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CDC: Paraquat
This webpage is maintained by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The webpage provides information and resources on Paraquat. "Paraquat is a toxic chemical that is widely used as an herbicide (plant killer), primarily for weed and grass control. [...] In the United States, paraquat is available primarily as a liquid in various strengths. It is classified as 'restricted use,' which means that it can be used only by people who are licensed applicators. [...] Because paraquat is highly poisonous, the form of it that is marketed in the United States has a blue dye to keep it from being confused with beverages such as coffee, a sharp odor to serve as a warning, and an added agent to cause vomiting if someone drinks it. Paraquat from outside the United States may not have these safeguards added."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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Indicators of Terrorism Vulnerability in Africa
From the thesis abstract: "Terrorism in Africa has increased more than six-fold since 1997, with an increase in lethality as well. The U.S. government has spent billions of dollars to counter this increase in terrorism; however, terrorism in Africa has increased seemingly unabated. Furthermore, these methods used to counter-terrorism have been reactionary as opposed to preventative. To address the terrorism threat to a country, we must first understand which characteristics make a country vulnerable to such a threat. A confirmatory analysis bridges the inter-discipline gap between quantitative and qualitative fields through as assessment of observational findings about the causes of terrorism. An exploratory analysis evaluates additional variables to find indicators with predictive ability. Lastly, a classification analysis further analyzes these indicator relationships in order identify break points where vulnerabilities are most detected. Ultimately, these indicators should aid in providing key strategic options to reduce the terror threat and vulnerabilities across Africa."
Air Force Institute of Technology (U.S.)
Hill, Raymond J.
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Can You Hear Me Now? The Case for Considering Information and Communications Technology as a Critical Component of Future Postconflict Operations
"Information and communications technology (ICT) is vital to modern post-conflict security, stability, reconstruction, and development operations for both the intervening civil-military elements and the affected nation. The U.S. Government should designate ICT as critical infrastructure and an essential service on par with roads, power, and water and grant it the same priority regarding resource allocation and funding. Research continues to demonstrate the efficacy of ICT as a powerful enabler of security, governance, social development, and economic growth in post-conflict and developing countries."
National Defense University. Center for Technology and National Security Policy
Black, Karen E. (Communications technology professional); Wentz, Larry; Megens-Sedor, Sebastian
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CDC: BZ
This webpage is maintained by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The webpage provides information and resources on BZ (3-Quinuclidinyl Benzilate). "BZ toxicity, which might occur by inhalation, ingestion, or skin absorption, is an anticholinergic syndrome consisting of a combination of signs and symptoms that might include hallucinations; agitation; mydriasis (dilated pupils); blurred vision; dry, flushed skin; urinary retention; ileus; tachycardia; hypertension; and elevated temperature (>101ºF). The onset of incapacitation is dose-dependent. It might occur as early as 1 hour after exposure and continue up to 48 hours (1)."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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Emergency Preparedness and Response: Radiation Basics Made Simple
This webpage from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides information regarding radiation basics. This webpage is a training module that introduces participants to the fundamentals of radiation and radioactivity.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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Apprehension and Investigation Exercise Evaluation Guide, Task VII-1: Dispatch Investigation Team
This document outlines the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) Exercise Evaluation Guides (EEG) for the Apprehension and Investigation task.
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of State and Local Government Coordination & Preparedness
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Best Management Practices (Procurement): South Carolina
"The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) established policies and procedures which support federal guidelines dealing with procurement and apply to contracts and leased, as well as purchased, equipment and other items. Following these procedures helped reduce the overall time and effort involved in the procurement approval process."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of State and Local Government Coordination & Preparedness
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Schedule of Equipment Rates
"The rates on this Schedule of Equipment Rates are for equipment in good mechanical condition, complete with all required attachments. Each rate covers all costs eligible under PL 93-288, as amended, for ownership and operation of equipment, including depreciation, all maintenance, field repairs, fuel, lubricants, tires, OSHA [Occupational Safety and Health Administration] equipment and other costs incident to operation. Standby equipment costs are not eligible. Equipment must be in actual operation to be eligible. Labor costs of operator are not included and should be approved separately from equipment costs."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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SAVER Highlight: Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) [May 2008]
"SCBA [Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus] are an essential component of personal protective equipment (PPE). An SCBA is an atmosphere-supplying respirator which utilizes a breathing air source designed to be carried by the user. An SCBA consists of a facepiece, harness, hose, first and second stage regulators, and an end-of-service time indicator (EOSTI). SCBA are typically rated for 30, 45, or 60 minutes of service life, but may be rated for other service lives in accordance with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulation 42 CFR Part 84. Variations exist in harness designs, cylinder types, and facepieces."
United States. Department of Homeland Security; System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders (SAVER)
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Path Planning for Reduced Identifiability of Unmanned Surface Vehicles Conducting Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
"This research investigates the use of Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) to gather intelligence on targets located in adversarial controlled waters. Specifically, it develops a path planning process to allow USVs to blend in with the normal maritime traffic while conducting such operations."
