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Terrorism

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Protecting Emergency Responders

The Homeland Defense Testing team and the Improved Response Program Reports addressing the needs of first responders in the several different areas including mass causality decontamination, protective equipment, equipment suitability, and response templates.

Detectors

Testing of APD2000 Chemical Warfare Agent Detector Against Chemical Warfare Agents Summary Report (August 2000)

Testing of CAM--Chemical Agent Monitor (Type l) Against Chemical Warfare Agents--Summary Report October 2000 (23 pages, 336 KB PDF)

Testing of Commercially Available Detectors Against Chemical Warfare Agents: Summary Report (February 1999)

Testing of Detectors Against Chemical Warfare Agents--Summary Report UC AP2C Portable Chemical Contamination Control Monitor Collective Unit May 2001 (May 2001)

Testing of M90-D1-C Chemical Warfare Agent Detector Against Chemical Warfare Agents Summary Report (December 2000)

Testing of MIRAN SapphIRe Portable Ambient Air Analyzers Against Chemical Warfare Agents Summary Report (July 2000)

Testing of MSA Detector Tubes Against Chemical Warfare Agents Summary Report (July 2000)

Testing of Photovac MicroFID Handheld Flame Ionization Detectors Against Chemical Warfare Agents - Summary Report (October 1999)

Testing of RAE Systems ppbRAE Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Monitor Photo-Ionization Detector (PID) Against Chemical Warfare Agents Summary Report (September 2001)

Testing of SABRE 2000 Handheld Trace and Vapor Detector Against Chemical Warfare Agents--Summary Report August 2001 (28 pages, 378 KB PDF)

Testing of SAW MiniCAD mkII Detector Against Chemical Warfare Agents--Summary Report September 2001 (21 pages, 244 KB PDF)

Protective Clothing

Boots

Swatch Test Results of Commercial Chemical Protective Boots to Challenge by Chemical Warfare Agents: Summary Report (February 2001)

Swatch Test Results of Commercial Chemical Protective Boots to Challenge by Chemical Warfare Agents: Executive Summary (February 2001)

Gloves

Swatch Test Results of Phase 2 Commercial Chemical Protective Gloves to Challenge by Chemical Warfare Agents: Summary Report (January 2001)

Swatch Test Results of Phase 2 Commercial Chemical Protective Gloves to Challenge by Chemical Warfare Agents: Executive Summary (June 2001)

Swatch Test Results of Commercial Chemical Protective Gloves to Challenge by Chemical Warfare Agents: Summary Report (February 2001)

Swatch Test Results of Commercial Chemical Protective Gloves to Challenge by Chemical Warfare Agents: Executive Summary (February 2001)

Suits

Level A

Level B

Respirators

Sarin Vapor Challenge and Corn Oil Protection Factor (PF) Testing of 3M BE10 Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR) with AP3 Cartridge (June 2001)

Test Report for SCBA Hoses (January 1999)

Testing of Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR) Systems and Cartridges (Febrary 1999)

Biological Weapons Improved Response Program (IRP) Reports

Acute Care Center: A Mass Casualty Care Strategy for Biological Terrorism Incidents (December 2001)

CDC/DoD Smallpox Workshop (April 2000)

A Comparison of Decontamination Technologies for Biological Agent on Selected Commercial Surface Material (April 2001)

Executive Summary of Biological Warfare Improved Response Program U.S. Department of Agriculture and Department of Defense (USDA/DoD) Workshop (August 1999)

Executive Summary Report (March 1999)

Interim Planning Guide: Improving Local and State Agency Response to Terrorist Incidents Involving Biological Weapons - Interim Planning Guide (September 2000)

Neighborhood Emergency Help Center Pamphlet: A Mass Casualty Care Strategy for Biological Terrorism Incidents (May 2001)

NPDO/DoD Criminal and Epidemiological Investigation Report (January 2000)

Response Decision Tree Workshop (August 1999)

Updated BW Response Decision Tree and BW Response Template (May 2001)

Chemical Weapons Improved Response Program (IRP) Reports

An Alternative Health Care Facility: Concept of Operations for the Off-Site Triage, Treatment, and Transportation Center (OST&C) Mass Casualty Care Strategy for a Chemical Terrorism Incident (March 2001)

Chemical Weapons Improved Response Program (CW IRP) 2000 Summary Report

CW IRP Playbook: Guidelines for Responding to and Managing a Chemical Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorist Event

Guidelines for Mass Casualty Decontamination During a Terrorist Chemical Agent Incident (January 2000)

Guidelines for Mass Fatality Management During Terrorist Incidents Involving Chemical Agents (November 2001)

Guidelines for Responding to a Chemical Weapons Incident

Guidelines for Use of Personal Protective Equipment by Law Enforcement Personnel During A Terrorist Chemical Agent Incident (June 2001)

Chemical Protective Clothing for Law Enforcement Patrol Officers and Emergency Medical Services when Responding to Terrorism with Chemical Weapons (November 1999)

Use of Positive Pressure Ventilation (PPV) Fans To Reduce the Hazards of Entering Chemically Contaminated Buildings Summary Report (October 1999)

Two Test Methods for Personal Protective Clothing Systems in Chemical Environments (October1999)

Guidelines for Incident Commander's Use of Firefighter Protective Ensemble (FFPE) with Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) for Rescue Operations During a Terrorist Chemical Agent Incident (August 1999)

General Terrorism Links

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

U.S. Defense Dep't: Pentagon

FBI

FBI: To Report Terrorist Activity

AssignmentEditor:Terrorist Attack

Surviving Terror
Homeland Security Primer on Terrorism

Monitoring Terror

Debka.Com

GAO Report on FEMA's Preparedness to Combating Terror Attacks

Cyber Crime

Cyber Criminals Most Wanted

McAfee.com

SANS

National Infrastructure Protection Center

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