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Public Safety Wireless Communications Interoperability Guide
"This guide defines public safety interoperability and explains the key issues causing interoperability problems in clear, concise terms. The guide is endorsed by the International Association of Fire Chiefs, the National Association of State EMS Directors, and the International Association of Chiefs of Police."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. SAFECOM
United States. Public Safety Wireless Network Program
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Public Safety Radio Communications on Tribal Lands: A Summary
"This report summarizes the Public Safety Radio Communications on Tribal Lands assessment. The purpose of the assessment was to gain an understanding of public safety interoperable communications on tribal lands. The report gives an overview of the state of land mobile radio communications and interoperability for the 12 tribal nations that were assessed."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. SAFECOM
United States. Public Safety Wireless Network Program
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Interoperability Today - Volume 1
"The Office for Interoperability and Compatibility (OIC) and SAFECOM, a program of OIC, have launched a quarterly newsletter entitled Interoperability Today. The newsletter will cover relevant topics pertaining to public safety interoperability in three focus areas " communications, equipment, and training. The inaugural issue includes a profile of Chris Essid, Interoperability Coordinator for the Commonwealth of Virginia; a column on interoperability efforts during the Super Bowl, written by SAFECOM Executive Committee Member Marilyn Ward; and an overview of the Interoperability Continuum. Interoperability Today will be distributed to key stakeholders and posted here on the SAFECOM Web site."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. SAFECOM
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Public Safety Radio Spectrum: A Vital Resource for Saving Lives and Protecting Property
"This guide produced in 2000 is an update of the Public Safety and Radio Spectrum Guide that was previously prepared by the PSWN Program. It stresses the importance of radio spectrum to public safety missions and discusses how radio spectrum for public safety use has changed since the original Public Safety and Radio Spectrum Guide was produced in 1998."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. SAFECOM
United States. Public Safety Wireless Network Program
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Explosive Devices
"This module provides individuals with the knowledge needed to recognize potential hazards and explosive devices, to include basic device type and design, device construction methods, and the components of improvised explosive devices. Additionally, the effects of explosive devices and when to initiate evacuation are discussed. The module also examines safety during explosive incidents and demonstrates how one might become a target for the terrorists secondary device."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office for Domestic Preparedness
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George Washington University: Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management [website]
"The goal of The Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management is to improve the disaster, emergency, and crisis management plans, actions and decisions of government, corporate, and not-for-profit organizations by transforming theory into practice. The Institute's objectives are to create and teach courses in crisis, disaster, and risk management; conduct research, and create knowledge through its research activities; and disseminate knowledge through education al programs, professional forums, and workshops. The Institute faculty and staff work to facilitate exchanges of crisis management information, knowledge, and best practices among all sectors. The Institute is engaged in both domestic and international endeavors."
George Washington University. Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management
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Clinton Administration's Policy on Critical Infrastructure Protection: Presidential Decision Directive 63 [Factsheet and White Paper]
White Paper on PDD 63, prefaced by a fact sheet on PDD 63. "This White Paper explains key elements of the Clinton Administration's policy on critical infrastructure protection. It is intended for dissemination to all interested parties in both the private and public sectors. It will also be used in U.S. Government professional education institutions, such as the National Defense University and the National Foreign Affairs Training Center, for course work and exercises on interagency practices and procedures. Wide dissemination of this unclassified White Paper is encouraged by all agencies of the U.S. Government."
United States. White House Office
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Tax Relief in Disaster Situations [website]
"Special tax law provisions may help taxpayers recover financially from the impact of a disaster, especially when the president declares their location to be a major disaster area. Depending on the circumstances, the IRS may grant additional time to file returns and pay taxes. Both individuals and businesses in a presidentially declared disaster area can get a faster refund by claiming losses related to the disaster on the tax return for the previous year, usually by filing an amended return."
United States. Internal Revenue Service
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Process Oriented Framework for Emergency Response Planning, Simulation and Execution
This presentation outlines levels of emergency response and specifically, emergency response as a combination of zonal/geographic level response (city, state, etc), scene/facility level response, and more complex scenes such as airports, harbors, stadiums, malls, large office complexes, chemical and pharmaceutical plants, power generation facilities, refineries, and hospitals. This presentation outlines a solution that can address response planning for highly complex scenes.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)
Brown, Robert; Collier, George H.; Tutos, Neculai C.
