1. General Disaster Preparedness

• FEMA: www.fema.gov/areyouready
  
• Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/ services/disaster/ keepsafe/unexpected.html
  
• DHS: www.ready.gov
  
• Basic items ("personal infrastructure"):
  
  1. Meeting place
     
  2. Contact outside of the area
     
  3. Secure vital papers
     
  4. Three days supplies
     
  5. Disaster kit
     
  6. Plans for sheltering in place
     
  7. Evacuation plan

2. Bioterrorism Preparedness

• Suspicious mail: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/anthrax/mail/suspiciouspackages.asp
  
• Smallpox vaccine education: www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/index.asp
  
• Public health law: biotech.law.lsu.edu/blaw/Bioterror.htm

3. Chemical Attack

• Sheltering in place: www.bt.cdc.gov/planning/shelteringfacts.asp
  
• Evacuation: www.bt.cdc.gov/planning/evacuationfacts.asp
  
• Personal decontamination: hwww.bt.cdc.gov/planning/personalcleaningfacts.asp

4. Radiological Attack

• Dirty bombs: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/dirtybombs.asp
  
• Sheltering in place: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/shelter.asp
  
• Casualty management: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/casualtiesradioactive.asp

5. Bioterrorism Updates

• New York Times: www.nytimes.com
  
• UCLA School of Public Health: www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/bioter/bioterrorism.html
  
• CDC: www.bt.cdc.gov

Prepared by Bioterrorism Preparedness Group, PAMF, April 2003. Last accessed January 2008.