Category: Reports

OSHA BEST PRACTICES for HOSPITAL-BASED FIRST RECEIVERS OF VICTIMS

http://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/bestpractices/html/hospital_firstreceivers.html

OSHA/NIOSH – Personal Protective Equipment Selection Matrix for Emergency Responders

http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/emergencypreparedness/cbrnmatrix/index.html

OSHA/NIOSH Interim Guidance – August 30, 2004, Chemical – Biological – Radiological – Nuclear (CBRN), Personal Protective Equipment Selection Matrix for Emergency Responders

The recommendations for personal protective equipment (PPE) should be based on a site-based job hazard analysis of possible hazards including skin contact, air concentrations, heat stress, etc. http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/emergencypreparedness/cbrnmatrix/blister.html

GAO – Federal Leadership and Intergovernmental Cooperation Required to Achieve First Responder Interoperable Communications

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04740.pdf

GAO – Health Effects in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center Attack

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d041068t.pdf

911 Commission Report

http://911commission.gov/

Protecting Emergency Responders Volume 2, by RAND Science & Technology Policy Institute

Firefighters, law enforcement officers, and emergency medical service responders play a critical role in protecting people and property in the event of fires, medical emergencies, terrorist acts, and numerous other […]

President Bushs FY 2005 Budget

Two key issues in the FY 2005 Budget are “Winning the War on Terror”, and “Protecting America by Securing Our Homeland.” This includes a 9.7 percent increase in the funding […]

Gilmore Commission, Third Annual Report

“For Ray Downey” The Third Annual Report to the President and the Congress of the Advisory Pannel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism involving Weapons of Mass Destruction. http://www.rand.org/nsrd/terrpanel/terror3-print.pdf

Gilmore Commission, Fifth Annual Report

“Forging America’s New Normalcy” Fifth Annual Report to the President and the Congress of the Advisory Pannel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism involving Weapons of Mass Destruction. http://www.rand.org/nsrd/terrpanel/volume_v/volume_v.pdf