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Responding to Emergency: The Role of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Support of the Nation
"Although emergency preparedness and response is primarily a state and local responsibility, in instances when the nature of the disaster exceeds the capabilities of state and local interests, the Corps of Engineers stands ready to help save human life, prevent immediate human suffering, and mitigate property damage. The geographically diverse location of Corps of Engineers offices nationwide assures an immediate response to disasters in any area. The Corps is aligned by drainage basins into 8 regional divisions. The divisions are further aligned by smaller drainage basins into 38 districts. During emergencies the division responsible for the affected region coordinates and commands the Corps of Engineers response."
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
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City of Boston: Office of Emergency Management [website]
"The Office of Emergency Management (OEM) coordinates emergency management and homeland security programs for the City of Boston. OEM's mission is to enhance the City of Boston's capacity to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from major emergencies. Working in close partnership with Boston's public safety and public health agencies, OEM plans and prepares for emergencies, educates the public about preparedness, conducts training exercises and drills, and performs other services to support the City's overall preparedness."
Boston (Mass.). Mayor's Office of Emergency Management
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Florida Interfaith Networking in Disaster [website]
"FIND is a coalition of faith-based organizations, partnered with allied agencies and each other, which promotes networking to prepare Florida's communities for the effects of disaster, and in the aftermath facilitates spiritual and long term practical aid."
Florida Interfaith Networking in Disaster
2006
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Proposal: Poison Control Centers (PCC) Role in Preparedness and Response on the US/Mexico Border
This Power Point presentation discusses preparedness and response measures to be taken by local PCC's. The presentation also describes how PCC's can serve as a vital link between medical response and public health/environmental aspects of response.
United States. Public Health Service
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Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS) [website]
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety is responsible for 15 different agencies, including Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice, Public Safety, Crime Prevention, and Emergency Response.
Massachusetts. Executive Office of Public Safety and Security
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Immunization to Protect the U.S. Armed Forces: Heritage, Current Practice, Prospects
"Immunization protects the personal health of United States military personnel and maintains their mission readiness. The immunization program of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is broad-ranging, protecting the forces from an array of pathogenic threats. Because the active and reserve components of the U.S. DoD consist of over 2.2 million people at any given time, the program immunizes a significant percentage of the U.S. adult population. This article updates and expounds on previous reviews of the U.S. military immunization program, (1-7) discussing historical perspectives, the rationale for current immunization policies, and future prospects. Military immunization requirements often exceed those provided to civilian adults, because of the travel and other occupational hazards confronted by soldiers, marines, sailors, airmen, and coast guardsmen. Military immunization requirements are quite similar for each of the five Armed Forces (i.e., Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard). The requirements and recommendations are described in a joint immunization regulation, (8) summarized in table 1."
United States. Department of the Army. Office of the Surgeon General. Military Vaccine Agency
Greenwood, John T.; Grabenstein, John D.; Pittman, Phillip R.
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Exotic Newcastle Disease Response Overview
This is a powerpoint presentation of an overview of the response to the Exotic Newcastle Disease. It describes past experiences as well as today's situation which includes interagency cooperation, incident command system, and a situation chronology.
United States. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Shere, Jack; Whiteford, Annette
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FEMA Library [website]
The FEMA Information Resource Library is a searchable web-based collection of all publicly accessible FEMA information resources, including: CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes, audio tapes, disability resources, posters and display items, brochures, publications, guidance and policy papers, program regulations and guidelines, forms, slide presentations, and some documents. It allows users to better locate, download to your computer to save and print items from the web.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Responding in the Pentagon [Eyewitness Testimony Regarding the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack at the Pentagon]
This document contains testimony of various eyewitnesses to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
United States. Department of the Army. Office of the Surgeon General. Office of Medical History
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University of Oklahoma Southwest Center for Pre-event Message Development Final Report: Agent: Chemical (VX)
