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Bureau
of Justice Assistance
State and local domestic preparedness equipment grants.
Defense
Reutilization and Marketing Service
The site obtain original US Government surplus property.
EAI
Corporation
Since 1980, EAI Corporation, a GEO-CENTERS, INC. company, has been a premier
provider of chemical and biological defense training, equipment, and operational
analysis.
Life
Safety Systems
Life Safety Systems (LSS) is a provider of counter-terrorism equipment and supplies.
Office
of Justice
This site provides a list of federal grants.
US
Department of Health and Human Services
List of various federal grants available from the US Department of Health and
Human Services.
America's
War Against Terrorism
Various online documents via University of Michigan website.
Bioterrorism
as a Public Health Threat
This is an article by D.A. Henderson of The Johns Hopkins University, appeared
in the July-September 1998 issue of the Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal.
Center
for Civilian Biodefense Studies
The Center's web site is one of their "communication tools in helping avert
bioterrorism and its devastating effects. Their goal is to educate their colleagues,
public leaders, and the traditional response community in the medical and public
health aspects of a bioattack."
Center
for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP)
CIDRAP, located at the University of Minnesota, works to support the development
of and refine public policies relating to the prevention, control, and treatment
of infectious diseases to ensure that they reflect the most current biomedical
knowledge and to promote practices among both healthcare professionals and the
public that aim at reducing illness and death from infectious diseases through
provision of accurate, up-to-date information and education.
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office of Communication
CDCynergy, an interactive CD-ROM, is a training and decision-support tool.
It is designed to help CDC staff and public health professionals systematically
plan communication programs within a health context. It allows users to
assemble the piece of a health communication plan systematically by answering
questions offered in a specific sequence.
First
Gov
Government resource for planning, funding, and training.
Emergency Preparedness
and Response Branch (EPRB)
Part of the CDC's Environmental Health division, the EPRB provides support for
local, state and federal agencies to plan their emergency response protocols.
The EPRB also provides assistance after technological or natural disasters.
Health
Alert Network
The Health Alert Network (HAN) page provides important information "to
assist states in developing their health alert network information technology
and distance learning. It is part of the CDC's Bioterrorism Preparedness and
Response Program."
Homeland Defense
Journal
"We
are 100% Homeland Defense - This is our mission, our only mission."
Influenza
Pandemic Preparedness Planning
This site, from the CDC's National Vaccine Program Office, offers information
on influenza, its potential impact, information on pandemics and history of
influenza. There is also a link to FluAid
2.0, software that estimates number of deaths, hospitalizations, and
outpatient visits that may occur during the next outbreak.
National
Terrorism Preparedness Institute
To prepare the Nation's civilian and military first responders to survive
and mitigate the consequences of terrorist use of weapons of mass destruction
(WMD).
Office
of Justice Program for Counter-Terrorism
The origins of this web site lie in recommendations made by the Counter-Terrorism
Training Coordination Working Group convened by the US Department of Justice's
(DOJ's) Office of Justice Programs to examine the counter-terrorism tools available
to law enforcement and first responder communities.
Oklahoma
City National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT)
MIPT is dedicated to preventing and reducing terrorism and mitigating its
effect. One special obligation is to first responders - police officers, fire
fighters, emergency medical technicians, etc. The site provides links to research,
library resources, first responder resources, links to organization and information
regarding terrorism.
Public Health Emergency Legal Response
The MidAmerica Public Health Law Emergency Response Committee maintains this
website as a source of information for public health professionals, attorneys, journalists, business and not-for profit enterprises, and organizations in first response communities.
US
Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command's (SBCCOM's) Homeland Defense Business
Unit
Reducing the consequences of weapons of mass destruction incidents by enhancing
the preparedness, protection, and response capabilities of local, state, and
federal agencies.
United
States Institute of Peace Library
This site provides links to Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism websites.
Center
for Disease Control Terrorism Response
CDC website aimed at terrorism.
Federal
Bureau of Investigation
Criminal investigations.
Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
FEMA is an independent government agency. Its mission is to "reduce
loss of life and property and protect our nation's critical infrastructure from
all types of hazards through a comprehensive-based, emergency management program
of mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery." The site contains
links to administration, disaster assistance, preparedness/mitigation, and prevention.
Anthrax
This site from the Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response office
at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) contains technical and
general information about anthrax, including symptoms, vaccinations, images,
and planning documents. The site also links users to additional resources on
anthrax.
Anthrax
Vaccine - Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
This CDC MMWR report contains information on the use of anthrax vaccine
in the US.
