Related Links

This site was created by the Airflow and Polutant Transport Group, which is part of the Indoor Environment Department at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Buildings and Building Operation

• The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) [http://www.ashrae.org], is a good source of information about buildings and building technology. They have issued a statement with guidance on keeping buildings safe from chem/bio-terrorism and other "extraordinary incidents." Some of this advice differs from ours, but the document is still an excellent source of information.
   
• The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center and the Army Corps of Engineers Protective Design Center [ http://buildingprotection.sbccom.army.mil/basic/airborne_hazards_report_download.htm] have produced a document on how to prepare for a chem-bio attack. The report emphasizes pre-event planning, but also gives advice on action to take during an event. Some of this advice differs from ours, but the document is still an excellent source of information.
   
• The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) [ http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/bldvent/2002-139.html], part of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), has issued guidance for protecting buildings from an airborne chemical, biological, or radiological attack .
   
• Protecting Building Occupants from Biological Threats: Website from the Center for Biosecurity of UPMC [http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/ ]that includes useful information about biological threats to building occupants, practical steps for reducing risk, and costs and benefits of risk reduction measures, along with a wealth of related materials and additional resources.
   

Emergency Response

• The National Academies of Science [ http://search.nap.edu/firstresponders/ ] has a comprehensive set of links to sites that give advice for "first responders" (police and firefighters).
   
• The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center and the Army Corps of The US Department of Justice (DoJ) Office of Domestic Preparedness [http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/] offers training and technical assistance to state and local jurisdictions to help them respond to, and mitigate the consequences of, incidents of domestic terrorism. The Department of Justice also funds the LSU Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education (ACE) [http://www.doce.lsu.edu/ace/Pages/Home.html] to plan and administer assistance in training emergency response personnel. The DoJ is also funding Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) [ http://www.sandia.gov/] to establish a Center for Civil Force Protection (CCFP). The Center will provide physical security counterterrorism assistance to state and local law enforcement agencies, other organizations within State and local governments and private industry.
   
• The U.S. Department of Energy provides information on disaster preparedness, emergency response, etc., at the Energy and National Security web site [http://energy.gov/security].
   
• When a hazardous material is released into the atmosphere, the Atmospheric Release Advisory Capability (ARAC) can map the probable spread of contamination; the National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center (NARAC) provides information at http://narac.llnl.gov/.
   
• The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), part of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), has a collection of useful information and links related to emergency response to a chemical or biological attack. [ http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/emres01.html] The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota [ http://www.cidrap.umn.edu], provides a wealth of bioterrorism information, including descriptions of likely agents and their characteristics, and is updated daily.
   
• The California Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission [ http://www.post.ca.gov/newindex.htm] teaches courses for police officers, including courses on handling a chemical or biological attack.
   
• interFIRE.org [ http://www.interfire.org] is a complete resource for fire services, fire insurers, law enforcement and others whose duties involve fire investigation.
   
• A new supplement to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Guide for All-Hazard Emergency Operations Planning: State and Local Guide has been produced to help state and local emergency planners develop and maintain terrorism annexes to their emergency plans [http://www.fema.gov/pte/gaheop.htm]. FEMA also has some information at their Hazardous Materials Guide for First Responders web site [ http://www.usfa.fema.gov/hazmat/trainresp.htm]