Emergency Response

The contents of this folder relate to communities and government response to an incident and include damage mitigation; emergency communication; incident managment; and search and rescue. Contents may include manuals, guidelines, plans, and case reports of successful practices. Also included in this folder are the National Response Plan and the National Incident Managment System.

Mutual Aid

 

Urban Search and Rescue (USR)

 

The 2004 Emergency Response Codebook: A Guidebook for First Responders During the Initial Phase of a Dangerous Goods/Hazardous Materials Incident

 

Accelerating the Katrina Recovery: An Interim Report by the Blue Ribbon Commission on Mega-Catastrophes of The Financial Services Roundtable

 

Assessing the capabilities and coordination of federal emergency response teams

 

Assessing the Utility of Work Team Theory in a Unified Command Environment at Catastrophic Incidents

 

Believe in the Model: Mishandle the Emergency

 

Can A Disaster Really Be Managed? Lessons and Comparisons From The Recent Past.

 

Catastrophic Terrorism- Local Response to a National Threat

 

A Critical Evaluation of the Incident Command System and NIMS

 

Decision Models for Emergency Response Planning

 

Disaster Management: The Structure, Function, and Significance of Network-Centric Operations

 

Emergency Evacuation Report Card 2006

 

Emergency Responder Guidelines

 

Emergency Response: Civil Liability of Volunteer Health Professional

 

Emergency Response for Homeland Security: Lessons Learned and the Need for Analysis

 

Emergency Response Guidebook 2008: A Guidebook for First Responders During the Initial Phase of a Dangerous Good/Hazardous Materials Transportation Incident

 

EMS Pandemic Influenza Guidelines for Statewide Adoption

 

EMS Pandemic Influenza Guidelines for Statewide Adoption

 

Estimating Populations at Risk for Disaster Preparedness and Response

 

Firestorm: Treatment of Vulnerable Populations During the San Diego Fires

 

First Responders’ Ability to Detect and Model Hazardous Releases in Urban Areas Is Significantly Limited

 

From Forest Fires to Hurricane Katrina: Case Studies of Incident Command Systems

 

Hurricane Katrina: What can the government learn from the private sector’s response?

 

Infection Prevention and Control for Shelters During Disasters Prevention and Control for Shelters During Disasters

 

Inter-organizational Coordination in Complex Environments of Disasters: The Evolution of Intergovernmental Disaster Response Systems

 

Joint Field Office Guide Field Operations Guide

 

Katrina as prelude: Preparing for and responding to Katrina-class disturbances in the United States – testimony to U.S. Senate Committee, March 8, 2006

 

Keating: Katrina Lessons to Ensure Better U.S. Disaster Response

 

Leveraging Mutual Aid for Effective Emergency Response: statement of Kenneth D. Murphy

 

Leveraging Mutual Aid for Effective Emergency Response, Statement of Marko Bourne, Director, Policy and Program Analysis Federal Emergency Management Agency U. S. Department of Homeland Security

 

Lessons We Don't Learn: A study of the lessons of disasters, why we repeat them, and how we can learn them

 

Management of Dead Bodies after Disasters: A Field Manual for First Responders

 

Manual for First Responders to a Radiological Emergency

 

National Organization on Disability, Emergency Preparedness Initiative. Guide on the Special Needs of People with Disabilities for Emergency Managers, Planners & Responders

 

National Strike Teams: An Alternate Approach to Low Probability, High Consequence Events

 

Planning Guidance for Response to a Nuclear Detonation

 

Protecting Emergency Responders Volume 3: Safety Management in Disaster and Terrorism Response

 

Policy Analysis for Natural Hazards: Some Cautionary Lessons from Environmental Policy Analysis

 

Radiological Terrorism: A Tool Kit for Emergency Services Clinicians

 

Report of the 7 July Review Committee

 

The Science and Art of Disaster Response by the National Guard

 

Searching for a System: Multi-organizational Coordination in the September 11th World Trade Center Search and Rescue Response

 

Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response: The SAFER Grant Program

 

Social Capital: Dealing with community emergencies

 

Tactical Interoperable Communications Scorecards Summary Report and Findings

 

Transportation-Disadvantaged Populations

 

“The Two-Hat Syndrome”: Determining Response Capabilities and Mutual Aid Limitations

 

Understanding Citizen Response to Disasters with Implications for Terrorism

 

Vulnerability of populations and urban health care systems to nuclear weapon attack – examples from four American cities

 

Who’s in Charge? Who Should Be? The Role of the Federal Government in Megadisasters: Based on Lessons from Hurricane Katrina

 

The World Trade Center Attack: Lessons for Disaster Management