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  Effective, timely response to a terrorism incident requires just-in-time, accurate information. The Hazard Response Technology Reference Library provides an electronic library for the Incident Response Management community, researchers, and the general public. Planners, educators, and responders will find links to a broad range of information on planning , prevention, response, and recovery. Sources include government, education, military and non-profit service sites.

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Major Categories for Online Resource Center
Agro-Terrorism Search & Rescue
Agro-Terrorism: First Responders Schools & Disaster Management
Agro-Terrorism: Course Materials Terms & Definitions
Cross-Cultural Mourning Practices Terrorism: Bioterrorism
Family Assistance Terrorism: Bio & Chem Topics
Fire-Hazmat-Disaster Terrorism: Chemical
GIS - Geographic Information System Terrorism: General
Law Enforcement Terrorism: Medical Treatment/Hazmat
Lessons Learned Terrorism: Military Role CBIRF
Media Communications Terrorism: Mock Terrorist Exercises
Medical Terrorism: Protecting Emerg Responders
Medical - Disabled/Aging Terrorism: Radiology
Mental Health Terrorism: Water
Morgue Operations Transportation
Plans & Response Guides Tsunamis
Religious Response Volunteer & Donations Management



TERRORISM: BIOTERRORISM

Aftermath of a Hypothetical Smallpox Disaster
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no4/bardi.htm

Anthrax-A Possible Case History
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no4/inglesby.htm

Are Certain Category A Biological Agents More Suitable for Bioterrorism Than Others?
http://www.biosecurity.sandia.gov/documents/others-BTR2005.pdf

Biological attack likely by 2020, report warns
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0105/011405gsn2.htm

Biological Terrorism Variables and Emergency Response Concepts
http://thayer.dartmouth.edu/%7Eethreats/whitepapers/Hutchinson.doc

Biosecurity Reference: CFR-Listed Agent and Toxin Summaries
http://www.biosecurity.sandia.gov/documents/cfr-listed-agent-toxin.pdf

Bioterrorism Bibliography
http://www.cbaci.org/pubs/reports/bioterrorism_in_us/biblio.pdf

BW Risk Assessment - Historical and Technical Perspectives
http://www.biosecurity.sandia.gov/documents/SAL-GAUD-NPR-FW04.pdf

Conceptual Framework for Biosecurity Levels
http://www.biosecurity.sandia.gov/documents/conceptual-framework-biosecurity-levels.pdf

Emerging Technologies: Recommendations for Counter-Terrorism
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~engs05/readings/md/Emerging_Tech/ETech.pdf

Fire Dept Resp to Bio Threat B’nai B’rith HQ
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-114.pdf

Frequently Asked Questions about the Biological Agents Registry of North Carolina
http://www.epi.state.nc.us/epi/bioagent/faq.html

Historical Precedence and Technical Requirements of Biological Weapons Use: A Threat Assessment
http://www.biosecurity.sandia.gov/documents/historic-precedence2002.pdf

Historical Trends Related to Bioterrorism Empirical Analysis
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol5no4/tucker.htm

Implementation of Biosecurity in United States Laboratories
http://www.biosecurity.sandia.gov/conferences/international/presentations/USA-Jan-Nicholson.pdf

Indonesian embassy in Australia closed by apparent biological attack
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/150523/1/.html

Interim Recommendations - Protective Clothing-Respirators Against Biological Agents
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/unp-intrecppe.htm

Introduction to Biological Agent Detection Equipment
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/190747.htm

Laboratory Biosecurity Implementation Guidelines
http://www.biosecurity.sandia.gov/documents/LBIG.pdf

Looking for Trouble-A Policymaker’s Guide to Biosensing
http://www.ndu.edu/ctnsp/LookingforTrouble-wb-kd.pdf

Modeling the Spread of Anthrax in Buildings
http://eetd.lbl.gov/ied/apt/pubs/Anthrax_in_Bldgs.pdf

Options for Reducing the Threat of Bioterrorism
http://www.biosecurity.sandia.gov/conferences/international/presentations/Options-Reducing-Threat-BethCameron.pdf

Pathogens as Weapons
http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/BCSIA_content/documents/Koblentz.pdf

Potential Biological Weapons Threats
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no4/pdf/kortepeter.pdf

Scholars Biosecurity: The Protection of High Consequence Pathogens and Toxins
http://www.biosecurity.sandia.gov/biosecurity.htm

Security Risk Assessment Methodology for Bioscience Facilities
http://www.biosecurity.sandia.gov/documents/RiskAssessmentMethodologyBioscienceFacilities.pdf

Smallpox
http://www.wyfda.org/member/smallpox.pdf

Smallpox: An Attack Scenario
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no4/otoole.htm