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Guide to Developing an Effective Security Plan for the Highway Transportation of Hazardous Materials
"This Guide is a tool that motor carriers transporting hazardous materials can use in developing a security plan as required by the U.S. Department of Transportation in their HM-232 rulemaking. It is designed to provide motor carriers with (a) sufficient background to understand the nature of the threats against hazardous materials transportation; (b) the means to identify the vulnerabilities to those threats; and (c) an approach to address the vulnerabilities. The first step in developing a security plan is conducting a security assessment. The Guide establishes a framework for reviewing a company's hazardous materials operations and identifying relevant threats and vulnerabilities. The focus is on making the assessment specific with respect to an individual company facility or each type of hazardous material. The Guide also offers an approach for prioritizing each of the threats and vulnerabilities that are identified. The discussion of the security plan introduces a recommended approach for determining appropriate security measures for addressing identified threats and vulnerabilities that help to eliminate unnecessary security-related expenses. Consideration of varying threat levels (such as those indicated by the Homeland Security Advisory System) and a method for prioritizing potential security measures is also discussed. The Guide covers the required security training (awareness and in-depth) and security plan administration. Administration includes the distribution, maintenance, verification, and validation of the full security plan as well as how to best incorporate the insights and support that are available from industry partners, local community organizations, and law enforcement agencies."
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Battelle; TotalSecurity.US
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Profiles on Legal Permanent Residents [website]
"Legal permanent residents (LPRs) are foreign nationals who have been granted the right to reside permanently in the United States. LPRs are often referred to simply as 'immigrants,' but they are also known as 'permanent resident aliens' and 'green card holders.' Click on the links below to generate a profile of selected demographic characteristics of immigrants who became legal permanent residents during the fiscal year. Profiles are available by country of birth, state of residence, and Metropolitan Statistical Area of residence."
United States. Office of Immigration Statistics
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DHS Profiles on Naturalized Citizens [website]
"Naturalized citizens are foreign nationals who have become citizens of the United States after fulfilling requirements established by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act. Click on the links below to generate a profile of selected demographic characteristics of immigrants who naturalized during the fiscal year. Profiles are available by country of birth, state of residence, and Metropolitan Statistical Area of residence."
United States. Office of Immigration Statistics
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Border and Transportation Security: Connecting the Dots for a Proactive Approach
"This paper addresses community policing strategies for preventing and responding to terrorism. The community policing philosophy is an important resource for preparing for and responding to acts of terrorism. While there is no one commonly recognized definition of community policing, this paper presents one possible definition that will be applied to preventing and responding to terrorist events."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Chapman, Robert; Scheider, Matthew; Seelman, Michael F.
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Connecting the Dots for a Proactive Approach
"The community policing philosophy is an important resource for preparing for and responding to acts of terrorism. While there is no one commonly recognized definition of community policing, here we present one possible definition that will be applied to preventing and responding to terrorist events. The definition is not meant to be proscriptive, but rather to offer some examples of the ways in which community policing can be implemented in local police departments and how they apply to terrorism related issues. Community policing can be defined as a philosophy that focuses on crime and social disorder through the delivery of police services that includes aspects of traditional law enforcement, as well as prevention, problem-solving tactics and partnerships. A fundamental shift from traditional, reactive policing, community policing stresses the prevention of crime before it occurs and requires police and citizens to join together as partners in the course of both identifying and effectively addressing the underlying conditions that give rise to crime and disorder. The community policing philosophy can be roughly divided into three inter-related elements organizational, tactical and external. Each of these elements will be discussed briefly and applied to the issues of terrorism prevention and response."
