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CROSS-CULTURAL MOURNING PRACTICES & MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT

African

Commonalities With Continents Between Us
http://www.indiana.edu/~famlygrf/culture/cultlang.html

Cultural Interpretation of Dying and Death in a Non-Western Society – Nigeria
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~culture/Eyetsemitan2.htm

“Haile”: A Discussion of Grief in Ethiopia
http://www.indiana.edu/~famlygrf/culture/bladen.html

 

African-American

 

Palliative Care in African American Communities
http://www2.edc.org/lastacts/archives/archivesSept01/default.asp

 

Asian-Oriental-Pacific Islander

 

Buddhism:
Grief & Tibetan Buddhism
http://www.indiana.edu/~famlygrf/culture/workman.html

Tibetan Buddhism and the resolution of grief: The Bardo-Thodol for the dying and the grieving
http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-ADM/goss.htm

Chinese:
Chinese View of Death
http://www.indiana.edu/~famlygrf/culture/hancock.html

Cultural Interview with “Kathy”
http://www.indiana.edu/~famlygrf/culture/tu.html

Grief in the Chinese Culture
http://www.indiana.edu/~famlygrf/culture/simmons.html

Once They Die, They Become the People that Watch Over Us
http://www.indiana.edu/~famlygrf/culture/forsythe.html

Tomb-Sweeping Festival in Taiwan
http://www.thefuneraldirectory.com/moneyburn.html

Filipino:
Death and Loss in the Phillipines
http://www.indiana.edu/~famlygrf/culture/clark.html

Grief in the Filipino Family Context
http://www.indiana.edu/~famlygrf/culture/babaoguballa.html

Hindu:
Death and Dying – Hinduism Today Jan 1997
http://www.hinduismtoday.com/archives/1997/1/1997-1-03.shtml

How I Sent My Father to Heaven – Proceedings of Hindu Death Ritual
http://www.kamat.com/indica/culture/death/heaven.htm

Vaisnava Hindu and Ayurvedic Approaches to Caring for the Dying
http://www2.edc.org/lastacts/archives/archivesNov99/intlpersp.asp

Japanese:
2 Articles – Common Sense & Japanese Patients
http://www2.edc.org/lastacts/archives/archivesMarch99/intlpersp.asp

Japanese Funeral
http://www.osoushiki-plaza.com/eng/eng1.html

Korean:
Korean Funeral Rites
http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/korea/cel/funeral_rites.htm

Pacific Islander:
Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans
http://www.nasmhpd.org/general_files/publications/ntac _pubs/reports/ASIAN.PDF

Observations from a Cyclone Stress/Trauma Assignment in the Cook Islands
http://www.fsu.edu/~trauma/art3v4i1.html

 

Bibliographies

 

CBHD: Selected Bibliography on Cross-Cultural Bioethics
http://www.cbhd.org/resources/bioethics/ccbibliography.htm

 

General Info – Cross-Cultural Mourning & Mental Health Treatment

 

Cross-Cultural Counseling in Disaster Settings
http://www.massey.ac.nz/~trauma/issues/1999-2/doherty.htm

Cross-Cultural Expressions of Grief and Loss – When an Infant Dies
http://www.acog.org/from_home/departments/dept_notice.cfm?recno=10&bulletin=2866

Cultural Competence in Children’s Mental Health
http://www.nasmhpd.org/general_files/publications/ntac_pubs/networks/sg97nofr.html

Cultural Competence Standards Mental Health – Four Underserved Racial-Ethnic Groups
http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/SMA00-3457/intro.asp

Cultural Dimensions of Care at Life’s End for Children and Their Families
http://books.nap.edu/html/children_die/AppD.pdf

Cultural Diversity and Grief
http://www.compassionatwork.com/art_cultural.html

Diversities in Approach to End-of-Life
http://www.angelfire.com/zine/kipworld/diversities.pdf

How Death Imitates Life – Cultural Influences on Conceptions of Death and Dying
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~culture/gire.htm

King County’s Chief Medical Examiner Speaks on Issues of Cultures, Communities and the Medical Examiner Office
http://ethnomed.org/ethnomed/clin_topics/death/me_interview.html

Oncology Nursing Society Multicultural Outcomes: Guidelines for Cultural Competence
http://www.cityofhope.org/prc/pdf/multicultural.pdf

Providing Culturally Competent Crisis Counseling Services
http://www.projectliberty.state.ny.us/Resources/PLCultural.pdf

 

General Info – Cross-Cultural Mourning & Mental Health Treatment

 

Cross-Cultural Counseling in Disaster Settings
http://www.massey.ac.nz/~trauma/issues/1999-2/doherty.htm

Cross-Cultural Expressions of Grief and Loss – When an Infant Dies
http://www.acog.org/from_home/departments/dept_notice.cfm?recno=10&bulletin=2866

Cultural Competence in Children’s Mental Health
http://www.nasmhpd.org/general_files/publications/ntac_pubs/networks/sg97nofr.html

Cultural Competence Standards Mental Health – Four Underserved Racial-Ethnic Groups
http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/SMA00-3457/intro.asp

Cultural Dimensions of Care at Life’s End for Children and Their Families
http://books.nap.edu/html/children_die/AppD.pdf

Cultural Diversity and Grief
http://www.compassionatwork.com/art_cultural.html

Cultural Perspectives on Trauma and Critical Response
http://www.nasponline.org/NEAT/neat_cultural.html

Diversities in Approach to End-of-Life
http://www.angelfire.com/zine/kipworld/diversities.pdf

How Death Imitates Life – Cultural Influences on Conceptions of Death and Dying
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~culture/gire.htm

King County’s Chief Medical Examiner Speaks on Issues of Cultures, Communities and the Medical Examiner Office
http://ethnomed.org/ethnomed/clin_topics/death/me_interview.html

Oncology Nursing Society Multicultural Outcomes: Guidelines for Cultural Competence
http://www.cityofhope.org/prc/pdf/multicultural.pdf