"Recognizing that the very real threat of terrorist action requires the design, development, and dissemination of technically accurate and timely information to the public health workforce, many community agencies and organizations, as well as the general population regarding how persons may best protect themselves, their families, and their communities, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in concert with the Association of Schools of Public Health Bioterrorism Council responded through supporting the 'PreEvent Message Development Project'. The project provides funding to four primary schools of public health (University of AlabamaBirmingham, St Louis University, University of California at Los Angeles, and the University of Oklahoma) along with partnering schools to develop and evaluate through audience testing, preevent message content appropriate to a variety of formats. The areas of primary focus included chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear event content area with the content and message structure format varied to meet the tailored needs of a variety of audiences, including but not limited to, the public health workforce, the general population, first responders, state and local authorities, as well as population segments of low literacy, that are nonEnglish speaking, and/or minorities. Each of the four programs serving in primary roles bring special strengths and expertise to the process, and by using formative research with exploratory focus groups followed by evaluative audience testing, critical information related to what audiences want to know has been developed in parallel with the information that the research team, CDCP and the ASPH Bioterrorism Council recognizes needs to be known."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit [website]
"The purpose of LEIU is to gather, record, and exchange confidential information not available through regular police channels, concerning organized crime and terrorism. LEIU is an association of state and local police departments, similar in many respects to numerous other professional associations serving doctors, attorneys, journalists, and educators. LEIU has no employees and no capability as an entity to conduct any investigation or law enforcement activity of any kind. Each member agency is bound by, and acts pursuant to local law and their own agency regulations. The Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit is divided geographically into four (4) Zones, they are: Eastern, Central, Northwestern, and Southwestern. Each Zone elects a Chair and Vice Chair to serve as Zone Officers. Internationally, LEIU elects a General Chair, Vice General Chair, and designates a Secretary-Treasurer and a legal advisor who serve as International Officers. The International Officers, Zone Officers, past General Chair and two representatives from the Central Coordinating Agency make up the Executive Board. The Executive Board is the governing body of LEIU, and as such establishes policy and passes upon the admission of all members. The Executive Board is governed by a Constitution and Bylaws."
Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit
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Future Army National Guard: Easing Contemporary Challenges of Transformation
"The Contemporary Operating Environment facing the United States Army is much different today from even fifteen years ago. Leaders at every level of government recognize that we must adapt to address these contemporary challenges. The National Guard is in the process of transforming with this in mind. Transformation is always difficult. There are many aspects of transformation that are both essential and challenging. Foremost among these is changing organizational culture. However, deliberate efforts can bring about timely, positive adaptation. This paper explores the factors bearing on cultural changes that will speed effective transformation in the Army National Guard. The paper will examine factors bearing on change including the Contemporary Operating Environment and transformation efforts within the Departments of Defense and the Army. This paper will also consider the growing demands for an operational reserve for federal forces balanced with the needs for Homeland Security, a major area of consideration since the attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. This paper recommends both conceptual and practical actions to speed cultural change in the National Guard necessary for successful strategic transformation."
Army War College (U.S.)
Fuhr, Daniel
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American Friends of Magen David Adom [website]
This website provides information on the medical organization Magen David Adom-ARMDI, Israel's equivalent of the Red Cross. Magen David Adom (MDA) consists of teams of trained volunteer and professional medical responders and provides the entire nation's prehospital emergency medical needs, including medical, disaster, ambulance and blood services. Other features include sections on accomplishments, ongoing needs, major projects, education, news and information, leadership, history, and resources.
American Friends of Magen David Adom
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Citizen's Guidebook: Maritime Tips for Homeowners
"America's Waterway Watch is a public outreach program, encouraging participants to simply report suspicious activity to the Coast Guard and/or other law enforcement agencies. Unlike some Neighborhood Watch programs, for example, you are not formally joining an organization- there are no meetings, membership cards or membership requirements- and you do not become an agent of the Coast Guard or any other law enforcement agency. Though waterway security is better than ever, with more than 95000 miles of shoreline, over 290,000 square miles of water, and approximately 70 million recreational boats in the United States, the Coast Guard and local first responders can not do the job alone."
