WMD, Emergency Management and Medical Web Sites As of 14 Jan 2009 LINKS PROVIDED BY GREG BANNER WMD, Emergency Management and Medical Websites As of 14 Jan 2009 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 Training/Seminars/Classes/Conferences • There is an incredible amount of information available through the internet. As an introduction to understanding the complexity of all of the federal offices involved in WMD, go to the organizational chart at http://cns.miis.edu/research/cbw/domestic.htm#wmdchart • To keep this list at a manageable level, some information is specifically omitted. There is a separate document which lists online periodicals and list servers. This list is available from the author below, upon request. • 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: [email protected] Page 2 WMD, Emergency Management and Medical Websites Organizations – Federal Agencies (US and Other Nations) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections Site http://www.bioterrorism.uab.edu/index.htm 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.tallytown.com/redcross/ (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.treas.gov/ Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness http://www.ccep.ca/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/ CDC, Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response http://www.bt.cdc.gov/ CDC, Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch, Outlines CDC emergency response assets and system http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/emergency/default.htm 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/ CDC, National Center for Infectious Diseases http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/index.htm CDC, Office of Health and Safety http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/default.htm CDC, Strategic National Stockpile Program http://www.bt.cdc.gov/stockpile/ CDC, Office of Workforce Policy and Planning, Professional Community Training http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/owpp/default.asp Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, US Food and Drug Administration http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html Defense Threat Reduction Agency - Chemical-Biological Defense http://www.dtra.mil/ Department of Defense/ Department of the Army, Director of Military Support http://www.doms.pentagon.mil/ Department of Defense, Military Vaccine Agency http://www.vaccines.mil/default.aspx Page 3 WMD, Emergency Management and Medical Websites 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/ Department of Health and Human Services http://dhhs.gov/ 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/ NIMS Integration Center http://www.fema.gov/nims/nims.shtm Department of Justice, Office for Domestic Preparedness http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/ Department of Transportation, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety http://hazmat.dot.gov/ EMAC, Emergency Management Assistance Compact http://www.emacweb.org/ Emergency Management Australia http://www.ema.gov.au/ema/emaInternet.nsf/HeadingPagesDisplay/Home?OpenDocument Environmental Protection Agency, Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office http://www.epa.gov/swercepp/ http://www.epa.gov/ceppo 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 FEMA, Office of National Preparedness http://www.fema.gov/onp/ Health Canada Emergency Response Site http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/protection/biotech/bioterrorism.htm Homeland Security Integration Center, US Army http://www.wood.army.mil/hls/ Joint Interagency Training Center – West. National Guard Homeland Defense Training Site http://www.jitc-west.org/index.html Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical-Biological Defense http://www.jpeocbd.osd.mil/ Joint Service Chemical Biological Information System, DOD, Tracking System for Equipment Development http://206.37.238.107/jscbis/jscbis.cfm Metropolitan Medical Response System, DHHS, OEP http://www.mmrs.fema.gov Page 4 WMD, Emergency Management and Medical Websites Military Vaccine Agency, US Department of Defense http://www.vaccines.mil/ Modeling and Simulation Information Analysis Center, DOD http://www.msiac.dmso.mil/wmd/default.asp National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory http://narac.llnl.gov National Disaster Medical System, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) http://ndms.dhhs.gov/index.html National Incident Management System (NIMS) Integration Center, FEMA/DHS http://www.fema.gov/nims/ National Infrastructure Protection Center http://www.nipc.gov/ National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, NIH, DHHS http://www2.niaid.nih.gov/biodefense/ National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/ National Institutes of Health, Office of Science Education http://science-education.nih.gov National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html National Nurse Emergency Preparedness Initiative http://www.nnepi.org/ 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 Office of Counterproliferation and Chemical and Biological Defense, DOD http://www.acq.osd.mil/cp/welcome.html The Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness (OCIPEP), Canadian Department of National Defense http://www.ocipep-bpiepc.gc.ca/home/index_e.asp Program Director for Biological Defense Systems, DOD agency conducting R and D for Bio systems http://www.sbccom.apgea.army.mil/RDA/pdbio/index.htm 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/ The Technical Support Working Group, Department of Defense, R&D http://www.tswg.gov/tswg/home/home.htm Page 5 WMD, Emergency Management and Medical Websites 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/PublicationsPolicy AndGuidance/index.htm UK Resilience, The Civil Contingencies Secretariat, The Home Office (United Kingdom) http://www.ukresilience.info/home.htm US Air Force Counterproliferation Center http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awc-cps.htm U.S. Army Chemical School http://www.wood.army.mil/usacmls/ US Army Corps of Engineers Emergency Ops Site http://209.225.176.11/ceerp/ US Army Edgwood Chemical Biological Center, US Army Research, Development and Engineering Command http://www.ecbc.army.mil/hld/ip/reports.htm U.S. Army Medical Command http://www.armymedicine.army.mil/default2.htm