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| | EMS MAGAZINE.com |
 | | First responders considering the purchase and use of adsorptive-based garments will want to be sure their personnel are fully aware of the performance ability of their particular selection in the TIM environment (threat analysis indicates responders are more likely to face releases of TIMs). | | | The first responder community must therefore carefully study the WMD response scenarios most likely to occur in their community, and, with the guidance of organizational PPE doctrine and a hazard analysis, select the PPE that will best provide the needed protection. | | | For most responders, this is the most difficult part of an assessment, since they are often preparing for the unknown. |
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| | ASA Newsletter - WMD Terrorism and the Role of First Responders |
| | EMS personnel are often the first members of the health care community to have contact with patients and are the first "eyes and ears" of care providers at higher levels of the system. | | | First responders recognize the importance of time and intervention when dealing with terrorism, while they acknowledge confusion about their roles. | | | ASA presents this view of the role of the First Responders and how equipment, training and coordination can give this group of hard working civilians the necessary edge to do their jobs and save lives. |
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http://www.asanltr.com/ASANews-99/993FirstResp.htm
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| | Developing a Hazardous Materials Exercise Program: A Handbook for State and Local OfficialsDeveloping a Hazardous ... |
| | Often, in exercises, responders say "In an actual emergency I would have done this, but this is only an exercise." Make the exercise a worthwhile training experience by ensuring that all involved understand their roles. | | | The first is to ensure that sound safety practices and principles are designed into the exercise to prevent injuries to players and the public (e.g., how will the public and bystanders be handled the day of the exercise). | | | Some response actions are so critical to the completion of the exercise objectives, however, that the exercise director and/or controllers may have to intervene in exercise play by interjecting additional response-stimulating messages in order to ensure that such responses occur. |
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http://www.bts.gov/smart/cat/254.html
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| | Johnson County Ambulance - First Responders |
| | The First Responders are trained to deal with a variety of medical issues, which includes treating patients from the very young, to the very old. | | | Serving as Medical Director for the JCAS First Responder Services is Charles Huss, MD. The medical director is responsible for the direct and indirect medical control of First Responder services. | | | A variety of medical emergencies are encountered by First Responders on a daily basis, therefore First Responders and EMT-Basics are trained to provide basic care. |
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http://www.johnson-county.com/Ambulance/firstres.shtml
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| | Mid-Anglia General Practice Accident Service |
| | The nature of the Community First Responder scheme is that local people are trained in simple and safe techniques which can be used to save life. | | | On arrival, the Community First Responder will have all the training and equipment necessary to manage the patient in those first few critical minutes before the ambulance arrives. | | | This training will be provided by experienced trainers and will reflect the best of current first aid and emergency care practice in the UK. |
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http://www.magpas.org.uk/community
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| | First Responders |
| | First Responders will hold a valid First Aid at Work certificate and be trained in Oxygen Therapy, the use of an Automatic External Defibrillator, Risk Assessment and Manual Handling. | | | The type of emergency may include unconsciousness (due to an injury or medical problem), chest pain and breathing difficulties either in the home or public/work place. | | | When put into practice by increasing public awareness, training in Basic Life Support (BLS) and community based defibrillators, these events have improved the pre-hospital survival rate between 25% and 30%. |
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http://www.glosamb.org.uk/responders.htm
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| | Wilderness First Responder and Wilderness Rescue Medicine |
| | Wilderness First Responder courses developed by Wilderness Medical Associates are widely considered the most complete medical training for outdoor professionals. | | | At least half of the training is hands-on and outside, with lots of opportunities to practice assessment and treatment techniques. | | | Although some of our students have previous medical experience, there is no training pre-requisite for the Wilderness First Responder course. |
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http://www.cboutdoors.com
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| | PARAMETERS, US Army War College Quarterly, Autumn - 1997 |
| | First developed as a civil-military-academic institution in support of the US Commander-in-Chief, Pacific, the center emphasizes the interagency process for integrating education, training, and research in operations other than war. | | | Without "growing" such a culture, organizations will not be able to respond effectively and efficiently to either crisis response or consequence management tasks. | | | Such an approach reminds us that managing the consequences of a WMD event is not equivalent to responding to a natural disaster or a humanitarian crisis. |
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http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usawc/Parameters/97autumn/seiple.htm
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| | Needful Provision, Inc. |
