice, 2002.
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/195171.pdf

Company Primer on Preparedness and Response Planning for Terrorist and Bioterrorist Attacks Business Executives for National Security
http://www.bens.org/images/GettingReady_042304.pdf

Continuity of Operations (COOP), Federal Preparedness Circular 65, Federal Executive Branch Continuity of Operations, FEMA/DHS, 15 June 2004
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/library/fpc65_0604.pdf

http://www.fema.gov/txt/library/fpc65_0604.txt

Corporate Crisis Response Officers Association
http://www.ccroa.org

Critical Infrastructure Protection Information Center, US Fire Academy
www.usfa.fema.gov/cipc

Courthouse Security Resource Center, Wisconsin
http://www.911summit.org/materials9-11/911/acrobat/27/P3%26C10EmergencyPreparednessPlans/Wisconsinexcerpt.pdf

Daycare Model Emergency Plan, Kitsap County Department of Emergency Management, Washington State
http://www.kitsapdem.org/pdfs/biz_schools/daycaredisasterplan.pdf

Daycare Centers. “Head Start Disaster Preparedness Workbook”. UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters.
http://www.cphd.ucla.edu/headstart.html

Daycare Centers. “Protecting Our Kids: Nonstructural Mitigation for Childcare Centers.” Institute for Business and Home Safety.
http://www.ibhs.org/publications/downloads/461.pdf

“Emergency Response Planning for Child Care Providers” Montgomery County, Maryland and NACCHO
http://www.naccho.org/pubs/product1.cfm?Product_ID=161

Department of Defense, DoD Instruction 2000.18, "Department of Defense Installation Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High-Yield Explosive Emergency Response Guidelines," 12/4/2002
http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/html/200018.htm

“Design Guidance for Shelters and Safe Rooms" FEMA
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/plan/prevent/rms/453/fema453.pdf

“Effective Emergency Response Plans” National Safety Council
http://www.nsc.org/issues/emerg/99esc.htm

Emergency Exit Pocket Guidance Card, OSHA, 2003

http://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3183.pdf

“Emergency Response Planning for Child Care Providers” Montgomery County, Maryland and NACCHO
http://www.naccho.org/pubs/product1.cfm?Product_ID=161

“Evacuating High-Rise Buildings”, OSHA Fact Sheet, 2003.
http://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/data_General_Facts/evacuating-highrise-factsheet.pdf

Evacuation Plans and Procedures, OSHA Etool, for small businesses and facilities
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/evacuation/index.html

Evacuation Planning Matrix, Evacuation and Building Emergency Planning Guide, OSHA
http://www.osha.gov/dep/evacmatrix/index.html

Federal Manager’s/Decision Maker’s Emergency Guide, U.S. Office of Personal Management
http://www.opm.gov/emergency/PDF/ManagersGuide.pdf

Fire and Explosion Planning Matrix, Building and Facility Planning Guides, OSHA. Oct 2003.
http://www.osha.gov/dep/fire-expmatrix/index.html

Government Services Administration Mail Room Training Modules
http://www.usps.com/news/2001/press/pr01_1022gsa.htm

“Guidance for Protecting Building Environments from Airborne Chemical, Biological, or Radiological Attacks”, NIOSH, May, 2002
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/bldvent/2002-139.html

Installation Preparedness for Weapons of Mass Destruction: Installation Commanders Blueprint. Department of the Army, May 2001.
http://www.hqda.army.mil/acsimweb/fd/policy/fire/docs/handbook0420final.pdf

International Facility Management Association
http://www.ifma.org

Libraries, the California Preservation Program Library Emergency Planning Web Site
http://www.calpreservation.org/disasters/generic/plan_toc.html

Museums, U. of Illinois at Chicago site
http://www.uic.edu/sph/glakes/harts/HARTS_library/musemerg.txt

National Institutes of Health, Office of Science Education, School and Teaching Resources
http://science-education.nih.gov/biodefenseinsert/

National Safety Council, Multiple Building and Facility Guides
http://www.nsc.org/issues/prepare.htm

Occupational Health Guidelines for Remediation Workers at Bacillus Anthracis-Contaminated
Sites – United States, 2001_2002. CDC MMWR 6 Sept 2002.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5135a3.htm

Principal Emergency Response and Preparedness: Requirements and Guidance. Occupational Safety and Health Administration U.S. Department of Labor. OSHA 3122-06R. 2004
http://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3122.pdf

“Protecting Buildings from a Biological or Chemical Attack: Actions to take before or during a release.” LBNL/PUB-51959. Lawrence Berkeley Labs. January 10, 2003
http://securebuildings.lbl.gov/images/BldgAdvice.pdf

“Reference Manual to Mitigate Potential Terrorist Attacks against buildings” Risk Management Series, FEMA, Dec 2003.
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/fima/fema426.pdf

“Risk Management Guidance for Health and Safety under Extraordinary Incidents Report” American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). 12 January 2002.
http://xp20.ashrae.org/ABOUT/Task_Force_Rpt_12Jan02.pdf

Schools. “A Biosecurity Checklist for School Foodservice Programs: Developing a Biosecurity Management Plan.” US Department of Agriculture. October 2003.
http://schoolmeals.nal.usda.gov/Safety/biosecurity.pdf

Schools. “A Practical Guide for University Crisis Response.” The American Academy of Experts of Traumatic Stress, Inc.
http://www.crisisinfo.org/universitycrisisresponse/documents.htm

Schools. “Building a Disaster Resistant University”. FEMA . Oct 2003
http://www.fema.gov/fima/dru.shtm

Schools. “Campus Safety Health and Environmental Management Association” Emergency Planning Resources
http://www.cshema.org/links/links.htm

Schools, California Department of Education School Flu Planning checklists
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/hn/fluinfo.asp

School Disaster Information. National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities
http://www.edfacilities.org/rl/disaster.cfm

Schools, CDC/Department of Education program
http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/phtn/schools/crse-mat.asp

Schools, Department of Education Disaster Planning Web site
http://www.ed.gov/emergencyplan/

http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/emergencyplan/index.html
Schools, IAEM College and University Special Interest Sector

http://www.iaem.com/Committees/College/

Schools, National Association of School Nurses
http://www.nasn.org

Schools, National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, Emergency Planning Resources
http://www.edfacilities.org/rl/disaster.cfm

Schools, “Preparing Schools for Severe Weather”. National Weather Service Forecast Office Fort Worth/Dallas, TX
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/school_wrkbk.pdf

Schools, “Primer to Design Safe Schools Project in Case of terrorist attacks.” FEMA Risk Management Series publication # 428. Dec 2003
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/fima/fema428.pdf

Schools, SARS Plan, University of California at Berkeley SARS Prevention and Response Plan and Tabletop
http://www.ucbcidp.org/sars/plan/index.html

Schools, Texas School Safety Center
http://www.cscs.txstate.edu/txssc.htm

Schools, Threatplan.org, Bomb threat training and info site, DOJ/DOE
http://www.threatplan.org/

Security and Emergency Planning Guides, National Institute of Chemical Studies
http://www.nicsinfo.org/SecurityEmergencyGuides.htm

Shelter in Place Information Center, National Institute of Chemical Studies
http://www.nicsinfo.org/SIP%20Center.htm

Shelters. CDC Environmental Health Shelter assessment tool
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/shelterassessment/

Model Shelter in Place plan for the workplace, National Institute of Chemical Studies
http://www.nicsinfo.org/SIP%20plan%20for%20offices%20NICS%20feb2003.pdf

University of Colorado at Boulder, Emergency Info
http://www.colorado.edu/safety/resources.html

US Army Chemical School, Resources for Installation WMD Preparedness
http://www.wood.army.mil/
Direct link not available - Go to Chemical School, Doctrine Development, Installation WMD

Whole Building Design Guide. DOD Resource for facility and building designs
http://www.wbdg.org/ccb/browse_cat.php?o=29&c=4

Workplace Protection Resources, DHS
http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/distributable.html#work

Workplace Violence, OSHA resource site
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/workplaceviolence/index.html

Community/Local Planning

“A Governor’s Guide To Emergency Management.” National Governor’s Association. 2001
http://www.nga.org/cda/files/REPORTEMERGUIDE2001.pdf

“A Governor’s Guide to Emergency Management. Volume 2” National Governor’s Association. 2002.
http://www.nga.org/cda/files/GOVSGUIDEHS2.pdf

“A Legislator's Checklist to Emergency Preparedness & Public Communication” EMAP. Oct 2006.
http://www.emaponline.org/?179

American Red Cross Homeland Security Advisory System Recommendations for Individuals, Families, Neighborhoods, Schools, and Businesses.
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/beprepared/hsas.html

“Beyond the Beltway: Focusing on Hometown Security. Recommendations for State and Local Domestic Preparedness Planning A Year After 9-11.” John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University. September 2002

Bioterrorism Response Plan Clearinghouse, National Association of County and City Health Officials
http://www.naccho.org/project63.cfm

“Characteristics of Effective Emergency Management Organizational Structures.” Public Entity Risk Institute. 2003.
http://www.riskinstitute.org/ptrdocs/CharacteristicsofEffectiveEmergency.pdf

Community Guide, Bioterrorism Preparedness Case Study, National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology, National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/ihcm/case5.html

Critical Incident Protocol, Michigan State University/DOJ, Private-Public Partnership Guide for emergency response
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/docs/cip.pdf

Developing a Hazardous Materials Exercise Program: A Handbook for State and Local Officials, US Department of Transportation
http://www.bts.gov/smart/cat/254.html

Domestic Preparedness Checklist, National Governor’s Association.
http://www.nga.org/cda/files/DomPrepChecklist.pdf

Emergency Manager, FEMA Web Site
http://www.fema.gov/emanagers/

Family Assistance Center Guide, DOJ Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/bulletins/prfmf_11_2001/pg4.html

“If Disaster Strikes Today: A Governor’s primer on all-hazards emergency management. National Emergency Management Association. 2003.
http://www.nemaweb.org/docs/Gov_Primer.pdf

Isolation and Quarantine Tool Kit, Seattle and King Counties
http://www.isolationandquarantine.com/

National Blueprint for Secure Communities
http://nationalblueprint.org/

Public Health Emergency Response: A Guide for Leaders and Responders. US Department of Health and Human Services. August 2007.
http://www.hhs.gov/disasters/press/newsroom/mediaguide/guideleader.html

Shelters, CDC Shelter Environmental Health Evaluation Guides
http://emergency.cdc.gov/shelterassessment/

“Standing Together: An Emergency Planning Guide for America’s Communities” The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
http://www.jointcommission.org/NewsRoom/PressKits/PlanningGuide/

“State and Local Actions for Homeland Security”, Office of Homeland Security, The White House, July 2002. (Report on status of preparedness actions)

Decontamination

Cold Weather Decontamination. “Guidelines for Cold Weather Mass Decontamination During a Terrorist Chemical Agent Incident.” Edgwood Chemical Biological Center. Aug 2003
http://www.ecbc.army.mil/hld/cwirp/cwirp_cold_weather_mass_decon_download.htm

Decon fact sheets, US Navy, Virtual Naval Hospital
http://www.vnh.org/CHEMCASU/08Decontamination.html#Chemical

Decon. “Guidelines for Mass Casualty Decontamination During a Terrorist Chemical Agent Incident” January 2000. Edgwood Chemical Biological Center
http://www.ecbc.army.mil/downloads/cwirp/ECBC_cwirp_gls_mass_casualty_decon.pdf

“The decontamination of people exposed to chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (cbrn) substances or material”. The Civil Contingencies Secretariat, The Home Office (United Kingdom), 2003.
http://www.ukresilience.info/cbrn/cbrn_guidance.htm

Guide for the Selection of Chemical and Biological Decontamination Equipment for Emergency First Responders, NIJ Guide 103-00
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/189724.pdf

Guidelines for Decontamination of Fire Fighters and Their Equipment Following Hazardous Materials Incidents, Chapter 10 from the Hazardous Materials Response Handbook, NFPA, 1997.
http://www.nfpa.org/PDF/Sup10.pdf?src=nfpa

http://www.nfpa.org/Codes/CodesandStandards/HazMat/HazMat.asp

Mass Casualty Decontamination, DOJ Fact Sheet, Massachusetts System
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/library/../docs/fs-decon.htm

Radiation Incidents, “Model Radioactive Material or Multiple Hazardous Materials Decontamination Procedure”, Department of Energy
http://www.em.doe.gov/PDFs/transPDFs/Decon_Procedure.pdf

“Workshop on Decontamination, Cleanup, and Associated Issues for Sites Contaminated With Chemical, Biological, or Radiological Materials” Washington, D.C., February 23–25, 2005.
http://www.epa.gov/NHSRC/pubs/reportDeconWorkshop102805.pdf

Diseases/Conditions/Agents/Treatment/Surveillance Systems

Agent Quick Reference, Edgwood Chemical Biological Center, US Army
http://www.ecbc.army.mil/hld/ip/bca_qr.htm

Agent Reference, “Bioterrorism Rapid Response Card” NY State Department of Health
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/bt/pdf/rapid_response_card.pdf

Agent Reference, “Coping with an Attack, A Quick Guide to Dealing with Biological, Chemical and ‘Dirty Bomb’ Attacks”. Center for Technology and National Security Policy. National Defense University.
http://www.ndu.edu/ctnsp/wmd_tipsheet.htm

Agent Reference, Infectious Disease Society of America, Bioterrorism Information and Resources
http://www.idsociety.org/bt/toc.htm

Agent Reference, NIOSH emergency response cards for chemical and toxin agents.
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/agentlistchem.asp

Agent Reference, Stanford University School of Medicine, Misc. Resources and Clinical Guides
http://www.stanfordhospital.com/forPhysiciansOthers/bioterrorism/bioterrorism.html

Agent Reference, Quick Response Guides (Biological and Chemical), US National Response Team
http://www.nrt.org/

Agent Reference, St. Louis University School of Public Health, Center for the Study of Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections, Infectious Disease Web Site, References
http://www.emerginginfections.slu.edu/

Agent Reference, UCLA Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health (Note in particular good resources/documents on previous historical events)
http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/bioter/bioterrorism.html

American College of Physicians/American Society of Internal Medicine, Bioterrorism Resources
http://www.acponline.org/bioterro/index.html

http://www.acponline.org/bioterro/

Palm Downloads for various diseases/conditions
http://www.acponline.org/pda/bioterrorism.htm

Anthrax, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology site, Photos and Case Descriptions
http://anthrax.radpath.org/index.html

Anthrax, Department of Defense information web site
http://www.anthrax.osd.mil/

Anthrax, Guidelines for the Surveillance and Control of Anthrax in Humans and Animals, 3rd edition. World Health Organization.
http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/anthrax/WHO_EMC_ZDI_98_6/en/

Anthrax. Update: Investigation of Anthrax Associated with Intentional Exposure and Interim Public Health Guidelines, CDC MMWR, October 19, 2001 / 50(41); 889-893
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5041a1.htm

Anthrax, MMWR guidelines update, misc. documents, November 2, 2001/Vol. 50/No. 43
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5043a1.htm

Anthrax, National Response Team Technical Assistance for Anthrax Response Interim-Final Draft for Review June 2002.

Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program, Department of Defense
http://www.anthrax.mil/

Antibiotic Treatment Site Guide (Specifies for BT agents), Johns Hopkins Division of Infectious Diseases
http://www.hopkins-abxguide.org/

Article Compendium from Emerging Infectious Diseases, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/bio_links.htm

ATSDR TOXFAQs, Medical Summary Sheets for Hazardous Materials
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaq.html

The “Bad Bug Book.” Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook. U.S. Food & Drug Administration. Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html

Biological Agent Fact Sheets, APIC

Biological Agent Information, Centers for Disease Control
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/Agent/Agentlist.asp

Biological Agent Information, Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies, Johns Hopkins University.
http://www.hopkins-biodefense.org/

Biological Agents, OSHA ref site
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/biologicalagents/index.html

Bioterrorism Resource Site, NY State, Includes “Rapid Response Card”
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/bt/bt.htm

Bioterrorism Resource Site, OSHA Bioterrorism Information and Links, Guidance and Federal
Documents
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/biologicalagents/index.html

Blast Injuries. Web site
http://www.blastinjury.org/

Blast/Bomb Injuries, CDC Site
http://emergency.cdc.gov/masscasualties/essentialspro.asp

CBWInfo.com, commercial site with agent information sheets.
http://www.cbwinfo.com/

Center for Disease Control Travel Advisory page
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/index.htm

CDC, Disease Information, Selected Prevention and Program Areas (Disease Fact Sheets)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/index.htm

Chemicals, CAMEO on-line database and tools
http://cameochemicals.noaa.gov/

Chemicals, OSHA/EPA Chemical Database
http://www.osha.gov/web/dep/chemicaldata/#target

Chemical Contamination Treatment Guidelines. Medical Management Guidelines for Acute Chemical Exposures. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/mmg.html

Chemical Exposure. Case Definitions for Chemical Poisoning. CDC MMWR
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5401a1.htm

Chemical Guide. NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (NPG). Feb 2004
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npg.html

“Chemical Illness Response: Guidelines for Public Health Investigations of Acute Onset Illness Clusters of Chemical Etiology” Michigan Department of Community Health. Sept 2007

Chemical Terrorism, NY State Information Site, Includes “Rapid Response Card”
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/bt/chemical_terrorism/chemterr.htm

Clinical Guides, “Biological, Chemical and Radiation Induced Illnesses, Clinical Practice Guidelines” Clinical Pocket Cards for download. Department of Veteran’s Affairs.
http://www.oqp.med.va.gov/cpg/BCR/BCR_Base.htm#

http://www.oqp.med.va.gov/cpg/PocketGuidesInfo.htm

http://www.oqp.med.va.gov/cpg/BCR/BCR_Base.htm

Cyanide Poisoning Treatment Coalition
http://www.cyanidepoisoning.org/

Defense against Toxin Weapons, Department of Defense
http://www.nbc-med.org/SiteContent/MedRef/OnlineRef/FieldManuals/datw/index.htm

Disease (Bioterrorism) Wall charts, University of North Carolina
http://www.unc.edu/depts/spice/bioterrorism.html

Drug Preparedness and Response to Bioterrorism, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Technical Information on Drug/Vaccine usage for BT Issues.
http://www.fda.gov/cder/drugprepare/

Early Aberration Reporting System, CDC
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/surveillance/ears/

Explosive and Blast Injuries: A Primer for Clinicians. CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/masstrauma/preparedness/primer.htm

Explosive and Blast Injuries. Recommendations for Postexposure Interventions to Prevent Infection with Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, or Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and Tetanus in Persons Wounded During Bombings and Other Mass-Casualty Events --- United States, 2008 Recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

http://www.cdc.gov/MMWR/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5706a1.htm

Field Management of Chemical Casualties Handbook, US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense
https://ccc.apgea.army.mil/products/info/products.htm

Flu Pandemic Planning, California Department of Education School Flu Planning checklists
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/hn/fluinfo.asp

Flu Pandemic Planning. Canadian Flu Pandemic Plan
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/cpip-pclcpi/

Flu Pandemic Planning, Index of Legal Highlights. (From HHS Pandemic Influenza Plan)
http://www2a.cdc.gov/phlp/docs/PHLP_HHSPandemicInfluenzaPlan.pdf

Flu Pandemic and Planning. Department of Defense, Military Vaccine Agency
http://www.vaccines.mil/default.aspx

Flu Pandemic. DHHS Plan
http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/pandemics/execsumm8.12.doc

Flu Pandemic. Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Promising Practices. CIDRAP, U of Minnesota
http://www.pandemicpractices.org

http://www.CIDRAPpractices.org

Flu Pandemic. Personal Protective Equipment during Influenza outbreaks, Q&A, US FDA
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/emergency/flu_qa.html

Flu Pandemic. Preparedness Planning for State Officials. Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. Nov 2002.
http://www.astho.org/pubs/Pandemic%20Influenza.pdf

Flu Pandemic, US Government Site
http://www.pandemicflu.gov/

Flu Pandemic, WHO Plan
http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/influenza/WHO_CDS_CSR_GIP_2005_5/en/

Flu Pandemic, WHO Checklist for preparedness planning
http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/influenza/CDS_CSR_GIP_2005_4.pdf

Flu Pandemic State Plans.
http://www.cste.org/specialprojects/Influenzaplans/StateMap.asp

http://www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/stateplans.html

Food and Drug Administration Drug and Vaccine Information Site (Bioterrorism Specific)
http://www.fda.gov/cder/drugprepare/default.htm

Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook, US Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html

HAZ-MAP, Chemical and agent reference. National Library of Medicine
http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov/

“The History of Bioterrorism”. Video Series. CDC. (Available for purchase or online)
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/training/historyofbt/

Management of Public Health Emergencies; A Resource Guide for Physicians and Other Community Responders. American Medical Association.
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/18200.html

Mass Trauma Preparedness and Response. Web resources. CDC
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/masstrauma/index.asp

Material Safety Data Sheets, Vermont Site
http://hazard.com/msds/

Managing Hazardous Materials Incidents, Volume III, Medical Management Guidelines for Acute Chemical Exposures, ATSDR, April 2001.
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/mhmi.html

Medcial Aspects of Biological Warfare, Textbook of Military Medicine. The Borden Institute. 2007
http://www.bordeninstitute.army.mil/published_volumes/biological_warfare/biological.html

Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare, Textbook of Military Medicine
http://www.nbc-med.org/SiteContent/HomePage/WhatsNew/MedAspects/contents.html

https://ccc.apgea.army.mil/products/handbooks/books.htm

Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook, US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases. 5th Edition

6th edition (Log in required)
https://ccc.apgea.army.mil/products/handbooks/books.htm

Medical Management of Chemical Casualties Handbook, US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (Log in required)
https://ccc.apgea.army.mil/products/handbooks/books.htm

Medical Management of Radiological Casualties Handbook, US Army. 2d Edition, April 2003
http://www.afrri.usuhs.mil/www/outreach/pdf/2edmmrchandbook.pdf

Medical Information System, European Union

http://medusa.jrc.it/medisys/homeedition/en/home.html

Misc. Australian Capital Territory Department of Health Fact Sheets
http://health.act.gov.au/c/health?a=sp&did=10009573

National Center for Infectious Diseases electronic publications/documents
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/publicat.htm

National Library of Medicine BT site
http://www.sis.nlm.nih.gov/Tox/biologicalwarfare.htm

North Carolina Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology (SPICE), Medical Resources (Including Hospital agent charts for biological and chemical issues)
http://www.unc.edu/depts/spice/

PDA Documents, “Trauma, Terrorism, and Biochemical and Radiologic Warfare”. Emedicine Book
http://www.emedicine.com/specials/

PDA Documents . USAMRICD
https://ccc.apgea.army.mil/products/pda_docs/pda_downloads.htm

Pediatric Issues, American Academy of Pediatrics Terrorism Web site
http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/cad.htm

Pediatric Issues, Program for Pediatric Preparedness, The National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Mailman Center of Public Health, Columbia University
http://www.ncdp.mailman.columbia.edu/pediatric.html

Pediatric Issues. Pediatric Terrorism Disaster Preparedness Resource. AHRQ. 2006
http://www.ahrq.gov/research/pedprep/resource.htm (overview)

http://www.ahrq.gov/research/pedprep/pedresource.pdf (full 354-page pdf report)

“Potential Military Chemical/Biological Agents and Compounds”. FM 3-11.9, JANUARY 2005. Department of Defense.
http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm3-11-9.pdf

Radiation Issues, “Acute Radiation Syndrome Fact Sheet for Physicians.” CDC. December 20, 2002
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/factsheets/AcuteRadSyndrome.pdf

Radiation Issues. Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute. Multiple guides and resources. Including: The Biodosimetry Assessment Tool Adult/Pediatric Field Medical Record Biodosimetry Worksheet AFRRI Pocket Guide—Emergency Radiation Medicine Response
http://www.afrri.usuhs.mil/www/outreach/biodostools.htm#software

Radiation Issues. CDC's Roles in the Event of a Nuclear or Radiological Terrorist Event
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/cdcrole.asp

Radiation Issues, compendium of calculating tables and info
http://www.philrutherford.com/radiation_software.html

Radiation Issues, “The Day After: Action in the 24 Hours Following a Nuclear Blast in an American City.” Ashton B. Carter, Michael M. May, and William J. Perry A Report Based on a Workshop Hosted by The Preventive Defense Project Harvard and Stanford Universities.
http://iis-db.stanford.edu/pubs/21872/DayAfterWorkshopReport.pdf

Radiation Issues, Patient Treatment Guidelines. Department of Homeland Security Working Group on Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD) Preparedness. 9 Dec 2003.

Radiation Issues. Dirty Bomb Information Sheet. American Industrial Hygiene Association
http://www.aiha.org/GovernmentAffairs-PR/html/pr-dirtybomb.htm

Radiation Issues, “Disaster Preparedness for Radiology Professionals.” American College of Radiology

Radiation Issues, “Guidance for Industry. KI in Radiation Emergencies — Questions and Answers”. Food and Drug Administration, Dec 2002 (revision 1).
http://www.fda.gov/cder/guidance/5386fnl.htm

Radiation Issues, “FDA's guidance on protection of children and adults against thyroid cancer in case of nuclear accident”, Food and Drug Administration, December 10, 2001.
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/answers/2001/ans01126.html

Radiation issues, “Guidance For Protective Actions Following A Radiological Terrorist Event”. Position statement of the Health Physics Society. January 2004.
http://hps.org/documents/RDDPAGs.pdf

Radiation Issues. “Background Information on “Guidance for Protective Actions Following a Radiological Terrorist Event” Position Statement of the Health Physics Society. Jan 2004.
http://hps.org/documents/RDDPAGs.Background.pdf

Radiation Issues, Fact Sheets. Health Physics Society Information Page (Meant for a lay-man explanation)
http://hps.org/publicinformation/ate/faqs/radiation.html

http://hps.org/publicinformation/radfactsheets/

Radiation Issues, Fact Sheet. Radiological attack dirty bombs and other devices. The National Academies.

Radiation Issues, Medical Management of Internally Radiocontaminated Patients. Los Angeles County Department of Health Services EMS and MMRS
http://ladhs.org/ems/disaster/MMRSManual.pdf

Radiation Issues, “Method for Developing Arrangements for Response to a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency.” International Atomic Energy Agency. Oct 2003
http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Method2003_web.pdf

Radiation Issues, National Center for Environmental Health Radiation site, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/default.htm

Radiation Issues. NY State Web site including “Rapid Response Card”
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/bt/radiological_terrorism/index.htm

Radiation Issues, Potassium Iodide guidance, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/ki.htm

Radiation Issues, “Prussian Blue”, FDA Site
http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/prussian_blue/Q&A.htm

http://www.fda.gov/cder/foi/label/2003/021626lbl.pdf

Radiation Issues, "Radiological Emergency Information for Vermont Farmers, Food Processors and Distributors."
http://www.dps.state.vt.us/vem/ag_booklet_2006.pdf

Radiation Issues, Radiation Event Medical Management web site. US DHHS
http://remm.nlm.gov/

UK Recovery Handbook for Radiation Incidents, Health Protection Agency (UK), 2008
http://www.hpa.org.uk/web/HPAwebFile/HPAweb_C/1215501689286

Rare Diseases. National Institutes of Health Office
http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/

Realtime Outbreak and Disease Surveillance (RODS), Software Surveillance and Tracking System, University of Pittsburgh Center for Biomedical Informatics
http://www.health.pitt.edu/rods/

Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings, EPA, March 1999, 5th Edition
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/safety/healthcare/handbook/handbook.htm

Recognition of Illness Associated with the Intentional Release of a Biologic Agent, CDC, MMWR, October 19, 2001 / 50(41); 893-7
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5041a2.htm

SARS, University of California at Berkeley SARS Prevention and Response Plan and Tabletop
http://www.ucbcidp.org/sars/plan/index.html

Smallpox, CDC Site
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/

Smallpox, DHHS Site
http://www.smallpox.gov

Smallpox, “Scientific and Policy Considerations in Developing Smallpox Vaccination Options: A Workshop Report.” 2002 Institute of Medicine (IOM), Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP), National Academies Press
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309086043/html/

“Smallpox, What every clinician should know”. A self study course. CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5116a5.htm

