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Nationwide Response Issues After an Improvised Nuclear Device Attack Medical and Public Health Considerations for Neighboring Jurisdictions: Workshop Summary (2014) / Chapter Skim
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3 Federal Programs and Perspectives
Pages 19-26

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... ASPR's mission is to plan for all health hazards, to augment state and local capabilities when requested, and to coordinate all civilian and federal medical and public health responders. x The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention helps state and local governments to develop formal plans for preparedness to an IND at tack, including developing radiological toolkits for local public health departments and clinicians, building radiation volunteer corps, and in cluding acute radiation syndrome––specific countermeasures in the Strategic National Stockpile.
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... Its mission is to plan for all health hazards, to augment state and local capabilities when requested, and to coordinate all civilian and federal medical and public health responders. The federal assets that ASPR delivers include self-sustaining medical teams for triage, transportation, decontamination, mental health care, medical care, and mortuary duty.
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... If a medical countermeasure or device does not yet exist, ASPR funds research and development through its Office of Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)
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... The CDC's Radiation Studies Branch conducts several other activities concerning radiological events. It has developed toolkits for use by local public health departments and clinicians.
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... The NRF is a generic framework for any type of emergency or disaster. If a state or local agency is expressly concerned about an IND incident, then FEMA, under a new policy, would encourage and assist the agency to prepare a threat and hazard identification and risk assessment (THIRA)
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... In addition, future plans and concepts aim to capture active duty, National Guard, and Reserve forces that may be available, but are not part of the above-identified 18,000-member forces, thereby integrating all available DOD forces into the planning process. Wireman explained that the determination of where military forces would be sent to support medical and public health requirements is expected to be done through coordination with the HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and other federal leads for medical and public/worker health requirements.
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... The CDC and NARR are helping state and local agencies develop plans for emergency preparedness for an IND attack. The CDC is also helping cities and outlying communities conduct a formal threat risk assessment regarding an IND.
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