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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U. S. Department of Transportation (DOT), and U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (ca. 1989). Handbook of Chemical Hazard Analysis Procedures. Washington, D. C. FEMA Publications Office. 

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). 2008. FEMA 452—Risk assessment A how-to guide to mitigate potential terrorist attacks. www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord. do id=1938 (accessed May 1, 2008). 

In creating their plans, most communities draw on the Integrated Emergency Management System (IEMS) developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). 

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). (1996). Guide for all-hazards emergency operations planning. Retrieved from http //www.fema.gov/pdf/rrr/slgl01.pdf... 

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). (1992). The Metropolitan Medical Response System. Federal Response Plan (Pub. L. No. 93-288). Retrieved February 10, 2006, from https //www.mmrs.fema.gov/default.aspx... 

Currently, the most common model for disaster response in the hospital sector is the Incident Command System (ICS) model (Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA], 2001). In 1992 the Hospital Emergency Incident Command System (HEICS) was first developed by the California Emergency Medical Services Authority and the San Mateo County Health Services Agency. It is important to remember that HEICS is not a disaster plan, but rather a model on which a plan can be developed. In 2006 the model was updated and it is now known as the Hospital Incident Command System (HlCS). The newer model of incident command for hospitals includes ... 

Older persons often create miniature social networks one neighbor with limited vision cooks, while the person next door uses her wheelchair van to shop. After the multiple hurricane strikes on Florida in 2004, many of these networks were torn apart, their members separated to widely scattered Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) trailer parks. Such calamities could befall any group, of course, but there is no doubt that disaster deals a crueler blow to the elderly than to other segments of society. 

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in conjunction with the American Red Cross (ARC) has published many documents for individual disaster preparedness. Those most helpful for people with special needs are listed and may be obtained from your local Red Cross chapter or the FEMA Distribution Center 1-800-480-2520 or www.fema.gov/library alternate formats are also available. 

In Its first systemization report produced when the plant was about to begin operations in 1996 (NRC, 1996), and as summarized in the National Research Council (NRC) report Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility—Update on National Research Council Recommendations (NRC, 1999a), the NRC s Stockpile Committee called on the Army and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) where appropriate to ... 

The most up-to-date resources for the identification of flood prone areas are flood insurance studies (FIS) and flood insurance rate maps (FIRM). An FIS is used to prepare a FIRM. These resources are published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), a division of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

All activities were coordinated with state and local authorities as well as other federal agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Community relations played an important role in all activities conducted during the identification, screening, and cleanup of dioxin-contaminated sites. 

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