Smallpox Vaccination Program, Department of Defense
http://www.smallpox.mil/

Smallpox, Vaccine Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2001
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5010a1.htm

Smallpox, Vaccination Info Site, CDC
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/training/smallpoxvaccine/reactions/default.htm

Smallpox Vaccine Information Statement, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/VIS/vis-spox.pdf

Smallpox, WHO slide set on diagnosis
http://www.who.int/emc/diseases/smallpox/slideset/

Terrorism Agent Information and Treatment Guidelines For Hospitals And Clinicians (“Zebra Packet”), County of Los Angeles, Department of Health Services, June 2003
http://www.labt.org/Zebra%20Packet/ZebraFinal.pdf

TOXNET, Toxicology Data Network, National Library of Medicine
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/

Treatment Guide. “Hazardous Materials Exposure Guide: A step-by-step Medical Response Guide” Minnesota Dpt of Health. 2008.
http://health.state.mn.us/divs/phl/labep/hazmat/hazmatguide.PDF

Tuleremia, OSHA Information Site
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/tularemia/index.html

Dispensing Functions, Strategic National Stockpile, Pharmaceutical and Other Systems

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, SNS information site
http://www.astho.org/?template=national_pharmaceutical_stockpil.html

Biological Detection System (BDS) resources. NJ Dpt of Health
http://www.cste.org/NJDHSSAnthraxpage.htm

Bioterrorism and Epidemic Outbreak Response Model (BERM). Mass prophylaxis / vaccination campaign staffing model. Weill Medical College of Cornell University.

http://www.ahcpr.gov/research/biomodel.htm

Center for Emergency Response Analytics, Dispensing models and info
http://www.response-analytics.org/pages/1/index.htm

“Community-Based Mass Prophylaxis: A Planning Guide for Public Health Preparedness” The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). August 2004.
http://www.ahrq.gov/research/cbmprophyl/cbmpro.htm

CSTE web site, NJ BDS forms and guidance
http://www.cste.org/NJDHSSAnthraxpage.htm

Emergency Drug/Vaccine Clinic Planning guidance, Texas Department of Health
http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/immunize/docs/bt_plan.pdf

Emergency Use Authorizations, Food and Drug Administration, Draft Guidance

http://www.fda.gov/oc/bioterrorism/emergency_use.html

Interstate Planning for the Strategic National Stockpile: Experiences in Five Regions. ASTHO. 2005
http://www.astho.org/pubs/SNSfinalreport.pdf

Mass Dispensing Clinic Video, Lorrain County Health Dpt, Ohio
http://www.loraincountyhealthalert.org/public/video.shtml?cat=1

Missouri Department of Health SNS resource center. (SNS exercise guide and clinical guides)
http://www.dhss.mo.gov/BT_Response/erp.htm

Rx Response. Commercial Pharmaceutical Consortium and Response System
http://www.iaem.com/Committees/College/

Signs (for use in PODs), Cambridge Public Health
http://www.cambridgepublichealth.org/services/emergency-preparedness/products.php

Signs (for use in PODs), Washington State DOH
http://www.doh.wa.gov/phepr/signs/

Smallpox, CDC Clinic Guidelines
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/response-plan/index.asp

Strategic National Stockpile Guide, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
http://www.ccbh.net/services/epidemiology/bt/guide.html

SNS Guides and FOG, Kansas
http://www.ksbiot.org/log.html

Strategic National Stockpile Guides, Missouri Emergency Response Site
http://www.dhss.state.mo.us/BT_Response/erp.htm

SNS, California Mass Prophylaxis Planning Guide
http://www.emsa.ca.gov/dms2/draft_mass_prophy_final.pdf

Equipment and Personal Protective Equipment

Biological Agent Detectors. An Introduction to Biological Agent Detection Equipment for Emergency First Responders, NIJ Guide 101-100. Dec 2001.
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/190747.pdf

“Chemical Agent Detection Guide for First Responders” International Safety Equipment Association.
http://www.safetyequipment.org/Chem_Guide_9.pdf

Emergency Responder Chemical and Biological Equipment Guides and Database. National Institute of Justice. June 2003
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/197978.htm

Guide for the Selection of Chemical and Biological Decontamination Equipment for Emergency First Responders, NIJ Guide 103-00
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/189724.pdf

Guide for the Selection of PPE for Emergency First Responders, NIJ Guide 102-00

Volume I, Nov 2002 http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/191518.pdf

Volume IIa, Nov 2002 http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/191519.pdf

Volume IIb, Nov 2002 http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/191520.pdf

Volume Iic, Nov 2002 http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/191521.pdf

“Guidelines for Use of Personal Protective Equipment by Law Enforcement Personnel during a Terrorist Chemical Agent Incident”, USASBCCOM, Dec 2003.

Interim Recommendations for Firefighters and Other First Responders for the Selection and Use of Protective Clothing and Respirators Against Biological Agents, CDC, Oct 2001
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/DocumentsApp/Anthrax/Protective/10242001Protect.asp

Masks, NIOSH Guide to the Selection and Use of Particulate Respirators Certified Under 42 CFR 84. DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 96-101. January 1996
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/userguid.html

NIOSH guide to industrial respiratory protection. DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 87-116. September, 1987
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/87-116.html

NIOSH Respirator Selection Logic. 2004.
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2005-100/default.html

NIOSH CBRN Respirator Standards Development
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/standardsdev/cbrn/

NIOSH Personal Protective Technology Laboratory Certified Equipment List
http://www2a.cdc.gov/drds/cel/cel_form_code.asp

Personal Protective Equipment during Influenza Outbreaks, Q&A, US FDA
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/emergency/flu_qa.html

Personal Protective Equipment, OSHA PPE factsheet, 2002
http://www.osha-slc.gov/OshDoc/data_General_Facts/ppe-factsheet.pdf

Personal Protective Equipment Program, Office of Health and Safety, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/manual/pprotect.htm

Personal Protective Equipment Guide for Military Medical Treatment Facility Personnel Handling Casualties from Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism Events. Technical Guide 275. U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine. August 2003
http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/documents/TG/TECHGUID/TG275new.pdf

PPE. Risk Assessment of Using Firefighter Protective Ensemble (FFPE) with Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) for Rescue Operations During a Terrorist Chemical Agent Incident Edgwood Chem Bio Ctr. Aug 2003
http://www.ecbc.army.mil/hld/cwirp/ffpe_scba_rescue_ops_download.htm

Respirators. NIOSH Approved Disposable Particlate Respirators (Filtering Facepieces)
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/topics/respirators/disp_part/

Respiratory Protection Program Manual, Office of Health and Safety, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/manual/respprot.htm

Urban Search and Rescue, HAZMAT PPE. NFPA 1951: Standard on Protective Ensembles for Technical Rescue Incidents
http://www.nfpa.org/aboutthecodes/AboutTheCodes.asp?DocNum=1951

Federal Plans and Guidance, Laws, Regulations, Public Health Planning and Guidance

Biological and Chemical Terrorism: Strategic Plan for Preparedness and Response. Recommendations of the CDC Strategic Planning Workgroup. April 21, 2000
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr4904a1.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr4904a1.htm

“Biological Weapons Improved Response Program (BW IRP) Response Decision Tree Workshop” Edgwood Chem Bio Ctr. May 2001

Bioterrorism Act of 2002 (from FDA site)
http://www.fda.gov/oc/bioterrorism/bioact.html

BT Toolbox, National Association of County and City Health Officials
http://bt.naccho.org/Bt-Toolbox/

Disaster Response: Principles of Preparation and Coordination, Auf der Heide E., St. Louis, CV Mosby 1989.
http://orgmail2.coe-dmha.org/dr/index.htm

Emergency Management Accreditation Program
http://www.emaponline.org/

Emergency Preparedness Resource Inventory, Resource Tracking Tool, AHRQ
http://www.ahrq.gov/research/epri/

Emergency Responder Guidelines, Office for Domestic Preparedness, Department of Justice,
1 Aug 2002
http://www.homelandsecurity.org/bulletin/emergencyresponderguidelines.pdf

EPA, Strategic Plan for Homeland Security, Sept 2002
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/downloads/epa_homeland_security_strategic_plan.pdf

Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/doctrine/national/frerp.htm

http://www.dca.state.fl.us/bpr/EMTOOLS/Nuclear/frerp.htm

Federal WMD Contingency Plan, “United States Government Interagency Domestic Terrorism Concept of Operations Plan” January 2001
http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/conplan.html

FEMA. "A Guide to the Disaster Declaration Process and Federal Disaster Assistance"
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/rebuild/recover/dec_proc.pdf

FEMA, State and Local Guide (SLG) 101: Guide for All-Hazard Emergency Operations Planning
http://www.fema.gov/rrr/gaheop.shtm

Grants. Government web site linking all federal grants.
http://www.grants.gov/

Homeland Security Reorganization Plan, The White House, Nov 2002
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/11/reorganization_plan.pdf

"How to lead during Bioattacks with the Publics Trust and Help: A Manual for Mayors, Governors and Top Health Officials." U. of Pittsburgh Medical Center. 2004.
http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/pages/resources/leadership.html

HSPD-8 web resource page, DHS
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/assessments/hspd8.htm

Improving Local and State Agency Response to Terrorist Incidents Involving Biological Weapons US Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command. June 2003.
http://www.ecbc.army.mil/hld/bwirp/bwirp_planning_guide_download.htm

Introduction to State and Local Emergency Operations Planning Guidance, 2002.
http://www.fema.gov/onp/introstate.shtm

http://www.fema.gov/regions/viii/suppgrants.shtm

Kansas City Kansas Bioterrorism Manual
http://www.kcmo.org/health.nsf/web/bioterrorism?opendocument

Lessons Learned Information System (LLIS), DHS
https://www.llis.dhs.gov/

MAPP - Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships, NACCHO/CDC
http://www.naccho.org/project77.cfm

The National Incident Management System. DHS. 1 March 2004.
http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/NIMS-90-web.pdf

National Public Health Preparedness Referral Service. Association of Schools of Public Health/CDC.
http://www.asph.org/acphp/referral.cfm

“A National Public Health Strategy For Terrorism Preparedness And Response: 2003 – 2008”, CDC. March 2004.
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/planning/tprstrategy/pdf/FinalExternalStrategicPlan4-15-04.pdf

National Response Plan, December 2004.
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interapp/editorial/editorial_0566.xml

http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/NRP_FullText.pdf

National Response Plan Information Flyer (Overview/Summary), DHS
http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/NRP_Brochure.pdf

National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction, The White House, Dec 2002
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/12/WMDStrategy.pdf

National Strategy for Homeland Security, White House, Oct 2007
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/homeland/nshs/2007/index.html

“The National Strategy for The Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets”. The White House, Feb 2003.
http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/Physical_Strategy.pdf

National Incident Management System Capability Assessment Support Tool (NIMCAST). DHS
http://www.fema.gov/nimcast/AssessmentPdfs.doc

The Office For Domestic Preparedness Guidelines For Homeland Security: DHS. June 2003
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/docs/ODPPrev1.pdf

OSHA 1910.120. Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response

OSHA National Emergency Management Plan, December 2003
http://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/Directive_pdf/HSO_01-00-001.pdf

Planning Document, “Elements of Effective Bioterrorism Preparedness: A Planning Primer for Local Public Health Agencies”. National Association of County and City Health Officials, Jan 2001.
http://www.naccho.org/files/documents/Final_Effective_Bioterrism.pdf

Preparedness Planning for State Health Officials: An Analysis of State Emergency Operations Plans: Responsible Agencies, Common Functions, and Innovative Elements. Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. 2002.
http://www.astho.org/pubs/SEOP.pdf

Public Health Surveillance After a Disaster. CDC Web site (multiple resources)
http://emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/surveillance/

“The Public Health Incident Command System (PHICS): A Guide for the Management of Emergencies or Other Unusual Incidents within Public Health Agencies.” Center for Public Health Preparedness, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of NY
http://www.ualbanycphp.org/pinata/phics/default.cfm

“The public health response to Biological and Chemical Terrorism”, Interim planning guidance for State Public health officials, CDC, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, July 2001.
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/Documents/Planning/PlanningGuidance.PDF

“Public Health Emergency Response Guide for State, Local, and Tribal Public Health Directors” CDC. Oct 2004.
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/planning/responseguide.asp

“Public Health Authorities. "Legal Authority for Implementation of a Federal Public Health and Medical Services Response"
http://www.hhs.gov/disasters/discussion/planners/legalauthority.html

State Strategies for Fully Integrating Public Health into Homeland Security “ Issues Brief. National Governors Association Center for Best Practices. November 23, 2005
http://preview.nga.org/Files/pdf/FULLYPUBLICHEALTH.pdf

Stafford Act
http://www.fema.gov/about/stafact.shtm

Strategic Plan, CDC, National Center for Infectious Diseases
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/emergplan/1toc.htm

Strategic Planning. US Army Strategic Planning and Resource Reference Book

“Task Force on Protecting Democracy”, Final Report (Recommendations for improving planning between local, state and federal government). National Conference of State Legislatures, July 2002
http://www.homelandsecurity.org/hls/ncslreport.doc

“Toolkit For Managing The Emergency Consequences Of Terrorist Incidents”. FEMA
http://www.fema.gov/preparedness/toolkit.shtm

“Writing a Disaster Plan: A Guide For Health Departments” UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters, 2005.
http://www.cphd.ucla.edu/

First Responder Guides/Procedures

AGILE, Communications Program (DOJ)
http://www.agileprogram.org/

Ambulance Personnel. “Minimum Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Ambulance Personnel in California. Guidelines. California Emergency Medical Services Authority. June 2005.
http://www.emsa.ca.gov/aboutemsa/emsa216.doc

The Application of HAZWOPER to Worksite Response and Cleanup Activities, OSHA, Dec 2005
http://www.osha.gov/dep/ohe/application_worksiteresponse.html

CERT Field Operations Guide
http://www.training.fema.gov/emiweb/downloads/fog.pdf

Chemical Weapons Improved Response Program Play Book: Guidelines for Responding to and Managing a Chemical Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorist Event. US Army. Dec 03
http://www.ecbc.army.mil/hld/cwirp/cwirp_playbook_download.htm

CHRIS Manual (Chemical Hazards Response Information System), US Coast Guard
http://www.chrismanual.com/