Terrorism Awareness WMD Part II Biological Weapons
http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijrdm/vol2n1/terror2.xml

USAMRID’s Defense Against Toxin Weapons
http://www.usamriid.army.mil/education/defensetox/toxdefbook.doc

U.S. Postal Service Improve Communication RE Future Anthrax Contamination.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d03316.pdf

We're Unprepared - America is still vulnerable to a biological attack
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/19/AR2005051901534.html

Working Paper: Bioterrorism and Biocrimes - The Illicit Use of Biological Agents Since 1900
http://www.ndu.edu/centercounter/Full_Doc.pdf



TERRORISM: BIO & CHEM TOPICS

Advice for Safeguarding Buildings Against Chemical or Biological Attack
http://securebuildings.lbl.gov/printer.html

Biological/Chemical Terrorism and SWAT Response
http://www.lapdonline.org/general_information/dept_pub_program/bio_terror.htm

Biological and Chemical Terrorism: Strategic Plan Preparedness and Response
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr4904a1.htm

Chemical, Biological, Radiological Incident Handbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/reports/cbr_handbook/cbrbook.htm

Crisis Response Plans for Schools
http://www.riskinstitute.org/test.php?pid=library&tid=1347

Emergency Response to Chemical/Biological Incidents
http://wearcam.org/envirotech/no_contaminated_person_allowed_to_leave.htm

Pre-Hospital Chem-Bio Incident Response
http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/01/89/63/04018963.pdf

Protecting Buildings from a Biological or Chemical Attack
http://eetd.lbl.gov/ied/apt/pubs/Protecting_Bldgs.pdf

Public health response to biological and chemical weapons-WHO guidance (2004)
http://www.who.int/csr/delibepidemics/biochemguide/en/print.html




TERRORISM: CHEMICAL

Chemical Agents: Facts About Personal Cleaning and Disposal of Contaminated Clothing
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/planning/personalcleaningfacts.asp

Hospital Chemical Incident Response
http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/01/89/51/04018951.pdf

Ready or Not-APHL Chemical Terrorism Project
http://www.aphl.org/docs/APHL-CT%20Report%20_Final_.pdf

Terrorism Awareness WMD Part I Chemical Agents
http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijrdm/vol2n1/terror1.xml

TICs TIMS and Terrorists
http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/tcaw/12/i04/pdf/403regulations.pdf



TERRORISM: GENERAL

Are You Ready-a Guide to Citizen Preparedness
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/areyouready/areyouready_full.pdf

Bureaucracies Communities & Networks Interagency Cooperation for Homeland Security
http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/research/theses/Scott03.pdf

Citizen Corps-A Guide for Local Officials
http://www.citizencorps.gov/pdf/council.pdf

Coping with Attack-Quick Guide Bio Chem Dirty Bomb Attacks
http://www.ndu.edu/ctnsp/WMD_May%2004%20poster.pdf

Department of Homeland Security-National Security Emergencies
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interapp/editorial/editorial_0284.xml

Developing a Distributed System for Infrastructure Protection
http://thayer.dartmouth.edu/%7Eethreats/whitepapers/jiang.pdf

Emergency Preparedness Guide
http://www.homeownershipalliance.com/documents/emergency_final.pdf

Evacuation Planning Matrix
http://www.osha.gov/dep/evacmatrix/index.html

Evaluating the Success of Terror Risk Communications
http://computing.hss.cmu.edu/lernerlab/pdfs/Fischhoff_2003_Bioterroism_Paper.pdf

FEMA Coordinates Federal Disaster and Emergency Assistance Programs
http://www.ncs.gov/news/speech/speech01/speech_01_0508a.html

FEMA SMART PRACTICES A Regional Approach to Terrorism
and All-Hazards Preparedness
http://www.fema.gov/txt/preparedness/pennsmartpractice.txt

Guidance for Filtration and Air-Cleaning Systems to Protect Building
Environments from Airborne Chem Bio Radio Attacks
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2003-136/2003-136.html

Guidance for Protecting Building Environments from Airborne Chemical
Biological or Radiological Attacks
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/bldvent/2002-139.html

Guide for Explosion & Bombing Scene Investigation
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/181869.pdf

Homeland Security Exercise and Eval Prog Vol I
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/docs/HSEEPv1.pdf

Homeland Security Exercise and Eval Prog Vol II
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/docs/HSEEPv2.pdf

Homeland Security in America’s Dairyland
http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/npr/vol09/93/93heath.pdf

How to Lead during Bioattacks with the Public’s Trust and Help
http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/pages/resources/leadership.html

Individual Preparedness & Response to Chemical Radiological Nuclear & Bioterrorist Attacks
http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1731/

