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Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 1/9/2019. This Web page provides two documents with information about health effects and incident management for sodium hydroxide, for use in responding to chemical incidents. Sodium hydroxide emits toxic fumes of carbonates, peroxides, and sodium oxides when heated to decomposition. (PDF)
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Source: University of Colorado at Boulder, Natural Hazards Center. Published: 1/9/2019. This report summarizes research into Florida's new emergency power supply regulations, which were introduced a year before Hurricane Michael hit the state in 2018 in an attempt to avoid deaths caused when air conditioning or life-sustaining equipment failed. It discusses how the situation in Florida shows that using political pressure to fast-track legislation for improved safety doesn’t necessarily result in timely execution or maximized benefits, and that the rush to meet deadlines for increased emergency power overwhelmed the elder-care industry. (Text)
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Source: University of Colorado at Boulder, Natural Hazards Center. Published: 10/2018. This report summarizes research to identify and examine the factors that influenced evacuation behavior and decision-making during the 2018 eruptions of the Kīlauea Volcano in the lower East Rift Zone of the island of Hawaii. The aspects considered include geographic proximity to hazards, information sources for emergency communications, and protective actions taken by residents before or during the eruptions. The report seeks to explain the underlying issues that led to these decisions, and explores options at the community level to promote resilience. (Text)
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Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC). Published: 10/2018. This 12-page technical brief summarizes the deployment of the prototype RTX real-time analytics (RTX:LINK) and data integration framework technologies to the City of Flint, Michigan. It presents a high-level summary of the network hydraulic model calibration and accuracy assessment conducted, and describes the benefits to the city once the technologies are fully deployed and adopted by the city. In 2014, EPA found that the lead levels in the drinking water provided by the city posed an imminent and substantial endangerment to residents’ health. (PDF)
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Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC). Published: 9/2018. This nine-page technical brief discusses the various modes of transport of cesium within the environment, and summarizes a series of experimental studies and acquired field data from the Fukushima and Chernobyl accidents, focused on assessing how cesium moves within the environment following an intentional or accidental release. Cesium is a likely contaminant that would result from its use either in a radiological dispersal device, its release or generation through decay processes from nuclear power plant accidents, or its release from an improvised nuclear device. (PDF)
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Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC). Published: 9/2018. This 65-page report is a review of stormwater computer models that provides detailed summaries of 26 different models, and addresses the environmental problem of a wide-area biological or radiological contamination release. It also evaluates different stormwater models for their capacity to be modified for use as a fate and transport tool for an emergency response to a contamination incident. It is a useful summary for stormwater utilities, consultants, and emergency responders. (PDF)
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Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC). Published: 8/2018. This 80-page report summarizes a study that evaluated commercial wet vacuums as a sampling tool for surfaces contaminated with Bacillus anthracis. The wet vacuums are applicable on both porous and nonporous surfaces, widely available, and easy to operate for collection of biological agents. In addition, the wet vacuum can sample more than 100 ft2 per sample and generate liquid samples that may reduce the post-collection processing steps. (PDF)
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Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 6/2018. This 11-page document provides information about the World Health Organization's Emergency Use Assessment and Listing (EUAL) procedure to expedite the availability of in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) for the careGENE™ Zika Virus RT-PCR kit. The kit is intended for the qualitative detection of Zika virus RNA. Serum specimens are validated for use. (PDF)
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Source: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Published: 5/2018. This 54-page manual covers all four phases of disaster management -- mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery -- and provides tools to assist environmental health specialists during a variety of emergencies or natural disasters. It also discusses shelters, food safety after a storm, and other issues to consider during a disaster. It provides appendices on Cleaning and Sanitizing Procedures, a Disaster Checklist, and Water Emergency Fact Sheets. (PDF)
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Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC). Published: 4/2018. This 38-page report summarizes the results of biological decontamination experiments performed at the Water Security Test Bed (WSTB) that focused on removing Bacillus globigii spores adhered to the inner surface of an eight-inch water pipe. Decontamination was undertaken with a technique known as pigging, or physical scouring of the inner pipe surface, followed by disinfection with free chlorine. B. globigii spores are a non-pathogenic surrogate for B. anthracis, which is the causative agent of anthrax. (PDF)
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Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Published: 3/2018. This 50-page document provides information about the World Health Organization's Emergency Use Assessment and Listing (EUAL) procedure to expedite the availability of in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) for the Liferiver Zika Virus (ZIKV) Real Time RT-PCR Kit. The kit is intended for the qualitative detection of Zika virus RNA. Serum, saliva, and urine specimens are validated for use. (PDF)
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Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 1/9/2019. This Web page provides two documents with information about health effects and incident management for carbon dioxide, for use in responding to chemical incidents. Solid carbon dioxide is known as dry ice. Decomposition of carbon dioxide may produce carbon monoxide; both chemicals have health risks from exposure. (PDF)
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Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 1/9/2019. This Web page provides two documents with information about health effects and incident management for ethanol, for use in responding to chemical incidents. Ethanol is a highly flammable chemical; its vapor mixes well with air, and explosive mixtures are easily formed. (PDF)
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