Connecting Communities: Emergency Preparedness and Security Resources, Federal Transit Administration
http://www.connectingcommunities.net/resources.html

“Coping with an Attack, a Quick Guide to Dealing with Biological, Chemical and ‘Dirty Bomb’ Attacks” Posters. The Center for Technology and National Security Policy (CTNSP). National Defense University
http://www.ndu.edu/ctnsp/wmd_tipsheet.htm

Disaster Site Worker Outreach Training Program, OSHA
http://www.osha.gov/fso/ote/training/disaster/disaster.html

Dispatcher’s Guide for WMD Incidents. U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC). Sept 2004.
http://www.ecbc.army.mil/hld/dl/ECBC_ACWA_WMD_DISPATCH.pdf

DOJ, Office for Domestic Preparedness, 1 August 2002.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/docs/EmergencyRespGuidelinesRevB.pdf

EMS Sector Standard Operating Procedures, Supplement 11, Hazardous Materials Response Handbook, NFPA, 1997.
http://www.nfpa.org/PDF/Sup11.pdf?src=nfpa

EMS Response Resources. Minnesota EMS
http://www.emsrb.state.mn.us/bioterrorism.asp

Emergency Response Guidebook (First Responder’s Guide for HAZMAT operations), DOT. 2008.
http://hazmat.dot.gov/pubs/erg/erg2008_eng.pdf

http://hazmat.dot.gov/pubs/erg/gydebook.htm

Emergency Responder Guidelines, ODP, 1 Aug 2002.
http://www.shsasresources.com/documents/emerg_resp_guide.pdf

Emergency Response to Incidents Involving Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents, Supplement 14, Hazardous Materials Response Handbook, NFPA, 1997.
http://www.nfpa.org/Codes/CodesandStandards/HazMat/HazMat.asp

Emergency Response Resources, NIOSH
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/emres01.html

Emergency Response Resources, OSHA
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/emergencyresponse/index.html

Emergency Response to Terrorism Job Aid, National Fire Academy, (2d Edition)
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/fire-service/c-terror/download-jobaid.shtm

EMS Sector Standard Operating Procedures, NFPA Guidelines

Field Guides (Misc.), Wisconsin Chapter, International Association of Arson Investigators.
http://www.wiiaai.com/news.htm

Bottle Bombs First Responder Awareness Card
http://www.wiiaai.com/news.htm

Clandestine Drug Labs First Responder Awareness Card
http://www.wiiaai.com/news.htm

Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) First Responder Awareness Card
http://www.wiiaai.com/news.htm

Operations Security (OPSEC) Public Safety Awareness Card
http://www.wiiaai.com/news.htm

Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) First Responder Awareness Card
http://www.wiiaai.com/news.htm

Suspicious Letter or Package Awareness Card S
http://www.wiiaai.com/news.htm

Suicide Bomber Awareness Card
http://www.wiiaai.com/news.htm

Mass Shooting Awareness Card
http://www.wiiaai.com/news.htm

Field Operations Guide, Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, USAID

USAID Disaster Response resources
http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/humanitarian_assistance/disaster_assistance/resources/

Field Operating Guide, US Coast Guard
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/mor/Articles/ICS.htm

Fire Chief’s Guide to Smallpox Vaccination, International Association of Fire Chiefs, January 2003
http://www.iafc.org/downloads/smallpoxguide2003.pdf

Firefighter Quick Reference Card for Mass Casualty Decontamination. Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, US Army. September 2003
http://www.ecbc.army.mil/hld/ip/firefighter_quick_ref_download.htm

Firefighter Quick Reference Card for a Suspected Chem/Bio Attack. Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, US Army.
http://www.ecbc.army.mil/hld/ip/firefighter_quick_ref_download.htm

http://www.ecbc.army.mil/hld/ip/firefighter_quick_ref_guide_download.htm

Fire Fighters Protective Ensemble. Guidelines for Incident Commander's Use of Firefighter Protective Ensemble (FFPE) with Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) for Rescue Operations During a Terrorist Chemical Agent Incident
http://www.ecbc.army.mil/hld/cwirp/cwirp_final_incident_command_download.htm

Guidelines for Decontamination of Fire Fighters and Their Equipment Following Hazardous Materials Incidents. NFPA.

Guide to Managing an Emergency Service Infection Control Program, US Fire Academy, Jan 2002
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/fa-112.pdf

Hazardous Materials Employee Resource Book, US Department of Transportation, 9/06
http://hazmat.dot.gov/contact/Hazmat_Employee_Resource_Book.pdf

Hazardous Materials Guide for First Responders, US Fire Academy, FEMA. (Available only as a CD)
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/hazmat/

Hazardous Materials, Medical Management Protocols, 2d Edition, Feb 1991, California EMS
http://www.emsa.ca.gov/aboutemsa/emsa231.pdf

Hazardous Materials Response Special Teams Capabilities and Contact Handbook, US Coast Guard. 2005
http://www.uscg.mil/HQ/G-M/2005SpecialTeamsHandbook.pdf

“The HAZMAT Laptop”, Consolidated resource listing, electronic resources
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/7392/hazmatlaptop.htm

HAZMAT 101 web site, information source
http://www.hazmat101.com/

Homeland Security Advisory System, “Fire and Emergency Services Preparedness Guide for the Homeland Security Advisory System” US Fire Administration. First Edition - January 2004
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/hsas-guide.pdf

Incident Management Handbook, US Coast Guard, 2001
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/mor/page2index.htm

Introduction to Biological Agent Detection Equipment for Emergency First Responders NCJ 190747, December 2001. National Institute of Justice
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/190747.pdf

Law Enforcement Officers Guide for Responding to Chemical Terrorist Incidents, US Army SBCCOM, Jan 2003.
http://www.ecbc.army.mil/hld/ip/le_officers_guide_download.htm

Managing Hazardous Materials Incidents, Volume I, Emergency Medical Services: A Planning Guide for the Management of Contaminated Patients, ATSDR, April, 2001.
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/mhmi.html

The Medical NBC Battlebook, US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine
(USACHPPM), Tech Guide 244, May 2000.
https://ccc.apgea.army.mil/products/handbooks/books.htm

August 2002 version (pdf file. Much larger file = longer download)
http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/documents/TG/TECHGUID/tg244.pdf

“Model Procedures for Responding to a Package with Suspicion of a Biological Threat” International Association of Fire Chiefs (In cooperation with FBI Hazardous Materials Response Unit, FBI Laboratory). October 2008

http://www.iafc.org/associations/4685/files/haz_IAFCmodelproceduresforbiohazardresponse.pdf

The National Academies, First Responder Web Resources
http://stills.nap.edu/shelves/first/

NFPA 472: Standard for Professional Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials Incidents, 1997.
http://www.nfpa.org/aboutthecodes/list_of_codes_and_standards.asp

NFPA 473: Standard for Competencies for EMS Personnel Responding to Hazardous Materials Incidents, 1997.
http://www.nfpa.org/aboutthecodes/list_of_codes_and_standards.asp

NFPA 1994 Standard on Protective Ensembles for Chemical/Biological Terrorism Incidents
http://www.nfpa.org/aboutthecodes/list_of_codes_and_standards.asp

National Safety Council, Multiple guides
http://www.nsc.org/issues/prepare.htm

Police Guides for Homeland Security, "Protecting Your Community from Terrorism: Strategies for Local Law Enforcement". US Department of Justice: The first three reports in a series of five on are now available on the COPS Web site. (COPS)
Volume 1, Part 1: http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/mime/open.pdf?Item=1362

Volume 1, Part 2: http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/mime/open.pdf?Item=1363

Volume 2: http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/mime/open.pdf?Item=1364

Volume 3: http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/mime/open.pdf?Item=1365

PPE. “Attention Emergency Responders: Guidance on Emergency Responder Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) forResponse to CBRN Terrorism Incidents.” NIOSH/CDC. June 2008.

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2008-132/pdfs/2008-132.pdf

Protecting Emergency Responders Series. NIOSH and the RAND Corporation
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/guidancedocs/rand.html

“Protecting First Responders: Lessons Learned From Terrorist Attacks”, RAND Corporation Study, Feb 2002.
http://www.rand.org/publications/CF/CF176/CF176.pdf

Protecting Emergency Responders, Volume 2: Community Views of Safety and Health Risks and Personal Protection Needs
http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1646/

Protecting Emergency Responders: Volume 3: Safety Management In Disaster And Terrorism Response. NIOSH and RAND.
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2004-144/

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2004-144/pdfs/2004-144.pdf

Public Health Emergency Response: A Guide for Leaders and Responders. US Department of Health and Human Services. August 2007.

http://www.hhs.gov/disasters/press/newsroom/mediaguide/guideleader.html

Radiation Incidents, “Casualty Management after Detonation of a Nuclear Weapon In an Urban Area”, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/casualties_detonation.htm

Radiation Incidents, “Casualty Management after a Deliberate Release of Radioactive Material”, CDC Fact Sheet.
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/casualties_radioactive.htm

Radiation Incidents, “Guidance for Radiation Accident Management - Prehospital Emergency Services” Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS)
http://www.orau.gov/reacts/manage.htm

Radiation Incidents, “Manual for First Responders to a Radiological Emergency” International Atomic Energy Agency. Oct 2006.
http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/EPR_FirstResponder_web.pdf

Radiation Incidents, “Pocket Guide for Responders to Ionizing Radiation Terrorism.” Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute.
http://www.afrri.usuhs.mil/www/outreach/pdf/pcktcard.pdf

Radiation Incidents, Protection Action Guides, EPA
http://www.epa.gov/radiation/rert/pags.htm

Radiation Incidents, Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program, Dpt of Energy, Radiological Transportation Issues
http://www.em.doe.gov/otem/program.html

Radiation Incidents, “What Every Public Safety Officer Should Know About Radiation and Radioactive Materials”. National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center. Feb 2003.
http://www.nlectc.org/radiation/radiation_brochure.pdf

Security Personnel. Preparing and Protecting Security Personnel in Emergencies. OSHA. 2007
http://www.osha.gov/Publications/3335-security-personnel.pdf

Special Populations, “Tips for First Responders” 2d edition. Ctr for Development and Disability. U. of New Mexico
http://cdd.unm.edu/products/tips_web020205.pdf

“Suggested Guidance for Supervisors at Disaster Rescue Sites” National Institute for Occupational Safetyand Health, Centers for Disease Control, October 2001.
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/emhaz2.html

Suspicious Package/Item Response. “Model Procedures for Responding to a Package with Suspicion of a Biological Threat.” International Association of Fire Chiefs. Jan 2004.
http://www.iafc.org/downloads/suspicious_packages.pdf

“Understanding Wireless Communications in Public Safety A Guidebook to Technology, Issues, Planning, and Management.” Imel and Hart, The National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center A Program of the National Institute of Justice. Second Edition: January 2003
http://www.justnet.org/pdffiles/wireless2003.pdf

Vaccinations. CDC Immunization Recommendations for First Responders
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/disease/responderimmun.asp

“Why Can't We Talk? Working Together to Bridge the Communications Gap to Save Lives." A Guide for Public Officials. National Task Force on Interoperability. February 2003 http://www.agileprogram.org/ntfi/ntfi_guide.pdf

Wireless Information System for First Responders (WISER), National Library of Medicine,HAZMAT PDA reference guide.
http://wiser.nlm.nih.gov/

Hospitals and Health Facilities

Academic Medical Centers. “Managing Emergency Preparedness: Academic Health Centers Organize and Innovate.” The Association of Academic Health Centers (AAHC) 2008
http://www.aahcdc.org/policy/reports/AAHC_Emergency_Prep_08.pdf

Acute Care Center: A Mass Casualty Care Strategy for Biological Terrorism Incidents. USASBCCOM. Dec. 1, 2001
http://www.ecbc.army.mil/hld/bwirp/bwirp_acc_blue_book_download.htm

Alternative Medical Care Site Selection Matrix. AHRQ
http://www.ahrq.gov/research/altsites/altmatrix1_final.htm

American Hospital Association Disaster Planning Resource List (Note hospital biological and chemical planning checklist)
http://www.hospitalconnect.com/aha/key_issues/disaster_readiness/index.html

“An Alternative Health Care Facility: Concept of Operations for the Off-Site Triage, Treatment, and Transportation Center (OST³C) Mass Casualty Care Strategy for a Chemical Terrorism Incident”, US Army SBCCOM, March 2001.
http://www.ecbc.army.mil/hld/cwirp/cwirp_concept_ops_ost3c_download.htm

Anthrax Treatment Protocol for Emergency Rooms, American Academy of Emergency Medicine, Nov 2001
http://www.aaem.org/terrorismresources/index.shtml

Bioterrorism Emergency Planning and Preparedness Questionnaire for Healthcare Facilities, AHRQ, DHHS, 10 Mar 2002
http://www.ahrq.gov/about/cpcr/bioterr.pdf

Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response: Use of Information Technologies and Decision Support Systems, Study Report, AHRQ, DHHS, July 2002.
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcsums/bioitsum.htm

Bioterrorism Reference Materials for Hospitals, Kentucky Hospital Association
http://www.kyha.com/prepare.htm

California Hospital Bioterrorism Planning Guide, Department of Health Services, 2002
http://www.dhs.ca.gov/lnc/download/default.htm

Chemical Response. “Recommendations for Hospitals: Chemical Decontamination, Staff Protection, Chemical Decontamination Equipment and Medication List, Evidence Collection. California Emergency Medical Services Authority. 2003.
http://www.emsa.cahwnet.gov/dms2/recommendation.doc

“Clinician Competencies in Emergency Preparedness” Columbia School of Nursing and the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine. 2005.
http://www.nursing.hs.columbia.edu/institutes-centers/chphsr/clinician-comps.pdf

Community Clinic and Health Center Emergency Operations Plan Template, California Clinic Emergency Preparedness Project, California EMS Authority/California Primary Care Association, June 2004.
http://www.emsa.ca.gov/hbppc/hbppc.asp

Decontamination Operations, “Recommendations for Hospitals Addressing Water Containment and Run Off During Decontamination Operations.” California Emergency Medical Services Authority. 2003.
http://www.emsa.cahwnet.gov/dms2/waste_water.doc

Disaster Medical Standards Grant Project, California EMS
http://www.mvemsa.com/Disaster/DMS%20Grant%20Proj/DisasterGrantProj.htm