[The] Iowa Homeland Security Initiative
http://www.iowahomelandsecurity.org/asp/HS_inIowa/hs_initiative.pdf

National Strategy for Homeland Security-Office of Homeland Security July 2002
http://www.whitehouse.gov/homeland/book/nat_strat_hls.pdf

Project Responder – National Technology Plan for
Emergency Response to Catastrophic Terrorism
http://www.mipt.org/pdf/Project-Responder-National-Technology-Plan.pdf

Protecting Building from Bio Chem Attack
http://securebuildings.lbl.gov/images/BldgAdvice.pdf

Rapidly Locating and Characterizing Pollutant Releases in Buildings
http://eetd.lbl.gov/ied/apt/pubs/Locate_Release.pdf

Responding to Incidents of National Consequence
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/fa-282.pdf

Strengthening Federal-State Relationships to Prevent and Respond to Terrorism
http://www.tcf.org/Publications/HomelandSecurity/dresang.pdf

Terrorism and International Victims Unit
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/factshts/tivu/fs000276.pdf

Terrorism Threat Vulnerability Self Assessment Tool
http://www.ncagr.com/BioTerror_Assessment.htm

Terrorist CBRN-Materials and Effects
http://www.cia.gov/cia/reports/terrorist_cbrn/CBRN_threat_wo.pdf

Weapons of Mass Destruction-Threat Overview
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~engs05/readings/md/wmd/WMDHTML/



TERRORISM-MEDICAL TREATMENT/HAZMAT
   
Bioterrorist Agents Charts Methyl Isocynate
General Info Mustard
Medical Hazmat Response Plans Phosgene
Bioterrorist Agents Charts Phosphine
Quarantine Plague
Abrin Ricin
Ammonia Sarin
Anthrax Smallpox
Botulism Sulfur Dioxide
Brucellosis Summary: Arsenicals
Chlorine Summary: Arsines
Cyanides Summary: Fluorine
Ebola Tularemia
Hydrogen Sulfide Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
Lewisite VX
Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever  


Bioterrorist Agents Charts

Biosecurity Reference: CFR-Listed Agent and Toxin Summaries
http://www.biosecurity.sandia.gov/documents/cfr-listed-agent-toxin.pdf

WMD Agent Quick Reference Guide
http://www.bt.usf.edu/files/WMDagentcard.pdf

General Info

Are Certain Category A Biological Agents More Suitable for Bioterrorism Than Others?
http://www.biosecurity.sandia.gov/documents/others-BTR2005.pdf

Bioterrorism and the People – Vaccinate a City
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/CID/journal/issues/v34n2/011333/011333.text.html

Foodborne Illness
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/foodborneinfections_g.htm

Implications of Pandemic Influenza for Bioterrorism Response
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/CID/journal/issues/v31n6/000949/000949.text.html

National Disaster Medical System Website
http://www.ndms.fema.gov/

NDPO/DoD Criminal & Epidemiological Investigation Report
http://hld.sbccom.army.mil/downloads/bwirp/bwirp_npdo_dod_ceir.pdf

Preventing Use Bio Weapons – Improving Response Should Prevention Fail
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/CID/journal/issues/v30n6/000065/000065.text.html

Redefining Readiness Study – Terrorism Planning
http://www.cacsh.org/eptpp.html

Recognition of Illness Associated with the Intentional Release of a Biologic Agent
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5041a2.htm

Medical HAZMAT Response Plans

Acute Radiation Syndrome: A Fact Sheet for Physicians
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/arsphysicianfactsheet.asp

Ambulances to Nowhere-Shortfall in Medical Preparedness for Terrorism
http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/BCSIA_content/documents/Ambulances_to_Nowhere.pdf

An Approach to Terrorism Preparedness: Parkland Health and Hospital System
http://www.homelanddefense.org/journal/articles/rinnerthealthprepare.htm

Biological Agents as Weapons-Medical Implications-Countermeasures & Decontamination
http://wearcam.org/envirotech/victims_clothing_as_evidence.htm

Biological Warfare and its Cutaneous Manifestations
http://telemedicine.org/BioWar/biologic.htm

Bioterrorism Questionnaire – Bioterrorism Emergency Planning and
Preparedness Questionnaire for Healthcare Facilities
http://www.ahrq.gov/about/cpcr/bioterrtxt.htm


Bioterrrorism Readiness Plan: Template Healthcare Facilities
http://www.bioterrorism.slu.edu/bt/key_ref/BioPlan.pdf

Case Definitions for Public Health Surveillance
ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Publications/mmwr/rr/rr3913.pdf

CBRNE – Evaluation of a Biological Warfare Victim
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic891.htm

Chemical Terrorism Event Specimen Collection
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/labissues/pdf/chemspecimencollection.pdf

