WMD, Emergency Management and Medical Websites

WMD, Emergency Management and Medical Websites

As of 8 Jan 2016

WMD, Emergency Management and Medical Web Sites

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 and Environmental Event Information

Training/Seminars/Classes/Conferences

· 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:

Organizations – Federal Agencies (US and Other Nations)

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Public Health Emergency Preparedness Site
http://www.ahrq.gov/prep/

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.tallyredcross.org/?page_id=86

(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.gov/

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

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

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

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/index.html

CDC, National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases (NCPDCID)

http://www.cdc.gov/ncpdcid/

CDC, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD)

http://www.cdc.gov/ncird/index.html

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

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

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/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

National Disaster Medical System, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
http://www.phe.gov/Preparedness/responders/ndms/Pages/ndmsrecruitment.aspx

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

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

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

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

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/

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

UK Dpt of Health Policy Index

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/index.htm

US Air Force Counterproliferation Center
http://cpc.au.af.mil/

US Army Homeland Defense/Civil Support Office

http://www.wood.army.mil/hls/

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

United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD)
https://chemdef.apgea.army.mil

U.S. Army Public Health Command (Provisional)
http://phc.amedd.army.mil/Pages/default.aspx

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

Chemical Casualty Care Division (CCCD) at USAMRICD (for consultation, education, and training)
https://ccc.apgea.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 Northern Command
http://www.northcom.mil/

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

Organizations – International

Australian Emergency Management (Government Site)
http://www.em.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Australian Federal Dpt of Health Emergency Response Site
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-pubhlth-strateg-bio-index.htm

Australian Government Disaster Assist (Current and Historical Events)
http://www.disasterassist.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

European Commission, Public Health Information/References
http://ec.europa.eu/health-eu/index_en.htm

European Commission, Risk Assessment and Mapping Guidelines for Disaster Management
http://ec.europa.eu/echo/civil_protection/civil/pdfdocs/prevention/COMM_PDF_SEC_2010_1626_F_staff_working_document_en.pdf

European Master of Disaster Medicine Program
http://www.dismedmaster.com/

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

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

INTERPOL, Bioterrorism Site
http://www.interpol.int/Public/BioTerrorism/default.asp

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

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

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

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/security/

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/

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/

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

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

American Academy of Medical Administrators
http://www.aameda.org/

American College of Emergency Physicians
http://www.acep.org/

American Medical Association
http://www.ama-assn.org/

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

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=Home1

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

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

Center for Biosecurity, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/

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

Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies, Johns Hopkins University
http://www.jhsph.edu/centersinstitutes/topic/16

Center for Disaster Medicine, University of New Mexico
http://hsc.unm.edu/som/cdm/index.shtml

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/

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/

Comprehensive Emergency Management Research Network
http://www.emforum.org/

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

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

Federation of American Scientists, Biological and Chemical Weapons Page
http://www.fas.org/programs/bio/index.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

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

Institute for Biosecurity, Saint Louis University School of Public Health
http://www.bioterrorism.slu.edu/

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/

Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response
http://www.hopkins-cepar.org/

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

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

Mount Royal University (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) Centre for Community Disaster Research
http://mtroyal.ca/ProgramsCourses/FacultiesSchoolsCentres/CentreforCommunityDisasterResearch/index.htm

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), Public Health Preparedness
http://www.naccho.org/topics/emergency/

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

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

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

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: or call at 202.546.4464 x201
(No web site available)

The National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, Academic Consortium
http://www.ndpc.us/

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

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

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

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

National Governor’s Association Center for Best Practices, Emergency Management Site
http://www.nga.org/

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

NJ Center for Public Health Preparedness, University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ
http://www.njcphp.org/

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

PACER. National Center for the Study of Preparedness and Catastrophic Event Response. Johns Hopkins.
http://www.pacercenter.org/default.aspx

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

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

The RAND Center for Public Health Systems and Security
http://www.rand.org/health/centers/public-health-systems-and-preparedness.html

Sandia Labs, Chemical/Biological Programs
http://www.sandia.gov/index.html

Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health
http://sdmph.org/publications/dmphp-journal/

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

University of Alabama Center for Emerging Infections and Emergency Preparedness
http://medicine.uab.edu/Peds/CEIEP/

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/dod_dictionary/

Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Terms, FEMA FAAT list
http://www.fema.gov/plan/prepare/faat.shtm

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

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://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/biodefenserelated/biodefense/publicmedia/pages/image_library.aspx

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

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

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

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

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 Homepage
http://www.epa.gov/compliance/assistance/index.html

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

National Communications System Library (listing of key governmental homeland
security documents, laws, etc.)
http://www.ncs.gov/library.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 Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Publications
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/pubs/all_date_desc_nopubnumbers.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/

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 Disaster Response Resources
http://www.osha.gov/dte/outreach/disaster/

OSHA Publications and Fact Sheets
http://www.osha.gov/pls/publications/publication.html

Project Disaster
http://projectdisaster.com/

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

Relief Web. UN International Resource Listing
http://reliefweb.int/home

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

Resource Typing. NIMS. FEMA
http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nims/ResourceMngmnt.shtm

Responder Knowledge Base (RKB), FEMA
https://www.rkb.us/

US Army Public Health Command Library

http://phc.amedd.army.mil/Pages/Library.aspx

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

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

World Health Organization, Disasters
http://www.who.int/topics/disasters/en/

References by Topic – Agricultural, Animal, Food and Water Issues

Agricultural, Chemical and Petroleum Industry Terrorism Handbook, FBI. 2006
http://www.hsdl.org/?view&doc=73306&coll=limited

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

American Veterinary Medical Association, Disaster specific area is
www.avma.org/disaster

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

Animals in Disasters, National Libarary of Medicine Disaster Information Management Research Center
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/animals.html

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

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://eden.lsu.edu/EDENCourses/AnimalAgrosecurity/Pages/default.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/Drugs/EmergencyPreparedness/BioterrorismandDrugPreparedness/default.htm

Food Defense and Emergency Response Site. US Food and Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodDefense/default.htm

Foodborne Outbreak Response Tm, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/outbreaknet/

FREE-B. The Food Related Emergency Exercise Boxed Set (Food Emergency Training Scenarios). US Food and Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodDefense/Training/ucm216741.htm

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

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

Guidelines for Food Disease Outbreak Response. Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOP). 2009.
http://www.cifor.us/documents/CIFORGuidelinesforFoodborneDiseaseOutbreakResponse.pdf

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

National Environmental Services Center, Misc. Resources
http://www.nesc.wvu.edu/sitemap.cfm

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

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

Veterinary. American Veterinary Medical Association. Animal Resources
http://www.avma.org/animal_health/default.asp

Veterinary. “Animals in Public Evacuation Centers.” CDC

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/animalspubevac.asp