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Utah Department of Public Safety: Division of Emergency Management [website]
"Floods, tornadoes, earthquakes, severe storms, landslides, droughts, hazardous material spills, search and rescue. These are just a few examples of emergencies in Utah in which the Division of Homeland Security (HLS) has played an active role. But what does the agency do when there isn't a disaster? HLS coordinates emergency management efforts between federal, state and local governments. These efforts include preparedness, recovery, response and mitigation. Public safety professionals at HLS include experts in emergency planning, training, exercise, investigations, communications, automation, hazardous material response and much more. HLS prepares individuals and communities for disasters through outreach and training programs. The division trains nearly 1,000 emergency responders annually in areas such as domestic preparedness, hazardous material, the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, professional development and others. Thousands of Utahans receive emergency preparedness education material from HLS. This information helps families prepare to be self-reliant during a disaster situation. But that is not all we do. HLS also administers various ongoing programs that make Utah a safer, better place to live."
Utah. Division of Emergency Management
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U.S. Airspace Classes
This webpage provides definitions from the Pilot/Controller Glossary, and easy-to-read chart for VFR flight, and U.S. Airspace Classes.
United States. Federal Aviation Administration
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Team New Orleans [website]
"New releases and related material about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers progress in repairing breached canals and emptying New Orleans of floodwater following Hurricane Katrina. Also includes maps of New Orleans area and Plaquemines Parish levees, questions and answers about the repair process, a photo gallery, and related information. From the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Valley Division."
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
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National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan Overview
"The National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan, more commonly called the National Contingency Plan or NCP, is the federal government's blueprint for responding to both oil spills and hazardous substance releases. The National Contingency Plan is the result of our country's efforts to develop a national response capability and promote overall coordination among the hierarchy of responders and contingency plans."
United States. Environmental Protection Agency
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Underwriting and Servicing Policies to Assist Victims of Presidentially-Declared Major Disaster Areas
The Office of Housing published, on August 31, 2005, a mortgagee letter reminding lenders of the 203(h) disaster program and encouraging servicers to delay foreclosure in counties declared federal disaster areas and to consider hurricane damage in the context of any requests for loss mitigation assistance.
United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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National Response Center [website]
"The primary function of the National Response Center [NRC] is to serve as the sole national point of contact for reporting all oil, chemical, radiological, biological, and etiological discharges into the environment anywhere in the United States and its territories. In addition to gathering and distributing spill data for Federal On-Scene Coordinators and serving as the communications and operations center for the National Response Team, the NRC maintains agreements with a variety of federal entities to make additional notifications regarding incidents meeting established trigger criteria. The NRC also takes Terrorist/Suspicious Activity Reports and Maritime Security Breach Reports"
National Response Center (U.S.)
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U.S. Census Data and Emergency Preparedness: Hurricane Katrina [website]
This site provides a variety of links pertaining to the regions affected by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and includes data on populations, the economy, transportation statistics, and others.
U.S. Census Bureau
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Association of Public Health Laboratories [website]
The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) works to safeguard the public's health by strengthening public health laboratories in the United States and across the world. In collaboration with members, APHL advances laboratory systems and practices, and promotes policies that support healthy communities. The website contains information on conferences, training and fellowships, media, and public policy: position statements and priority issues.
Association of Public Health Laboratories (U.S.)
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Association of State and Territorial Local Health Liaison Officials [website]
The Association of State and Territorial Local Health Liaison Officials (ASTLHLO) is comprised of representatives from each state and territory having the responsibility of overseeing and providing support to local health agencies. While the relationship between the state and territorial health departments and their local health agencies varies considerably, the goal of this organization is to strengthen those relationships and to promote, support and improve overall local health infrastructure and performance. The website contains a calendar of events, special topics, and membership information.
Association of State and Territorial Local Health Liaison Officials
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American Medical Association [website]
The AMA's envisioned future is to be an essential part of the professional life of every physician and an essential force for progress in improving the nation's health. The website contains information on membership and advocacy. It also contains a newsroom with press releases and statements, AMA speeches and media briefings, professional resources like practice management tools, medical ethics, public health, medical science, and legal issues, and information on medical school and residency.
American Medical Association
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National Public Health Information Coalition [website]
The National Public Health Information Coalition is an independent organization of professionals sought after to improve America's health through public health communications. NPHIC senior public health information officers:
Participate with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other public and private agencies to promote health and prevent disease; identify methods to improve communications among members; and communicate with and through the news media to promote greater understanding and awareness of public health issues. The website contains membership information, annual conference information; communication resources; news; and publications.
National Public Health Information Coalition (U.S.)
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National Association of State EMS Officials [website]
The National Association of State EMS Officials is the lead national organization for EMS, a respected voice for national EMS policy with comprehensive concern and commitment for the development of effective, integrated, community-based, universal and consistent EMS systems. The website contains information on preparedness for WMD threats; model state plans; domestic preparedness; current projects; EMS performance; and technologies necessary for improving system capacity, contiguity, continuity of service, and infrastructure to effect full access to EMS for all people in the United States.