Collaboration Between Public Health and Law Enforcements-New
Paradigms and Partnerships for Bioterrorism Planning and Response
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no10/02-0400.htm

Community-Based Mass Prophylaxis - Planning Guide for Public Health Preparedness
http://www.ahcpr.gov/downloads/pub/biotertools/cbmprophyl.doc

Coordinating a Multiple Casualty Critical Incident Within a Hospital
http://www.icisf.org/articles/Acrobat%20Documents/
TerrorismIncident/MassCasHosp.pdf


Deliberate Release of Terrorist Agents
http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/EmergencyPlanning/DeliberateRelease/fs/en

Defense Against Toxin Weapons
http://www.nbc-med.org/SiteContent/MedRef/OnlineRef/FieldManuals/datw/navigate.htm

Disaster Mental Health - Disaster Assessment - State of Indiana
http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/dtac/DMHassessment/bioterrorism.asp

Dose Estimates and Other Compendia
http://www.orau.gov/reacts/compendia.htm

Drug Preparedness and Response to Bioterrorism
http://www.fda.gov/cder/drugprepare/default.htm

EMS Guidelines-Patient Restraint
http://wearcam.org/envirotech/full_body_restraint.htm

Environmental health in emergencies and disasters - a practical guide
http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/hygiene/emergencies/emergencies2002/en/

Epidemiology of Bioterrorism
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no4/pavlin.htm

Facts About DPTA
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/dtpa.asp

Facts About Neupogen
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/neupogenfacts.asp

Guidance for Protective Actions Following a Radiological Terrorist Event
http://hps.org/documents/RDDPAGs.pdf

Guidance for Radiation Accident Management
http://www.orau.gov/reacts/guidance.htm

Guidelines Hospital Response to Mass Casualties from a Radiological Incident
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/pdf/MassCasualtiesGuidelines.pdf

HAZMAT for Health Care: Management of the Contaminated Patient
http://www.hazmatforhealthcare.org/the_contaminated_patient.cfm

Health Care Planning for Chemical and Biological Terrorism
http://wearcam.org/envirotech/undressing_patients_
high_school_or_health_club_Hick.html


HEICS Hospital Emergency Incident Command System Vol I
http://www.emsa.ca.gov/Dms2/HEICS98a.pdf

HEICS Hospital Emergency Incident Command System Vol II
http://www.emsa.ca.gov/Dms2/HEICS98b.pdf

Hometown Hospitals-The Weakest Link-Bioterrorism Readiness in America’s Rural Hospitals
http://www.ndu.edu/ctnsp/rural%20hospitals.htm

Hospital Communications in a Mass Casualty Event
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/pdf/hospitalroundtablereport.pdf

Hospital Triage in the First 24 Hours after a Nuclear or Radiological Disaster
http://www.orau.gov/reacts/triage.pdf

Jim Placke's NBC Links - Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Warfare
http://www.nbc-links.com/index1.html

[The] Madrid Bombings- A Firsthand Account
http://www.dartcenter.org/articles/headlines/2004/2004_03_26a.html

Managing Hazardous Materials Incidents Volume I
http://aepo-xdv-www.epo.cdc.gov/wonder/prevguid/p0000018/P0000018.asp

Managing a Suspected Biological Incident
http://www.montcopa.org/eoc/MCEMS/Links/
Terrorism%20Response%20Matrix-Anthrax.doc


Mass Casualty Decontamination
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/docs/fs-decon.htm

Mass Casualty Disaster Plan Checklist – Template for Healthcare Facilities
http://www.bioterrorism.slu.edu/bt/key_ref/APICPlanTemp/FaciltyMss.pdf

Neurological Aspects of Biological and Chemical Terrorism
http://archneur.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/60/1/21

Nuclear Terrorism & Health Effects
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/terrorismqa.asp

Possible Health Effects of Radiation Exposure on Unborn Babies
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/prenatal.asp

Potassium Iodide (KI)
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/ki.asp

Prenatal Radiation Exposure: A Fact Sheet for Physicians
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/prenatalphysician.asp

Protecting the Public’s Health in the Age of Bioterrorism
http://healthyamericans.org/state/bioterror/Bioterror.pdf

Prussian Blue
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/prussianblue.asp

Public Health Incident Command System for Infectious Disease Emergencies
http://www.idready.org/webcast/spr05_cider/2005-05-03/ICSUCBIDPMay2005.ppt

Public Health in the Time of Bioterrorism
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no10/02-0444.htm

Public health response to biological and chemical weapons-WHO guidance (2004)
http://www.who.int/csr/delibepidemics/biochemguide/en/print.html

Public Health Risks of Disasters: Communication, Infrastructure and Preparedness
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309095425/html