| | The PI’s information and technology is superior to others due to being developed as a result of four decades of research in real life survival situations, of all types, as well as well focused research efforts on subjects as herein described. | | | Abstract of Project Goals: The PI seeks to expand his very successful “Universal Survival Handbook” to create a “Survival Encyclopedia” that will provide effective ways and means to overcome natural and terrorist caused disasters of all types. | | | Project goals are to greatly increase the survivability of first responders and other persons exposed to hazardous situations of all types. |
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http://www.needfulprovision.org/special_efforts/survivalencyclopedia.php
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| | ERRI Hazardous Materials Archive Page |
| | ERRI spokesman and senior analyst, Clark Staten, said that this was not the first time we have heard of Palestinian militants trying to use "chemical weapons." What analysts are unsure of is why the seeming terrorist fascination with cyanide, rather than other materials that might be more lethal, or easier to obtain/use. | | | Emergency/security forces must also be taught to rapidly and effectively implement a thorough search for secondary devices at any future terrorist event. | | | This is a common sense approach to risk management.” |
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http://www.emergency.com/hzmtpage.htm
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| | NIUSR Welcome |
| | We are a not-for-profit "think-tank" that works to invent, discover or focus attention on ways to improve the ability and equipment of our nation’s first responders—those of you in fire, law enforcement and medical services that keep us safe, or safer, everyday. | | | Accordingly, MIPT sponsors and conducts research to discover equipment, training and procedures that might assist in preventing terrorism and responding to it. | | | There was a day when fire and Mother Nature’s other catastrophes were the focus of our emergency response efforts. |
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| | NREMT - EMT/Candidate - First Responder Registration |
| | This group's first priority was to develop a plan to define the scope of practice and numbers of levels for EMS training and certification. | | | The practical examination requires the candidate to physically apply the necessary skills of a First Responder. | | | It was the blueprint which led to national acceptance of the First Responder as a recognized level of care within the nation's emergency medical services. |
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http://www.nremt.org/EMTServices/reg_1st_history.asp
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| | First Responders - Library - National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism |
| | Institutions such as MIPT and policymakers need to have a better understanding of the needs of the emergency responder community in order to provide focused research and policy recommendations. | | | While gathering information for the study, FEMA staff heard repeatedly that local officials and responders need a single source of information on available training. | | | MIPT regards the people who are first on the scene, when a terrorist incident is unfolding or has occurred, as a principal audience. |
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http://www.mipt.org/First-Responders.asp
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| | First Responders Meth Labs |
| | Hazardous substances released during and after an event usually enter the body by inhalation and skin absorption [3]; acute exposures may result in cough, headache, chest pain, burns, pulmonary edema, respiratory failure, coma, and death [3,4,6]. | | | Bethesda, Maryland: US Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Addiction 1998 (publication no. 98-4210). | | | The 79 injured first responders had 111 injuries (Table 1); 60 (54.1%) were respiratory irritation (e.g., cough, difficulty breathing, and throat irritation), and 12 (10.8%) were eye irritation; 61 (77.2%) injured first responders were treated at a hospital and did not require admission. |
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http://www.ksffa.com/first_responders_meth_labs.htm
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| | First Responders |
| | A First Responder will call you back immediately and help you in any way he/she can. | | | First Responders are a group of students who have been trained to provide immediate support, counseling, and aid to survivors of sexual assualt, sexual abuse, and rape. | | | The First Responders were founded as a sub-group of the RAC -- Rape Awareness Committee. |
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http://www.davidson.edu/student/organizations/survivors/FR.htm
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| | First responders to shift focus from response to recovery |
| | First responders to shift focus from response to recovery | | | The National Technology Transfer Center is seeing growing demand among first responders for 3-D tracking and location systems for personnel as well as casualty and patient care data and monitoring systems and other decision support systems, said Mike Lucey, manager of the center’s Emergency Response Technology Program. | | | First responder spending is gradually shifting from emergency response to recovery operations, an industry official said at meeting today of the Washington, D.C., Technology Council. |
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http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/1_1/daily_news/24662-1.html
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| | : First Responders |
| | Oxfordshire Ambulance Trust believes that First Responders trained in appropriate life saving techniques can significantly increase the chance of survival. | | | The First Responder scheme in Oxfordshire is made up of groups of volunteers from the community who have been trained to attend emergency calls received by Oxfordshire Ambulance Trust. | | | Therefore a key element in the success of the First Responder scheme is the ability of our First Responders to arrive at the scene of an emergency within 8 minutes of the call. |