Providing Culturally Competent Crisis Counseling Services
http://www.projectliberty.state.ny.us/Resources/PLCultural.pdf

 

Hispanic-Latino

 

A Brazilian’s Description of Grief and Bereavement Practices
http://www.indiana.edu/~famlygrf/culture/scheinfeld.html

Death and Grief Cuban Style
http://www.indiana.edu/~famlygrf/culture/heller.html

 

Islamic

 

An Enlightening Experience
http://www.indiana.edu/~famlygrf/culture/jdiehl_culture.html

Interview with “Nisa”
http://www.indiana.edu/~famlygrf/culture/jpasch_culture.html

Maryam Imam – A Muslim View
http://www.indiana.edu/~famlygrf/culture/moore.html

 

Jewish

 

Exploration of Alternatives for Educating Jewish Adolescents to Death
http://www.jewish-funerals.org/elkin.htm

Burial Mourning Customs
http://www.jafi.org.il/education/lifecycle/burial/9.html

Guide to Taharah Practices for Men
http://jewish-funerals.org/ohrkodeshmen.pdf

Guide to Taharah Practices for Women
http://jewish-funerals.org/ohrkodeshwomen.pdf

Interfaith Death and Mourning Articles
http://www.interfaithfamily.com/site/c.ekLSK5MLIrG/b.1537441/k.C260/Death_and_Mourning_Resources.htm

Interfaith Mourning Issues: A Reconstructionist Approach
http://www.interfaithfamily.com/article/issue126/hirsch.phtml

Jewish Death and Mourning Customs
http://www.utah.edu/hillel/mourning.htm

Jewish Funeral and Mourning Customs
http://www.thefuneraldirectory.com/jewishcustoms.html

Judaism 101: Life, Death and Mourning
http://www.jewfaq.org/death.htm

Stretching a Jewish Vigil for the Sept. 11 Dead
http://jewish-funerals.org/wtcshmira.htm

Tahara – First Person Accounts
http://jewish-funerals.org/tahara.htm

Web site of the Jewish Funeral Practices Committee of Greater Washington
http://jewish-funerals.org/mourning.htm

 

Miscellaneous Cultures

 

Aboriginal Culture and Grief: An Interview with Ray Minniecon
http://www.compassionatwork.com/articles.html

Cross-Cultural Funeral Rites
http://www.biomed.lib.umn.edu/hw/ccf.html

Indigenous Grief
http://www.grieflink.asn.au/indigenous.html

 

Native American

 

Comparison of Grief and Culture from Two Perspectives
http://www.indiana.edu/~famlygrf/culture/sdean_culture.html

Death: A Lakota Lutheran Perspective
http://www.indiana.edu/~famlygrf/culture/minton.html

Meeting the Mental Health Needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives
http://www.consumerstar.org/pubs/MeetingAmerican.pdf

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FAMILY ASSISTANCE

See also MENTAL HEALTH

Compensation Protocol-A Guide to Responding to Mass-Casualty-Incidents
http://www.nacvcb.org/documents/mass_casualty.pdf

DMORT Incident Response Forms
http://www.dmort.org/forms/

Family Assistance Center – Site Selection & Procedural Considerations
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/bulletins/prfmf_11_2001/pg4.html

Federal Family Assistance Plan for Aviation Disasters
http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/2000/SPC0001.pdf

Hurricane Katrina
Family Assistance – Louisiana Dept of Health & Hospitals
http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/?ID=192

Network of Hope - A Resource to Help http://www.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org/secondary.php?section=6&catid=179
Communities that have experienced extraordinary destruction and trauma comprise a small group with special knowledge and understanding of what it takes to rebuild after such an incident.

Founded by the Oklahoma City National Memorial, A Network of Hope – A Resource to Help offers a catalog of Best Practices. These Lessons Learned were culled from members of the business community, media, clergy, health and education sharing their experiences in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, the World Trade Center terrorist attack, Hurricanes Hugo and Andrew, earthquakes in Northridge (CA) and Kobe (Japan), floods in Des Moines (IA), and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans (LA).

The result is a collection of documents covering Municipality, Business, General Public, Non-Government Response Organizations, Faith Community, Media, and Memorializing, with some assistance for resources regarding Preparedness.

Providing Relief to Families After a Mass Fatality
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/bulletins/prfmf_11_2001/welcome.html

Recovery & Identification of Civilian Victims of War in Croatia
http://crm.cr.nps.gov/archive/19-10/19-10-12.pdf

Red Cross Mental Health Services Play Key Role in Drill
http://www.redcross.org/article/0,1072,0_312_4169,00.html

Reuniting the Families of Katrina and Rita: Final Report of the Louisiana Family Assistance Center
http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/publications/pubs-303/Full%20Report.pdf

When Disaster Strikes – The Return of Personal Property
http://www.disasteraction.org.uk/support/da_guide05.htm

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GIS - GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM


Design and Implementation of a Web-Based GIS - In Response Phase – for Earthquake Disaster Management in Tehran City
http://www.isprs.org/istanbul2004/comm7/papers/133.pdf

FEMA: GIS: How FEMA Uses GIS in Disaster Response
http://www.gismaps.fema.gov/gis04.shtm

Improving Crisis Responsiveness – The Humanitarian Planning Map HPM Concept
http://www.depha.org/secretariat/timeline1.asp

Integration of Imageries in GIS for Disaster Prevention Support System
http://www.isprs.org/istanbul2004/comm2/papers/138.pdf

National Disaster Management Information Systems & Networks: An Asian Overview
http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/APCITY/UNPAN009640.pdf

Resources on Disaster Mitigation and Management – Role of Information
http://www.gdrc.org/uem/disasters/1-info-role.html

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LAW ENFORCEMENT

Law Enforcement: General

 

Community Policing and Terrorism
http://www.homelandsecurity.org/journal/Articles/Scheider-Chapman.html

Connecting the Dots for a Proactive Approach
http://www.mipt.org/pdf/Community-Policing-Philosophy-BTS.pdf

