Homeland Security - Preparing for Possible Terrorist Incidents

Contents

• General Information on Homeland Security
• Preparing for Terrorism
• Health Related Planning
  • Bioterrorism
• Additional Information Resources
• Related MRSC Pages
  • Emergency Management and Disaster Planning
  • Emergency Management for Water and Wastewater Systems
  • Emergency Management Planning
  • Hazardous Materials and Substances

General Information on Homeland Security

• Counterterrorism - U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) - Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - Develops and delivers training for emergency response providers from state, local, and tribal governments
• Disaster Assistance - U.S. Government site that combines the disaster resources of several federal agencies in one central location

Preparing for Terrorism

• Community Response to the Threat of Terrorism: Issues and Ideas Papers Presented During a PERI Internet Symposium (), presented November 2001, published by the Public Entity Risk Institute. Includes papers on Fire, Emergency Medical, Public Works Responses
• Emergency Responder Guidelines (), Office of Domestic Preparedness, August 2002 - Covers Law Enforcement, Fire, Emergency Management, Emergency Medical, Public Works
• Homeland Security: Practical Tools for Local Government (), National League of Cities, November 2002 via The National Environmental Services Center, West Virginia University
• LEPCs and Deliberate Releases: Addressing Terrorist Activities in the Local Emergency Plan (), EPA Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office, August 2001
• Managing the Emergency Consequence of Terrorist Incidents: Interim Planning Guide for State and Local Governments (), July 2002
• Managing the Threat of Terrorism - Publication Description, ICMA IQ Report, December 2001  MRSC Library Library Loan
• OVC Handbook for Coping After Terrorism: A Guide to Healing and Recovery - U.S. Department of Justice
  Office of Justice Programs, September 2001
• Preparing for Terrorism: What Every Manager Needs to Know, Public Management, December 1998  
• Terrorism: Preparing for the Unexpected () - American Red Cross

Health Related Planning

• Center for Disease Control Emergency Preparedness and Response - See Specific Topics: Bioterrorism, Chemical Emergencies, Mass Casualties
• Guidance for Filtration and Air-Cleaning Systems to Protect Building Environments from Airborne Chemical, Biological, or Radiological Attacks, DHHS (NIOSH) Pub No. 2003-136, April, 2003
• National Disaster Medical System - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Public Health Emergency 
• Public Health Emergency Preparedness - Washington State Department of Public Health
• Public Health Emergency Response Guide for State, Local, & Tribal Public Health Directors -  Center for Disease Control
• Response Capacity During A Health Emergency - A Review of Selected Issues (), Final Report, Washington State Board of Health, November 2001

Bioterrorism

• ACP-ASIM Bioterrorism and Disaster Preparedness - American College of Physicians & American Society of Internal Medicine
• Center for Disease Control - Emergency Preparedness and Response - Bioterrorism
• Center for Biosecurity of UPMC - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
• Local Government Response to Bioterrorist Acts - Public Entity Risk Institute
• Seattle-King County Department of Health Bioterrorism Preparedness
• University of Minnesota, Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP) - Bioterrorism Information

Additional Information Resources

• US-CERT - US Computer Emergency Readiness Team - Offers security alerts via E-mail
• Washington State
  • Washington State Military Department, Emergency Management Division - Terrorism 
  • Washington State Department of Health - Terrorism
• Homeland Security Institute  - Federally Funded Research and Development
• International Association for Counterterrorism and Security Professionals
• Public Entity Risk Institute

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