United States. Office of Justice Programs
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Fire/EMS Interoperability Study Summary Report
"This document provides an easy-to-read summary of the Fire/EMS Interoperability Study. The study identifies the issues that affect the ability of the fire and EMS community to achieve communications interoperability. The goal of the study is to provide detailed information to support policy development and decision making regarding interoperability issues."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. SAFECOM
United States. Public Safety Wireless Network Program
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Role of the Local Public Safety Community in Wireless Interoperability
"This guide is directed at local government leaders but is intended to assist all levels of government in understanding the role that the local government can take in improving public safety interoperability. Describing the local public safety community as the primary protector of life and property, this guide explains ways that the local public safety community can improve interoperability."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. SAFECOM
United States. Public Safety Wireless Network Program
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Role of the States in Public Safety Wireless Interoperability
"This guide is directed at state government leaders but it is intended to assist all levels of government in understanding the role that state governments can play in improving public safety interoperability. Focusing on states as the linchpins to interoperability, this guide explains the actions that states can take in each of the five key issue areas to interoperability."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. SAFECOM
United States. Public Safety Wireless Network Program
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President's 2006 Budget: Homeland Security
"The Presidents 2006 Budget will continue to ensure the security of the Nations borders, ports, and transportation systems with enhanced screening of goods and people through programs such as the new Screening Coordination and Operations Office; an increase for the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) system; additional radiological and nuclear inspection equipment; and expansion of the Container Security Initiative. The Presidents 2006 Budget will also enhance enforcement, border, and port security with increases to the Border Patrol; continued execution of the Arizona Border Control Initiative (ABCI); improvements to the Coast Guard; and new, threat-focused State and local assistance grants."
United States. Office of Management and Budget
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Edgewood Chemical Biological Center [website]
"ECBC is the nation's principal research and development center for non-medical chemical and biological defense. ECBC develops technology in the areas of detection, protection, and deconatmination and provides support over the entire lifecycle - from basic research through technology development, engineering design, equipment evaluation, product support, sustainment, field operations and disposal."
Edgewood Chemical Biological Center
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By the Capes: A Primer on U.S. Coastwise Laws
"Title I of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 declares, in part, that the national defense and the development of domestic commerce of the United States require a merchant marine sufficient to carry the nation's domestic waterborne commerce. A number of federal laws guide this policy, including several that restrict domestic commerce to vessels that are constructed in the United States, owned by U.S. citizens, and registered under the U.S. flag. While actual interpretation and enforcement of those laws is the responsibility of the U.S. Customs Service and the U.S. Coast Guard, the Maritime Administration (MARAD) is concerned with their effect on the national programs that it administers. Accordingly, MARAD is frequently the first of the three agencies to be contacted on questions concerning the coastwise laws. This pamphlet has been prepared as an aid to better understand the origin, purpose and content of the coastwise laws. It is not intended to be an exhaustive treatment of the subject. Accordingly, MARAD of the Department of Transportation, and the United States Government do not represent this summary discussion of the major coastwise laws as determinative with regard to any particular set of facts requiring construction or interpretation of the pertinent statutes and regulations implementing the coastwise laws. Readers are urged to consult the cited statutes (United States Code) and regulations (Code of Federal Regulations) for their full text as well as rulings of the U.S. Customs Service or U.S. Coast Guard for interpretations applicable to specific situations."
United States. Maritime Administration
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Interoperability Continuum Brochure
"The Interoperability Continuum is designed to help the public safety community and local, tribal, state, and federal policy makers address critical elements for success as they plan and implement interoperability solutions. These elements include governance, standard operating procedures, technology, training/exercises, and usage of interoperable communications. The Interoperability Continuum was developed in accordance with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology (S&T) Directorates Office for Interoperability and Compatibility's SAFECOM program's locally driven philosophy and its practical experience in working with local governments across the nation. This tool was established to depict the core facets of interoperability according to the stated needs and challenges of the public safety community and will aid public safety practitioners and policy makers in their short- and long-term interoperability efforts."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. SAFECOM
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Privatizing Peacekeeping: The Growing Prominence of Private Military Companies in Conflict and Crisis [presentation]
This presentation defines the following: mercenary, private military company, humanitarian relief organization, complex contingency, and principles of military operations other than war. It also looks at the history of privatized peacekeeping, recent developments, PMCs (private military companies) as enablers of peacekeeping and humanitarian relief, the dangers of employing PMCs, concepts for mitigating risk, and conclusions that PMCs will continue to play a critical role in complex contingencies and other crises; they offer a wide variety of critical enablers to regular military forces and humanitarian relief organizations, there is significant risk associated with PMCs, and PMC employment requires competent program management to exploit their capabilities while mitigating risk.
Command and Control Research Program (U.S.)
Mayer, Christoper T.
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS): Avian Influenza (AI) [website]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) works to keep HPAI [high-pathogenicity avian influenza] from becoming established in the U.S. poultry population.