Radiation and Health Effects
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/healthfacts.asp

Risks and Prevention of Nosocomial Transmission of Rare Zoonotic Diseases
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/CID/journal/issues/v32n3/000858/000858.text.html

Rocky Mountain Regional Care Model Bioterrorist Events - Local Alternative Care Sites During an Emergency
http://www.ahrq.gov/research/altsites.htm

Shipping Samples from People Exposed to Chemical Terrorism Agents
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/labissues/pdf/shipping-samples.pdf

TOPOFF 2 - After Action Summary Report
http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/T2_Report_Final_Public.doc

USAMRIID’s Medical Mgmt Bio Casualties Blue Book
http://www.usamriid.army.mil/education/bluebook.htm

Weapons of Mass Destruction Events with Contaminated Casualties
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/283/2/242

Who You Gonna Call? Medical Emergency Strategic National Stockpile
http://www.ndu.edu/ctnsp/SNS-wb-kd-wb-kd.pdf

Bioterrorist Agents Charts

Bioterrorist Agents Chart I
http://www.unc.edu/depts/spice/chart.pdf

Bioterrorist Agents Chart II
http://www.unc.edu/depts/spice/bioter2.pdf

Chemical Terrorism Agents and Syndromes Chart
http://www.unc.edu/depts/spice/chemical-generic.pdf

Quarantine

Large-Scale Quarantine Following Biological Terrorism in the United States
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/286/21/2711


Abrin

Abrin Emergency Response Card [NIOSH]
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/abrin/erc1393-62-0pr.asp

Ammonia

Chemical Terrorism – Irritants Ammonia
http://www.bioterrorism.slu.edu/pulmonary/quick/ammonia.pdf

Anthrax

Anthrax
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic148.htm

Anthrax – A Possible Case History
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no4/inglesby.htm

Anthrax as a Biological Weapon
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/287/17/2236

Anthrax of the Gastrointestinal Tract
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0062.htm

Applying Lessons Learned from Anthrax Case History to Other Scenarios
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no4/bartlett.htm

Bioterrorism on the Home Front - A New Challenge for American Medicine
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/286/20/2595

Bioterrorism Pub Health Response to Anthrax Incidents 2001.
http://www.mipt.org/pdf/gao04152.pdf

Boiling and Bacillus Spores
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/Vol10no10/04-0158.htm

Britain's Biological Weapons - The Hidden History of Porton Down
http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/S/science/war/biog_biogweapons.html

Clinical Presentation of Inhalational Anthrax Following Bioterrorism
Exposure - Report of 2 Surviving Patients
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/286/20/2549

Death due to Bioterrorism-Related Inhalational Anthrax Report of 2 Patients 2001
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/286/20/2554

Emergency response to anthrax attack
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/100/7/4346

Human Anthrax Associated with an Epizootic Among Livestock – North Dakota 2000
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5032a1.htm

Inactivation of Bacillus anthracis Spores
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol9no6/pdfs/02-0377.pdf

Indonesian embassy staff in Australia isolated over "biological agent"
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/print/150497/1/.html

Investigation of Bioterrorism-Related Anthrax, United States, Epidemiologic Findings
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no10/02-0353.htm

Modeling the optimum duration of antibiotic prophylaxis in an anthrax attack
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/100/17/10129

NIOSH Procedures for Collecting Environmental Samples for Culturing Bacillus anthracis.
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/unp-envsamp.html

Notice to Readers-Occupational Health Guidelines for Remediation Workers
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5135a3.htm

Novel Sample Preparation Method for Safe and Rapid Detection of
Bacillus anthracis Spores in Environmental Powders and Nasal Swabs
http://jcm.asm.org/cgi/content/full/41/3/1252

Ounce of Prevention-Mass Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Anthrax NYC 2001
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol9no6/pdfs/03-0118.pdf

Protecting Investigators Performing Environmental Sampling for
Bacillus anthracis-Personal Protective Equipment
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/unp-anthrax-ppe.html

PCR Assay To Detect Bacillus anthracis Spores in Heat-Treated Specimens
http://jcm.asm.org/cgi/content/full/41/2/896

Rare Case Causes Doctors to Question Anthrax Effects
http://www.nti.org/d_newswire/issues/recent_stories.asp?category=biological

Susceptibility of Bacillus anthracis to eleven antimicrobial agents
http://jac.oupjournals.org/cgi/reprint/52/2/297

Botulism

Botulinum Toxin as a Biological Weapon
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/285/8/1059

Botulinum Toxin Fact Sheet
http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/pages/agents/botulism.html

Botulism
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/botulism_g.htm

Botulism in the United States 1899-1996
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/botulism.pdf

Facts about Botulism
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/botulism/factsheet.asp

