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Pocket-sized
card to provide health care professionals with characteristics,
treatments, and symptoms of biological and chemical agents
which may be used in a terrorist attack. |
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This site has information on biological agents as well as numerous publications and resources on bioterrorism. |
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| Centers
for Disease Control – Bioterrorism
Preparedness and Response |
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This
page is the definitive CDC WWW page for bioterrorism and
contains a number of useful links, FAQs, forms and articles.
The site describes CDC’s duties and research and
the organization of their BT effort. The links on laboratory
shipping and protocols as well as state level contacts
are particularly valuable. |
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| CBIRF - Chemical and Biological Incident Response Force |
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This is the homepage for the Chemical and Biological Incident Response Force from the
4th Marine Expiditionary Brigade, United States Marine Corps
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| American
Society for Microbiology |
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This
WWW site lists ASM’s links and documents relating to biopreparedness.
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Monterey
Institute for
International Studies - Center for Nonproliferation
Studies |
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A
collection of chemical as well as biological terrorism
and warfare documents and links. The document collection
includes articles pertaining to international conventions
and law as well as a number of articles relating to terrorism
threats organized by geographical region. |
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| St.
Louis University – Center for the Study of Bioterrorism
and Emerging Infections |
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This
site details the research projects and staff at SLU’s
Center. The on line reference and, in particular, the
quick reference sections are particularly useful and contain
a comprehensive series of handouts. |
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| Disaster
Management Interoperability Services |
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This
WWW site houses information about CMI-Services, a group
made up of a number of defense contract companies in cooperation
with the U. S. Defense Department. The organization is
oriented towards exchanging information between DOD resources
and local first responder groups – but, it is difficult
to determine exactly what services CMI-Services provides. |
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| Defense
Threat Reduction Agency |
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DTRA
is the military agency broadly charged with reduction
of weapons of mass destruction threats to the United States
and coordinating efforts against these threats. This site
provides good information about the many divisions of
DTRA and their projects. The DTRA Strategic Plan 2001
provides an attractive overview of the agency’s thinking. |
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| Department
of Transportation Hazardous Materials Safety Office
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This
site serves as a clearinghouse for information concerning
hazardous materials and HAZMAT transportation procedures.
Of particular value is the on line Emergency Response
Guidebook. |
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| Henry
L. Stimson Center Chemical and Biological Weapons
Nonproliferation Project |
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This
site contains a number of original reports from Stimson
about chemical and biological weapons proliferation. The
site also has brief information about threats organized
by country – with a special section on Iraq. |
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| Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense
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The Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense develops, tests, acquires, and delivers automated chemical biological detection systems, medical diagnostics and countermeasures |
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| Domestic
Preparedness.com |
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This
WWW site, sponsored by the IMR Group – a defense
industry marketing firm, provides an assortment of press
releases, commercial product information and government
report links. |
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| Emergency
Response and Research Institute - Emergency Net |
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This
site provides a grab-bag of reports and editorials for
a very wide range of emergency response topics. (This
site will crash on Macs using I.E. 5.) |
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| Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy |
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This
page contains information bioterrorism, biosecurity, food safety and other relevent topics. |
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This
page represents the NBC Industry Group and serves as a
contact point for marketing the products of the group’s
members. |
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| Texas
Department of Health - Bioterrorism |
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The
Texas Department of Health’s page does an excellent
job of providing a very basic glimpse into the field of
bioterrorism including the basic recognized threats, bioterrorism
preparedness, etc. |
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| Official
DoD Website for the Anthrax Vaccine - Anthrax Vaccine
Immunization Program |
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Do
you have questions about the Anthrax vaccine? Get them
answered here at the DoD’s Website. Find information
on the threat, the disease, the vaccine, vaccine’s
safety, and an FAQ from the DoD’s perspective. |
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| Maryland
Department of Health - Healthy People, Healthy Communities
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This
website provides links to must-read articles for anyone
wanting to supplement or enhance their basic knowledge
of bioterrorism. |
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| Disastercenter.com
– Counter-Terrorism |
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Both
detailed and basic information is provided on this counter-terrorism
web page. Reports from the National Commission on Terrorism,
suggested book readings, and additional information are
listed. |
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| Defense
Against Toxin Weapons |
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This
report is focused on providing a basic understanding of
toxins and how they work to any person interested; especially,
according to the author, those working in the fields of
counter-terrorism. |
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| Medical
Department of the Army - Medical Aspects of Chemical
and Biological Warfare |
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This
web page provides detailed information regarding chemical-
and biological-weapons threats. The information is written
for a scientific audience. |
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| Chemical Materials Agency |
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This
site contains links and information about the Cemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program and Chemical Defensive Equipment Surveillance as well as general chemical information. |
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This
web page provides several links, but of particular interest
are the links to sites that explain what type of research
is currently occurring, and other countries that have
(or have had) bioweapons programs (such as the Soviet
Union). |
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| St.