United States. Coast Guard
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Community Policing for Mayors: A Municipal Service Model for Policing and Beyond
"Community policing 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, community engagement, and partnerships. The community policing model balances reactive responses to calls for service with proactive problem-solving centered on the causes of crime and disorder. Community policing requires police and citizens to join together as partners in the course of both identifying and effectively addressing these issues. Many local leaders and community members ask if their agency is a community policing agency. A common lament- and in reality a widespread misperception- is that community policing sounds great in concept, but in practice is vaguely defined. In fact, the specific operational activities that are consistent with and support community policing are clear and well known. Although policing is a diverse profession that is practiced differently throughout the nation, the chances are that your agency already possesses and promotes many practices that directly support community policing principles. Common strategies include conducting citizen surveys or other means of outreach to help identify what crime and disorder problems are priorities for citizens."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Chapman, Robert; Scheider, Matthew
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HAZUS-MH Inventory: Potential Applications
"In order to assess and mitigate the impacts of a natural hazard such as an earthquake, flood or hurricane, it is necessary to have an understanding of the potential size of an event (hazard identification) and the characteristics of the population and environment that will be impacted (inventory collection). A unique feature of HAZUS-MH is the national inventory that comes with the model. Inventory data includes: essential Facilities: police, fire, emergency operations facilities, schools, medical facilities; lifelines: utilities and transportation; General Building Stock: residential, commercial, and industrial (aggregated by square footage); and demographic data, which can be aggregated by age, income, sex, households and other attributes that have a direct bearing on vulnerability to disasters. HAZUS-MH uses the inventories to estimate losses from earthquakes, hurricanes and floods. The accuracy of loss estimates are greatly improved by accurate and complete inventories. The HAZUS-MH inventory has several potential applications for planners, emergency responders and decision-makers. Several uses are highlighted below. HAZUS-MH can delineate the boundaries of a hazard and exposure of population and built environment The HAZUS-MH hurricane model can estimate wind intensity from specific events, including peak gust wind speeds and maximum sustained winds."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Crime Analysis and Crime Mapping Information Clearinghouse (8th Edition)
"The clearinghouse provides a comprehensive list of bibliographic and Internet resources that may be useful to practitioners and researchers interested in the disciplines of problem analysis, crime analysis, and crime mapping. The bibliographic references are composed of books, articles, and reports that relate to topics such as crime analysis, problem solving, geographic information systems (GIS), crime mapping, and Internet mapping. This particular edition includes over 130 new references and two new resource categories including 'Journey to Crime' and 'Crime Forecasting.' The Internet resources provided at the end of the document include links to additional sources of information concerning crime analysis and crime mapping."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
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Living Memories: The Human Toll of Terrorism
"Over time, the succession of terrorist incidents around the world becomes not merely shocking, but numbing. It is understandable, therefore, that we often take refuge in the necessary abstractions of news coverage: numbers killed, damage done, reactions of governments and security forces. But human faces haunt every one of these stories. Terrorism is evil because it is an affront to human life and universal values of civilization that we share in common. To condemn terrorism in this absolute manner does not mean that we ignore either the complexities of history or the specific political context in which it arises. It certainly does not mean that we dismiss the injustice and oppression that terrorists exploit. But it does mean that we never, never excuse terrorist acts because suffering and poverty and injustice persist in the world. Sympathy for the underlying cause claimed by terrorists is all the more reason to reject their acts and seek their elimination. Terrorism should be defined, as one expert has written, 'by the nature of the act, not by the identity of the perpetrators or the nature of their cause.' Moreover, terrorists inevitably end up oppressing and killing far more of the people they claim to represent-including women and children-than any real or imagined enemy. The stories and profiles presented here are neither comprehensive nor do they attempt to represent the extent or full dimension of the common threat of terrorism that all nations face today."
United States. Department of State. Bureau of International Information Programs
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Estimated Peak Wind Gusts in Hurricane Ivan
This map provides estimated peak wind gusts for the areas of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida which were affected by Hurricane Ivan on September 17, 2004. Potential uses of the map include scenario development for hurricane preparedness, training and exercises, response and recovery planning, rapid needs assessment, and analysis of infrastructure and areas that were most impacted by hurricane winds.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Population Potentially Exposed to Dam Failure in Austin, Texas
This map identifies the areas and population that are potentially exposed to the failure of Mansfield and Miller dams in Austin, Texas. Potential uses of these maps include identification and characterization of the population and infrastructure potentially exposed, incorporation of this information into evacuation planning, and identification and implementation of appropriate protective measures.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Emergency Management Strategic Healthcare Group (EMSHG) Home Page [website]
"Welcome to the Emergency Management Strategic Healthcare Group (EMSHG) Home Page. Here you can learn about our organization, its missions, accomplishments, and current activities relating to disaster response and recovery operations."
United States. Department of Veterans Affairs
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Maryland Emergency Management Agency [website]
"MEMA - the Maryland Emergency Management Agency - was created by the Maryland legislature to ensure our state is prepared to deal with large-scale emergencies. MEMA is responsible for coordinating the state's response in any major emergency or disaster. This includes supporting local governments as needed or requested, and coordinating assistance with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other federal partners. While MEMA is part of the Maryland Military Department and under the authority of the Adjutant General, during emergencies the Governor may assume direct authority over the agency and the Executive Director of MEMA reports directly to the Governor."