Sentinel Lab Guidelines – Botulism Toxin
http://www.asm.org/ASM/files/LEFTMARGINHEADERLIST/
downloadfilename/0000000522/BotulismFinalVersion73003.pdf


Brucellosis

Brucellosis
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/brucellosis_g.htm

Chlorine

Chemical Terrorism – Chlorine
http://www.bioterrorism.slu.edu/pulmonary/quick/chlorine.pdf

Cyanides

Cyanogen Chloride Emergency Response Card [Niosh]
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/cyanide/erc506-77-4pr.asp

Hydrogen Cyanide Emergency Response Card [NIOSH]
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/cyanide/erc74-90-8pr.asp

Potassium Cyanide
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/cyanide/erc151-50-8pr.asp

Sodium Cyanide Emergency Response Card [NIOSH]
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/cyanide/erc143-33-9pr.asp

Ebola

Ebola Fact Sheet
http://www.fas.org/resource/06142004105052.pdf

Hydrogen Sulfide

Chemical Terrorism – Blood Gas Agents Hydrogen Sulfide
http://www.bioterrorism.slu.edu/blood/quick/hydrosul.pdf

Lewisite

Blister Agents: Lewisite (L) and Mustard-Lewisite Mixture (HL)
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/MHMI/mmg163.html

Chemical Terrorism – Vesicants/Blistering Agents Dichloroarsine Compounds Lewisite
http://www.bioterrorism.slu.edu/vesicants/quick/lewisite.pdf

Facts About Lewisite
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/lewisite/basics/pdf/lewisite-facts.pdf


Marburg Hemmorhagic Fever

Brief Report: Outbreak of Marburg Virus Hemorrhagic Fever - Angola, October 1, 2004 - March 29, 2005
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm54d330a1.htm

CDC Assists in Public Health Response to Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak in Angola
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/marburg/pdf/marburg-cdcrole.pdf

Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever - Fact Sheet
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/Fact_Sheets/Marburg_Hemorrhagic_Fever_Fact_Sheet.pdf

Marburg Virus Hemorrhagic Fever, Angola, Interim Guidance for Humanitarian Workers
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/other/marburghf/marburg_vhf_humanitarian_2005.htm

Risk Factors for Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever, Democratic Republic of the Congo
http://www.cdc.gov/NCIDOD/eid/vol9no12/pdfs/03-0355.pdf

WHO Marburg haemorrhagic fever - fact sheet
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/marburg/factsheet/en/print.html


Methyl Isocynate

Chemical Terrorism – Methyl Isocyanate
http://www.bioterrorism.slu.edu/pulmonary/quick/methyliso.pdf

Mustard

CBRNE – Vesicants, Mustard: Hd, Hn1-3, H
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic901.htm

Chemical Terrorism – Vesicants (Blistering Agents) Mustard Agents
http://www.bioterrorism.slu.edu/vesicants/quick/mustard.pdf

Facts About Nitrogen Mustards
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/nitrogenmustard/basics/pdf/nitrogenmustard-facts.pdf

Facts About Sulfur Mustard
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/sulfurmustard/basics/pdf/sulfur-mustard-facts.pdf

HN1 Nitrogen Mustard Emergency Response Card (NIOSH)
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/nitrogenmustard/erc538-07-8pr.asp

HN2 Nitrogen Mustard Emergency Response Card (NIOSH)
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/nitrogenmustard/erc51-75-2pr.asp

HN3 Nitrogen Mustard
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/nitrogenmustard/erc555-77-1pr.asp

Mustard
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/sulfurmustard/erc505-60-2pr.asp

Toxicological Profile for Sulfur Mustard
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp49.html

Phosgene

Chemical Terrorism – Lung Irritants Phosgene
http://www.bioterrorism.slu.edu/pulmonary/quick/phosgene_02.pdf

Chemical Terrorism – Vesicants/Blistering Agents
Halogenated Oxime Agents Phosgene Oxime
http://www.bioterrorism.slu.edu/vesicants/quick/phosgene.pdf

Phosphine

Chemical Terrorism – Pulmonary Irritants Phosphine
http://www.bioterrorism.slu.edu/pulmonary/quick/phosphine.pdf

Plague

CIDRAP Plague: Current, comprehensive information on pathogenesis,
microbiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/bt/plague/biofacts/plaguefactsheet.html

Epidemiologic Determinants for Modeling Pneumonic Plague Outbreaks
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol10no4/03-0509.htm

Plague as a Biological Weapon
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/283/17/2281


Ricin

Chronology of Incidents Involving Ricin
http://www.cns.miis.edu/pubs/reports/ricin_chron.htm

Facts About Ricin
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/ricin/pdf/ricinfacts.pdf