Local Law Enforcement Responds to Terrorism
http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/mime/open.pdf?Item=296

 

 

U.K. Police Best Practices: Family Liaison Officers (FLOs)


Family Liaison – Deaths of British Subjects Abroad
http://www.acpo.police.uk/asp/policies/Data/deaths_abroad.doc

Family liaison in criminal investigations
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2003/05/3576

Lessons From Tragedies – Update – Police Family Liaison Officers
http://www.mpa.gov.uk/committees/mpa/2002/020118/05.htm

Relatively Speaking – a thematic inspection of Family Liaison in Scotland Chapter 1
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/justice/fltr-03.asp

Relatively Speaking – a thematic inspection of Family Liaison in Scotland Chapter 2
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/justice/fltr-04.asp

Relatively Speaking – a thematic inspection of Family Liaison in Scotland Chapter 3
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/justice/fltr-05.asp

 

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LESSONS LEARNED

Disaster Mismanagement Case Report: Lassing Mine Accident
http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijrdm/vol2n1/lassing.xml

Network of Hope - A Resource to Help http://www.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org/secondary.php?section=6&catid=179
Communities that have experienced extraordinary destruction and trauma comprise a small group with special knowledge and understanding of what it takes to rebuild after such an incident.

Founded by the Oklahoma City National Memorial, A Network of Hope – A Resource to Help offers a catalog of Best Practices. These Lessons Learned were culled from members of the business community, media, clergy, health and education sharing their experiences in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, the World Trade Center terrorist attack, Hurricanes Hugo and Andrew, earthquakes in Northridge (CA) and Kobe (Japan), floods in Des Moines (IA), and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans (LA).

The result is a collection of documents covering Municipality, Business, General Public, Non-Government Response Organizations, Faith Community, Media, and Memorializing, with some assistance for resources regarding Preparedness.

 

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MEDIA-COMMUNICATIONS

 

See also MENTAL HEALTH

Anthrax, Bioterrorism, & Risk Communication: Guidelines for Action
http://www.psandman.com/col/part1.htm

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

[The] Madrid Bombings-At the Scene
http://www.dartcenter.org/articles/headlines/2004/2004_03_26.html

[A] Primer on Health Risk Communication
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HEC/primer.html

Reporting Ethically About Victims
http://www.dartcenter.org/articles/headlines/2004/2004_05_07.html

Trauma Counseling for Journalists
http://www.dartcenter.org/articles/headlines/2004/2004_05_03.html

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MEDICAL - DISASTER RESPONSE - Plans, Strategies, Lessons Learned

For medical treatment of Terrorist victims, see TERRORISM: MEDICAL TREATMENT/HAZMAT

Disaster Tourism, Fly-by-night Operations and Other Travelogues From the Bhuj Earthquake Front
http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijrdm/vol2n2/earth.xml

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

Principles of Hospital Disaster Planning
http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijrdm/vol1n2/hosp.xml

 

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MENTAL HEALTH & TRAUMATIC STRESS

 

See also MEDIA-COMMUNICATIONS

Adults: Disaster & Mental Health

 

Specific Incidents: 9/11
After 9-11 - A Chaplain's Journey with EMDR
http://www.ldrny.org/TOPNEWS/topnews07-26-04.html

After Fall – 9-11 Effect on EMS Personnel
http://www.icisf.org/articles/jems0902.pdf

The Anniversary Dilemma
http://www.icisf.org/articles/Acrobat%20Documents/9_11_Anniv_msg.pdf

Anniversary Self-Aid & Buddy Care for Those Who Helped
http://www.icisf.org/articles/Acrobat%20Documents/annivselfaid.pdf

Terrorism: September 11, 2001 Trauma, Grief and Recovery
http://www.giftfromwithin.org/html/firstaid.html

Transgenerational effects of posttraumatic stress disorder in babies of mothers exposed to the World Trade Center attacks during pregnancy.
http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/jc.2005-0550v1

Specific Incidents: Bali Bombing
Bali Bombing – Ground Zero Kuta
http://www.ericellis.com/bulletinbaliterror.htm

Bali Bombing – Interview with Clair Marsh
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2003/20030915_after_bali/int_cmarsh.htm

Bali Bombing – Interview with David Marsh
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2003/20030915_after_bali/int_marsh.htm

Bali Bombing – Interview with Haji Bambang Priyanto
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2003/20030915_after_bali/int_priyanto.htm

Bali Bombing – Interview with John and Tracey Golotta
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2003/20030915_after_bali/int_golotta.htm

Bali Bombing – Interview with Richard Joyes
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2003/20030915_after_bali/int_joyes.htm

Bali Bombing – Interview with Stewart Strong
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2003/20030915_after_bali/int_strong.htm

Specific Incidents: Hurricane Katrina
Network of Hope - A Resource to Help http://www.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org/secondary.php?section=6&catid=179

Communities that have experienced extraordinary destruction and trauma comprise a small group with special knowledge and understanding of what it takes to rebuild after such an incident.

Founded by the Oklahoma City National Memorial, A Network of Hope – A Resource to Help offers a catalog of Best Practices. These Lessons Learned were culled from members of the business community, media, clergy, health and education sharing their experiences in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, the World Trade Center terrorist attack, Hurricanes Hugo and Andrew, earthquakes in Northridge (CA) and Kobe (Japan), floods in Des Moines (IA), and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans (LA).

The result is a collection of documents covering Municipality, Business, General Public, Non-Government Response Organizations, Faith Community, Media, and Memorializing, with some assistance for resources regarding Preparedness.

