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Incident Command: Keeping Emergency Operations Centers Advised of Protective Action Operations
"Incident command posts should keep their emergency operations centers (EOC) advised of all areas subject to evacuation and/or shelter-in-place during incident response operations. Information provided to the EOC should include the approximate number of people evacuated, the presence of any special needs populations, and the potential for additional areas to be evacuated."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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Communications Protocols: Awaiting Acknowledgement of Channel Change Notices
"Units operating under an incident command structure should await acknowledgement of notices of communications channel changes prior to changing channels. This practice ensures that all units have received the communications transmissions and are informed of how to contact each other."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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Hazardous Materials Response: Ensuring That Law Enforcement Officers Are Trained in the Use of Personal Protective Equipment
"Police departments should ensure that police officers responding to hazardous materials incidents are briefed on specific incident conditions and are equipped with and trained on the proper use, capabilities, and limitations of appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE)."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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Law Enforcement: Detaining a Driver After Detection of an Unknown Radiological Source in a Vehicle
"Law enforcement personnel conducting radiation screening should watch or detain a driver for questioning after detection of a potentially illicit radiological source in a vehicle."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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School Safety: Preparing for a Building-Wide Disease Outbreak
"School administrators should consider developing a building-level disease plan to use in the event of a building-wide outbreak."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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Interoperable Communications and Tactical Interoperable Communications Plan Exercises: Announcement
Announcement of the launch of two resource pages on LLIS.gov: 'Interoperable Communications' and 'Tactical Interoperable Communications Plan Exercises.'
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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Mass Decontamination: Connecticut Capitol Region Metropolitan Medical Response System's Formula to Determine Hospitals' Pre-Incident Baseline Decontamination Capacity
"The Capitol Region Metropolitan Medical Response System (CR-MMRS) Taskforce on Decontamination Protocols's 'Rapid Access Mass Decontamination Protocol' provides Capitol Region hospital planners with a formula to determine their baseline decontamination capacity prior to a chemical, biological, or radiological (CBR) incident."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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Fusion Center Collaboration: State of Washington Joint Analytical Center's Private Sector Integration
"The State of Washington Joint Analytical Center (WAJAC) permits private sector businesses to place a security analyst at the WAJAC. This promotes information sharing between the government and the private sector."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program Announcement
This document announces the LLIS.gov partnership with the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program [CSEPP] and the new CSEPP Resource Page. It also includes upcoming technical changes and asks members to log into their LLIS.gov accounts.
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
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National Exercise Schedule (NEXS): Frequently Asked Questions
This document answers the most frequently asked questions about the NEXS [National Exercise Schedule], including: What exercises should be placed on the NEXS? What type of reports can I run in the NEXS? and Is there NEXS training available?
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
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Design and Development System (DDS): Frequently Asked Questions
This document answers the most frequently asked questions about the DDS, including: What type of information is located within the DDS? How do I access the DDS? How secure is the DDS? and Is there DDS training available?
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
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NIPP - Cyber Security: Implementing the National Infrastructure Protection Plan
"Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CI/KR) support the essential functions and services that underpin American society. Some CI/KR elements are so vital that their destruction, incapacitation, or exploitation could have a debilitating impact on national security and economic well-being. Homeland Security Presidential Directive-7 (HSPD-7), 'Critical Infrastructure Identification, Prioritization, and Protection,' issued in December 2003, directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to produce a comprehensive, integrated national plan for CI/ KR protection. HSPD-7 also designates DHS as a national focal point for cyberspace security."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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National Emergency Medical Services Scope of Practice
"The 'National EMS [Emergency Medical Services] Scope of Practice Model' is a continuation of the commitment of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Health Resources and Services Administration to the implementation of the 'EMS Agenda for the Future'. It is part of an integrated, interdependent system, first proposed in the 'EMS Education Agenda for the Future: A Systems Approach' which endeavors to maximize efficiency, consistency of instructional quality, and student competence."
United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Stop Bullying Now: Activities Guide
"From high-school and middle-school youth activists, to community organizations and after-school programs, our Stop Bullying Now! Activities Guide has something for everyone. You can adapt any of these activities for your group. Just be creative and plan a campaign that works for you and your community. The ultimate goals are to spread the word about bullying prevention and to have fun while you're doing it!"
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
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Avoiding Wind Damage: A Checklist for Homeowners
"Once a hurricane or major storm hits, it's too late to protect your home and property. But there are things you can do now to limit future wind damage. Some are fairly simple and inexpensive; others will require a contractor. You'll need to consider the characteristics of your home, your financial resources and the building codes in your community. This homeowner's checklist will help you learn what you can do. For more information about the costs and benefits of each approach, talk to a professional builder, architect or contractor. You should also ask your building department about building permit requirements."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Radiological Assistance Program (RAP)
"The Radiological Assistance Program (RAP), established in the late 1950's, is one of the emergency response resources, or assets, administered by NNSA [National Nuclear Security Administration]. RAP is NNSA's first-responding resource in assessing the emergency situation and advising decision-makers on what further steps could be taken to evaluate and minimize the hazards of a radiological emergency. Specific areas of expertise include assessment, area monitoring, and air sampling, exposure and contamination control."
United States. Department of Energy; United States. National Nuclear Security Administration
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Aerial Measuring System (AMS)
The Aerial Measuring System (AMS) is one of the emergency response resources, or assets, administered by NNSA [National Nuclear Security Administration]. Based and operated out of Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada, AMS has additional operational capability at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, DC. The AMS aircraft carry radiation detection systems which provide real-time measurements of extremely low levels of ground and airborne contamination. AMS can also provide detailed aerial photographs and multi-spectral imagery and analysis of an accident site.