National Association of State Emergency Medical Services Officials (U.S.)
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Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations [website]
The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits nearly 15,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. An independent, not-for-profit organization, the Joint Commission is the nation's predominant standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. The Joint Commission's comprehensive accreditation process evaluates an organization's compliance with these standards and other accreditation requirements. The website contains several publications directed at hospital preparedness and response. It also contains public policy information on emergency department overcrowding, emergency preparedness, nurse staffing crisis, patient safety practices, and more.
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
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U.S. Department of Health & Human Services [website]
The United States Department of Health and Human Services is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. It contains a wealth of information on: diseases and conditions; safety and wellness; drug and food information; disasters and emergencies; grants and funding; reference collections; families and children; aging; specific populations; resource locators; and policies and regulations.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
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2003 Annual Report: Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services
This annual report consists of the results of quarterly meetings of the Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services on 6 March, 5 June, 4 September, and 4 December, 2003. Also included in the report are the details from the Technology Subcommittee, Ambulance Safety Subcommittee, and the Counter-Terrorism Subcommittee. Brief summaries are provided of reports given by representatives of member agencies.
United States Fire Administration
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National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States: 9/11 Commission Reports [archive]
"The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 9-11 Commission), an independent, bipartisan commission created by congressional legislation and the signature of President George W. Bush in late 2002, is chartered to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks. The Commission is also mandated to provide recommendations designed to guard against future attacks." This website includes links to the full 9/11 Commission Report as well as links to specific sections of the report.
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
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National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States [archived website]
This web site was frozen on September 20, 2004 at 12:00 AM, EDT. It is now a Federal record managed on behalf of the National Archives and Records Administration. "The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 9-11 Commission), an independent, bipartisan commission created by congressional legislation and the signature of President George W. Bush in late 2002, is chartered to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks. The Commission is also mandated to provide recommendations designed to guard against future attacks." The commission closed 2004-08-21.
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
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Port of Pittsburgh Commission [website]
"The Pittsburgh Port District encompasses an eleven county area including Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties, essentially all 200 miles of commercially navigable waterways in southwestern Pennsylvania. The Port of Pittsburgh supports over 200 river terminals and barge industry service suppliers, including privately owned public river terminals. The Commission acts as a one-stop shopping link for shippers seeking information on the river system. The Port complex is served by the CSX and Norfolk Southern railroads and by four interstate highways."
Port of Pittsburgh Commission
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National Biological Information Infrastructure [website]
This is an archived version of the NBII website. In the 2012 President's Budget Request, the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) was terminated. "The National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII)...is a broad, collaborative program to provide increased access to data and information on the nation's biological resources. The NBII links diverse, high-quality biological databases, information products, and analytical tools maintained by NBII partners and other contributors in government agencies, academic institutions, non-government organizations, and private industry. NBII partners and collaborators also work on new standards, tools, and technologies that make it easier to find, integrate, and apply biological resources information. Resource managers, scientists, educators, and the general public use the NBII to answer a wide range of questions related to the management, use, or conservation of this nation's biological resources."
National Biological Information Infrastructure (Project : U.S.)
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George C. Marshall Institute: Science for Better Public Policy [website]
"Our mission is to encourage the use of sound science in making public policy about important issues for which science and technology are major considerations. Our current program emphasizes issues in national security and the environment. [...] The Institute's accurate and impartial analyses are designed to help policy makers distinguish between opinion and scientific fact so that decisions on public policy issues can be based on solid, factual information, rather than opinion or unproven hypotheses. GMI carries out its mission through published reports, roundtables, workshops and collaboration with institutions that share our interest in basing public policy on scientific facts. A distinguishing characteristic of the Institute is the stature of its Board of Directors, which guides its program."
George C. Marshall Institute
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FBI: Laboratory Services
This page from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) contains information on the FBI's laboratory and laboratory services. The page includes information on biometric analysis, forensic response, the Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center (TEDAC), and scientific analysis. "Created in 1932, the FBI Laboratory is today one of the largest and most comprehensive crime labs in the world. Operating out of a state-of-the-art facility in Quantico, Virginia, the Lab's scientific experts and special agents travel the world on assignment, using science and technology to protect the nation and support law enforcement, intelligence, military, and forensic science partners. Whether it's examining DNA to help determine guilt or innocence, analyzing the fingerprints left at a crime scene, or linking exploded bomb fragments to terrorists, the men and women of the FBI Laboratory are dedicated to using the rigors of science to solve cases and prevent acts of crime and terror."
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
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National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) [Obama Administration White House Archives]
This is the archived version of the Obama Administrations webpage on the National Science and Technology Council. "The work of the NSTC is organized under four primary committees; Science, Technology, Environment and Natural Resources and Homeland and National Security. Each of these committees oversees subcommittees and working groups focused on different aspects of science and technology and working to coordinate across the federal government."