Prevalence & Predictors of Mental Health Distress Post-Katrina:
Findings From the Gulf Coast Child and Family Health
http://www.dmphp.org/cgi/content/abstract/DMP.0b013e318173a8e7v1

Specific Incidents: Ladbroke Grove Railcrash
Ladbroke Grove Railcrash – Analysis of the Support Requested by Bereaved
http://www.marchioness-nsi.org.uk/index.htm

Specific Incidents: Oklahoma City Bombing
Lessons from First Two Years of Project Heartland
http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/50/7/953

The Oklahoma City Bombing: A Psychiatrist’s Experience
http://www.aaets.org/article11.htm

Specific Incidents: Rwanda Rwanda – Advancing Healing and Reconciliation
http://www.heal-reconcile-rwanda.org/index.htm

Specific Incidents: Tsunami
In the Aftermath of the Tsunami – Addressing Emergency Psychological Needs
http://www.aaets.org/column.htm

 

Terrorism

 

“10 Commandments” of Responding to Mass Terrorist Attacks
http://www.icisf.org/articles/Acrobat%20Documents/TerrorismIncident/terror1.pdf

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

OVC Handbook for Coping After Terrorism
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/infores/cat_hndbk/NCJ190249.pdf

Terrorism – Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions
http://pdm.medicine.wisc.edu/19-1%20pdfs/Walser.pdf

Terrorism: September 11, 2001 Trauma, Grief and Recovery
http://www.giftfromwithin.org/html/firstaid.html

 

Treating Civilians and the Community

 

[The] American Red Cross in Aviation Disasters
http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijrdm/vol1n2/arc.xml

APNS-EMO Memorandum of Understanding for Post-Disaster Psychological Services
http://www.apns.ca/trauma_apnsmemo.html

Ashes
http://godsfriends.org/Vol13/No3/Ashes.html

The Community Crisis Response Team Training Manual
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/infores/crt/

Coordination of Mental Health and Community Agencies in Disaster Response
http://www.icisf.org/Acrobat%20Documents/TerrorismIncident/AgcyCoord.pdf

Coping with Disasters-Guidebook to Psychological Intervention
http://www.mhwwb.org/CopingWithDisaster.pdf

Critical Incident Stress Information Pamphlet
http://www.icisf.org/Acrobat%20Documents/CISM%20info%20pamphlet.PDF

David Baldwin’s Trauma Information Pages
http://www.trauma-pages.com/

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

Disaster Mental Health Response Handbook
http://www.nswiop.nsw.edu.au/Resources/Disaster_Handbook.pdf

Disaster Mental Health Services-Guidebook for Clinicians & Administrators
http://www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/Patients/healthcare/social/Pages/guideindex.aspx

Field Manual for Mental Health and Human Service Workers in Major Disasters
http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/ADM90-537/Default.asp

Guilt Following Traumatic Events
http://www.giftfromwithin.org/html/guilt.html

Emotional and Spiritual Care – an Introduction on Basic Concepts
http://www.nvoad.org/articles/ESCCchapterB.pdf

Expert Consensus Treatment Guidelines for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Guide for Patients and Families
http://www.psychguides.com/ptsdhe.pdf

International Critical Stress Foundation – Articles & Resources
http://www.icisf.org/articles/

Lessons from First Two Years of Project Heartland
http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/50/7/953

Managing Grief Better – People with Intellectual Disability
http://www.intellectualdisability.info/mental_phys_health/grief_sh.html

Measures of Traumatic Stress & Secondary Traumatic Stress
http://www.isu.edu/~bhstamm/tests.htm

Network of Hope - A Resource to Help http://www.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org/secondary.php?section=6&catid=179

Communities that have experienced extraordinary destruction and trauma comprise a small group with special knowledge and understanding of what it takes to rebuild after such an incident.

Founded by the Oklahoma City National Memorial, A Network of Hope – A Resource to Help offers a catalog of Best Practices. These Lessons Learned were culled from members of the business community, media, clergy, health and education sharing their experiences in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, the World Trade Center terrorist attack, Hurricanes Hugo and Andrew, earthquakes in Northridge (CA) and Kobe (Japan), floods in Des Moines (IA), and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans (LA).

The result is a collection of documents covering Municipality, Business, General Public, Non-Government Response Organizations, Faith Community, Media, and Memorializing, with some assistance for resources regarding Preparedness.

Recovery from Unnatural Death
http://www.giftfromwithin.org/html/recovery.html

The Trauma Center
http://www.traumacenter.org/resources/tc_resources.php

Victims of Disaster – Helping People Recover – From Acute Distress to Healing and Integration
http://www.emergencychaplain.org/giftswithin.htm

A Week at the Morgue – a Personal Odyssey
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/178_04_170203/kas10638_fm.html

 

Treating Emergency Response Professionals

 

After 9-11 - A Chaplain's Journey with EMDR
http://www.ldrny.org/TOPNEWS/topnews07-26-04.html

After Fall – 9-11 Effect on EMS Personnel
http://www.icisf.org/articles/jems0902.pdf

Bibliography Managing Stress in Humanitarian Health Care & Human Rights Workers
http://www.mhwwb.org/Literature%20Review%20(rev.%2011-19-02).htm

Crisis Intervention & Critical Incident Stress Management-A defense of the field
http://www.icisf.org/articles/Acrobat%20Documents/CISM_Defense_of_Field.pdf

Crisis Management Briefings Large Group Crisis Intervention
http://www.icisf.org/Acrobat%20Documents/TerrorismIncident/cmb.pdf

Dealing with the Stress of Recovering Human Dead Bodies
http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/documents/FACT/36-004-0202.pdf

Debriefing: Confusion and Controversy
http://www.medicalreservecorps.gov/pdf/Clearinghouse/UVAMRCDebriefOverview.pdf

Residuals of Police Occupational Trauma
http://www.massey.ac.nz/~trauma/issues/1997-3/violant1.htm

Risks Associated with the Psychological Adjustment of Humanitarian Aid Workers
http://www.massey.ac.nz/~trauma/issues/2004-1/mcfarlane.htm

Work-related psychological trauma
http://www.massey.ac.nz/~trauma/issues/1998-1/paton1.htm

 

 

Children & Adolescents: Disaster & Mental Health

 

