Homeland Security - Centralizing Access to
Resources
(2/5/2010)
The
workshop titled "Alliance to Expand Radiological Emergency Preparedness
in Public Health" was held in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 1-2, 2009. The
workshop was co-sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) and the Conference of Radiation Control Program
Directors (CRCPD). Its purpose was to solidify, formalize and further
develop partnerships established among radiation control and public
health organizations, and to address priorities for radiological
emergency preparedness that were established during the June 2008
"Roundtable on Communication and Teamwork: Keys to Successful
Radiological Response," also co-sponsored by CDC and the CRCPD. The main
objective of the workshop was to produce an action plan to carry out the
recommendations made at the 2008 roundtable (see below).
T
o
better prepare the nation for a public health threat involving
nuclear/radiological incidents, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) and the Conference of Radiation Control Program
Directors (CRCPD) sponsored the
"Roundtable on Communication and Teamwork: Keys to Successful
Radiological Response" on June 17-18, 2008, in Atlanta, Georgia.
This roundtable brought together representatives from state and local
public health agencies and radiation control programs CRCPD's
Homeland Security/Emergency Response Council's HS/ER-2 Committee for
Fostering Partnerships and Developing Operational Guides to Support
Emergency Preparedness and Response, chaired by Adela Salame-Alfie,
Ph.D., was involved in the development of this roundtable and prepared
the report on it.
CDC
Emergency and Terrorism Preparedness for Environmental Health
Practitioners
CDC
Radiation Studies: Emergency Preparedness and Response
Counter-Terrorism
Food Emergency Response Network (FERN)
,
a network of state and federal laboratories that are committed to
analyzing food samples in the event of a biological, chemical, or
radiological terrorist attack in this country.
Department
of Homeland Security
Department
of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Grant
Application Handbook
, compiled by the Nuclear Energy Institute "to assist our
state and local emergency management partners in seeking grant funding
to enhance the emergency preparedness capabilities of our communities."
HHS/REMM Health and Human Services
Radiation Event Medical
Management web portal. The goals
of this website are to:
- Provide guidance for health care providers, primarily
physicians, about clinical diagnosis and treatment during mass
casualty radiological/nuclear (rad/nuc) events
- Provide just-in-time, evidence-based, usable information with
sufficient background and context to make complex issues
understandable to those without
formal radiation medicine expertise
Lasers
FAA
Advisory Circular: Reporting of Laser Illumination of Aircraft
[1/11/ 2005]
Laser
Warning and Reporting System for Pilots Press Release
[1/12/2005]
Matrix
of Federal Grants to State and Local First Responders
This matrix provides information about key grant programs from the
Departments of Homeland Security, Justice, Transportation, Health and
Human Services, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Education
under which state and local governments and first responders are
eligible to receive planning, training, equipment, and exercise
assistance.
NEI
Grant Application Handbook
compiled by the Nuclear Energy Institute "to assist our state and local
emergency management partners in seeking grant funding to enhance the
emergency preparedness capabilities of our communities."
National
Resource Framework (NRF) Resource Center
The purpose of the National Response Framework is to
establish a comprehensive, national, all-hazards approach to domestic
incident response. The Framework presents an overview of key
response principles, roles and structures that guide the national
response. It describes how communities, States, the Federal Government
and private-sector and nongovernmental partners apply these principles
for a coordinated, effective national response. And, it describes
special circumstances where the Federal Government exercises a larger
role, including incidents where Federal interests are involved and
catastrophic incidents where a State would require significant support.
Its real value, however, is in how these elements come together and are
implemented by first responders, decision makers and supporting entities
to provide a unified national response. The Framework is written
for senior elected and appointed leaders, such as Federal agency heads,
State Governors, tribal leaders, mayors or city managers - those who
have a responsibility to provide for effective incident management.
At the same time, it informs emergency management practitioners,
explaining the operating structures and tools used routinely by first
responders and emergency managers at all levels of government.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission:
Information on radioactive dispersal devices (dirty bombs):
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/dirty-bombs.html
Operation Synergy - An exercise in California in March 2004 that
included Orange and Los Angeles Counties, the state of California, FBI,
DOE, NRC, FDA, EPA, and DHS (FEMA) participants. The three-day exercise
simulated intelligence concerns being worked by the FBI and local
authorities prior to efforts by CA radiation protection personnel or
locals.
Click
here for full report.
Radiation Event Medical Management (REMM) web portal :
http://remm.nlm.gov
was officially launched March 8, 2007 by the
Department of Health and Human Services.
Veterans
Health Administration Emergency Management Strategic Healthcare Group.
Included on this site, under Terrorism/WMD/CBRNE:
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Radiological/Nuclear Courses
2WMD
Radiological/Nuclear Awareness Train-the-Trainer Course
Note: In addition, CRCPD also has a
Homeland Security
Council. This council was created at the May 2003 National
Conference on Radiation Control.