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Homeland Security - Preparing for Possible Terrorist Incidents
Contents
- General Information on Homeland Security
- Preparing for Terrorism
- Health Related Planning
- Additional Information Resources
- Related MRSC Pages
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 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
- Homeland Security Institute - Federally Funded Research and Development
- International Association for Counterterrorism and Security Professionals
- Public Entity Risk Institute