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:: Fire Services

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:: Reading Resources

:: Useful Links

:: Weapons of Mass Destruction

Weapons of Mass Destruction

:: NATO Handbook on the Medical Aspects of NBC defensive Operations Part I Nuclear

:: NATO Handbook on the Medical Aspects of NBC Defensive Operations - amedp-6(b) - Part II - Biological

:: History, Likely Agents, Perpetrators, and Dissemination

:: Addressing Weapons of Mass Destruction, Threats, and Mail Bombs presented by United States Postal Inspection Service

:: Chemical and Biological Warfare

:: Investigation of Air-dispersed Pulmonary Agents | pdf 36kb

:: Defense against Toxin Weapons

Equipment

:: WMD Protective Clothing for the First Responder

:: Guide for the Selection of Chemical and Biological Decontamination Equipment for Emergency First Responders | pdf 1.9 Mb

:: Domestic Preparedness Equipment Technical Assistance Program (DPETAP)

:: Protecting Investigators Performing Environmental Sampling for Bacillus anthracis: Personal Protective  

:: Guide for the Selection of Chemical Agent and Toxic Industrial Material Detection Equipment for Emergency First Responders

:: Interim Recommendations for the Selection and Use of Protective Clothing and Respirators against Biological Agents

:: Eye safety – Emergency Response and Disaster Recovery

:: Suggested Respirator Cleaning and Sanitation Procedures

Emergency Medical Services

:: Riverside County EMS

:: Information pertaining to Emergency Managers

:: Information pertaining to EMT and Paramedics

:: American Medical Response Clinical and Education Services

:: California EMS Authority

:: National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians

Fire Services

:: Information pertaining to Fire personnel

:: Riverside County Fire Department

:: Riverside City Fire Department

:: U.S. Fire Administration

:: Governor’s Office of Emergency Services

:: California State Fire Marshal

Law Emforcement

:: Riverside County Sheriff

:: California Highway Patrol

:: County Law Enforcement Links

:: California Police Chiefs Association

:: California Police Officers Standards and Training

:: California Law Enforcement Association

Environmental Health/HAZMAT

:: Riverside County Department of Environmental Health

:: Department of Environmental Health: Hazardous Materials

:: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

:: Department of Transportation Hazardous Materials

Reading Resources

:: Advice for Safeguarding Buildings against Chemical or Biological Attack

:: Traumatic Incident Stress: Information for Emergency Response Workers

:: Fact Sheet for Workers in Secondary Response and Other Supporting Roles

:: JAMA: Domestic Preparedness for Events Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction

:: NEJM: Smallpox Vaccination: A Call to Arms

:: JAMA: Weapons of Mass Destruction Events with Contaminated Casualties

Useful Links

:: Riverside County Department of Public Health, Emergency Medical Services Branch

:: National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Emergency Response Resources

:: Governor’s Office of Emergency Services

:: Reddinet

:: Guide to Site Security in the US Chemical Industry