See also Schools & Disaster Management

Assessing post-traumatic stress disorder in South African adolescents –
using the child and adolescent trauma survey CATS as a screening tool
http://www.annals-general-psychiatry.com/content/4/1/2

Children of Disaster - A Letter to the Youngest Victim
http://www.dartcenter.org/articles/headlines/2001/2001_10_02.html

Counselors combat disaster for themselves, students
http://www.rochester.edu/warner/newsevents/warnereducator/spring02/counselors.html

Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence Disasters
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/violence.cfm

[The] Impact of Armed Conflict on Child Development
http://www.un.org/rights/impact.htm

Lutheran Schools Still Face 9-11 Hardships
http://www.ldrny.org/TopNews/topnews_12-9-04.html

National Child Traumatic Stress Network
http://www.nctsn.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=hom_main

School Crisis Response Initiative
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/bulletins/schoolcrisis/ncj197832.pdf

Transgenerational effects of posttraumatic stress disorder in babies of
mothers exposed to the World Trade Center attacks during pregnancy.
http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/rapidpdf/jc.2005-0550v1

Trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress symptoms in urban African schools
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/184/2/169

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MORGUE OPERATIONS

General Topics

Historic Mass Fatalities: Titanic 1912

Historic Mass Fatalities: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire 1911

Modern Mass Fatalities: 9-11 WTC Bombing 2001

Modern Mass Fatalities: Bali Bombing 2002

Modern Mass Fatalities:Katrina

Modern Mass Fatalities: Marchioness Bowbelle 1989

Modern Mass Fatalities: Pandemic Influenza

Modern Mass Fatalities: Tsunami 2004

Plans

Victim Identification

 

General Topics

 

A Week at the Morgue – A Personal Odyssey
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/178_04_170203/kas10638_fm.html

Building a Portable Morgue for Your Municipality
http://www.ndms.chepinc.org/presentations/2007/24-building_a_portable_morgue_for_your_municipality.pdf

Central Casualty Bureau – United Kingdom
http://www.met.police.uk/casualty/

Dealing with the Stress of Recovering Human Dead Bodies
http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/documents/FACT/36-004-0202.pdf

Death Investigation – A Guide for the Scene Investigator
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/167568.pdf

Deaths in Major Disasters – The Pathologist’s Role
http://www.rcpath.org/resources/pdf/majordisasters.pdf

Disposal of dead bodies in emergency conditions WHO Technical Note No. 8
http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk/WHO_Technical_Notes_for_Emergencies/8%20-%20Disposal%
20of%20dead%20bodies.pdf


Disposing of Liquid Waste from Autopsies in Tsunami-Affected Areas
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/tsunamis/pdf/tsunami-autopsyliquidwaste.pdf

DMORT Incident Response Form
http://www.dmort.org/forms/index.html

Forensic Anthropology
http://instructional1.calstatela.edu/emiller/anth463/Forensic%20Anthropologyhandout.pdf

Forensic Anthropology – An Introduction and Summary of Procedures
http://www.bahid.org/docs/NCF_Anthro.html

From CDR Neal Goldsborough on Duty as a Navy Chaplin in Kuwait
http://www.pohick.org/post/pp07-05nealgold.html

HBO – Autopsy – Interview with Kathy Reichs
http://www.hbo.com/autopsy/forensic/qa_with_kathy_reichs.html

Infectious disease risks from dead bodies following natural disasters
http://publications.paho.org/english/dead_bodies.pdf

Interim Health Recommendations for Workers who Handle Human Remains
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/tsunamis/pdf/handleremains.pdf

King County’s Chief Medical Examiner Speaks on Issues of Cultures, Communities and the Medical Examiner Office
http://ethnomed.org/ethnomed/clin_topics/death/me_interview.html

Management of Dead Bodies in Disaster Situations
http://www.paho.org/english/dd/ped/DeadBodiesBook.pdf

Role of DMORTs in Mass Fatality Management in US Civilian Domestic Disasters
http://www.semp.us/publications/biot_reader.php?BiotID=265

University of Florida visiting scholar discusses forensic anthropology,
death investigations
http://www.thebreeze.org/archives/3.06.03/news/news3.shtml

A Week at the Morgue – A Personal Odyssey
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/178_04_170203/kas10638_fm.html

ZAKA – Kindness Amid Terror
http://www.torah.org/features/firstperson/zaka.html

 

 

Historic Mass Fatalities: Titanic 1912

 

After Titanic – Halifax and the Titanic Disaster
http://www3.sympatico.ca/goweezer/canada/titanic.htm

On Rooting About in a Swedish Titanic Family Tree
http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/item/1497/

Secrets of the Dead – Titanic’s Ghost: DNA Names Unknown Child
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_titanic/index.html

Shoes of the Titanic Unknown Child
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/collect/Titanicshoes.html

The Search for the Dead
http://www.euronet.nl/users/keesree/dead.htm

The Unsinkable Ship and Halifax
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/AtoZ/titanicinfo.html

 

 

Historic Mass Fatalities: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire 1911

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
http://www.historybuff.com/library/refshirtwaist.html

 

 

Modern Mass Fatalities: 9-11 World Trade Center Bombing 2001

 

After 9/11: A Chaplain’s Journey with EMDR
http://www.ldrny.org/TOPNEWS/topnews07-26-04.html

Faith and doubt at ground zero – Interview – Rev. Joseph Griesedieck
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/faith/interviews/griesedieck.html

 

 

Modern Mass Fatalities: Bali Bombing 2002

 

Bali Bombing – Forensic Dental and Medical Response to the Bali Bombing
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/179_07_061003/lai10499_fm.html

Bali Bombing – Ground Zero Kuta
http://www.ericellis.com/bulletinbaliterror.htm

Bali Bombing – Interview with Clair Marsh
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2003/20030915_after_bali/int_cmarsh.htm

Bali Bombing – Interview with Haji Bambang Priyanto
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2003/20030915_after_bali/int_priyanto.htm

Bali Bombing – Interview with John and Tracey Golotta
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2003/20030915_after_bali/int_golotta.htm