United States. Department of the Navy
Doherty, Ethan W.
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St. Louis Children's Hospital's Mobile Health Unit Participates in Emergency Planning
"Saint Louis Children's Hospital (SLCH) integrated its mobile pediatric health units, the Healthy Kids Express (HKE), into emergency preparedness planning and drills. By parking the HKE outside the emergency room (ER) during mass casualty incidents (MCI) and relocating some emergency care functions to the program's two vans, SLCH will reduce congestion in the ER. Four potential uses for the HKE have been discussed: triage, chemical decontamination, vaccination for SLCH employees, and vaccination for the general public. All of these emergency services could be delivered as effectively by the HKE as by the SLCH emergency room. The vans have participated in one emergency response drill, and will continue to play a role in SLCH's emergency preparedness efforts."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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ODP Interoperable Communications
"One of the most troubling lessons of September 11th was the critical need for communications interoperability within our first responder community. [...] One of the major vulnerabilities in combating terrorism is the lack of 'interoperable' communications systems--equipment and systems that allow first responders to communicate with one another at the time of a terrorist attack."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office for Domestic Preparedness
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US-CERT Monthly Activity Summary - November 2011
"This report summarizes general activity including updates to the National Cyber Alert System in November 2011. It includes current activity updates, technical and non-technical cyber security alerts, and cyber security bulletins, in addition to other newsworthy events or highlights."
United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team
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Military's Role in the New Domestic Security Environment: Will Army Missions Change?
"Events on September 11, 2001, changed many aspects of the domestic security environment. Those changes will ultimately redefine the military role in domestic security, which will subsequently affect Army missions. After a solid analysis of the new or revised missions, the Army will be required to adjust its force structure significantly and adapt to major DoD structural changes, particularly those necessitated by development of the Homeland Security Agency."
Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute
Owens, Dallas (Dallas D.)
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Three-Year Exercise Plan
The State possesses critical infrastructure and key assets of national, social, and economic interest, which may serve as potential terrorist target.
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of State and Local Government Coordination & Preparedness
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SAVER Summary: Portable Breathing Air Compressors [June 2007]
"As a part of the SAVER program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Texas A&M Engineering, including Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) and Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), conducted comparative assessments of portable breathing air compressors (PBACS) in November 2006. PBACs are used to fill selfcontained breathing apparatus (SCBA) cylinders for mobile breathing air applications such as fire fighting, diving, remote rescue, hazardous materials (HAZMAT) response, and similar offsite applications, where the transport of replacement tanks to the location and/or the availability and accessibility of wheeled compressor/cascade systems is limited."
System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders (SAVER); United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Next Steps for Families
Factsheet for families informing them of what to expect as they are prosecuted for illegal entry into the U.S.
United States. Department of Homeland Security; United States. Department of Health and Human Services
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Cooperative Threat Reduction Annual Report to Congress Fiscal Year 2008
"In December 2002, the President issued a National Security Presidential Directive on the National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction. It cites weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in the possession of hostile states and terrorists as one of the greatest security challenges facing the United States (U.S.) and commits the U.S. to pursue a comprehensive strategy to counter this threat. The Strategy calls on U.S. agencies to take full advantage of today's opportunities, including application of new technologies, increasing emphasis on intelligence collection and analysis, strengthening alliances, and establishing new partnerships with former adversaries. In April 2004, the President issued a National Security Presidential Directive on Biodefense for the 21st Century to guide efforts against biological weapons (BW) threats. In April 2005, the President issued a Directive on Domestic Nuclear Detection that provides guidance on global nuclear detection architecture. The CTR Program supports these Presidential Directives by pursuing four objectives: Objective 1: Dismantle FSU WMD and associated infrastructure, Objective 2: Consolidate and secure FSU WMD and related technology and materials, Objective 3: Increase transparency and encourage higher standards of conduct, and Objective 4: Support defense and military cooperation with the objective of preventing proliferation."
United States. Department of Defense
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Cooperative Threat Reduction Annual Report to Congress Fiscal Year 2004
With 12 years of experience and funding authorized and appropriated by Congress for the CTR Program now over $4.3 billion, the Department of Defense (DoD) continues to execute the CTR mission of providing assistance to prevent the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and related materials, technologies, and expertise from former Soviet Union (FSU) states. This includes providing for the safe destruction of Soviet-era WMD, associated delivery systems, and related infrastructure. This FY 2004 CTR Annual Report to Congress provides details on the CTR Implementation Plan for FY 2004-2009 and results of the accounting activities conducted in FY 2002. With the exception of certain findings noted in this report, DoD has determined that CTR assistance to the FSU recipient states is being used efficiently and effectively for its intended purpose.