United States. Department of Agriculture
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) [website]
This webpage provides background information about avian influenza, including recent outbreaks, the viruses, and the risk to human health.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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Home Preparation Procedure for Emergency Administration of Potassium Iodide Tablets to Infants and Small Children
"In the event of accidental release of radioactive iodine into the atmosphere, potassium iodide (KI) is recommended for use as an aid to other emergency measures, such as evacuation and food control measures. When used correctly, potassium iodide can prevent or reduce the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland. The government stockpiles potassium iodide for emergency uses, such as in the event of an unexpected release of radioactive iodide. Potassium iodide (KI) is stockpiled as tablets because tablets are easier to store; however, infants and small children cannot swallow tablets. In an emergency such as an unexpected release of radioactive iodine, the potassium iodide tablets may need to be given to infants and children by their parents or caregivers. Since potassium iodide dissolved in water may be too salty to drink, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing parents or caregivers with instructions on how to mix the potassium iodide tablets with a food or a drink to disguise the taste so infants and small children will take the medicine in an emergency."
United States. Food and Drug Administration
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Special Report on 'Phishing'
"During 2003 and early 2004, law enforcement authorities, businesses, and Internet users have seen a significant increase in the use of phishing. Phishing is a general term for criminals creation and use of e-mails and websites " designed to look like e-mails and websites of wellknown legitimate businesses, financial institutions, and government agencies " in order to deceive Internet users into disclosing their bank and financial account information or other personal data such as usernames and passwords. The phishers then take that information and use it for criminal purposes, such as identity theft and fraud. A growing number of phishing schemes are using for illegal purposes the names and logos of legitimate financial institutions, businesses, and government agencies in North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region. One industry organization, the Anti-Phishing Working Group (www.antiphishing.org) has reported that in January 2004, there were 176 unique phishing attacks reported to it " an increase of more than 50 percent over the number of reported phishing attacks in December 2003. The Department of Justice is issuing this Special Report to inform Internet users about the risks of responding to phishing e-mails and websites, whether phishing schemes violate federal criminal laws, and the steps that Internet users should take when they see possible phishing emails or websites."
United States. Department of Justice
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National Hurricane Center [website]
"A service of the National Weather Service, this website provides up to-
date storm information and imagery, as well as hurricane preparedness information."
United States. National Weather Service
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Louisiana Department of Transportation [website]
"This website contains traffic information, road closures, evacuation corridor maps, emergency plans, and maps."
Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development
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Report on the Post-September 11 State Disaster Relief Grant Program of SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
"To help communities meet those increased mental health and substance abuse service needs in a post-September 11 world, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), within the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, allocated $28 million in grants to the nine States most directly affected by the terrorist attacks"Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Virginia. These grants were awarded to help ensure the provision of substance abuse and mental health assessment and treatment services as long as a need remained for these services among individuals and communities directly affected by the September 11 disasters. The release of grant funds by SAMHSA to the nine States most directly affected by the terrorist attacks occurred in two phases. In Phase I, beginning on October 1, 2001, SAMHSA made available $6.8 million to the nine States to conduct needs assessments that would identify gaps in service capacity and to support hotline crisis response systems. In Phase II, beginning on October 29, 2001, SAMHSA made grants available to the same States for substance abuse and mental health planning, training, and service needs that arose as a result of September 11. SAMHSA encouraged States to use a portion of the allotted funds to accommodate the support and recovery needs of children and adolescents following the attacks. States received funds through one or more of SAMHSAs three centers: the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), and the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)."
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
McDuff, Jessica; Ford, William E.
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Guide to Understanding Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder
"Posttraumatic Stress Disorder [PTSD] and Acute Stress Disorder [ASD] are anxiety disorders that may develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which there was the potential for serious physical harm or death. Examples of traumatic events include military combat, natural disasters, terrorist incidents, spousal abuse, child abuse/neglect, automobile accidents, and violent assaults. ASD can only be diagnosed between 2 days and 4 weeks after exposure, whereas PTSD can only be diagnosed after 4 weeks have passed. To be diagnosed with ASD a person must have dissociative symptoms (e.g. difficulty remembering important aspects of the trauma, having a sense of spaciness/disconnectedness, or feeling that the world seems unreal) in addition to the symptoms experienced in PTSD."
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