Bali Bombing – Memories that Never Die
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/03/1064988382106.html?oneclick=true

Bali Bombing – October 12, 2002
http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/printout/0,13675,501021028-366377,00.html

Bali Bombing – There are many, many more victims
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/10/15/1034561104893.html?oneclick=true

Bali Bombing – Worthy of Honours
http://www.policejournalsa.org.au/0312/10a.html

 

 

Modern Mass Fatalities: Katrina

 

After Katrina: Identifying the Dead with Biometric ID
http://www.forensicmag.com/articles.asp?pid=70

Anthropology prof. helps identify victims of Katrina
http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2005/09/12/
CampusNews/Anthropology.Prof.Helps.Identify.Victims.Of.Katrina-981746.shtml

Corps, Navy oversee construction of critical mortuary facility
USACE Louisiana Recovery Field Office
http://155.76.117.11/RFO/features/dmort.htm

Dentists aid in Katrina effort
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_394290.html

Disaster Morgue: MASS DISASTERS MEAN TWO THINGS: MULTIPLE DEATHS AND DMORT DEPLOYMENT
http://www.forensicmag.com/articles.asp?pid=68

Disaster Planning for Forensic DNA Laboratories: How ReliaGene Survived Hurricane Katrina
http://www.forensicmag.com/articles.asp?pid=161

DMORT Operations End in Louisiana - Vital Service for Families Now Passes to the State
http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=23979

FEMA Assisting Louisiana Parishes with Disinterred Remains
http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=21618

FEMORS – Florida Emergency Mortuary Operations Response System
Hurricane Katrina DMORT After Action Report
http://www.femors.org/docs/Hurricane_Katrina_FEMORS_After_Action_Report.pdf

FEMORS - Florida Emergency Mortuary Operations Response System
Hurricane Katrina DMORT Deployment Report (September 29, 2005)
http://www.femors.org/docs/Katrina_Deployment_1_Report.pdf

Forensic Dentist Called to Help Post-Katrina
http://www.oea.umaryland.edu/communications/news/?ViewStatus=FullArticle&articleDetail=402

Forensic Dentist Helps Louisiana Families Deal with Loss
http://dentistry.umkc.edu/alum/2006summerfall/assets/pdf/forensics.pdf

Grim Reaping
http://www.businessreport.com/news/2007/sep/10/grim-reaping/

HURRICANE KATRINA DEPLOYMENT: A Personal Narrative
http://www.dmort.org/r5/news/docs/2006-03%20newsletter.pdf

Hurricane Katrina
Family Assistance – Louisiana Dept of Health & Hospitals
http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/?ID=192

Hurricanes Katrina & Rita: OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW
http://www.team-psa.com/IELL2007/Presentations/Smith%20-
%20Innovative%20and%20Unique%20Practices%20for%20Emergency%20Response.pdf

Identifying Disinterred Remains – Hurricanes Katrina & Rita
http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/page.asp?id=192&detail=5259

Katrina's toll on elderly renews safety concerns
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-23/1187622786162850.xml&coll=1

Katrina Victim "Will" Identified as Pass Christian Man
http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=6469521

Life in a Disaster Morgue
http://www.forensicmag.com/promos/LifeinaDisaster.pdf

LSUHSCNO Pathologist Presents Findings On Katrina-Related New Orleans Mortality Data, USA - 17 Aug 2007
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/79856.php

Morgue units preparing as Katrina's dead uncovered
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-09-07-cover-morgue-units_x.htm

Official: Some May Never Be Identified
http://www.nola.com/katrina/pages/101705/1017A08.pdf

Preliminary Summary Report of Hurricane Katrina Deceased Victim Recovery Locations in Louisiana
http://gis.esri.com/library/userconf/health06/docs/summary_report.pdf

Rad Tech Experiences Life in a Disaster Morgue
http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/pacsweb/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=173600346

Reuniting the Families of Katrina and Rita: Final Report of the Louisiana Family Assistance Center
http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/publications/pubs-303/Full%20Report.pdf

Responder Overload
http://www.govtech.com/gt/print_article.php?id=118649

RFID chips used to track dead after Katrina
http://www.news.com/RFID-chips-used-to-track-dead-after-Katrina/2100-11390_3-5869708.html

Role of DMORTs in Mass-Fatality Management in US Civilian Domestic Disasters
http://www.semp.us/publications/biot_reader.php?BiotID=265

Why I Needed to Help in the Aftermath
http://www.buffalo.edu/UBT/UBT-archives/31_ubtw06/features/katrina2.html

 

 

Modern Mass Fatalities: Marchioness Bowbelle 1989

 

Marchioness-Bowbelle Inquiry: Annex H - Temporary Mortuary Plan
http://www.marchioness-nsi.org.uk/index.htm

Marchioness-Bowbelle Inquiry: Annex I - Tracking a Body Through the Mortuary
http://www.marchioness-nsi.org.uk/index.htm

Marchioness-Bowbelle Inquiry: Annex K - Property Rights in the Body
http://www.marchioness-nsi.org.uk/index.htm

 

 

Modern Mass Fatalities: Pandemic Influenza

 

Canadian Pandemic Influenza Plan for the Health Sector
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/cpip-pclcpi/ann-i_e.html

Mass Fatality Planning – Virginia Department of Health
http://www.vdh.state.va.us/MedExam/planning.htm

North Carolina Pandemic Influenza Plan – Mass Fatality Planning
http://www.epi.state.nc.us/epi/gcdc/pandemic/AppendixK1_2007.pdf

Ohio Funeral Director’s Association Mortuary Response Team – Resources for a Possible Pandemic Flu
http://www.ofdamrt.org/panflu/

Pandemic Mass Fatality Planning in Ontario and Canada
http://www.ndms.chepinc.org/presentations/2007/48-pandemic_flu_mass_fatality.pps