United States. Department of Defense
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Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's Pharmacy Health Alert Network
"The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's Colorado Pharmacy Health Alert Network (COpharm) tracks the amount and location of any pharmaceutical product in the state's pharmacies and pharmaceutical wholesalers, distributors, and manufacturers. COpharm's capacity to monitor pharmaceutical supplies enhances the state's preparedness for both bioterrorism incidents and natural disease outbreaks."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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Continuity of Operations: Developing a Skills Database of Non-Emergency Personnel
"Non-emergency personnel often have skills that can be used for various critical tasks in emergency response and recovery. Public and private sector emergency planners often overlook these workers as potential sources of assistance during a crisis. Emergency planners should compile a database of personnel and their essential skills to facilitate the mobilization of skilled workers during an emergency."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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Southwest Airlines Hole in Fuselage Emergency Landing Yeager Airport
This is a PDF of the PowerPoint from the after action meeting regarding an emergency landing of a Southwest jet with a hole in the fuselage.
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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2013-2014 National Snapshot of Public Health Preparedness
"CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] produces this annual report to present a snapshot of public health preparedness and response activities. This report presents activities that occurred during 2012 and 2013. Information on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (PHPR), as well as performance data for Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agreement awardees, are highlighted throughout."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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Large-Scale Building Collapse: Supplying Temporary Electrical Power for Nighttime Operations
"Following a large-scale building collapse, electrical power poles, lines, and circuits in and around the remaining structure may be irreparably damaged. For safety reasons, power to the area may need to be shut-off. Consequently, incident command (IC) may need to coordinate with local power companies to ensure that temporary electrical power is supplied, so that response and recovery operations can continue throughout the night."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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Large-Scale Building Collapse: On-Site Weather Monitoring
"Following a large-scale building collapse, incident command (IC) should be aware that adverse weather can threaten the overall the stability of the collapsed building and hamper the progress of search and rescue operations. On-site weather monitoring, including the use of Doppler technology, can help ensure that changes in weather patterns will be noted immediately and operations adjusted accordingly."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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Climate Impact on National Security: Why Does Climate Matter for the Security of the Nation and Its Citizens?
"CINS [Climate Impact on National Security] conferences focused on (i) critically evaluating specific cases where changing climate conditions currently, or are reasonably anticipated to, impact U.S. national security interests and (ii) prioritizing actionable next steps to strengthen U.S. military capabilities to fulfill its national security missions in deteriorating climate/weather environments. The often-contentious debates throughout society concerning the significance of climate issues in policy decisions take on specific and urgent tones when viewed through the lens of U.S. national security and U.S. military actions."
Army War College (U.S.); Institute on Science for Global Policy
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Viral Hepatitis Surveillance - United States, 2011
"As part of CDC's [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (NNDSS), viral hepatitis case-reports are received electronically from state health departments via CDC's National Electronic Telecommunications System for Surveillance (NETSS), a computerized public health surveillance system that provides CDC with data regarding cases of nationally notifiable diseases on a weekly basis. Although surveillance infrastructure is in place for reporting of acute infection, reports of chronic hepatitis B and C, which account for the greatest burden of disease, are not submitted by all states. As noted in a recent report from the Institute of Medicine, surveillance capacity to monitor both acute and chronic viral hepatitis is limited at the state and local levels, resulting in underreporting and incomplete variable quality data that is insufficient for understanding the magnitude of viral hepatitis. Data in this report should be interpreted with the consideration that reported cases of acute or chronic viral hepatitis represent only those relatively few infected persons who were detected, diagnosed, met a stringent case definition, and eventually reported to CDC in 2011. Because most acute and chronic infections are not reported, this Summary is mainly useful in detecting major trends in viral hepatitis A (HAV), B (HBV) and C (HCV). In 2011 and 2012 a major effort was undertaken to improve methodologies for estimating total number of new cases of hepatitis A, B and C from the number of cases reported for each disease. Estimates in this report of incidence of new infections were obtained using the newly improved methodology."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (U.S.)
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Compressed Air Foam for Structural Fire Fighting: A Field Test
The potential benefits of a transfer of compressed air foam technology to the urban environment are examined in this report. Please Note: This record has been imported to the HSDL as part of the LLIS Consolidation project and has not yet been reviewed by HSDL staff. Some information may be incomplete, missing, or inaccurate. For more information on the LLIS Consolidation project, please see here: [http://www.hsdl.org/?llis]
United States Fire Administration
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Civil Defense Tsunami Evacuation Zone Maps for Kauai County
These maps identify the tsunami evacuation zones for the 10 major coastal areas of Kauai island, Hawaii. These tsunami evacuation maps are posted on the National Weather Service Honolulu Forecast Office's website and are published in every telephone book's Disaster Preparedness section.
United States. National Weather Service
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United States Attorneys' Bulletins [website]
"The United States Attorneys' Bulletin is published six times a year by the Executive Office of United States Attorneys. Each issue focuses on a legal or technical topic of interest to attorneys in the United States Department of Justice."
Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys