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| | First Responders Financial |
| | But, then 9/11 occurred, and all of our lives were changed suddenly. | | | Dennis Smith’s experience and reputation make him powerfully and uniquely able to represent the interests and needs of emergency professionals and departments. | | | Dennis then secured the website, and began the work to identify the most reliable and respected financial company to serve the nation’s first responders, and to study the many ways that money can be invested. |
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| | First Responders, Inc. |
| | Only through proper training can others be stimulated to think about safety and make a quick response to an emergency. | | | Established in 1992, First Responder, Inc. is made up of trained professional first responders, who educate bystanders in the same techniques that they use day after day to save lives. | | | This site is a member of the First Aid & CPR Instructor Ring. |
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| | EMSA Online -- First Responders |
| | Once EMSA medics arrive, both teams work together to help the patient. | | | Combining first response and transport in the same agency has been shown to be a much more costly operation than the model utilized by EMSA. | | | A six-month probation follows during which all calls involving life-threatening emergencies are reviewed by the Office of the Medical Director of the Medical Control Board. |
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http://www.emsaonline.com/support.html
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| | Virtual Reality Training Could Help First Responders Prepare For Terrorist Attacks |
| | This way they will be able to respond to a variety of potential situations. | | | A simulated environment would also be less dangerous than training in a "live" environment, where some elements of the physical environment can not be controlled, says Leu. | | | The project is designed to determine whether a virtual reality training system would be useful for training first responders. |
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/03/030317075410.htm
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| | Feed First Responders |
| | Or any group of people that add value to our life by putting theirs at risk for our benefit. | | | Get a group of your Backyard BBQ buddies together, identify some First Responders, and cook for them. | | | We should, on an ongoing basis, find and feed the First Responders that perform duty as Fire Fighters, Police, and Emergency Medical service folks. |
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| | First Responder Institute |
| | Specifically, FRI’s programs are focused on helping all First Responders improve their job-related skills and capacities in the following areas: | | | To accomplish these vital goals, the First Responder Institute is constantly working to build coalitions of public and private sector organizations and funding resources that will ensure that FRI programs reflect the most appropriate contemporary learning environment and support systems for the nation’s public safety personnel. | | | In today’s “homeland security” environment, the First Responder Institute (FRI) is the public service organization that is specifically dedicated to providing leadership and support to the nation’s First Responders through programs of instruction and education. |
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| | Chem-Bio.com |
| | Individuals must have strong writing skills, a solid knowledge of the technical aspects of RN terrorism, and a practical understanding of how the situation relates to first responders. | | | Keiseisha has completed the Japanese language editions of the "First Responder Chem-Bio Handbook (FR-CBH)" and "Chem-Bio: Frequently Asked Questions (CB-FAQ)." Please email all order inquiries to japanese@chem-bio.com. | | | The CD-ROM contains fully searchable and indexed electronic versions of the "First Responder Chem-Bio Handbook (FR-CBH)" and "Chem-Bio: Frequently Asked Questions (CB-FAQ)" titles and is designed to run on any Windows OS going back to Windows 95. |
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| | Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute |
| | The National Naval Medical Center ( NNMC) installation observes security procedures appropriate to the threat environment. | | | In addition to serving as a radioprotectant, dietary supplements and injectable compounds may increase the readiness of troops by improving their response to challenges to their immune system resulting from combat and bioterrorism. | | | Photo shows first responders preparing to move actors "killed” in a mass-casualty drill held in October at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD. Details. |
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| | CFSI Homepage |
| | CFSI is currently seeking donations to help support us in our mission "So that first responders never stand alone". | | | Proceeds will benefit the Congressional Fire Services Insitute to further their mission on Capitol Hill, "So that first responders never stand alone." | | | In a June 20 letter to California Assemblyman Paul Koretz, author of the legislation, NFPA President, Jim Shannon wrote that "NFPA puts its full support behind the bill in California." The legislation, similar to laws already passed in New York, Vermont and in Canada would require that only self-extinguishing cigarettes be sold in the state. |
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| | "Digital Forensics for First Responders Training" |
| | A seminar guide containing reference materials and checklists. | | | Digital Forensics for First Responders Training seminar is an eight-hour presentation filled with the latest information concerning the growing need for properly trained computer crime “first responders”; and certified computer forensic specialists. | | | The Digital Forensics for First Responders Training seminar is presented by a pioneer in the field of computer forensics. |
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http://www.mile2.com/Digital_Forensics_for_First_Responders_Training.html
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| | First Responders Report |
