Fire and Emergency Medical Services will play a crucial role in the event of a pandemic. Planning for a pandemic influenza is a key goal. These resources are provided to assist first responders in preparing for a national flu pandemic.
Proposed revisions to Emergency Management standards that would require organizations to establish a more rigorous emergency management plan in response to community-wide emergencies.
Experience shows that local emergency services - e.g., local medical and law-enforcement agencies, and fire brigades - will play the most important roles in the early response to a radiological emergency. An Oct 2006 International Atomic Energy Agency.
This report presents a fully customizable template for a tabletop exercise for pandemic influenza preparedness that can be used by state and local health agencies and their healthcare and governmental partners.
"This report reflects findings from both phases of the Nationwide Plan Review. It also provides initial conclusions about measures required to make the United States better prepared to deal with catastrophes." DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff.
A Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Report: By incorporating an all-hazards approach into routine activities, a department can move seamlessly into higher states of readiness as risks change.
This report describes the development, planning, and execution of a series of linked exercises - collectively called Exercise Hawthorn - designed to review the government's contingency plans for an outbreak of avian influenza in Great Britain.
DHS's cost-benefit analysis to support the purchase of new radiation-detection portal monitors was not based on available performance data and did not fully evaluate all of the monitors' costs and benefits.
