Links

See below for relevant links for public health, terrorism and disaster preparedness, including links to government agencies and online emergency resources.

• SC Links
• Federal Links
• Other Links
• General Public Links

SC Links:

• American Red Cross of Central South Carolina
  
  
• Blue Cross Blue Shield - Business Continuity
  
  
• Clemson University
  • Extension Services
  • Livestock Poultry Health Programs
  • Regulatory & Public Service Programs
  • Department of Plant Industry
    
    
• Dorn Veterans Medical Center
  
  
• ETV
  
  
• MUSC
  • MUSC Bioterrorism Library
  • College of Medicine
    
    
• Palmetto Health Baptist Hospital
  
  
• Palmetto Health Richland Hospital
  
  
• SC AHEC (Area Health Education Center)
  
  • Lowcountry AHEC
  • Upstate AHEC
    
    
• SC Army National Guard
  
  
• SC Association of Veterinarians
  
  
• SC Dept. of Agriculture
  
  
• SC Dept. of Education
  
  
• SC Dept. of Health and Environmental Control
  • Bureau of Labs
  • Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Division
  • Environmental Quality Control
  • Health Regulations
  • Hurricane Preparedness
  • Office of Public Health Preparedness
  • Pandemic Influenza
  • SC Health Alert Network
    

• SC Dept of Health and Human Services

• SC Dept. of Mental Health
  
  
• SC Dept of Natural Resources
  
  
• SC Dept of Public Safety
  
  
• SC Dept. of Social Services
  
  
• SC Emergency Management Division
  • Learning Management System
  • Training Calendar
  • Courses and Conferences
  • Exercises
    

• SC Fire Marshalls Association
  • Training

• SC Government Home Page (MySCGov)
  
  
• SC Healthcare Amateur Radio Team (SCHeart)
  
  
• SC Hospital Association
  
  
• SC Law Enforcement Division
  
  
• SC Military Dept. Office of Adjutant General
  
  
• SC Primary Health Care Association
  

• SC State Firemen's Association
  
  
• SC State Ports Authority
  

• SC Technical College System
  • Greenville Technical College
  • Midlands Technical College/Continuing Education
    
    
• USC Center for Public Health Preparedness
  
  
• USDA APHIS Veterinary Services
  

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Federal Links:

• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
  • Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response
  • Clinician Registry for Terrorism and Emergency Response Updates and Training Opportunities
    
  • Academic Center for Public Health Preparedness
  • Public Health Training Network
  • Pandemic Influenza
    
    
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
  
  
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  • Education & Training
  • Emergency Management Institute - FEMA Independent Study Program
  • Fire and Emergency Services Preparedness Guide for the Homeland Security Advisory System (or call 1-800-480-2520)
  • U.S. Fire Administration NFA and EMI Course Catalogs
    
    
• U.S. Dept of Defense (DOD)
  
  
• U.S. Dept of Energy (DOE)
  
  
• U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
  • Office of Emergency Preparedness (OEP)
  • Disasters and Emergencies
  • Noble Training Center
  • Pandemic Influenza
    
    
• U.S. Dept of Homeland Security
  • Ready.gov
    
    
• U.S. Dept of Justice (DOJ)
  • Office for State and Local Domestic Preparedness Support (OSLDPS)
    
    
• U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
  
  
• U.S. Public Health Service (PHS)
  
  
• Wireless Information System for First Responders (WISER), National Library of Medicine, HAZMAT PDA reference guide.

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Other Links:

• Academic Center for Public Health Preparedness (A-CPHP)
  
  
• Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
  Provides resource information and continuing education about rare emerging infections and potential bioterrorist agents to healthcare professionals.
  
  
• American Veterinary Medical Association - Disaster Preparedness Site
  
  
• Association of Schools of Public Health
  • Public Health Preparedness Resource Center
    The PHPRC is a free online catalog of courses and training activities, degree and certificate programs, events and many other products. This information is intended for both public health professionals to assure information on trainings developed by schools of public health are accessible to the public health workforce and for course developers to ensure that best practices are shared, thereby minimizing duplication of efforts. Areas of focus are bioterrorism, emergency preparedness, and other public health threats and emergencies. The PHPRC has been redesigned for better user-ability, including more search categories, highly defined searches, and active links.
    
  
  
• Center for Biosecurity of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
  The UPMC Biosecurity team is comprised of the same people who founded the premier, non-governmental website for information on bioterrorism planning and response, www.hopkins-biodefense.org.
  
  
• EDEN: The Extension Disaster Education Network
  EDEN links Extension educators from across the U.S. and various disciplines, enabling them to use and share resources to reduce the impact of disasters. From food safety to field safety, from the physical to the psychological, and from governmental process to community development, EDEN has resources you can use.
  
  
• NACCHO (National Association of County & City Health Officials)
  • BT Create - A Customizable Bioterrorism Tabletop Exercise Builder
    This interactive CD provides a guidance document that will lead you through the critical areas of tabletop exercise design and development, while helping educate, inform and assist emergency response communities as they prepare for and respond to bioterrorism, other outbreaks of infectious disease, and other public health threats and emergencies.
  • Public Health Ready
    A collaborative activity between NACCHO, the Center for Health Policy at the Columbia University School of Nursing, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Practice Program Office, Office of Workforce Policy and Planning. Mission: To prepare staff of local governmental public health agencies to respond and protect the public’s health through a competency-based training and certification program.
    
    
• National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism
  
  • First Responders
    
    
• National Plant Diagnostics Network's First Detector Training Modules
  The web based modules available here provide both general and specific information on biosecurity and potential threats.
  
  
• RAND Public Health Preparedness Database
  This website contains a searchable database of exercises used to evaluate public health preparedness. The materials contained in this website were designed to help state and local public health officials identify and evaluate exercises to be used in preparedness activities in their local areas.
  
  
• United Nations Disaster Management Training Programme (DMTP)
  • Training Modules
  • Useful Internet Sites On Disaster And Emergency Management
  
  
• University of Alabama at Birmingham Center for Disaster Preparedness (CDP)
  

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General Public Links:

• The Pocket Guide to Emergency Preparedness (English)
  
  
• Preparativos para Casos de Emergencia (Spanish)
  
  
• Your Guide to Preparing for Pandemic Flu (English)
  
  
• Preparacion para la Influenza Pandemica (Spanish)
  
  
• BeReady.SC.Gov
  
  
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
  • Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response
  • Travelers' Health
    
    
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  • Resources for Individuals
  • Kids: Learn About Disaster
  • Are you Ready? (A Guide to Citizen Preparedness)
    
    
• MUSC Terrorism Library
  
  
• National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism
  • Protect Yourself
  
  
• Pandemic Flu
  
  
• SC Dept of Health and Environmental Control - Hurricane Preparedness
  
  
• SC Dept of Public Safety (Evacuation Information, Huuricane Preparedness, Disaster Supply Kit, Family Emergency Plan)
  
  
• SC Dept of Transportation - Coastal Evacuation Routes
  
  
• U.S. Dept of Homeland Security
  • Ready.gov
  • Threat Advisory Level
  
  
• The Washington Post
  • Personal Preparedness Guide (Biological, Chemical, Radiological)
  • The Bioterrorism Threat