United States. Department of Energy; United States. National Nuclear Security Administration
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Urban Search and Rescue Program
"The Corps of Engineers Urban Search and Rescue Program (US&R) provides technical and operational support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) US&R program and other state, local and International Urban Search and Rescue Programs. The Corps leads the Training for Structures Specialists, and maintains a cadre of Structures Specialists that are deployed as part of Incident Support Team Engineering Cell, and US&R Task Forces."
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
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Devolution of Operations Plan Template
Template for assisting an organization in developing a Devolution of Operations Plan.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Los Angeles County, California, Department of Public Health's Weapons of Mass Destruction Technical Advisory Group
"The Los Angeles County, California, Department of Public Health (DPH) partnered with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Los Angeles Field Office to develop and launch the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Technical Advisory Group (TAG). The group serves as an early detection mechanism for public health and law enforcement personnel to share and mutually assess health and medical information that may have a nexus to terrorism or may suggest an emerging terror threat."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS); United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Campus Emergency Response: Employing a Media Liaison to Manage Media Requests
"Higher education institutions should ensure that a media liaison is available during major incidents on campus. This person should be responsible for managing media requests and for helping to shield victim survivors and their families from the media."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS); United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Emerging Infectious Diseases [website]
"Emerging Infectious Diseases is an open access journal published monthly by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [...] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the agency of the U.S. Public Health Service charged with disease prevention and health promotion, leads efforts to address emerging infectious disease issues such as AIDS, antimicrobial resistance, food safety, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, influenza, travel health, tuberculosis, West Nile virus infection, and zoonoses. CDC's efforts encompass improvements in disease surveillance, the public health infrastructure, and epidemiologic and laboratory training. Emerging Infectious Diseases represents the scientific communications component of CDC's efforts against the threat of emerging infections. However, even as it addresses CDC's interest in the elusive, continuous, evolving, and global nature of these infections, the journal relies on a broad international authorship base and is rigorously peer-reviewed by independent reviewers from all over the world."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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Assessing the Vulnerability of the Mississippi Gulf Coast to Coastal Storms Using an On-Line GIS-Based Coastal Risk Atlas
"Natural disaster losses in the U.S. have been estimated to be between $10 billion and $50 billion annually, with an average cost from a single major disaster estimated at approximately $500 million. One of the primary factors contributing to the rise in disaster losses is the stead y increase in the population of high-risk areas, such as coastal areas. The population in coastal counties represents more than half of the U.S. population, but occupies only about one-quarter of the total land area. Coastal areas are particularly susceptible to the catastrophic impacts of hazards. Between 1992 and 1997, nearly three-quarters of the federally declared disasters in the U.S. occurred in coastal states or territories. Efforts to mitigate the effects of coastal hazards can be complicated by insufficient information concerning coastal vulnerability. Vulnerability factors include the geologic nature of the coast, the patterns and characteristics of the built environment, and socio-economic conditions. Providing a better understanding of these factors to allow communities to undertake the most appropriate mitigation strategies provides the rational for developing the Coastal Risk Atlas (CRA). [...] This paper documents the development o f the CRA and its application in the pilot areas."
United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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FCC Consumer Facts: Communicating During Emergencies
"During emergencies - local, state, and national - the importance of our country's communications system, including telecommunications, broadcast, cable, and satellite systems, becomes clear. We use our phones to call 911 or to call our family members to make sure they are safe. We turn on our televisions and radios to get information updates. While there is no doubt that our country has one of the world's most extensive and dependable communications systems, unusual conditions can put a strain on it. The following information will help you better understand what happens with our communications system during an emergency and how best to use the various components of our communications system during a crisis or disaster."
United States. Federal Communications Commission
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Do Your Part for Homeland Security: Keep Our Waterways Safe and Secure
This pamphlet outlines ways in which boaters can improve maritime security and prevent crime. Specific means include maintaining distance from military, cruise-line, and commercial shipping vessels, observing security zones and port operations, avoiding anchoring beneath bridges and/or in channels, and looking for suspicious items and/or actions.
United States. Coast Guard
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Vision, Mission and Strategic Imperative
"The mission of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is to contribute to the safety and security of our citizens, ports, waterways and coastal regions, as directed by the United States Coast Guard. We will balance our missions in Recreational Boating Safety, Coast Guard Support with Maritime Homeland Security and other challenges that emerge as a result of our growing understanding of changes required in the post-9/11 era."
United States. Coast Guard Auxiliary
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FAQs: Polonium 210
This document provides basic information about exposure to Polonium 210 (Po-210) in a question and answer format.
National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.)
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U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Policy Statement
This policy statement outlines the mission of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary, which exists to promote and improve recreational boating safety, support Coast Guard maritime homeland security efforts, and to support Coast Guard operational, administrative, and logistical requirements.
United States. Coast Guard Auxiliary
Allen, Thad W.
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Center for Domestic Preparedness: Anniston, Alabama
"In June 1998, the Center for Domestic Preparedness [CDP] opened its doors as a training center for the Nation's emergency responders. The CDP's mission is to operate a Federal training facility specializing in advanced hands-on training for America's Federal, State, local, tribal, parish, and private emergency responders, to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from terrorist acts, especially those involving weapons of mass destruction or hazardous materials. The CDP's interdisciplinary resident and non-resident training courses promote greater understanding among 10 diverse responder disciplines."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Grants and Training
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Building in-Home Retrofit Shelters for Existing Houses
This manual provides design and construction guidelines for building a Retrofit Room, an in-residence shelter alternative geared towards existing houses. The in-house shelter will offer significant occupant protection and reduce the demand on public shelters during hurricanes tropical storms, and tornadoes.
Florida. Division of Emergency Management