United States. Office of Science and Technology Policy
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Threat Posed by the Convergence of Organized Crime, Drugs Trafficking and Terrorism, Congressional Statement of Ralf Mutschke, Assistant Director, Criminal Intelligence Directorate International Criminal Police Organization, Interpol General Secretariate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, December 13, 2000
"Congressional testimony addressing the threats posed by the increasing links between terrorist and more traditional criminal activities. Begins by exposing the issues and emerging trends that Interpol considers significant or potentially significant in the foreseeable future, then gives remarks on the threats posed by this problem and recommendations to combat it... Structural links between political terrorism and traditional criminal activity, such as drugs trafficking, armed robbery or extortion have come increasingly to the attention of law enforcement authorities, security agencies and political decision makers. There is a fairly accepted view in the international community that in recent years, direct state sponsorship has declined, therefore terrorists increasingly have to resort to other means of financing, including criminal activities, in order to raise funds. These activities have traditionally been drug trafficking, extortion/collection of 'revolutionary taxes,' armed robbery, and kidnappings. The involvement of such groups as the PKK, LTTE, and GIA in these activities has been established."
Naval War College (U.S.). Press
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Information Assurance Awareness Posters [website]
These Information Assurance Awareness posters are provided as a courtesy by Keesler Air Force Base. They can be tailored to any organization's specifications. They cover a variety of information assurance best practices including: use of government equipment, Internet access, consent to monitoring, locking a computer, protecting data, copyright laws, handling classified materials, backing up your data, and virus prevention.
Keesler Air Force Base (Miss.)
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FEMA: Emergency Management Institute [website]
The mission of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) Emergency Management Institute (EMI) is "to support the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA's goals by improving the competencies of the U.S. officials in Emergency Management at all levels of government to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the potential effects of all types of disasters and emergencies on the American people. EMI is the emergency management community's flagship training institution, and provides training to Federal, State, local, tribal, volunteer, public, and private sector officials to strengthen emergency management core competencies for professional, career-long training. EMI directly supports the implementation of the National Incident Management System (NIMS), the National Response Framework (NRF), the National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF), and the National Preparedness Goal (NPG) by conveying necessary knowledge and skills to improve the nation's capability. EMI trains more than 2 million students annually. Training delivery systems include residential onsite training; offsite delivery in partnership with emergency management training systems, colleges, universities; and technology-based mediums to conduct individual training courses for emergency management personnel across the Nation."
Emergency Management Institute (U.S.)
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Nuclear Weapons Complex Significantly Down-sized since 1980's
This document gives a historical perspective on the U.S. nuclear weapons complex. The document includes various maps indicating the locations of weapons complexes, reductions in square footage of the nuclear weapons complex, M & O contractor employment, and a funding profile FY1985-FY2011 of weapons activities in constant millions FY2007.
United States. National Nuclear Security Administration
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Psychological and Behavioral Issues Healthcare Providers Need to Know when Treating Patients Following a Radiation Event
"An attack using radiation will create uncertainty, fear, and terror. Following the detonation of a Radiation Dispersal Device (RDD) the management of acute psychological and behavioral responses will be as important as the treatment of RDD-related injuries and illnesses. Radiation is a dreaded threat, usually seen as catastrophic and fatal. Radiation is invisible, odorless and unknown. These ingredients stimulate worst-case fantasies. People must rely on health care providers and scientists to determine whether or not a person has been contaminated. Radiation exposure may not be manifest immediately. The health effects of radiation can be delayed in time, not only affecting those exposed but also future generations. Those who have been exposed or anticipate possible exposure feel a sense of vulnerability, anxiety, and a lack of control. The common lack of consensus among experts can increase public fear and anger."
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
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Evidence-Based Management for Acute Stress Disorder (ASD)
"Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) is characterized by dissociative symptoms (e.g. detachment, derealization, or amnesia) during or after exposure to a traumatic event followed promptly by symptoms of re-experiencing, avoidance/ numbing, and hyperarousal from two days to a maximum of four weeks after the traumatic exposure. While not the only disorder seen acutely after exposure to traumatic events, ASD is quite common. The American Psychiatric Association and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Quality and Performance have published Practice Guidelines for the treatment of ASD."
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
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Evidence-Based Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
"Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is characterized by symptoms of re-experiencing, avoidance/numbing, and hyperarousal persisting more than one month after exposure to a traumatic event or events. While not the only disorder seen after exposure to traumatic events, PTSD is among the most widely noted. The American Psychiatric Association and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Quality and Performance have published Practice Guidelines for the treatment of PTSD."
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
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Psychological First Aid: How You Can Support Well-Being in Disaster Victims
"People often experience strong and unpleasant emotional and physical responses to disasters. Reactions may include combinations of confusion, fear, hopelessness, helplessness, sleeplessness, physical pain, anxiety, anger, grief, shock, aggressiveness, mistrustfulness, guilt, shame, shaken religious faith, and loss of confidence in self or others. There is consensus among international disaster experts and researchers that psychological first aid can help alleviate painful emotions and reduce further harm from initial reactions to disasters. Your actions and interactions with others can help provide psychosocial first aid to people in distress. Psychological first aid creates and sustains an environment of (1) safety, (2) calming, (3) connectedness to others, (4) self efficacy-or empowerment, and (5) hopefulness."
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