Emergency Management (EM) Principles and Practices for Healthcare Systems. VA. 2006
http://www1.va.gov/emshg/page.cfm?pg=122

Emergency Management Program Guidebook, Veterans Administration (Hospital Planning Guide), 2002
http://www1.va.gov/emshg/apps/emp/emp.htm

Emergency Room Procedures in Chemical Hazard Emergencies: A Job Aid, CDC National Center for Environmental Health
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/demil/articles/initialtreat.htm

Emergency Severity Index. AHRQ
http://www.ahrq.gov/research/esi/esi1.htm

ER1 Project, MEDSTAR Emergency, Washington DC, Emergency Room Preparation
http://er1.org/

Field Manual for Capacity Assessment of Health Facilities in Responding To Emergencies. World Health Organization. April 2007.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/EVOD-72RHHL/$FILE/WHO.pdf?OpenElement

Greater NY Hospital Association Web Site – Misc. resources
http://www.gnyha.org/1/Default.aspx

Guidelines for Infection Control in Health Care Personnel, CDC, 1998
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/GUIDE/InfectControl98.pdf

Guidelines for Isolation Precautions in Hospitals, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/isolat/isolat.htm

Guidelines for Protecting the Health and Safety of Health Care Workers: 4/24/98, NIOSH
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/hcwold0.html

Hazardous Materials, Medical Management Protocols, 2d Edition, Feb 1991, California EMS
http://www.emsa.ca.gov/aboutemsa/emsa231.pdf

“HAZMAT for Healthcare” Web site.
http://www.hazmatforhealthcare.org

Health Center Emergency Management Program Expectations
ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/bphc/docs/2007pins/pin200715.pdf

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule: Disclosures for Emergency Preparedness - A Decision Tool
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/decisiontool/

“Hospital Capability Assessment for Readiness”, Healthcare Association of Hawaii
https://www.HAH-Emergency.net/
Then go to “Public Library”

Hospital Exercise evaluation tool, AHRQ
http://www.ahrq.gov/research/hospdrills/hospdrill.htm

Hospitals and Community Emergency Response - What You Need to Know, OSHA Document
http://www.osha-slc.gov/Publications/OSHA3152/osha3152.html

Hospital Emergency Incident Command System, California EMS
http://www.heics.com/

Hospitals Safe From Disasters, Project and Web Site, Pan-American Health Organization/World Health Organization
http://www.safehospitals.info/

Hospital Status Report Format. Veterans Administration
http://www1.va.gov/emshg/docs/OperatingStatusCkList-Report.doc

"In a Moment's Notice: Surge Capacity in Terrorist Bombings" CDC. Apr 2007.
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/masscasualties/surgecapacity.asp

Investigation of Air-dispersed pulmonary Agents work sheet, Texas Department of Health
http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bioterrorism/btform.pdf

Managing Hazardous Materials Incidents, Volume II, Hospital Emergency Departments: A Planning Guide for the Management of Contaminated Patients, ATSDR, April 2001.
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/mhmi.html

“Medical and Health Incident Management (MaHIM) System: A Comprehensive Functional System Description for Mass Casualty Medical and Health Incident Management.” Barbera J.A., Macintyre A.G. Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management, The George Washington University. Washington, D.C., October 2002. Supported by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
http://www.gwu.edu/~icdrm/MaHIM%20V2%20final%20report%20sec%202.pdf

Medical Surge Capacity and Capability Handbook, Department of Health and Human Services. 2004
http://www.hhs.gov/asphep/mscc_handbook.html

National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program, Health Resources and Services Administration, DHHS
http://www.hrsa.gov/bioterrorism/index.htm

“Neighborhood Emergency Help Center Pamphlet: A Mass Casualty Care Strategy for Biological Terrorism Incidents”, US Army SBCCOM, May 2001.
http://www.ecbc.army.mil/hld/bwirp/bwirp_nehc_green_book_download.htm

NIMS and the Hospital Emergency Incident Command System
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/nims/NIMSWebArticle1.pdf

NIMS Implementation Activities for Hospitals and Healthcare Systems
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/emergency/nims/imp_hos.pdf

Nursing Homes, Emergency Planning Site, Florida Health Care Association
http://www.fhca.org/emerprep/index.php

Nursing Home and Facility Planning, All Hazards model plan. North Carolina Healthcare Facility Assn.
http://www.nursinghomesnc.com/member-center/disaster-preparedness/all-hazards-planning-tool/

OSHA Best Practices for Hospital-Based First Receivers of Victims. December 2004.
http://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/bestpractices/firstreceivers_hospital.html

OSHA Health Facility Safety Resources
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/healthcarefacilities/index.html

http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/hospital_etool/mainpage.html

OSHA Standards Interpretation and Compliance Letters 03/10/1999 - Emergency response training necessary for hospital physicians/nurses that may treat contaminated patients.

OSHA Standards Interpretation and Compliance Letters 10/27/1992 - Training requirements for hospital personnel involved in an emergency response of a hazardous substance.

OSHA Standards Interpretation and Compliance Letters 03/31/1992 - Medical personnel exposed to patients contaminated with hazardous waste.

Patient Handling Precautions for BT agents, Walter Reed Army Medical Center (on Texas BT Web site)
http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bioterrorism/btmanag.pdf

Pediatric Mass Casualty Planning. The Program for Pediatric Preparedness. The Children's Hospital at Montefiore. NYC
http://www.pediatricpreparedness.org/

Providing Mass Medical Care with Scarce Resources: A Community Planning Guide. AHRQ. 2006
http://www.ahrq.gov/research/mce/

Public Health Emergencies: Quick Primer for Clinicians on Detecting Public Health Emergencies. Medical Society of the State of New York.
http://www.mssny.org/pub_health/Emergency_Primer.htm

Radiation Incidents, “Interim Guidelines for Hospital Response to Mass Casualties from a Radiological Incident.” December 2003. Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health. CDC
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/pdf/MassCasualtiesGuidelines.pdf

Radiation Incidents, “Guidance for Radiation Accident Management - Guidance for Hospital Medical Management” Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS)
http://www.orau.gov/reacts/care.htm

Radiation Incidents, “Hospital Emergency Department Management of Radiation Incidents”. The Health Physics Society.
https://hps.org/hsc/responsemed.html

Radiation Incidents, “Terrorism with Ionizing Radiation General Guidance Pocket Guide.” Department of Veterans Affairs.
http://www.afrri.usuhs.mil/www/outreach/pdf/pcktcard.pdf

Recovery Checklist for Hospitals After Disasters. GNYHA
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/bhpp/bhpp-hospital-tools-checklist.pdf

Stanford University Medical Center BT site, plans
http://www.stanfordhospital.com/forPhysiciansOthers/bioterrorism/bioterrorism.html

Surge, Hospital Surge Planning and Model. AHRQ
http://hospitalsurgemodel.ahrq.gov/

TB Respiratory Protection Program in Health Care Facilities, Administrators Guide, NIOSH
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/99-143.html

“Use of Former (“Shuttered”) Hospitals to Expand Surge Capacity: Requirements for Reopening a Shuttered Hospital in an Emergency and Suggestions for Meeting These Requirements.” AHRQ
http://www.ahrq.gov/research/shuttered/

Violence, Occupational Hazards in Hospitals, NIOSH, April 2002
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/2002-101.html

Incident Command System and Emergency Operations Center Tools

British Columbia Emergency Response Management System
http://www.pep.bc.ca/bcerms/bcerms.html

Capital Region, Florida Chapter, American Red Cross, Various forms and guides
http://www.tallytown.com/redcross/dsu.html#des

EOC Guide, Florida Emergency Management
http://floridadisaster.org/bpr/Response/engineers/eoc/eocguide.pdf

FEMA Forms
http://www.fema.gov/government/grant/pa/forms.shtm

Health Emergency Assistance Line and Triage Hub (HEALTH) Model, AHRQ
http://www.ahrq.gov/research/health/

ICS All Hazard Core Competencies, FEMA
http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nims/ics_competencies.shtm

Incident Command System, California Office of Emergency Services (See site for Standardized Emergency Management System “SEMS”)
http://www.oes.ca.gov/

Incident Command System, FEMA Reference Site
http://www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/ICSResource/

Incident Command System, FIRESCOPE site.
http://www.firescope.org/

http://www.firescope.org/ics-8x11-fog.htm

Incident Command System, Forms and Guides
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/mor/Articles/ICS.htm

http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/oilaids/ICS/ICS.html

http://www.nmt.edu/sar/IcsForms.html

Incident Command System, National Fire Service Incident Management Consortium
http://www.ims-consortium.org/

ICS, National Forest Service, ICS Forms. (pdf and dot formats)
http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/planning/nist/ics_forms.htm

ICS, National Wildlife Coordinating Group, Main site (Courses and resources listed)
http://www.nwcg.gov/pms/forms/ics.htm

Incident Command System, National Fire Service Incident Management Consortium, ICS Guides
http://www.ims-consortium.org/

Incident Command System, OSHA site
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/ics/index.html

ICS, Simplified Guide to the Incident Command System for Transportation Professionals
http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/ics%5Fguide/

http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/ics_guide/

Incident Command System, US Coast Guard Site
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/mor/Articles/ICS.htm

http://www.uscg.mil/hq/ics/icssplash/index.html

http://homeport.uscg.mil/mycg/portal/ep/browse.do?channelId=-17668

Incident Command System, US Fire Academy Position Task Books
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/subjects/incident/imt/imt-training.shtm

ICS Course and information, OSHA
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/ics/index.html

ICS Orientation Course, NY State Emergency Management Office
http://www.nysemo.state.ny.us/training/ics/module1.htm

National Incident Management System, Department of Homeland Security, 1 March 2004
http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/NIMS-90-web.pdf

National Incident Management System Course, IS-700, FEMA
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is700.asp

National Interagency Coordination Center
http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/

NICC Forms, Guides, Handbooks
http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/logistics/references.htm

NIMS online.com. Commercial site. Multiple references
http://www.nimsonline.com/

Public Health system Models, U. of Maryland
http://www.isr.umd.edu/Labs/CIM/projects/clinic/phpm.html

Resource Typing, FEMA Health and Medical Team Lists
http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=3316

Unified Facilities Criteria: Emergency Operations Center Planning and Design (DOD Guide to EOC design). DOD. 15 July 2008.
http://www.wbdg.org/ccb/DOD/UFC/ufc_4_141_04.pdf

Individual/ Public Guides and Information/ Volunteers

American Red Cross Disaster Guide
http://www.redcross.org/disaster/safety/guide.html

American Red Cross Guides, Specialty guides for animals, disabled, foreign languages, special populations http://www.redcross.org/disaster/safety/prepare.html

Anthrax Training Program (for the public), South Carolina Department of Health http://teamxtend.com/anthraxprevention/index.htm

“Are You Ready: A Guide to Citizen Preparedness”, FEMA, Sept 2002
http://www.fema.gov/areyouready/

Are You Prepared. San Francisco Preparedness site
http://www.72hours.org/

Australian Government Preparation Guidance

Bioterror Web Site, Linked to Television NOVA series, misc. resources
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bioterror/

Bioterrorism Disease Primer, USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/graphics/news/gra/gbioterror/frame.htm

CDC Health Update, “Addressing public concern about response to public health emergencies” October 2, 2001 http://www.bt.cdc.gov/DocumentsAPP/CDCHealthUpdateOctober022001.pdf

Charitable Immunity Manual, A review of Charitable Immunity Legislation for Volunteer Health Care Providers, Volunteers in Health Care
http://www.volunteersinhealthcare.org/Manuals/charit.imm.man.pdf

Chemical Agents: Facts about Personal Cleaning and Disposal of Contaminated Clothing. CDC
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/planning/personalcleaningfacts.asp

Chemical Emergencies, American Red Cross Family Information Brochure
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/readychemical.html

Citizens Corps, FEMA (volunteer efforts)
www.citizencorps.gov

Code of Federal Regulations. Title 42, Chapter 139, Section 14503. Limitation on liability for volunteers. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/42/14503.html

Community Guidelines For Developing A Spontaneous Volunteer Plan. Illinois Office of Homeland Security. http://www.illinois.gov/security/pdf/spontvol.PDF

Community Emergency Response Teams. Online training course. “IS 317 Introduction to Community Emergency Response Teams” FEMA
http://www.training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/is317.asp

The Community Preparedness Website Project, Multiple Resources
http://www.preparenow.org/

Corporation for National and Community Service
http://www.nationalservice.org/news/homeland.html

Crisis Checklist (for individuals), Organizing Made Simple (commercial firm)
http://www.organizingmadesimple.com/download/crisis-checklist-locked.pdf

Disaster/Emergency Preparedness Guidelines For Directors of Volunteer Services in Healthcare Facilities
http://www.hospitalconnect.com/asdvs/files/ASDVS_Disaster_Preparedness_Guidelines.doc

Do One Thing. Personal Preparedness web site
http://www.do1thing.us/

Emergency Planning for Your Family: The Five-Step Guide. Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada. (PSEPC)
http://www.emergencypreparednessweek.ca/index_e.asp

Emergency Preparedness Guides (for general population – multi-lingual), City of Denver
http://www.denvergov.org/jump_emergency.asp

Emergency Preparedness: Guidance and General Preparation. Department of Justice. Feb 2003.
http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/ps/dojepm.htm

Emergency Survival Program, Los Angeles County
http://www.espfocus.org/

A Federal Employee’s Emergency Guide, US Office of Personnel Management
http://www.opm.gov/emergency/PDF/EmployeesGuide.pdf

A Federal Employee’s Family Preparedness Guide, US Office of Personnel Management
http://www.opm.gov/emergency/PDF/NationalFamilyGuide.pdf

Frequently Asked Questions (Public), Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies, Johns Hopkins
http://www.hopkins-biodefense.org/faq.html

“Giving Birth “In Place”: A Guide to Emergency Preparedness for Childbirth”. American College of Nurse-Midwives. 2003. http://www.midwife.org/focus/inplace.cfm

Good Samaritan Laws, List of State Laws (and AED Laws), Less Stress Instructional Services
http://www.cprinstructor.com/legal.htm

Good Samaritan Laws, Wikipedia citation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Samaritan_Act

HAZMAT Guide. American Society of Safety Engineers
http://www.asse.org/naoshweek02_brochure_haz.pdf

Home Guides for Emergency Preparedness, Arlington County, VA, Multi-lingual.
http://www.co.arlington.va.us/emergency/

Homeowner emergency preparedness guide. Homeownership alliance & DHS
http://www.homeownershipalliance.com/documents/emergency_final.pdf

Individual Preparedness Guide. “Are You Ready: Guidelines for Navy Family Emergency Preparedness” Naval Services Family Line. January 2008
http://www.lifelines.navy.mil/idc/groups/public/documents/image/areyouready0308.pdf

“Individual Preparedness Response to Chemical, Radiological, Nuclear, and Biological Terrorist Attacks.” The Rand Corporation. 2003. http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1731/

Quick Guide
http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1731.1/MR1731.1.pdf

What You Should Do to Prepare for and Respond to Chemical, Radiological, Nuclear, and Biological Terrorist Attacks. Pocket Edition Survival Guide. RAND Corporation. 2004.
http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1731.2/

“Keep It With You” Personal medical information form. CDC
http://www.emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/kiwy.asp

“Managing Spontaneous Volunteers in Times of Disaster: The Synergy of Structure and Good Intentions” Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters (VOAD)
http://www.nvoad.org/ManagingSpontaneousVol.pdf

Medical Reserve Corps Web Link (Citizen’s Corps Volunteer Program, FEMA)
http://www.medicalreservecorps.gov/

Medical Reserve Corps Technical Assistance Series.
http://www.medicalreservecorps.gov/TASeries

National Library of Medicine Anthrax and Biological Warfare Information Resources
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/anthrax.html

Personal Protection and Chemical or Biological Terrorism, Frequently Asked Questions, Henry L. Stimson Center, Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Project
http://www.stimson.org/cwc/persprot.htm

Personal Protection Measures against the Terrorist Threat. Defense Intelligence Agency.

