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2004-08-18

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Posted by Fred 2004-08-18 7:22:35 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 O.S.H.A. has an excellent 40-hr hazmat,and 24-hr first responders course you can get.I use to be 40-hr certified.

Posted by Raptor 2004-08-18 8:12:14 AM|| 2004-08-18 8:12:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Chuck-
For general info, the globalsecurity WMD site has lots of good info. I'm not sure about how specifically related to emergency response it is, though.

Posted by Spot 2004-08-18 8:32:39 AM|| 2004-08-18 8:32:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Here's a couple more:
EPA: addressing terrorist activities in local emergency plan
DHS: emergencies and disasters

Posted by Spot 2004-08-18 8:46:57 AM|| 2004-08-18 8:46:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 A long while back I ran across this link... I don't know if it has what you're looking for.

http://co.pinal.az.us/PubHealth/BDPR/

"Pinal County Biodefense Preparedness and Response" Website.

(I really need time to sit down and get all my links organized; it may be I have something bettter than that lying around somewhere).

Posted by Phil Fraering 2004-08-18 9:02:06 AM|| [http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2004-08-18 9:02:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Chuck's a terrorist! He used to tell me that spiders were laying eggs in my ears while I slept and they would hatch and eat my brain. (He's my older brother)

Posted by John Simmins 2004-08-18 11:32:02 AM|| 2004-08-18 11:32:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Well, I'm not sure what "the usual suspects" would be, but for very general information on nukes there's always The Effects of Nuclear Weapons, a DOD publication by Glasstone and Dolan. Here it is in PDF format (they're big files). You'll probably want Chapter XII -- Biological Effects.

I have a shabby paperback copy of this book. The hardback had a kewl circular sliderule that lets you calculate things like crater size (in stone, damp earth, or dry earth), fireball radius, blast effects, etc.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2004-08-18 1:16:29 PM|| [http://darkblogules.blogspot.com] 2004-08-18 1:16:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 some usefull stuff on radius sizes of nuke blasts out there on the net, off hand an airburst nuke at say 20,000 feet does far more damage then one at ground level but ground based nukes throw up alot more of that dodgy crap thats got radiation in it - fallout is the word i'm looking for. used to hear plastic gear helps stop gamma or beta rays or something. think you best ask the experts for better advice though,good luck.

Posted by Shep UK 2004-08-18 1:41:13 PM|| 2004-08-18 1:41:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I absolutely require one of those sliderules angie... I'm willing to pay.

My slipstick collection will not be incomplete.

Posted by shipman 2004-08-18 3:17:22 PM|| 2004-08-18 3:17:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Shipman -- Wish I had one too. If you google around, you'll find people selling them on the web, like this one. I don't think this one came with the book. You can also buy the book used on Amazon. Some copies have the computer in them, but the cheapest of these is $111!

Posted by Angie Schultz 2004-08-18 5:34:09 PM|| [http://darkblogules.blogspot.com] 2004-08-18 5:34:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 I'm not too knowledgable but I might check out websites by the Israeli Defense Forces or Israeli Civil Defense.

They have been living with these threats for a while.

And John Simmins--our kitten just had surgery to remove some sort of beetle that burrowed into the kitten's neck to lay it's eggs...gross, eh?

Posted by JDB 2004-08-18 5:48:44 PM|| 2004-08-18 5:48:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Regarding biological warfare, it is important to follow the history and activity of the American Type Culture Collection of Manassas, Virginia. Although the institution ships many deadly strains of diseases to Ministries of health, as it did to Iraq in the late 1980s, it did not ship tularemia samples as John McCain has claimed.

Posted by Anonymous6106 2004-08-18 9:17:27 PM|| 2004-08-18 9:17:27 PM|| Front Page Top

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