Ricin
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/ricin/erc9009-86-3pr.asp

Ricin Fact Sheet
http://www.fas.org/resource/05272004174537.pdf

Ricin: Technical Background
http://www.fas.org/irp/crs/RS21383.pdf

Sarin

Sarin
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/sarin/erc107-44-8pr.asp

Sarin Fact Sheet
http://www.fas.org/resource/05272004174908.pdf

Smallpox

DoD Individuals Briefing-Smallpox Vaccination Program
http://www.smallpox.mil/documents/542SVPIndvBrief.pdf

Emergency response to a smallpox attack case of mass vaccination
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/99/16/10935

Evaluating Patients for Smallpox
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/diagnosis/pdf/spox-poster-full.pdf

Expected Adverse Events in a Mass Smallpox Vaccination Campaign
http://www.acponline.org/journals/ecp/marapr02/kemper.htm

Modeling Potential Responses to Smallpox as a Bioterrorist Weapon
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no6/meltzer.htm

Recent Events & Observations – Smallpox Virus Destruction in 2002
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/CID/journal/issues/v33n7/010190/010190.text.html

Risk Communication Health Care Facilities Smallpox Vaccinations
http://www.smallpox.mil/documents/526RCStrategy.pdf

Smallpox – An Attack Scenario
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no4/otoole.htm

Smallpox as a Biological Weapon Medical and Public Health Management
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/281/22/2127

Smallpox-Clinical and Epidemiologic Features
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no4/henderson.htm

Smallpox DoD Health Care Providers Briefing
http://www.smallpox.mil/documents/540SVPHCPBrief.pdf

Smallpox Response Plan and Guidelines
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/response-plan/index.asp

The Threat of Smallpox: Eradicated but Not Erased
http://www.homelandsecurity.org/journal/Articles/gursky_smallpox.html


Sulfur Dioxide

Chemical Terrorism – Pulmonary Irritants Sulfur Dioxide
http://www.bioterrorism.slu.edu/pulmonary/quick/sulfur.pdf

Summary: Arsenicals

CBRNE – Vesicants, Organic Arsenicals: L, ED, MD, PD, HL
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic902.htm

Summary: Arsines

Chemical Terrorism - Blood Agents Arsines
http://www.bioterrorism.slu.edu/blood/quick/arsines.pdf

Summary: Fluorine

Chemical Terrorism – Pulmonary Irritants Fluorine & Hydrogen Fluoride
http://www.bioterrorism.slu.edu/pulmonary/quick/fluorine.pdf

Tularemia

Frequently Asked Questions About Tularemia
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/tularemia/faq.asp

Improving public health preparedness for and response to the threat of epidemics: tularaemia network
http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/Tularaemia_MeetingReport_GenDistribution_Final1.pdf

Tularemia as a Biological Weapon Medical and Public Health Management
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/285/21/2763

Tularemia Fact Sheet
http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/pages/agents/tularemia.html

Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses as Biological Weapons
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/287/18/2391?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10...

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/vhf.htm

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHFs): Hazard Recognition
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/vhf/recognition.html

VX

VX Emergency Response Card (NIOSH)
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/vx/erc50782-69-9pr.asp



TERRORISM: MILITARY ROLE CBIRF

Another Perspective on the Role of the Military in Consequence Management
http://wearcam.org/envirotech/victims_videotaped_trough_decon_line.htm

Consequence Management-Domestic Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usawc/Parameters/97autumn/seiple.htm



TERRORISM: MOCK TERRORIST EXERCISES

A Plague on Your City-Observations from Topoff
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/CID/journal/issues/v32n3/001347/001347.text.html

Aftermath of a Hypothetical Smallpox Disaster
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no4/bardi.htm

Collaboration Between Public Health and Law Enforcement-New
Paradigms and Partnerships for Bioterrorism Planning and Response
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no10/02-0400.htm

Homeland Security Exer & Eval Vol I
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/docs/HSEEPv1.pdf

Homeland Security Exer & Eval Program Vol II
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/docs/HSEEPv2.pdf

Homeland Security Exer & Eval Program Vol IV
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/docs/HSEEPv4.pdf

Shining Light on “Dark Winter” Bioterrorist Exercise
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/CID/journal/issues/v34n7/020165/020165.text.html

Smallpox An Attack Scenario
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no4/otoole.htm




TERRORISM: PROTECTING EMERGENCY RESPONDERS
Protecting Emergency Responders—Lessons Learned from Terrorist Attacks
http://www.rand.org/publications/CF/CF176/CF176.pdf

Protecting Emergency Responders Volume2
http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1646/

Protecting Emergency Responders Volume 3
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2004-144/summary.html