“Preparing for Emergencies”, United Kingdom preparedness guides
http://www.preparingforemergencies.gov.uk

Ready.Gov web site, Department of Homeland Security, Misc. Information
http://www.ready.gov/

Respirator fact sheet: “What you should know in deciding whether to buy escape hoods, gas masks, or other respirators for preparedness at home and work.” NIOSH. April 14, 2003
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/npptlrespfact.html

Retention and Recruitment for the Volunteer Emergency Services Challenges and Solutions. U.S. Fire Administration. May 2007 http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/fa-310.pdf

Shelter in Place Planning, Partnership Toward Safer Communities Program, Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs. http://www.ptsc-program.org/shelter_in_place.htm

“Sheltering in Place as a Public Protective Action”, National Institute for Chemical Studies, June 2001. http://www.nicsinfo.org/shelter%20in%20place.pdf

Sheltering in Place, Redefiningreadiness.doc study and resources
http://www.redefiningreadiness.net/

“State Liability Laws for Charitable Organizations and Volunteers” Nonprofit Risk Management Center http://nonprofitrisk.org/downloads/state-liability.pdf

“Terrorism – Preparing for the Unexpected” American Red Cross, Sept 2001
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/keepsafe/unexpected.html

Unaffiliated Volunteers in Response and Recovery. Florida Commission on Voluntary Service. 2003.
http://www.tallytown.com/redcross/library/UnaffiliatedVolunteersInResponseAndRecovery.pdf

USA Freedom Corps
http://www.usafreedomcorps.gov/

US Government, FirstGov Web Site “Protect Yourself and Your country”, numerous resources
http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Usgresponse.shtml

Volunteer Center Response Plan
http://www.preparenow.org/vcdplan.html

Volunteers in Health Care, Organizational Site (Specifically Information on volunteers for free clinics and has info on medical volunteer systems and recommendations)
http://www.volunteersinhealthcare.org/home.htm

Information Management/ Public Affairs/ Alert Systems/ GIS

A Journalist’s Guide to Covering Bioterrorism. Radio and Television News Directors Foundation. 2002. http://www.rtnda.org/resources/bioguide.pdf

“Assessing Your Disaster Public Awareness Program, A guide to strengthening public education,” EMAP. Oct 2006. http://www.emaponline.org/?179

CDC, Health Alert Network homepage
http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/han/

CDC, Media Relations Site
http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/

“Communicating in a Crisis: Risk Communication Guidelines for Public Officials,” US Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration , 2002
http://www.riskcommunication.samhsa.gov/index.htm

Communications. Talking About Disaster: Guide for Standard Messages by the National Disaster Education Coalition, Washington, D.C., 2004 http://www.disastereducation.org/guide.html

Communicating in the First Hours: Initial Communication with the Public during a Potential Terrorism Event. CDC Web Resource http://www.bt.cdc.gov/firsthours/

Communicator’s Guide, Federal Communications Network
http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/npr/library/papers/bkgrd/communicators.html

Communicating With the Public Using ATIS (Advanced Traveler Information Systems) During Disasters: A Guide for Practitioners. US Dpt of Transportation. April 2007.
http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/atis/index.htm

The Emergency Email Network
http://www.emergencyemailnetwork.com/

The Emergency Managers Weather Information Network
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/index.htm

FCC Clearinghouse for Emergency Information
http://www.fcc.gov/pshs/clearinghouse/index.html

“The Five Pillars of Emergency Communications Planning” An Envoy World Wide White Paper. Aug 2005 http://www.envoyworldwide.com/pdf/PillarsWppr0805.pdf

First Responder’s Guide To Satellite Communications, Satellite Industry Association
http://www.sia.org/frg_files/FirstResponder%27sGuidetoSatelliteCommunications.pdf

GIS: Baystate Medical Center's Health Geographics Program - the only hospital-based full time GIS department in the U.S. http://www.baystatehealth.com/gis

GIS: Chuck Croner's "Public Health GIS News and Information"
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/gis/gis_publichealthinfo.htm

GIS for Health and Human Services
http://www.esri.com/industries/health/index.html

GIS and Homeland Security - Preparedness (including health) http://www.esri.com/industries/homelandsecurity/business/preparedness.html

Homeland Security Advisory System (color coded system), The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020312-5.html

Homeland Security Advisory System. “Threat Advisory System Response Guideline: Considerations and Potential Actions in Response to the Department of Homeland Security Advisory System” American Society for Industrial Security. 2008. http://www.asisonline.org/guidelines/guidelinesthreat.pdf

Model Emergency Response Communications Plan for Infectious Disease Outbreaks and Bioterrorist Events, The Association of State and Territorial Directors of Health Promotion and Public Health Education (ASTDHPPHE), May 2000.
http://www.astdhpphe.org/bioterr/bioterror.pdf

National Emergency and Alerting Response System
http://comcare.org/nears/

National Public Health Radio Network
http://www.cdc.gov/cchis/nphrn.htm

National Retail Data Monitor System
http://rods.health.pitt.edu/NRDMContact.htm

News and Terrorism: Coordinating in a Crisis. The National Academies. Workshop Series. Various media products.
http://www.nae.edu/NAE/pubundcom.nsf/weblinks/MKEZ-538P3X?OpenDocument

Partnership for Public Warning, Working group web site
http://www.partnershipforpublicwarning.org/

http://ppw.us/ppw/index.html

Public Information. A Primer on Health Risk Communication Principles and Practices. ATSDR
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HEC/primer.html

Public Information. An Evaluation Primer on Health Risk Communication Programs and Outcomes. ATSDR http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HEC/evalprmr.html

Terrorism and Other Public Health Emergencies: A Reference Guide for the Media. US Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.hhs.gov/disasters/press/newsroom/mediaguide/media.html

Terrorism and Other Public Health Emergencies: A Field Guide for Media. US Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.hhs.gov/disasters/press/newsroom/mediaguide/

Laboratories

Anthrax environmental sampling guidance, NIOSH, April 2002
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/unp-envsamp.html

Association of Public Health Laboratories
http://www.aphl.org/

Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health, Fifth Edition, Feb 2007.
http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/biosfty/bmbl5/bmbl5toc.htm

General Laboratory Health and Safety Program, Office of Health and Safety, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/manual/labsfty.htm

Laboratory biosafety manual. WHO. 2004.
http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/biosafety/en/Biosafety7.pdf

Laboratory Security and Emergency Response Guidance for Laboratories Working with Select Agents, MMWR Guidance, Dec 6, 2002
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5119a1.htm

Legal and Law Enforcement Issues, Intelligence Documents

American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security
http://www.abanet.org/natsecurity/home.html

The American Health Lawyers Association
http://www.healthlawyers.org/

The American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics
http://www.aslme.org/

Biological Incident Operations: A Guide for Law Enforcement. Edgwood Chemical Biological Center. Sept 2004
http://www.ecbc.army.mil/hld/dl/ecbc_le_bio_guide.pdf

Bremer Commission, Study of US Laws, National Commission on Terrorism
http://www.terrorism.com/documents/bremercommission/index.shtml

Center’s for Disease Control, Public Health Law Program
http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/od/phlp/

Bench Book Links
http://www2a.cdc.gov/phlp/port_bench.asp

CDC Mutual Aid Agreement info and catalog
http://www2a.cdc.gov/phlp/mutualaid/index.asp

Center for the Law and Public’s Health, Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities
http://www.publichealthlaw.net/

Various checklists for legal and disaster operations and planning
http://www.publichealthlaw.net/Resources/BTlaw.htm

Center for State Homeland Security, Legislation site (listing of proposed and approved federal legislation)
http://www.cshs-us.org/cshs/cshs.nsf/Main/HomelandSecurityLegislation

Center for Terrorism Law, St. Mary’s University School of Law
http://www.stmarytx.edu/law/ctl/

Code of Federal Regulations, Browse by topic
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html

Code of Federal Regulations, Quarantine Extract, CDC
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/legal/42USC264.pdf

Code of Federal Regulations. Title 18. Ch 10. Biological Weapons
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/pIch10.html

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 42- The Public Health and Welfare
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/42/

Counter-terrorism.com: Training and Resources for Law Enforcement. US Government Site
http://www.counterterrorismtraining.gov/mission/index.html

Criminal and Epidemiological Investigation Handbook, Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US Department of Justice, and the US Army Soldier Biological Chemical Command. 2006.
http://www2a.cdc.gov/phlp/docs/CrimEpiHandbook2006.pdf

Disaster and Law Database. UC Berkely
http://www.law.berkeley.edu/library/disasters.html

“Domestic WMD Incident Management Legal Deskbook” Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
http://www.dtra.mil/newsservices/publications/deskbook/index.cfm

“Draft Checklist for State and Local Government Attorneys To Prepare For Possible Disasters.” Task Force on Emergency Management and Homeland Security. American Bar Association State and Local Government Law Section. March 2003.
http://www.abanet.org/statelocal/disaster.pdf

The Emergency Management Assistance Compact, Web Site.
http://www.emacweb.org/

EMAC. “ Beyond EMAC: Legal Issues in Mutual Aid for Public Health Practice” National Governor’s Association Center for Best Practices. Dec 2005
http://preview.nga.org/Files/pdf/05LEGALISSUES.pdf

Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery Checklist: Beyond the Emergency Management Plan. The American Health Lawyers Association
http://www.healthlawyers.org/docs/pi_EmergencyPreparedness.pdf

Federal and State Quarantine and Isolation Authority. Congressional Research Service. 16 Aug 2006
http://www.opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=51923

FindLaw.com web site. Commercial. Index and links to Terrorism Legal Cases
http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/us/terrorism/cases/index.html

Freedom of Information Act, Provisions in the Homeland Security Act of 2002, Public Law 107-296. Department of Justice information sheet.
http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foiapost/2003foiapost4.htm

“Guidelines for Pandemic Emergency Preparedness Planning: A Road Map for Courts” Criminal Courts Technical Assistance Project at American University. March 2007.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/pandemic/Pandemic_Road_Map.pdf

HAZMAT Law Web site, Misc. Regulations and law issues
http://www.hazmatlaw.com/

International Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding (NE states and Canada), 25th Annual Conference of the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers July 16-18, 2000
http://www.scics.gc.ca/cinfo00/85007918_e.html

Interpol Bioterrorism Incident Pre-Planning and Response Guide
http://www.interpol.int/Public/BioTerrorism/

Laws, Federal Public Health Laws and Information, CDC Web sites
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/Legal/

Legal Issues. U.S. Preparations for Biological Terrorism: Legal Limitations and the Need for Planning. Juliette N. Kayyem. March 2001. JFK School of Government, Harvard University.

Legal Documents, National Level Laws and PDDs ref WMD, National Security Institute Links
http://nsi.org/terrorism.html

Managing Terrorism’s Consequences, National Memorial Institute for The Prevention of Terrorism, Legal Guidebook. Dec 2002.
http://www.mipt.org/managing-terrorism-consequences.asp

Medical and Public Health Law Site, Louisiana State University
http://biotech.law.lsu.edu/index.htm

The MidAmerica Public Health Law Emergency Response Committee. Resources Site.
http://www.phelegalresponse.org/

A Military Guide to Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century. U.S. Army DCSINT Handbook No. 1 (Version 3.0). 15 August 2005.
Supplement 1 Terror Operations: Case Studies in Terrorism
Supplement 2 Cyber Operations and Cyber Terrorism
Supplement 3 Suicide Bombing in the Contemporary

Supplement 4 Defense Support of Civil Authorities
http://www.hitechcj.com/homelandsecurity/id7.html

Model State Emergency Health Powers Act, Center for the Law and Public’s Health, Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities
http://www.publichealthlaw.net/Resources/Modellaws.htm

Posse Comitatus. NORTHCOM Fact Sheet
http://www.northcom.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.factsheets&factsheet=5

Public Entity Risk Institute, Non-profit Information Clearinghouse (Risk and Legal Issues)
http://www.riskinstitute.org/lib.asp

The Public Health Law Association
http://www.phla.info/

Public Health Emergency Legal Preparedness Checklist: Civil Legal Liability and Public Health Emergencies. The Center for Law and the Public’s Health at Georgetown& Johns Hopkins Universities. December 2004.
http://www.publichealthlaw.net/Resources/ResourcesPDFs/Checklist%203.pdf

Public Health Emergency Legal Preparedness Checklist: Inter-jurisdictional Legal Coordination for Public Health Emergency Preparedness. The Center for Law & the Public’s Health at Georgetown& Johns Hopkins Universities. December 2004.
http://www.publichealthlaw.net/Resources/ResourcesPDFs/Checklist%201.pdf

Public Health Emergency Legal Preparedness Checklist: Local Government Public Health Emergency Legal Preparedness and Response. The Center for Law and the Public’s Health at Georgetown& Johns Hopkins Universities. December 2004
http://www.publichealthlaw.net/Resources/ResourcesPDFs/Checklist%202.pdf

“The Role of Law Enforcement in Public Health Emergencies” US Department of Justice. Sept 2006
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/pdf/role_law_enforce.pdf

Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act Questions and Answers (The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (“PREP Act”) … about liability related to the manufacture, testing, development, distribution, administration and use of countermeasures against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear agents of terrorism, epidemics, and pandemics.1

Security. State FOIA Laws: A Guide To Protecting Sensitive Water Security Information. Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies. 2002.
http://www.amwa.net/security/FOIA.pdf

The Smallpox Vaccine Injury and Law Guide, Louisiana State University’s School of Law
http://biotech.law.lsu.edu/blaw/bt/smallpox/svlaw.htm

Stafford Act
http://www.fema.gov/library/stafact.shtm

“State Liability Laws for Charitable Organizations and Volunteers” Nonprofit Risk Management Center Updated 2006.
http://nonprofitrisk.org/downloads/state-liability.pdf

US Law. Library of Congress Site
http://www.loc.gov/law/public/law.html

Logistics

AidMatrix. Cooperative for emergency donation management
http://www.aidmatrixnetwork.org/FEMA/Index.aspx

Blood Supply Issues. Disaster Operations Handbook: Coordinating The Nation’s Blood Supply During Disasters And Biological Events. American Association of Blood Banks. 2003.

