Disaster Preparedness

The following are resources for disaster preparedness. These include natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, earthquakes and wildfires and also terrorism actions of WMD, biological, chemical and nuclear weapons.

Disaster Preparedness

Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry.
Alexeter Technologies, LLC. Bio-Threat-Alert bio detection equipment.
Ambulances to Nowhere: America’s Critical Shortfall in Medical Preparedness....
Anthrax as a Biological Weapon. JAMA Consensus Statement. Takes a minute or two to download. In response to recent concerns about the potential for biological terrorism, The Journal of the American Medical Association has made the full text of articles on this subject available free to the public.
Bio/Chem Terrorism 2002.
Biological Warfare and its Cutaneous Manifestations. Excellent Resource.
Bioterrorism Learning Center by Digiscript.
bioterrorism.org.
Bomb squad school. Washington Times Article about FF Course in New Mexico.
Botulinum Toxin as a Biological Weapon. JAMA Consensus Statement. Takes a minute or two to download. In response to recent concerns about the potential for biological terrorism, The Journal of the American Medical Association has made the full text of articles on this subject available free to the public.
California Governor's Office of Emergency Services.
California Governor's Office of Emergency Services. Directs and coordinates California disaster and emergency response, planning, preparedness, mitigation and recovery. Manages state US&R and Fire and Rescue Mutual Aid Systems.
Casualty Management After a Deliberate Release of Radioactive Material.
Casualty Management After Detonation of a Nuclear Weapon In an Urban Area.
Catastrophic Terrorism—Local Response to a National Threat. Article by Governor Frank Keating of Oklahoma.
CDC Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Site.
Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies.
Center for the Study of Bioterrorism & Emerging Infections.
chem-bio.com. Helping you counter the threat.
Chemical & Biological Arms Control Program.
Chemical & Biological Weapons Site.
Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute.
CHP Anthrax Training Video. CHP Training Video courtesy of Channel 10's server.
CIDRAP - Center for Infectious Disease Research And Policy. Provides a wealth of information about bioterrorism and is updated daily.
City of Sacramento Terrorism Related Information.
Counterproliferation and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs DASD (CP/CBD).
Counter-Terrorism Coordination and Health Information Networks (CTCHIN). Great resource for anti-terrorism and WMD info.
CounterTerrorism.com.
Dept of Health and Human Services Office of Emergency Preparedness.
Deptartment of Justice Office of State & Local Domestic Preparedness Support.
Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response Association.
Disaster-Resource.com.
Dr. Steven Tharratt on Bioterrorism.
EMedicine.com Biologial Warfare Agents Page.
Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness.
FDA Bioterrorism Page.
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency).
GlobalSecurity.org. Great resource for terrorism info.
Homeland Defense.
Homeland Security California Resources.
Institute for Homeland Security.
Johns Hopkins University's Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies.
Joint SIPRI-Bradford Chemical and Biological Warfare Project.
Mass Transit Defends Itself Against Terrorism.
Medical Management of Radiological Casualties. Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute Manual.
Medical NBC Online Information Server.
Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS).
Military Support of Civil Authorities.
Monterey Institute of International Studies. Chemical & Biological Weapons Resource Page.
National Disaster Search Dog Foundation.
National Domestic Preparedness Office (NDPO). The clearinghouse for state, local, and federal weapons of mass destruction information and assistance.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Biodefense Web site of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). On this site, you will find biodefense-related information for biomedical researchers, the public, and the media.
National Library of Medicine Info on Biological Warfare. Biological pathogens released intentionally or accidentally, or naturally occurring, can result in disease or death. Recent terrorist attacks in the United States and elsewhere have prompted widespread and justified societal concerns about the hostile use of biological agents and their potential threats to health.
National Pharmaceutical Stockpile Program.
NBC Industry Group. An association of organizations supporting nuclear, biological, and chemical defense.
NBC Links.
NBCProtect.com. Your source for Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical (NBC) personal protective equipment and services.
Noble Training Center. Noble Training Center is unique in that it is the only hospital facility in the U.S. devoted entirely to medical training for Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Nuclear War Survival Skills.
Oklahoma City National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism.
On Scene Commander's Guide For Responding to Biological/Chemical Threats.
Personal Protection & Chemical or Biological Terrorism.
Plague as a Biological Weapon. JAMA Consensus Statement. Takes a minute or two to download. In response to recent concerns about the potential for biological terrorism, The Journal of the American Medical Association has made the full text of articles on this subject available free to the public.
Plague War. A report on the biological weapons threat and how the Soviet Union secretly amassed an arsenal of bio-weapons.
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. Lots of good counter-terrorism information.
Protecting Emergency Responders - Lessons Learned from Terrorist Attacks. This report presents a summary of a December 2001 working conference, sponsored by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. The report addresses the equipment, training and information required to protect emergency responders as they meet the challenge of protecting their communities.
Questions and Answers On Bio-Warfare/Bio-Terrorism.
Rothstein Catalog of Disaster Recovery.
Selected Bioterrorism References.
Smallpox as a Biological Weapon. JAMA Consensus Statement. Takes a minute or two to download. In response to recent concerns about the potential for biological terrorism, The Journal of the American Medical Association has made the full text of articles on this subject available free to the public.
Terrorism and Nuclear Energy, Understanding the Risks. By Gwyneth Cravens, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
Terrorism Central. Responding to the need for a single, trusted source of information about terrorism and related security issues, TerrorismCentral is building a central information repository comprising original and secondary sources spanning over four decades of research.
Terrorism Threat: A Local Burden. Article about terrorism training film done with the help of SFD Hazmat teams. Quotes from Chief Jan Dunbar.
The Center for Defense Information Terrorism Project. CDI's Terrorism Project is designed to provide insights, in-depth analysis and facts on the military, security and foreign policy challenges as the United States, and the world, faces terrorism.
The Chemical Weapons Convention Homepage.
The Demon in the Freezer. How smallpox, a disease officially eradicated twenty years ago, became the biggest bioterrorist threat we now face.
The National Terrorism Preparedness Institute (NTPI) . Founded in May of 1998 as a result of the Nunn-Lugar-Domenici Act with the intent of providing Emergency Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism Training to first responders nationwide.
The NBC Medical Defense Information Server.
The Terrorism Research Center. The Terrorism Research Center is dedicated to informing the public of the phenomena of terrorism and information warfare.
Tularemia as a Biological Weapon. JAMA Consensus Statement. Takes a minute or two to download. In response to recent concerns about the potential for biological terrorism, The Journal of the American Medical Association has made the full text of articles on this subject available free to the public.
U.S. Army Courses on Medical Management of Biological Agent.
United States Air Force Counterproliferation Center.
Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams. General Information about WMD CST's.
WMD First Responders. To assist first responders in becoming more competent and confident in preparing for and managing of the life-threatening consequences and challenges of terrorism.

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Last modified: April 13, 2008

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