| | American Medical Association Gets DHS Grant to Train First Responders | | | Wednesday -Dr. Robert (Rob) Gillio volunteered his pulmonary expertise at Ground Zero and it changed his life and the lives of untold thousands of first responders. | | | Paul Davis, President of the First Responder Institute tells us how FRI provides grants to small fire departments, nationwide. |
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http://www.homelanddefenseradio.com/special_reports/firstresponder.shtml
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| | Xtreme's First Responders Unit Announces 2005 'Assistance To Firefighters' Grant Process |
| | Terms and conditions, including restrictions on redistribution, apply. | | | Xtreme CEO Kevin Ryan stated, "This program is important because it provides fire departments nationwide with the potential for federal and state grants to purchase fire & rescue boats which have been granted Priority 1 (urban) and Priority 2 (rural) status by ODP. | | | Xtreme's First Responders Unit Announces 2005 'Assistance To Firefighters' Grant Process |
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http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/07-14-2005/0004067263&EDATE=
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| | ReddiNet - Home |
| | Emergency medical professionals designed ReddiNet ® to address real world needs. | | | ReddiNet utilizes versatile, established technology to deploy robust communication networks linking hospitals, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agencies, first responders and public health officials. | | | It is the only system to employ both radio and phone channels for highly fault tolerant emergency communications. |
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http://www.reddinet.com
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| | Interim Recommendations, October 24, 2001 |
| | The need for decontamination and for treatment of all first responders with antibiotics or other medications should be decided in consultation with local public health authorities. | | | Responders may use a full facepiece respirator with a P100 filter or powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) with high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters when it can be determined that: | | | The approach to any potentially hazardous atmosphere, including biological hazards, must be made with a plan that includes an assessment of hazard and exposure potential, respiratory protection needs, entry conditions, exit routes, and decontamination strategies. |
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| | Responding First to Bioterrorism : Rank and file responders |
| | Guide to responding to anthrax threat for medically trained audience, from Texas Department of Health. | | | The site isn't clear on what training they offer, although they claim to have trained thousands of first responders. | | | This center offers many courses appropriate for first responder training for bioterrorism. |
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http://www.nap.edu/shelves/first/Rank_and_file_responders.html
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| | First Responders |
| | The primary role of the First Responder is to provide general support and facilitation to groups. | | | The NCDC’s First Responders Network is a group of certified individuals from multiple agencies, serving all areas of the state, who have committed part of their time to assist groups that are interested in starting new businesses. | | | First Responders are very knowledgeable about the full range of technical assistance resources available and how these resources can be accessed on behalf of groups. |
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http://ncdc.unl.edu/firstresponders.htm
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| | Firehouse.Com: Terrorism & Domestic Preparedness |
| | As first responders we must continue to review, revise and practice our emergency response procedures and guidelines. | | | Provided to help first responders learn new terms or to refresh terms related to chemical agents. | | | Report says, "Agency information, experience and equipment is insufficient to respond with confidence." |
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http://server.firehouse.com/frontlines
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| | First Responders' Conference |
| | Presenters discussed the stress and resiliency among first responder spouses and families. | | | Jane's presentation was developed with the help of middle school children to recognize and honor the work of First Responders. | | | Included was a slide show done by a 12-year-old student to honor the work of rescue dogs and their handlers. |
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http://www.mhanj.org/responders.htm
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| | DomesticPreparedness.com: In the News...... |
| | The task is much more difficult, though, when the equipment provided to first responders is less than adequate, and deficient in many other ways. | | | First, though, there are a number of important questions that have to be answered. | | | Breathing is not easy for anyone involved in the responses to and cleanup of hazardous materials. |
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http://www.domesticpreparedness.com
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| | The Looming Threat of Bioterrorism |
| | to be treated in the first wave of cases. | | | In all, 200 or more patients would probably have | | | the first, called Biopreparat, was in the Ministry of Medical |
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http://cas.bellarmine.edu/tietjen/ecology/looming_threat_of_bioterrorism.htm
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| | DHS Department of Homeland Security About First Responders |
| | First responders from smaller communities need assistance in organizing and developing the unified command and control procedures and protocols necessary for operationally sound mutual aid. | | | America's first line of defense in any terrorist attack is the "first responder" community - local police, firefighters, and emergency medical professionals. | | | First responders from communities outside major metropolitan areas who must protect large geographic areas with small populations face many response challenges. |
