Emergency Preparedness

Until my retirement, I worked in the Emergency Systems Group of the Decision and Information Sciences Division of Argonne National Laboratory. Our group provides assistance in emergency preparedness to The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), The Department of Energy, and to the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) of The Department of the Army and FEMA, as well as engaging in related activities.

Here is a photo from the September 1997 radiological emergency preparedness exercise for the Nine Mile Point nuclear power plant; the photo was taken in the New York State Emergency Operations Center in Albany, New York, where I was evaluating dose assessment. My colleagues shown in the photo are Robert Acerno and Mark Farrell of FEMA Region II.

Some Emergency Preparedness Resources

Here are some emergency preparedness resources on the Web:

INTRODUCTORY

  • How to prepare for an emergency!

    GENERAL

  • The Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • FEMA links to Regional Offices, State Emergency Management Agencies
  • National Response Team
  • Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Emergency Preparedness Information eXchange
  • Natural Disaster Reduction: A Plan for the Nation
  • Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program
  • Gender and Disaster Network
  • Emergency Information Infrastructure Partnership (EIIP) Virtual Forum
  • Medical, Emergency, Rescue, and Global Information Network (MERGInet)
  • USDA Disaster Assistance
  • NASA Stonefly Emergency Communications Center
  • Global Emergency Management System
  • Catastrophes
  • Responder's Toolbox (NRT preparedness and response links)
  • EmergencyNet
  • FEMA Rapid Response Information System
  • International Emergency Management Web Sites
  • Disaster Handouts & Links

    TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARDS AND TECHNOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS:

    Radiological:

  • FEMA Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program
  • RTM-96: Response Technical Manual (NRC)
  • Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM)
  • NRC List of Power Reactor Units
  • NRC's Nuclear Plant Information Books
  • FDA Guidance on Accidental Radioactive Contamination of Human Food and Animal Feeds: Federal Register Notice
  • FDA Guidance on Accidental Radioactive Contamination of Human Food and Animal Feeds: Recommendations for State and Local Agencies
  • The Consideration of Potassium Iodide in Emergency Planning (NRC)
  • Fact Sheets on Potassium Iodide (Health Physics Society)
  • Potassium Iodide (KI) Radiation Protection
  • Potassium Iodide (KI) commercial supplier (NukePills)
  • Potassium Iodide (KI)commercial supplier
  • Potassium Iodide (KI) commercial supplier
  • Radiation Protection Links on the Internet
  • EPA's Radiological Emergency Response Team
  • U.S. EPA National Primary Drinking Water Regulations; Radionuclides; Final Rule
  • RADNET
  • List of nuclear accidents
    You may also wish to visit the radiation protection and health physics page that is currently in preparation.

    Chemical/Hazmat:

  • Material Safety Data Sheets information
  • CHEMTREC
  • Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office (EPA)
  • Online NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
  • ATSDR HazDat Database

    NATURAL HAZARDS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

  • Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder

    MEDICAL RESPONSE TO DISASTERS

  • MedicCom's Library of Disaster Links
  • Medical NBC Information Server

    TRANSPORTATION EMERGENCIES

  • Emergency Response Guidebook
  • CHEMTREC

    SOME LINKS RELATED TO WEAPONS AND MILITARY EMERGENCIES

  • Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program
  • CSEPP stockpile sites map
  • Medical NBC Information Server
  • U.S. Army Materiel Command
  • Department of the Army
  • Military Unique Material Safety Data Sheets
  • U.S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command
  • Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook
  • Nonlethal Weapons:Terms and Referencesand a Popular Summary

    TERRORISM

  • National Terrorism Preparedness Institute

    EMERGENCY PLANS
    Here are some examples of Emergency Plans on line.

    BOOKS ON DISASTER RESPONSE ON LINE

  • Disaster Response: Principles of Preparation and Coordination
  • Nuclear War Survival Skills

    SOME ADDITIONAL LINKS

  • List of Selected Internet/Web Sites dealing with Hazards and Disasters
  • It's the End of the World, as we know it

    ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
    Simulations for entertainment and education

  • Control the Nuclear Power Plant (Demonstration)
  • Solar System Collisions
  • Nuclear Blast Mapper: Map a Blast
    Disaster almanac
  • Almanac of Disasters

    ODDS AND ENDS

  • Official Ten-Code List

    SOME DISASTER AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PHOTOS

  • Index of On-Line Images of Hazards and Disasters
  • Disaster and Emergency Preparedness Photo Album

    EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT NEWS

  • Whats New for Emergency Management
  • Emergency Net News

    SURVIVALIST CORNER

  • Catalog - Preparedness Products and Resources

    You might want to take a look at our article Uses of the Internet in Emergency Response. It is included in the EIIP Virtual Library; click on internet.wpd after the abstract page comes up. Also check out the transcript of our EIIP Virtual Online Library Presentation "Uses of Internet in Emergency Response". We also have a CSEPP article on the Web, "Recovery from a Chemical Weapons Accident or Incident: A Concept Paper on Planning".

    This page updated 22 Januar 2005.
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