White Paper: Funeral Services and Final Disposition of Mass Fatalities Resulting From a Pandemic Influenza in the United States
http://www.ofdamrt.org/panflu/whitepapers/FSandFinalDispWhitePaper.pdf

White Paper: Morgue Operations, Identification, and Command and Control of Mass Fatalities resulting from a Pandemic Influenza Even in the United States
http://www.icfa.org/pdf/white_paperMFM.pdf

White Paper: Provision of Family Assistance and Behavioral Health Services in the Management of Mass Fatalities Resulting from a Pandemic Influenza in the United States.
http://www.ofdamrt.org/panflu/whitepapers/FamilyAssistanceWhitePaper.pdf

White Paper: Scene Operations, to include identification and medico legal investigation protocols and Command and Control of Mass Fatalities resulting from a Pandemic Influenza (PI) in the United States
http://www.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/ems/PandemicInfluenzaGuidelines/Task61136Web/PDFs/AppH.pdf

A Working Group Statement on Mass Fatality Planning for Pandemics and Disasters – July 2007
http://www.homelandsecurity.org/newjournal/Articles/displayArticle2.asp?article=160

 

 

Modern Mass Fatalities: Tsunami 2004

 

Applications of Biometrics in Mass Disaster Victim Identification – Tsunami
http://www.cse.msu.edu/~cse891/Sect601/CaseStudy/BiometricsDisasterVictimID.pdf

Disposing of Liquid Waste from Autopsies in Tsunami-Affected Areas
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/tsunamis/pdf/tsunami-autopsyliquidwaste.pdf

Forensic aspect of disaster casualty management – Tsunami Victim Identification in Thailand
http://www.who.int/hac/events/tsunamiconf/presentations/2_16_forensic_pongruk_doc.pdf

Health Concerns Associated with Disaster Victim Identification After a Tsunami
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5414a1.htm

Israel at forefront of tsunami relief campaign
http://www.israaid.org.il/story_page.asp?id=445

Lack of information slows identification process of tsunami victims – UN conference
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=14172&Cr=tsunami&Crl=

Officers join grim post-tsunami task
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2005/03/14/newsstory6907791t0.asp

Queen and Duke of Edinburgh visit the Metropolitan Police’s Casualty Bureau in north London, 5 January, 2004
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page3669.asp

Tsunami Souls – TTVI center denies deadline for victim IDs
http://www.inet.co.th/tsunami/x/tsunamisouls.org/_wsn/page8.html

Turf war disrupts task of naming the dead
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tsunami/story/0,15671,1390195,00.html

World’s Largest Forensic Operation
http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news&articleid=194509

 

 

Plans

 

National Association of Medical Examiners: Mass Fatalities Plan
http://www.dmort.org/FilesforDownload/NAMEMFIplan.pdf

A Working Group Statement on Mass Fatality Planning for Pandemics and Disasters – July 2007
http://www.homelandsecurity.org/newjournal/Articles/displayArticle2.asp?article=160

 

 

Victim Identification

 

After Katrina: Identifying the Dead with Biometric ID
http://www.forensicmag.com/articles.asp?pid=70

Dentists aid in Katrina effort
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_394290.html

The Dentist’s Role in Forensic Identification: The Release of Dental Records &
Radiographs and Denture Labeling
http://www.ada.org/prof/prac/disaster/recover/volunteering_forensic.pdf

Disaster Planning For Forensic DNA Laboratories: How ReliaGene Survived Hurricane Katrina
http://www.forensicmag.com/articles.asp?pid=161

Disaster Victim Identification – Interpol Forms
http://www.interpol.int/Public/DisasterVictim/Forms/Default.asp

Disaster Victim Identification – Interpol Guide
http://www.interpol.int/Public/DisasterVictim/guide/default.asp

FEMA Assisting Louisiana Parishes with Disinterred Remains
http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=21618

Forensic Dentist Called to Help Post-Katrina
http://www.oea.umaryland.edu/communications/news/?ViewStatus=FullArticle&articleDetail=402

Frank Romano '84: Mercy dentistry
http://www.fairfield.edu/x15619.html

Health Concerns Associated with Disaster Victim
Identification After a Tsunami
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5414a1.htm

Identifying Disinterred Remains – Hurricanes Katrina & Rita
http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/page.asp?id=192&detail=5259

Identifying Victims Using DNA: A Guide for Families
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/209493.pdf

The Identification of the Deceased Following Mass Disaster [Annex G 1] Metropolitan Police – January 1994 and Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland Emergency Procedures Manual 1999 – Sections 6, 14 and 15
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/shippingports/shipping/safety/tsifinal/annexg1theidentificationofth5019

The Identification of the Deceased Following Mass Disaster [Annex G 2 cont.] Metropolitan Police – January 1994 and Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland Emergency Procedures Manual 1999 – Sections 6, 14 and 15
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/shippingports/shipping/safety/tsifinal/annexg2theidentificationofth5020

Katrina’s Lessons: Digitized Systems Help Identify Those Killed
http://dexis.com/UserFiles/File/sec_multimedia/articles/dental_practice_report/DPRAC_1105_SR_KatrinasLessons.pdf

Katrina's toll on elderly renews safety concerns
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-23/1187622786162850.xml&coll=1

Katrina Victim "Will" Identified As Pass Christian Man
http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=6469521

Lessons Learned from 9/11: DNA Identification in Mass Fatalities Incidents
http://massfatality.dna.gov/

LSUHSCNO Pathologist Presents Findings On Katrina-Related New Orleans Mortality Data, USA - 17 Aug 2007
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/79856.php

Official: Some May Never Be Identified
http://www.nola.com/katrina/pages/101705/1017A08.pdf

Rad Tech Experiences Life in a Disaster Morgue
http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/pacsweb/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=173600346

RFID chips used to track dead after Katrina
http://www.news.com/RFID-chips-used-to-track-dead-after-Katrina/2100-11390_3-5869708.html

Victim ID & Family Support in Mass Casualties-Massachusetts Model
http://www.icisf.org/articles/Acrobat%20Documents/TerrorismIncident/massmodel.pdf