Blood Supply Issues. Disaster Operations Handbook: Hospital Supplement. American Association of Blood Banks.

Emergency Management Assistance Compact
http://www.emacweb.org/

EMAC – CDC and Public Health Site
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/planning/emac/

Emergency Preparedness Resource Inventory, AHRQ Project
http://www.ahrq.gov/research/epri/

Homeland Security Standards Database
http://www.hssd.us/

Incident Resource Inventory System. FEMA
http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nims/rm/iris.shtm

Mental Health Issues

American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
http://www.aaets.org/

American Psychiatric Association, Disaster Psychiatry Page
http://www.psych.org/disasterpsych/

Death Notification Guidance, California Youth Authority
http://www.cya.ca.gov/staff/death.html

Disaster Mental Health Services: A Guidebook for Clinicians and Administrators, Department of Veterans Affairs, National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
http://www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/departments/socialwork/Provider/DMHS.htm#toc

Disaster Mental Health Primer: Key Principles, Issues and Questions. CDC
www.bt.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/pdf/primer.pdf

The Emergency Services and Disaster Relief Branch, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, DHHS
http://www.mentalhealth.org/cmhs/EmergencyServices/index.htm

IASC (Interagency Standing Committee) Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial support in Emergency settings. (UN). 2007

International Critical Incident Stress Foundation
http://www.icisf.org/

A Manager's Handbook: Handling Traumatic Events. US Government Office of Personnel Management. February 2003
http://www.opm.gov/ehs/html/toc.asp

Mass Trauma Mental Health Survey Instrument. CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/masstrauma/response/mhsurvey.htm

Mental health, Field Manual for mental health and human service workers in major disasters, DHHS Publication No. ADM 90-537, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2000.
http://www.mentalhealth.org/publications/allpubs/ADM90-537/index.htm

http://www.mentalhealth.org/publications/allpubs/ADM90-537/Default.asp

“Mental Health Response to Mass Violence and Terrorism: A Training Manual” U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Center for Mental Health Services. 2004.
http://media.shs.net/ken/pdf/SMA-3959/MassViolenceAndTerrorism.pdf

National Center for PTSD
http://www.ncptsd.org/

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
http://www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=hom_main

The National Mass Fatalities Institute
http://www.nmfi.org/

OVC Handbook for Coping After Terrorism: A Guide to Healing and Recovery. Office for Victims of Crime, Department of Justice. September 2001.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/infores/cat_hndbk/welcome.html

Preparing for the Psychological Consequences of Terrorism: A Public Health Strategy (2003) Institute of Medicine (IOM)
http://books.nap.edu/books/0309089530/html/index.html

Project Liberty, NYS post 9-11 Mental Health Project
http://www.projectliberty.state.ny.us/

Psychological and Emotional Effects of the September 11 Attacks on the World Trade Center Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York, 2001. CDC MMWR 6 Sept 2002.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5135a2.htm

“Surviving Field Stress for First Responders” ATSDR, May 2005
http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/phtn/webcast/stress-05/TrainingWorkbookstress-editp1.pdf

Traumatic Incident Stress, Information for Emergency Response Workers, NIOSH
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/unp-trinstrs.html

University of South Dakota, Disaster Mental Health Institute
http://www.usd.edu/dmhi/

Victim Assistance Online, Professional Resource Center
http://www.vaonline.org/

Mortuary Affairs

Coroner’s Mutual Aid Information Site. California Office of Emergency Services

“Dealing with the Stress of Recovering Human Dead Bodies”, USACHPPM Fact Sheet, Feb 02
http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/documents/FACT/36-004-0202.pdf

Disaster Mortuary Teams Web Site
http://www.dmort.org/

Disaster Victim Identification Report (Forms), INTERPOL
http://www.interpol.int/Public/DisasterVictim/Forms/Default.asp

Florida Emergency Mortuary Operations Emergency Response System
https://www.femors.org/ssl/

“Guidance on dealing with fatalities in emergencies”. United Kingdom Home Office. 2004.
http://www.ukresilience.info/contingencies/pubs/fatalities.pdf

Guidelines for Mass Fatality Management During Terrorist Incidents Involving Chemical Agents, Edgewood Chem Bio Center, Dec 2003 update
http://www.ecbc.army.mil/hld/cwirp/guidelines_mass_fatality_mgmt_download.htm

Guidelines for Protecting Mortuary Affairs Personnel from Potentially Infectious Materials, U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, Technical Guide 195, Oct 2001.
http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/documents/TG/TECHGUID/TG195a.pdf

The International Mass Fatalities Center
http://www.massfatalities.com/index.asp

Interim Health Recommendations for Workers who Handle Human Remains After a Disaster, CDC
http://emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/handleremains.asp

“Management of Dead Bodies in Disaster Situations.” Pan American Health Organization. 2004
http://www.paho.org/english/dd/ped/DeadBodiesBook.pdf

Management of Dead Bodies after Disasters: A Field Manual for First Responders. Pan American Health Organization, WHO, ICRC. 2006
http://www.paho.org/english/dd/ped/DeadBodiesFieldManual.htm

Mass Fatality Incident Management: Guidance for Hospitals and Other Healthcare Entities. LA County. August 2008
http://ems.dhs.lacounty.gov/ManualsProtocols/MFIM/MFIGuidanceForHospitals808.pdf

“Medical Examiners, Coroners, and Biologic Terrorism: A Guidebook for Surveillance and Case Management” MMWR June 2004.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5308a1.htm

Medical Examiner/Coroner Guide for Mass Fatality Management of Chemically Contaminated Remains. Edgewood Chem Bio Center
http://www.ecbc.army.mil/hld/ip/coroner_guide_download.htm

Model Procedure for Medical Examiner/Coroner on the Handling of a Body/Human Remains that are Potentially Radiologically Contaminated. Department of Energy
www.em.doe.gov/PDFs/transPDFs/Medical_Examiner_Coroner.pdf

National Association of Medical Examiners Mass Fatality Plan

National Association of Medical Examiners Resource Listing
http://www.thename.org/library_index.htm

National Mass Fatalities Institute, Misc. Resources
http://www.nmfi.org/resources.htm

Planning for a Possible Influenza Pandemic – A Framework for Planners Preparing to Manage Deaths. United Kingdom.
http://www.ukresilience.info/news/manage_deaths_guidance.aspx

US Army Mortuary Affairs Center
http://www.quartermaster.army.mil/mac/

Special Populations

Access to Emergency Alerts for People with Disabilities. WGBH Project
http://ncam.wgbh.org/alerts/

Accommodating Individuals with Disabilities In The Provision Of Disaster Mass Care, Housing, And Human Services, Reference Guide. FEMA
http://www.fema.gov/oer/reference/

“An ADA Guide for Local Governments: Making Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Programs Accessible to People with Disabilities. US Dpt of Justice. 30 Sept 2004.
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/emergencyprep.htm

http://www.ada.gov/emergencyprep.htm

“A Guide For People with Disabilities and Other Activity Limitations.” Western University of Health Sciences, Pamona, California. 2003
http://www.cdihp.org/evacuationpdf.htm

Children in Emergencies Planning Guide. Save The Children. Sept 2007

Child Welfare Agency Planning: “Coping With Disasters and Strengthening Systems: A Framework for Child Welfare Agencies” National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement. Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine. February, 2007 A service of the Children's Bureau, US Department of Health and Human Services
http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/helpkids/rcpdfs/copingwithdisasters.pdf

Comprehensive Preparedness Guide 301 (CPG-301): Emergency Management Planning Guide for Special Needs Populations. FEMA and DHS. 15 Aug 2008.

http://www.fema.gov/pdf/media/2008/301.pdf

Dialysis Patients. “Preparing for Emergencies: A Guide for People on Dialysis” The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. US DHHS.
http://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Pubs/pdf/10150.pdf

Disability.Gov Web site.
http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/

Department of Homeland Security Videos: For People with Disabilities:
https://www.ready.gov/america/getakit/disabled.html

For Older Americans
https://www.ready.gov/america/getakit/seniors.html

Preparing Pets for Emergencies
http://www.ready.gov/america/getakit/pets.html

“Disaster Preparedness for People with Disabilities”, web resource.
http://www.jik.com/disaster.html

http://www.disabilityresources.org/DISASTER.html

DisastersRUS web site
http://www.disastersrus.org/MyDisasters/disability/disability_preparedness.htm

Department of Transportation Emergency Planning Guide and Resource List for Special Populations
http://www.dotcr.ost.dot.gov/asp/emergencyprep.asp

Home Health Care Guides:

Emergency Preparedness Packet for Home Health Agencies
National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC)
http://www.nahc.org/regulatory/EP_Binder.pdf

Preparedness Planning for Home Health Care Providers
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
http://www.dhs.gov/xprepresp/programs/gc_1221055966370.shtm

Disaster Planning Guide for Home Health Care Providers
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/oha-home-health-care-preparedness.pdf

Interactive Map of Disability & Emergency Preparedness Resources. National Organization on Disabilities
http://www.nod.org/EPIResources/interactive_map.html

Manual for the Health Care of Children in Humanitarian Emergencies. WHO. 2008

http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2008/9789241596879_eng.pdf

Multilingual Emergency Medical Phrase Book, British Red Cross Society

The National Center on Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities
http://www.disabilitypreparedness.com/

National Collaboration for Youth, Misc. Mental Health and Info resources
http://www.nydic.org/resource_crises.cfm

National Resource Center on Advancing Emergency Preparedness for Culturally Diverse Communities. US DHHS and Drexel University
http://www.diversitypreparedness.org/

Refugee Health Information Network (Multi-lingual resources)
http://www.rhin.org/

“Sheltering People With Disabilities: Draft Space and Layout Considerations” Universal Access Committee. Connecticut. Dept. of Emergency Management and Homeland Security. Jan 2007.
http://www.ct.gov/demhs/lib/demhs/emergmgmt/planningguides/space_layout_considerations.pdf

The SPIN Registry (Special Needs Populations), Florida State University
http://www.spinreg.org/

US Access Board
http://www.access-board.gov/evac.htm

U.S. Department of Justice, Americans with Disabilities Act Website
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm

Transportation

Air Charity Network
http://www.aircharitynetwork.org/

Aircraft Emergencies. Federal Family Assistance Plan for Aviation Disasters. NTSB
http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/2000/spc0001.htm

Airports. “National Aviation Resource Manual For Quarantinable Diseases” Department of Transportation. Dec 2006
http://isddc.dot.gov/OLPFiles/OST/013334.pdf

DOT EM site, transportation and general EM resources
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/security/emergencymgmt/profcapacitybldg/

“The Public Transportation System Security and Emergency Preparedness Planning Guide.” U.S. DOT Federal Transit Administration. January 2003. Final Report
http://www.transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/Publications/security/PlanningGuide.pdf

“Guide To Developing An Effective Security Plan For The Highway Transportation Of Hazardous Materials. Battelle and Total Security. US for The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. 2003 (undated).
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safetyprogs/hm/Security_Plan_Guide.pdf

“A Guide to Public Transportation Security Resources. Transit Cooperative Research Program, Federal Transit Administration. May 2003.
http://gulliver.trb.org/publications/tcrp/tcrp_rrd_59.pdf

Homeland Security Air Transport System

http://www.hseats.org/

Mass Evacuation Transport Planning Model. AHRQ. 2008

http://massevacmodel.ahrq.gov/

Miscellaneous

Ataxia: The Chemical and Biological Terrorism Threat and the US Response. Stimson Center Report Number 35.
http://www.stimson.org/cwc/ataxia.htm

Bomb and Explosive Information, Bomb Security.Com
http://www.bombsecurity.com/

CANUTEC’s Home Page (HAZMAT Transport, Canadian Government)
http://www.canutec.gc.ca/

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, List of Grant Programs
http://www.cfda.gov/911.htm

The Cold War Era Civil Defense Museum
http://www.civildefensemuseum.com/index.html

Combating Terrorism, GAO Report on Federal Assets, Nov 2000, Good summary of Federal Documents, Plans and Assets for managing WMD Incidents.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0114.pdf

Disasterhelp.com Government Information Site
https://disasterhelp.gov/portal/jhtml/index.jhtml

Disaster Response: Principles of Preparation and Coordination. By Erik Auf der Heide. Online version of book.
http://www.coe-dmha.org/dr/flash.htm

EPA, National Response System
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/er/nrs/nrsrrt.htm

FEMA, A Guide to the Disaster Declaration Process
www.fema.gov/pdf/rebuild/recover/dec_proc.pdf

Gilmore Commission, Terrorism Planning, Rand Report, 2d annual report
http://www.rand.org/organization/nsrd/terrpanel/

