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Response to a Chemical Emergency

• Chemical Illness Response Guidelines
This document provides local and state public health professionals with a set of guidelines for public health response to reports of illness clusters where the cause of the illness is a chemical exposure.

• CAMEO
The CAMEO (Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations) program is an integrated set of software modules jointly developed by NOAA and EPA. It's designed to help first responders and emergency planners plan for and quickly respond to chemical accidents.

• National Response Center
The National Response Center is the sole federal point of contact for reporting oil and chemical spills. The NRC operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and is also the hotline for chemical/biological WMD incidents.

• WISER - Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders
WISER is a free, downloadable, wireless information system. It includes substance ID & properties and human health effects information.

• EPA Acute Exposure Guidelines
EPA/National Academy of Sciences exposure guidelines for the general public, including sensitive populations, for three categories of exposures for up to 8 hours.

• ChemFinder
ChemFinder is a searchable database of chemical and physical properties of thousands of chemicals. It also includes links to MSDS data, regulatory, and toxicological information.

• NOAA Chemical Reactivity Worksheet
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) downloadable tool for assessing reactivity (fire, explosion) of chemical mixtures.

• Acute Exposure Standards
The U.S. Department of Energy provides Temporary Emergency Exposure Limits (TEELs), Emergency Response Planning Guidelines (ERPGs) and EPA Acute Exposure Guidelines (AEGLs)

• SRC Environmental Fate database
The Syracuse Research Corporation environmental fate database includes information on biodegredation, chemical fate and properties.

• 2004 Emergency Response Guidebook
The U.S. Department of Transportation Guidebook contains emergency response protocols for specific chemicals and includes fire & explosion hazards and evacuation perimeters.

• NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)Handbook contains general industrial hygiene information on hundreds of chemicals/classes.

• NIOSH International Chemical Safety Cards
NIOSH provides first responder informaton for approximately 1,600 industrial chemicals in 16 languages.

• NIOSH Emergency Response Resources
Links to emergency response resources and chemical information.





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