Emergency Response
Guidebook (searchable website)
Managing Hazardous
Materials Incidents Volume I, Emergency
Medical Services
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Managing Hazardous
Materials Incidents Volume II, Hospital
Emergency Departments
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Federal
Radiological Emergency Response Plan
(FRERP)
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The
objective of the Federal Radiological
Emergency Response Plan (FRERP) is to
establish an organized and integrated
capability for timely, coordinated
response by Federal agencies to peacetime
radiological emergencies. The FRERP:
- Provides
the Federal Government's concept
of operations based on specific
authorities for responding to
radiological emergencies
- Outlines
Federal policies and planning
considerations on which the
concept of operations of this
Plan and Federal agency specific
response plans are based and
- Specifies
authorities and responsibilities
of each Federal agency that may
have a significant role in such
emergencies
Southern Emergency
Response Council
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Recognizing
the need for a formalized emergency
response agreement for the southern
region to respond to a radiological
incident, Southern States Energy Board
(SSEB) formed the Southern Emergency
Response Council (SERC) in 1972.
SERC’s membership is comprised of
radiation control officers from the
fourteen signatory states of the Southern
Agreement for Mutual State Radiological
Assistance: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina,
Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas and Virginia.
Southern
Mutual Radiation Assistance Plan (.pdf file -
requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
This document contains the general
provisions of the Southern Mutual
Radiation Assistance Plan, which provides
a mechanism for coordinating radiological
emergency assistance capabilities among
participating states. This report is
updated annually by the Southern
Emergency Response Council, for which
Southern States Energy Board (SSEB)
serves as secretariat.
Biological
and Chemical Terrorism: Strategic Plan
for Preparedness and Response (.pdf file -
requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
In partnership with\par representatives
for local and state health departments,
other federal agencies and medical and
public health professional associations,
CDC has developed a strategic plan to
address the deliberate dissemination of
biological or chemical agents. The plan
contains recommendations to reduce U.S.
vulnerability to biological and chemical
terrorism — preparedness planning,
detection and surveillance, laboratory
analysis, emergency response, and
communication systems. Training and
research are integral components for
achieving these recommendations. Success
of the plan hinges on strengthening the
relationships between medical and public
health professionals and on building new
partner-ships with emergency management,
the military, and law enforcement
professionals.
Bioterrorism
Readiness Plan: A Template for Healthcare
Facilities (.pdf file - requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader)
The Association for Professionals in
Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
recognizes the importance of awareness
and preparation for bioterrorism on the
part of healthcare facilities. In
cooperation with the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), APIC offers
this Bioterrorism Readiness Plan to serve
as a reference document and initial
template to facilitate preparation of
bioterrorism readiness plans for
individual institutions.
Lessons
Learned from a Full-Scale Bioterrorism
Exercise (.pdf file - requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader)
FBI Contacts for
Suspicious/OP Nerve Gas Incidents
(.rtf file -
requires Microsoft Word)
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
Healthcare Infection Control Practices
Advisory Committee (HICPAC) - Draft
Guideline for Environmental Infection
Control in Healthcare Facilities, 2001
(.pdf file -
requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Model
Emergency Response Communications Plan -
for Infectious Disease Outbreaks and
Bioterrorist Events
(.pdf file -
requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Elements
of Effective Bioterrorism Preparedness:
A Planning Primer for Local Public
Health Agencies
(.pdf file -
requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
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