Petersburg, FL Community College - National Terrorism
Preparedness Institute |
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If
you are interested in taking courses in emergency response
to terrorism, this is the place to go. Distance Learning
is available. |
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| RAND
- Gilmore Commission’s Second Annual Report |
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The
Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities
for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction, also
known as the Gilmore Commission, provides its Second Annual
Report. |
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| Department
of Health and DMAT - Incident Command System |
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This
website walks readers through the Incident Command System.
Provides an excellent view of the ICS – especially
as it relates to public health. |
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| HEICS
III San Mateo County - Incident Command System |
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A
county in California has provided an outline of their
project for Hospital Emergency Incident Command System.
Depending on your needs, this may not be useful to you. |
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| The
Terrorism Research Center - Terrorism RealNews |
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This
site has a list of current news events for those in the
field of terrorism. |
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| Office for Domestic Preparedness |
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Homepage for the Office for Domestic Preparedness, the principal component of the Department of Homeland Security responsible for preparing the United States for acts of terrorism. |
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| The
US Commission on National Security The Hart-Rudman
Commission |
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Take
a moment to glance through this website to see what USCNS/21’s
Road Map for National Security includes. |
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| U.S.
Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
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The
homepage to the United States’ leading researchers
in BW agents. Get a free downloadable version of their
Bluebook available in Word, pdf, and for your PalmPilot. |
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| U.
S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense
Chemical Casualty Care Division |
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This
page has a large assortment of chemical agent reference
materials and treatment guides. Particularly handy is
the Textbook of Military Medicine, which also contains
information about biological agents. |
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| National
Guard WMD Civil Support Teams |
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This
is the homepage for the National Guard’s WMD Civil
Support Team (CST) previously known as RAID. This site
provides information and current news regarding the CSTs
including what they do, when they will be ready for deployment,
and other information regarding them. These teams are
considered the military’s First Responders. |
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| Applied
Science and Analysis |
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Company
WWW site for ASA, a Nuclear, Biological & Chemical
defense consulting firm. |
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| State
Department Biological & Toxins Treaty WWW Page |
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This
page lists the text of the Convention on the prohibition
of the development, production and stockpiling of bacteriological
(biological) and toxin weapons and on their destruction. |
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| National
Academy Press Clinical & Biological Terrorism |
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Online
extracts from the book “Clinical & Biological
Terrorism”. Nice sections on drugs, decontamination
and detection. |
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| Federation
of American Scientists |
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This
site contains a number of scientific policy articles and
reports. The site includes a massive collection of quick
reference materials to military hardware, descriptions
of nuclear tests, sample intelligence photo archives and
simple guides to arms control agreements. The section
on “special weapons” is particularly interesting. |
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| U.
S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command |
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Flashy
military site that explains proposals, research and organization
of the MRMC. |
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| Modeling
and Simulation Analysis Center |
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This
page describes the activities of the simulation IAC, one
of a number of information analysis centers. They have
a particularly nice list of links, some of which are annotated
here. |
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This
page provides a comprehensive resource for information about natural and BT
related agents. The site consists of many organized links to articles and news. It appears to be updated regularly.
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