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Bioterrorism and Emergency Readiness: Competencies for ALL Public Health
Workers – This document includes basic competencies in emergency
preparedness AND bioterrorism (BT) readiness for all public health
workers. Emergency response works best within a consistent system. Many of
these BT competencies, with slight editing, also apply to other categories
of emergency, including those related to chemical, nuclear or explosive
devices.
- CDC Emergency
Preparedness & Response
– This site is
intended to increase the nation's ability to prepare for and respond to
public health emergencies. It contains information on bioterrorism, chemical, and radiological emergencies; mass casualty incidents;
natural disasters and severe weather; recent outbreaks and incidents; and
additional topics and resources. Information is available on programs such as the
Clinician Registry for Updates on Terrorism & Emergency Response,
Emergency Preparedness for Business, and the Strategic National Stockpile.
Resources include fact sheets, guidelines, notification protocols, news, frequently
asked questions, links,
and more.
- CDC Health
Alert Network - This project is intended to: ensure that each
community has rapid and timely access to emergent health information; a
cadre of highly-trained professional personnel; and evidence-based
practices and procedures for effective public health preparedness,
response, and service on a 24/7 basis.
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The Center for Biosecurity of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
(UPMC) – This Center works to prevent the development and use of biological weapons, to
catalyze advances in science and governance that diminish the power of
biological weapons as agents of mass lethality, and to lessen the human
suffering that would result if prevention fails. Areas of focus include:
agents and diseases; avian/pandemic influenza; business and biosecurity;
community engagement; countermeasure development;
government policy and programs; hospital preparedness; international
biosecurity; public health preparedness; and science and biosecurity.
- DisasterHelp.gov
– This web site is oriented toward helping users find
information and services across a wide range of relevant Disaster Management
offerings. It is a Disaster Management e-Government Initiative that focuses on
the four pillars of all-hazards disaster management: preparedness,
response, recovery, and mitigation. Custom tools are made available to
citizens and first responders that register. Validated first
responders also have access to collaborative tools. Site visitors can
browse by topic for disasters, non-government organizations, government
organizations, regions, and responders. Visit
www.disasterhelp.gov.
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Emergency and Terrorism Preparedness for Environmental Health
Practitioners
–
Provides environmental health practitioners with
information to help prepare and respond to emergencies, including links to
resources on preparedness and response planning, information systems,
competencies, and laws pertaining to dealing with environmental hazards. Browse
on the following topic areas: biologic and infectious waste, building
environment, food protection, general preparedness, hazardous materials,
radiation, vector control , and water security. This clearinghouse from CDC's National Center for Environmental Health
also lists training resources.
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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Best Practices highlight practices and procedures that members of the state and local emergency
management and responder community have found useful and effective. Included are exemplary practices in emergency management, smart practices
for rescuing animals in a disaster, and risk management publications.
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National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP) – The NCDP is an
academically-based resource center dedicated to the study, analysis and
enhancement of the nation's ability to prepare for and respond to major
disasters, including terrorism.
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PHIRC: Bioterrorism and Preparedness – This page
at the Public Health Infrastructure Resource Center (PHIRC) includes
notices, articles, tools and resources related to bioterrorism,
preparedness, and general disasters.
- Public Health Preparedness Database
– Designed to help state and local health officials find links to
resources and the best exercises to prepare for public health emergencies.
This web site contains a
searchable database of exercises used to evaluate public health
preparedness. Materials contained on the site were designed to help
state and local public health officials identify and evaluate exercises
to be used in preparedness activities in their local areas. This web site was designed by RAND, under contract to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Public Health Emergency
Preparedness.
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