 

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PLANS & RESPONSE GUIDES

 

Are You Ready? A Guide to Citizen Preparedness
http://www.fema.gov/areyouready/

CARE International Safety & Security Handbook
http://www.coe-dmha.org/care/pdf/EntireBook.pdf

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

Disaster Response-Principles of Preparation and Coordination
http://orgmail2.coe-dmha.org/dr/PDF/DisasterResponse.pdf

Emergency Responder Guidelines-Office for Domestic Preparedness
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/docs/Emergency RespGuidelinesRevB.pdf

National Association of Medical Examiners: Mass Fatalities Plan
http://www.dmort.org/FilesforDownload/NAMEMFIplan.pdf

National Incident Management System (NIMS) Independent Study Course
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWEB/IS/is700.asp

National Incident Management System Power Point Presentation
http://www.ct.gov/cfpc/lib/cfpc/The_National_Incident_Management_System.ppt

 

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RELIGIOUS RESPONSE

 

Disaster Preparedness Manual – Guide for Lutheran Congregations
http://www.fbsynod.org/Web/Resources/Congr/Support/
DisasterPrepareManual.pdf

Disaster Stress Following a Hurricane – Role of Religious Difference in the Fijian Islands
http://www.massey.ac.nz/~trauma/issues/1999-2/gillard.htm

Emotional and Spiritual Care – An Introduction on Basic Concepts
http://www.nvoad.org/articles/ESCCchapterB.pdf

Pastoral Crisis Intervention-Toward a Definition
http://www.icisf.org/articles/Acrobat%20Documents/Pastoral %20Care/Pastoral%20crisis%20int.pdf

Pathways to Promise – Ministry and Mental Illness
http://www.pathways2promise.org/

Psychological Trauma – The Need for a Pastoral Response
http://www.healthcarechaplaincy.org/research_article02.html#

Religious Leaders of All Faiths Congregate in NY to Heal
http://www.redcross.org/news/ds/0109wtc/020619conference.html

Response of Faith-Based Organizations Following September 11 2001
http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/research/qr/qr147/qr147.html

September 11 Attacks Create Need for Spiritual Care
http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor/loveupdate/spiritualcare.cfm

 

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SCHOOLS AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT

 

Beslan School Incident – Russian Mourning Ends, Not Grief
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/01/world/printable639914.shtml

Campus Public Safety: Weapons of Mass Destruction
Terrorism Protective Measures
http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/emergencyplan/campussafe.html

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Adolescent and School Health –
Crisis Preparedness & Response
http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/crisis/index.htm

Counselors Combat Disaster for Themselves, Students
http://www.rochester.edu/warner/newsevents/ warnereducator/spring02/counselors.html

Disaster Preparedness for Schools
http://www.edfacilities.org/rl/disaster.cfm

Disaster Services Publications: Materials for Teachers and Schools
http://www.redcross.org/pubs/dspubs/tchrschl.html

Florida School Counselor Association – Crisis Response Links
http://www.fla-schoolcounselor.org/crisis-links.asp

Homeland Security Advisory System Recommendations - Schools
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/beprepared/hsas/schools.pdf

Missouri Center for Safe Schools at UMKC
http://www.umkc.edu/education/safe-school/who/index.asp

Model Marin County School Emergency Disaster Preparedness and Incident Plan
http://mcoeweb.marin.k12.ca.us/emerprep/plan.html

National School Safety Center
http://www.schoolsafety.us/

NCEF Resource List – Disaster Preparedness and Response for Schools
http://www.edfacilities.org/rl/disaster.cfm

Practical Information on Crisis Planning – a Guide for Schools & Communities
http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/emergencyplan/crisisplanning.pdf

Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center http://rems.ed.gov/index.cfm?event=trainings

Report of Governor Bill Owens’ Columbine Review Commission
http://www.state.co.us/columbine/Columbine_20_WEBFULL.pdf

Report of the Virginia Tech Review Panel
http://www.governor.virginia.gov/TempContent/techPanelReport-docs/FullReport.pdf

School Critical Incident Planning: An Internet Resource Directory
http://www.nlectc.org/assistance/schoolsafety.html

State of Missouri School Crisis Response Plan
http://emc.ornl.gov/CSEPPweb/data/Guidance%20Documents/Other%20Planning%
20Guidance/SchoolCrisisPlan.PDF


Uniform Disaster Plan
http://www.csd.k12.ca.us/personnel/personnel/Uniform_Disaster_Plan/uniform_disaster_plan.html

U.S. Department of Education – Emergency Planning
http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/emergencyplan/index.html

U.S. Department of Education – Resources Available for Schools
– Information Guides Reports
http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/041006-letter.pdf

 

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TERMS, ACRONYMS, & DEFINITIONS

 

Acronyms, Abbreviations & Terms
http://floridadisaster.org/bpr/EMTOOLS/dem.htm

Disaster Mental Health Plan
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/comprep/dmh/DMHPacs.shtm

Language of Emergency Management & Frequently Used Terms & Acronyms
http://www.state.nj.us/njoem/press_glossary.html

 

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TSUNAMIS

 

About Tsunamis - National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/subpage1.htm

American Red Cross – Tsunami
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_592_,00.html

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Tsunamis
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/tsunamis/

Infectious disease risks from dead bodies following natural disasters
http://publications.paho.org/english/dead_bodies.pdf

On Shaky Ground 2 Tsunami
http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~geodept/earthquakes/shaky2_tsunami.html

Savage Earth – Waves of Destruction – Tsunamis
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/tsunami/index.html

Surviving a Tsunami – Lessons from Chile Hawaii and Japan
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1187/

The Next Wave
http://www.calacademy.org/calwild/1999spring/stories/tsunamis.html

TsuInfo Alert (April 2005) – National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program
http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/ger_tsuinfo_2005_v7_no2.pdf

TsuInfo Alert (Feb 2008) – National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program
http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/ger_tsuinfo_2008_v10_no1.pdf