Maryland Emergency Management Agency
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Federal Communications Commission Fact Sheet: The Emergency Alert System (EAS)
"The EAS is designed to provide the President with a means to address the American people in the event of a national emergency. Through the EAS, the President would have access to thousands of broadcast stations, cable systems and participating satellite programmers to transmit a message to the public. The EAS and its predecessors, CONELRAD and the Emergency Broadcast System (EBS), have never been activated for this purpose. But beginning in 1963, the President permitted state and local level emergency information to be transmitted using the EBS."
United States. Federal Communications Commission
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Judge Advocate's Handbook For Litigating National Security Cases: Prosecuting, Defending and Adjudicating National Security Cases
"National security cases involving classified evidence and testimony present challenges that are outside the realm of normal military justice practice. These cases, particularly those that involve the divulging national secrets, are among the most serious and evoke intense emotions. The evidentiary process by which classified information is presented during hearings closed to the public is complex. The use of classified material at trial imposes significant logistical burdens on Government and defense counsel alike. The procedures and statutes that govern the use of classified evidence are only infrequently encountered in court-martial practice. Therefore, early planning, study, team building, and interagency consultation are the sine qua non to the satisfactory resolution of these uniquely complex cases."
United States. Department of the Navy
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Region 10 Regional Response Team/NW Area Committee [website]
"The mission of the Region 10 Regional Response Team (RRT) and the Northwest Area Committee (NWAC) is to protect public health and safety and the environment by ensuring coordinated, efficient, and effective support of the federal, state, tribal, local, and international responses to significant oil and hazardous substance incidents within the Pacific Northwest Region as mandated by the National Contingency Plan (NCP). We are also committed to providing for the development of the NWAC plan and coordination of preparedness activities prior to a pollution incident by addressing regional and international issues and providing guidance to industry, State Emergency Response Commissions, Tribal Emergency Response Commissions, and Local Emergency Planning Committees."
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Region X
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Flood Smart [website]
"The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) FloodSmart Website is the official Website of the National Flood Insurance Program, which is administered by FEMA. The site has myriad resources home and business owners. On the site users can: a) enter an address into a form and find out how likely it is to flood; b) find local flood insurance agents; c) estimate the cost of different depths of flood; and d) estimate flood insurance premiums. In addition, FEMA answers flood-related questions on its Website."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Performance Verification Testing: Rapid Toxicity Monitoring and Detection Systems, Overview and Analysis
"As part of its role in protecting the nation's drinking water supplies and systems from acts of terrorism, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has supported the testing and evaluation of rapid toxicity monitoring and detection systems. EPA's efforts in drinking water system security focus on physical security, including cyber security, destruction and disruption of services to both water and wastewater systems, and the threat of delivering chemical, biological, and radiological contaminants into water systems. An integral part of the Agency's approach to meeting its mission is testing and evaluating the performance of commercially available technologies that may be useful for monitoring and detecting contaminants; as early warning systems; for mitigation and treatment; and, for providing alternative water supplies."
United States. Environmental Protection Agency
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FEMA Publications Catalog
This document includes a list of all FEMA publications dealing with: fire/emergency services, earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, hurricanes/tsunamis, dam safety, hazardous materials, emergency preparedness, response and recovery, research reports, educational materials, etc.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Report on Costs and Benefits of Natural Hazard Mitigation
"This report reviews the types of benefits that can accrue to different segments of society from mitigative measures, the types of costs that can be incurred by undertaking the actions, and the types of analysis needed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness associated with the mitigation measure. In addition, the report provides a review of the tools of hazard mitigation, to give the reader an understanding of how mitigation measures are implemented. At the core of this report are 16 case studies of mitigation measures that were implemented in various locations across the nation. These cases demonstrate that mitigation is effective against several types of natural hazards and can be accomplished through the use of many different mitigation tools. The cases also illustrate that the various tools can be implemented in all major regions of the country. Further, since disasters impact the entire community, hazard mitigation relies on an investment from all sectors of the community, not just Federal, State, and local governments. An important theme that emerges from several of the cases is that mitigation is more effective when undertaken before the advent of a natural hazard. The cases demonstrate representative solutions for cost-effective hazard mitigation."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Transportation Security Administration Canine & Explosives Program: Program History & Description
This document provides a history and description of the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Canine & Explosives Program. It answers the following questions: How did the program get started? What does the program have to offer? How many airports participate in the program? Why are TSA-certified explosives detection canine teams beneficial in the airport environment? Where are canine handlers trained? What does a department/airport do as a participant of TSA Canine Program?
United States. Transportation Security Administration