Grants, Guide to Federal Resources for Emergency Services Departments, USFA
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/fire-service/grants/fedguide/fedguide.shtm

International Travel, CDC Site, “Yellow Book”
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/contentYellowBook.aspx

Military Operations. “The United Nations Civil-Military Coordination (UN-CMCoord) Officer Field Handbook” 10 March 2008.
http://ochaonline.un.org/OchaLinkClick.aspx?link=ocha&docId=1087066

Mitigation Practitioner’s Handbook, Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, USAID

The National Response Center, Chemical/HAZMAT spills
http://www.nrc.uscg.mil/index.html

National Warnings Area
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/nationalwarnings.html

NIOSH Pocket Guide
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/pgdstart.html#english

Occupational Safety and Health Guidance Manual for Hazardous Waste Site Activities. October, 1985 DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 85-115
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/85-115.html

Pro-Med Mail. Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases, International Society for Infectious Diseases
http://www.promedmail.org

Public Health Competencies for Emergency Response, Columbia U. /CDC project, April 2001
http://www.ncdp.mailman.columbia.edu/video.htm

Public Health Image Library (PHIL), CDC
http://phil.cdc.gov/Phil/default.asp

Recovery. Disaster Assistance: A Guide to Recovery Programs. FEMA-229 / September 2005
www.fema.gov/pdf/rebuild/ltrc/recoveryprograms229.pdf

Recovery. Long-Term Community Recovery Planning Process: A Self-Help Guide FEMA. December 2005.
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/rebuild/ltrc/selfhelp.pdf

Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Tool, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coastal Services Center
http://www.csc.noaa.gov/rvat/

Sexual Violence in Disasters: A planning guide for prevention and response
(Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault (LaFASA) & National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) )

http://www.nsvrc.org/_cms/fileUpload/Projects/NSVRCPUB_SV_Disaster_web.pdf

Special Events. “Special Events Contingency Planning Job Aids Manual”. FEMA. March 2005 http://www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/downloads/is15aSpecialEventsPlanning-JAmanual.pdf

Special Events. “Planned Special Events: Checklists for Practitioners” US Department of Transportation
http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/psechecklists/index.htm

The Sphere Handbook, Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response. The Sphere Project, Red Cross, Red Crescent
http://www.sphereproject.org/index.php

State Emergency Response Commission/Local Emergency Planning Committees Emergency Planning and Community Right To Know Act, Summary, CRS, Jan07
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32683.pdf

Title III of SARA, Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986.
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/42/ch116.text.html

Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) Data Base
http://www.epa.gov/ceppo/lepclist.htm

LEPCs and Deliberate Releases: Addressing Terrorist Activities in the Local Emergency Plan. EPA, May 2001.
http://www.epa.gov/ceppo/factsheets/lepcct.pdf

LEPC Information Exchange
http://www.lepcinfoexchange.com/

Supercourse, Epidemiology, the Internet, and Global Health, Collection of Public Health Lectures/Classes
http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/

Terrorists, Freedom Fighters, Crusaders, Propagandists, and Military Professionals on the Net (Web site links to numerous organizations)
http://www.cromwell-intl.com/security/netusers.html

Weather

Aviation Weather
http://www.aviationweather.noaa.gov/

Education/Outreach
http://www.weather.gov/os/edures.htm

Flooding/Water
http://www.floodsafety.noaa.gov/

Hurricane Awareness
http://www.weather.gov/om/hurricane/index.shtml

Lightning Safety
http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/

Marine Weather
http://www.weather.gov/os/marine/home.htm

MIC/WCM/SOO/DOH List
http://www.weather.gov/os/wcm-soo.pdf

Natural Hazards Statistics
http://www.weather.gov/os/hazstats.shtml

National Digital Forecast Database
http://www.weather.gov/ndfd/

NOAA Weather Radio Information
http://www.weather.gov/nwr/

Past Weather/Climate:

http://www.lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html

Publications List
http://www.weather.gov/os/pubslist.htm

Rip Current Awareness
http://www.ripcurrents.noaa.gov/

StormReady Home Page
http://www.stormready.noaa.gov/

Severe Weather Safety
http://www.weather.gov/os/severeweather/index.shtml

World Health Organization Documents
http://who.int/emc-documents/index.html

Training/ Seminars/ Classes/ Conferences

Advanced Hazmat Life Support Program, Emergency Medicine Research Center, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
http://www.ahls.org/

Alaska BT exercise web site
http://www.ci.anchorage.ak.us/healthchd/bugwars.cfm

American Hospital Association Disaster Training Site
http://www.aha.org/emergency/Education/EducationIndex.asp

American Red Cross Disaster Training Resource Guide
http://www.redcross.org/pubs/dspubs/cde.html

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Training Site
http://www.afip.org/edu/index.html

Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute. Seminars
http://www.afrri.usuhs.mil/www/outreach/seminars/schedule.html

Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute. Training
http://www.afrri.usuhs.mil/www/outreach/training.htm

Automated Exercise and Assessment System, Army National Guard
https://firstmuster.ngb.army.mil/aeas/

Bioterrorism Awareness Training Course, Online, Kentucky
http://www.kiprc.uky.edu/trap/bioterrorism.html

Bioterrorism Learning Center
http://bioterrorism.digiscript.com/

Bioterrorist Attack on Food: A Tabletop Exercise. Northwest Center for Public Health Practice. University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine.
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/nwcphp/edu/phe/

BT Create: A Customizable Bioterrorism Tabletop Exercise Builder. The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
http://www.naccho.org/prod140.cfm

California Distance Learning Health Network
http://www.cdlhn.com/

Case Studies, Public Health Training Network Training Site (Includes epidemiological case studies and training materials)
http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/phtn/casestudies/default.htm

Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Events List
http://www.hopkins-biodefense.org/pages/events/calevents.html

Center for Domestic Preparedness, Training Site, Anniston, Alabama. Medical Training Courses
https://cdp.dhs.gov/resident/healthcare.html

Center for National Response, DOD West Virginia training site
http://www.centerfornationalresponse.com/

CDC, Distance Learning Web Sites
http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/phtn/sites.asp

CDC, Emergency Training and Education web link
http://emergency.cdc.gov/training/#ph

CDC, Public Health Practice Programs Office (PHPPO) Training Sites
http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/training.asp

http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/trainingproducts.asp

Columbia University Disaster Tng Courses
http://www.ncdp.mailman.columbia.edu/training.htm

Community Emergency Response Teams. Online training course. “IS 317 Introduction to Community Emergency Response Teams” FEMA
http://www.training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/is317.asp

Compendium of Federal WMD and Domestic Preparedness courses, FEMA
http://www.fema.gov/compendium/index.jsp

Counter-terrorism Training. Federal site for police training opportunities
http://www.counterterrorismtraining.gov/

CSEPP (Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program) training packages. Chemical, decon, Mark I training.
http://CSEPPweb-emc.ornl.gov/CSEPPTraining.html

Department of Justice, Office for Domestic Preparedness
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/ta/overview.htm

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/docs/coursecatalog.pdf

DOD Defense Spt to Civil Authories Course
http://www.arnorth.org

DOJ Technical Assistance Training
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/docs/dpetap.htm

DOT Training Site, Multiple homeland security and ICS products
http://transit-safety.volpe.dot.gov/Security/TrainingTools/default.asp

Electronic Mass Casualty Assessment and Planning Scenarios (EMCAPS), Johns Hopkins
http://www.hopkins-cepar.org/EMCAPS/

Emedicine, Online medical education site

The Emergency Information Infrastructure Partnership Forum
http://www.emforum.org/

Emergency Management Exercise Reporting System (EMERS), FEMA
http://www.fema.gov/onp/emers/

EPA Environmental Response Television (Video Catalog)
http://www.ertvideo.org/Home.html

EPA Environmental Response Training Program ERTP Virtual University

http://www.ertpvu.org/kc/login/login.asp?kc_ident=kc0001

FEMA homeland security college course listings
http://www.training.fema.gov/emiweb/edu/collegelist/

FEMA Training Portal
http://training.fema.gov/

FEMA Education Resources
http://www.fema.gov/tab_education.shtm

“Guide for Contracting Local Drills and Exercises” Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health National Center for Disaster Preparedness
http://www.ncdp.mailman.columbia.edu/files/contracting.pdf

Health Care Master Exercise Practitioner Program (HC MEPP) Series. Emergency Management Institute, Noble Training Center. Training Courses.
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/cec/hcmepp.asp

Health TV. Education Channel
http://www.healthtvchannel.org/main/index.php

The Homeland Security Defense Education Consortium
http://hsdec.org/

Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/docs/hseep.htm

Illinois Public Health Preparedness Center.
http://www.uic.edu/sph/prepare/

Incident Command System and Public Health. U. of Minnesota online training
http://www.umncphp.umn.edu/IMS/

Integrated Emergency Management Courses, FEMA
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IEMC/

The International College of Homeland Security
http://www.homeland-security-college.org/

Introduction to Radiological Terrorism, the Nuclear Threat Initiative
http://www.nti.org/h_learnmore/radtutorial/index.html

Kentucky BT training site (online training program)
http://www.kiprc.uky.edu/trap/index.html

Learning Resource Center, National Emergency Training Center, FEMA/NFA, Bibliographic Card Catalog system
http://www.lrc.fema.gov/

Med Training.Com, Department of Defense Medical Training Site
http://www.medtrng.com/index2.html

The National Disaster Education Coalition (NDEC), Disaster Education Web site
http://www.disastereducation.org/

The National Emergency Rescue and Response Training Center, Texas A&M University
http://teexweb.tamu.edu/nerrtc/

NIH Videocasting series
http://videocast.nih.gov/default.asp

National Nurse Emergency Preparedness Initiative
http://www.nnepi.org/index.htm

National Terrorism Preparedness Institute, St. Petersburg Junior College
http://terrorism.spjc.edu/

National Wildlife Coordinating Group, Training Materials Site
http://www.nwcg.gov/pms/training/training.htm

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, DOJ Bomb Training for First Responders
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/docs/fs-nmt.htm

The Ohio Center for Public Health Preparedness at the Ohio State University School of Public Health
http://www.publichealthexercises.osu.edu

Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism
http://www.mipt.org/

Public Health Basic Emergency Preparedness Course, Columbia University Center for Public Health Preparedness.
http://cds.osr.columbia.edu/bepcourse/1.html

Public Health Emergency Exercise Toolkit: Planning, Designing, Conducting, and Evaluating Local Public Health Emergency Exercises. Columbia University School of Nursing. June 2006.

Public Health Foundation Training Resource Center
http://bookstore.phf.org/index.cfm

http://bookstore.phf.org/cat20.htm

Public Health Training Network, CDC
http://www2a.cdc.gov/phtn/default.asp

Radiation Emergencies, Department of Energy Training for First Responders/Fire Departments
http://tis.eh.doe.gov/fire/training.html

RAND database of Public Health Emergency Training
http://www.rand.org/health/projects/php/index.html

South Central Public Health Partnerships (Tulane and University of Alabama)
http://lms.southcentralpartnership.org/scphp

St. Louis University, Center for the Study of Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections, Resource Listing
http://www.slu.edu/colleges/sph/csbei/bioterrorism/products/orderform.pdf

“Supercourse” U. of Pittsburgh compilation of Public Health Training Resources. http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/index.htm

Tech Escort school/training, US Army
http://www.omems.redstone.army.mil/default.aspx?site_id=128&page_id=314

TRAIN – Public Health Foundation – Training calendars – multiple states
https://www.train.org/DesktopShell.aspx

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hospital BT Continuing education Courses
http://www.bioterrorism.uab.edu/

University of Findlay, Center for Terrorism Preparedness
http://seem.findlay.edu/

University of Minnesota Public Health Emergency Training (UM PHET)
http://www.sph.umn.edu/umncphp/phet.html.

http://cpheo.sph.umn.edu/cpheo/umncphp/online/home.html

University of North Carolina, School of Public Health, Web Broadcast list
http://www.sph.unc.edu/about/webcasts/

US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine Training Site
http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/trng/datepage.htm#Force

US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense training list
http://chemdef.apgea.army.mil/

http://ccc.apgea.army.mil/

US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases training list
http://www.usamriid.army.mil/education/index.html

US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Sept 2000 training
http://www.biomedtraining.org/

Workers Education and Training Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health
http://www.wetp.org/cgi-bin/apexec.cgi

Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response. Online training
http://ynhhs.emergencyeducation.org/

The following is intended to provide a comprehensive list of internet sites of use for emergency planning and in particular Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and medical emergency planning. To be useful as a working document, the listing is divided into the following categories:

Organizations
Federal Agencies (Includes non-US national-level offices)
International (International Agencies)
Local Emergency Management/ BT/ Health/ WMD web sites
Private, Non-Profit, Academic Organizations, Professional Societies

Web Link Compendiums, Glossaries, Search Engines and other Resource Listings

References:
Agricultural, Animal, Food, Water Issues
Business/ Facility/ School/ Installation Information
Community/Local Planning
Decontamination
Diseases/ Conditions/ Agents/ Treatment/ Surveillance Systems
Dispensing Functions, Strategic National Stockpile, Pharmaceutical and Other Systems.
Equipment and Personal Protective Equipment,
Federal Plans and Guidance, Laws, Regulations, Public Health Planning and Guidance
First responder guides/procedures
Hospital and Health Facilities
Incident Command System and Emergency Operations Center Tools
Individual/Family/Public Guides and Info, Volunteers
Information Management/Public Affairs/Alert Systems/GIS
Laboratories
Legal and Law Enforcement Issues, Intelligence Documents
Logistics
Mental Health Issues
Mortuary Affairs
Special Populations
Transportation
Miscellaneous
Weather
Training/ Seminars/ Classes/ Conferences

• There is an incredible amount of information available through the internet. As an introduction to understanding the complexity of all of the federal offices involved in WMD, go to the organizational chart

• To keep this list at a manageable level, some information is specifically omitted. There is a separate document which lists online periodicals and list servers. This list is available from the author below, upon request.

• Inclusion of sources here is done as an information service but in no way implies endorsement of any organization or product.

• PLEASE NOTE - This list is constantly being updated. To contact the author for the latest version, or to provide additional information, send an email to: gregory.banner@hhs.gov

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