Association
for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
APIC members are professionals working in infection control and epidemiology.
The site contains specific information regarding the threat of biological terrorism.
Biosafety Documents
This site contains links to CDC Biosafety publications, including HHS Regulations,
guidelines, symposium proceedings and presentations, and satellite broadcasts.
Bioterrorism
This site, from the Washington State Department of Health provides Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQ) about anthrax, the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington,
DC, and provides links to related sites.
Bioterrorism
Preparedness and Response Network
"This web site provides information about chemical and biological agents,
press releases, training, contacts, and other important information dealing
with the public health aspects of bioterrorism preparedness and response."
Emerging
Infectious Disesases
Peer reviewed journal that tracks infectious disease.
Focus
on Anthrax
This article, from Nature, contains technical and general information
about anthrax as well as links to other news items.
Guide
for the Selection of PPE for Emergency First Responders, NIJ
Guide 102-00
Guidelines
for the Surveillance and Control of Anthrax in Humans and Animals
This is the World Health Organizations' guideline for anthrax surveillance and
control. The report is in HTML format.
Health
Poll Search
Health Poll Search is a searchable archive of public opinion questions on health
issues that allows users to know what Americans think about health issues, as
well as what Americans have thought about health issues over time. Health Poll
Search is the result of a partnership between the Kaiser Family Foundation and
The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at the University of Connecticut.
The Roper Center houses an archive of more than 350,000 public opinion questions
dating back to 1935. The
Health Poll Search archive covers 29 topics and more than 300 subtopics, and holds
more than 60,000 questions on health issues from health care surveys that have
included questions on health. These questions provide information on public perceptions
of HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, health policy and health reform, Medicare and
Medicaid, women's health, the uninsured, minority health, and children's health.
Response percentages and source information are provided for all questions.
Isolation and Quarantine Toolkit
Public Health Seattle & King County have just released the “Isolation and Quarantine Toolkit,” designed to support local public health jurisdictions’ plans for large-scale isolation and quarantine responses. The Toolkit contains many legal forms that could be used in an emergency.
KaiserNetwork.org
KaiserNetwork.org provides up-to-date information on health policy issues. They
have daily reports on health policy, HIV/AIDS, and reproductive health; a health
poll search section; web casts of various programs or reports; an e-mail notification
services and state health facts online.
National
Domestic Preparedness Office (NDPO)
The NDPO is "the clearinghouse for state, local and federal weapons
of mass destruction information and assistance." The site provides a blue
print on domestic preparedness, information bulletins, services and emergency
responders. The program, from the Department of Justice, also assists state
and local response agencies in their preparation of domestic terrorism by offering
financial assistance, training resources, technical assistance, assessment and
exercises.
Proliferation
of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Assessing the Risk
This report, available in PDF format, assesses the risk of modern weapon proliferation.
Tox
Town
Sponsored by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), Tox Town is "an interactive
guide to commonly encountered toxic substances." It is designed to provide
information on: everyday
locations where toxic chemical may be found; non-technical descriptions of chemicals
links to selected, authoritative chemical information on the Internet;
how the environment can impact human health; and Internet resources on environmental
health topics.
US
Department of Health & Human Services Disaster Site
Various links to preparedness, planning, and response.
Academic
Centers for Public Health Preparedness(A-CPHP)
This site provides information about the network of 21 A-CPHP is a unique partnership
between accredited schools of public health and state and local health departments.
The power of the network lies in the partnerships. It provides a countrywide
defense system through the preparation of front-line public health workers and
first responders.
Center
for Health Policy at Columbia University
The Center for Health Policy (Center) at Columbia University
School of Nursing is a research and policy development center committed to improvement
of health and health systems. The site contains links to their Emergency Preparedness
Training Products as well as public health workforce competencies in bioterrorism
and emergency preparedness.
FEMA
Online Training
Courses in various topics relevant to Emergency Planning and Command are
available online through this website.
Incident
Command System
Online website established to educate participants on the Incident Command
System(ICS).
Public
Health Training Network (PHTN)
Sponsored by the CDC, the PHTN is a distance learning system. It offers "training
opportunities to professionals in public health settings, and, increasingly,
in health care and related settings." In addition to history and overview
of the PHTN process, the site contains information about video conferences,
audio conferences and meetings.
WMD
First Responders
This website was created by first responders to help improve the response
capabilities of emergency communications centers, EMS, fire, rescue, hazmat,
law enforcement, bomb squads, SWAT, hospitals, public health, risk management,
security, emergency management, public works, disaster management, American
Red Cross, and other responder agencies/organizations.
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