TERRORISM: RADIOLOGY

Casualty Management After a Deliberate Release of Radioactive Material
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/casualtiesradioactive.asp

Casualty Management After Detonation of a Nuclear Weapon in an Urban Area
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/casualtiesdetonation.asp

CDC’s Roles in the Event of a Radiological Terrorist Event
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/cdcrole.asp

Chemical, Biological, Radiological Incident Handbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/reports/cbr_handbook/cbrbook.htm

Dirty Bombs
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/dirtybombs.asp

Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan (FRERP)—Operational Plan
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/doctrine/national/frerp.htm

Frequently Asked Questions About a Nuclear Blast
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/nuclearfaq.asp

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About a Radiation Emergency
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/emergencyfaq.asp

Glossary of Radiological Terms
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/glossary.asp

Guidance Radiological Terrorist Incident
http://hps.org/documents/RDDPAGS.pdf

Guidelines for Hospital Response to Mass Casualties from a Radiological Incident
[SEE: TERRORISM: MEDICAL TREATMENT section]

Interim Guidelines for Hospital Response to Mass Casualties from a Radiological Incident
[SEE TERRORISM: MEDICAL TREATMENT section with title “Guidelines”]

Radioactive Contamination and Radiation Exposure
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/contamination.asp

Radioactive Isotopes
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/isotopes/index.asp

Radiological Weapons – “Dirty Bombs”
http://www.bioterrorism.slu.edu/dirty/dirty.pdf

Radiological Weapons – Nuclear Blast/Reaction
http://www.bioterrorism.slu.edu/nuclear/nuclear.pdf

Sheltering in Place During a Radiation Emergency
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/shelter.asp

Terrorism Awareness WMD Part III Radiological Weapons
http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijrdm/vol2n2/terror3.xml

Terrorism Awareness WMD Part IV Explosives
http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijrdm/vol2n2/terror4.xml


TERRORISM: WATER

Biological Warfare Agents as Threats to Potable Water
http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/1999/107p975-984burrows/burrows-full.html

A Chemical & Biological Warfare Threat-USAF Waters Systems at Risk
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/cpc-pubs/hickman.htm

Chip planned to protect water from terror attack
http://www.ca.sandia.gov/news/2004_news/120704Mercury.html

Countering Terrorism of Drinking Water Supplies
http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/documents/FACT/31-002-1001.pdf

Early Warning Monitoring to Detect Harzardous Events in Water Supplies
http://rsi.ilsi.org/file/EWM.pdf

EPA Emergency Disinfection of Drinking Water
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/faq/emerg.html

EPA Emergency Response Plan Guidance for Small & Medium Community Water Systems
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/watersecurity/
pubs/small_medium_ERP_guidance040704.pdf


EPA Large Water System Emergency Response Plan Outline
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/watersecurity/pubs/erp-long-outline.pdf

EPA Response Protocol Toolbox Overview
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/watersecurity/pubs/guide_response_overview.pdf

EPA Response Protocol Toolbox-Module 1
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/watersecurity/pubs/guide_response_module1.pdf

EPA Response Protocol Toolbox-Module 2
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/watersecurity/pubs/guide_response_module2.pdf

EPA Response Protocol Toolbox-Module 3
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/watersecurity/pubs/guide_response_module3.pdf

EPA Response Protocol Toolbox-Module 4
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/watersecurity/pubs/guide_response_module4.pdf

EPA Response Protocol Toolbox-Module 5
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/watersecurity/pubs/guide_response_module5.pdf

EPA Response Protocol Toolbox-Module 6
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/watersecurity/pubs/guide_response_module6.pdf

EPA-Water Security – Emergency/Incident Planning
http://cfpub.epa.gov/safewater/watersecurity/home.cfm?program_id=8

EPA-Water Security-Security Enhancements, Research & Technology
http://cfpub.epa.gov/safewater/watersecurity/home.cfm?program_id=9

EPA-Water Security-Vulnerability Assessments
http://cfpub.epa.gov/safewater/watersecurity/home.cfm?program_id=11

Guidance for Water Utility Response Recovery & Remediation Actions for Emergencies
http://www.nesc.wvu.edu/ndwc/pdf/misc/er-guidance-1.pdf

Protecting Clean Water
http://www.sandia.gov/programs/homeland-security/news/ME012005.html

Protocol to Secure Vulnerable Assessments
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/watersecurity/pubs/info_protect_11-30-02.pdf

Security-What have we Learned?
http://www.nesc.wvu.edu/ndwc/articles/OT/SP04/Security.pdf

Water Security Products Inventory
http://www.awwa.org/Advocacy/SecurityProductsInventoryMarch03.pdf

Water Security Research & Technical Support Action Plan
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/watersecurity/pubs/action_plan_final.pdf


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