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http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?theme=63&content=237
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| | First Responders |
| | It is widely believed that there is a wide gap between what's presently available to 1st responders and what could be developed based on today's technology. | | | However, work is underway to develop a wireless version of the IEEE 1451 standard and NIST is involved in this process. | | | This allows tracking the 1st responders and knowing which are inside a building on fire or under a terrorist attack, and it facilitates managing the disaster at hand. |
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http://www.itl.nist.gov/div892/first_responders_news.shtml
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| | First Responders |
| | Last year's anthrax attacks and recent terrorist activities have shown us all the need for better "first response" to bioterriorism attacks. | | | In addition, the First Responder Initiative calls for $3.5 billion to be spent on enhancing terrorism response capabilities for the nation's police, firefighters, and emergency medical professionals. | | | With this in mind, now is the time to proactively plan to use those dollars in preparation of government and civilian personnel who may be first responders in the event of a chemical or biological attack. |
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http://www.acgem.org/discussion/_disc2/00000005.htm
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| | First responders seek common lingo |
| | Most systems will be able to use EDXL as system development progresses. | | | A national effort to ensure that first responders can exchange information among any systems is picking up steam as community officials renew their efforts to overcome traditional barriers to sharing information. | | | Systems that can handle XML will be able to handle the metadata specific to a first responder community, standards experts say. |
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http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/1115/pol-xml-11-15-04.asp
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| | Reiter's Scientific and Professional Bookstore |
| | These workers were neither calculating geniuses nor idiot savants but knowledgeable people who, in other circumstances, might have become scientists in their own right. | | | When Computers Were Human represents the first in-depth account of this little-known, 200-year epoch in the history of science and technology. | | | This new Third Edition expands on the fundamental teachings of the first two, and provides the latest information that regulatory agencies, educational institutions, and manufac-turing labs need to improve pharmaceutical quality. |
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http://www.washingtonlawbooks.com
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| | ERRI Counter-Terrorism Archive Page |
| | For the first time, states can apply online for their allocated grants using one form that will serve as a “one-stop-shop” application for three different programs that benefit first responders and will provide additional resources to state and local government counterterrorism efforts. | | | Firefighters in particular need to undergo such training because their current training for fires and other emergencies sometimes conflicts with how they should respond to a terrorist incident, he added. | | | It is designed to help communities better understand HazMat risks, identify planning deficiencies, update plans, train first responders and identify systemic strengths and needed improvements. |
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http://www.emergency.com/cntrterr.htm
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| | RAND: Protecting Emergency Responders, Volume 2: Community Views of Safety and Health Risks and Personal Protection ... |
| | The findings are based on in-depth discussions with 190 members of the emergency responder community and are intended to help define the protective technology needs of responders and develop a comprehensive personal protective technology research agenda. | | | Emergency Responders' Views on Their Protection Needs ( HTML). | | | RAND: Protecting Emergency Responders, Volume 2: Community Views of Safety and Health Risks and Personal Protection Needs |
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http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1646
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| | Wilderness Medical Associates: the certified authority in Wilderness First Responder rescue training and wilderness ... |
| | Wilderness Medical Associates: the certified authority in Wilderness First Responder rescue training and wilderness medicine | | | The WAFA may be used as a recertification option for those with a current Wilderness First Responder or Wilderness EMT certification. | | | The cost of the course includes a book of lecture handouts, a workbook, SOAP notes, The Outward Bound Wilderness First Aid Handbook, and The Wilderness Medical Associates Field Guide. |
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http://www.wildmed.com/course_fact_sheets/wfr_facts.html
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| | WMD First Responders - Home |
| | This arrangement of links provides for quick access and review by first responders. | | | This means that downloading, copying and printing materials from these web pages is allowed only for use by first responders, and private home use. | | | his website was created to help improve the response capabilities of members assigned to civilian and military organizations and agencies that could respond to terrorist attacks or events involving the use of a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) (e.g., chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive material). |
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http://www.wmdfirstresponders.com
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