Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) Environmental Health Assistance Initiative Resource List
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- EMAC Resources
- Association/Organization Resources
- Credentialing/Licensure/Privileging Resources
- Resource Typing Resources
- Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP) Resources
- Volunteer Management/Liability Resources
- Newspaper/Journal/Web Site Articles
- Other Mutual Aid Agreements
- Other Resources
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EMAC Resources
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) Resources website
- Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) Homepage
- EMAC Overview PowerPoint Presentation, March 2006
(700 KB/47pages) - EMAC 2004 Hurricanes After Action Report
(available on EMAC Web Site at www.emacweb.org) - EMAC Tips for State Health Agencies, Working Draft 9/23/05
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials - Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) Operations Final Pre-Course Reading Assignment
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Management Institute
May 2005 - Feature: EMAC Deployment to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Public Health Preparedness Newsletter
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
January 2006 - Memorandum: Incorporation of Local Assets into a State Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) Response
The Center for Law & the Public's Health at Georgetown & Johns Hopkins Universities -
Association/Organization Resources
- Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
- CDC National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)
- Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
- Presentation: Mutual Aid for Public Health Emergencies: Lessons from the 2004 Hurricanes
Tim Stephens, ASTHO - National Association of City and County Health Officials (NACCHO)
- National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH)
- National Center for Interstate Compacts, The Council of State Governments
- National Emergency Management Association (NEMA)
- National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)
- National Governors Association (NGA)
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Credentialing/Licensure/Privileging Resources
- National Emergency Responder Credential System Fact Sheet
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NIMS Integration Center
October 26, 2005 - National Emergency Responder Credential System FAQs
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NIMS Integration Center
October 24, 2005 - Nurse Licensure Compact, National Council of State Board of Nursing
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Resource Typing Resources
- National Incident Management System (NIMS) Resource Management and Mutual Aid Typing Project
- Presentation: National Mutual Aid and Resource Management Initiative
National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) Conference, Dallas, Texas
April 19, 2004 - Resource Typing Initiative Continues Fact Sheet
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NIMS Integration Center
April 2004 - NIMS Resource Inventory Management System (NIMS-RIMS) Fact Sheet
NA: 011-06, NIMS Integration Center, October 13, 2006 -
Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP) Resources
- Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP)
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) - Will the States’ Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP) Build Adequate Hospital Personnel Surge Capacity?
Biviano, Marilyn and Tise, Steve - Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP) – Legal and Regulatory Issues, Draft Report – February 2005
ESAR-VHP Program, Division of Healthcare Preparedness, Healthcare Systems Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services - Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Personnel (ESAR-VHP): Hospital Implementation Issues and Solutions, Second Report – July 2005
ESAR-VHP Program, Division of Healthcare Preparedness, Healthcare Systems Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services - Presentation: Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP) Plan
Marilyn Biviano, Health Resources and Services Administration - Presentation: Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP), Program Overview and Benefits of Integrating ESAR-VHP and the Medical Reserve Corps
Marilyn Biviano, Health Resources and Services Administration - HRSA Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP) – Legal and Regulatory Issues
ESAR-VHP Volunteer Agreement, The Center for Law and the Public’s Health at Georgetown and Johns Hopkins Universities - Presentation: Introducing Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP)
Dennis Tomczyk, et. al., Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Hospital Emergency Preparedness -
Volunteer Management/Liability Resources
- Greater New York Hospital Association: Workforce/Volunteer Issues
GNYHA Emergency Preparedness Resource Center, Greater New York Hospital Association - Memorandum - Hurricane Katrina Response: Legal Issues Regarding the Use of Volunteer Health Personnel in Response Efforts: Frequently Asked Questions
The Center for Law & the Public's Health at Georgetown and Johns Hopkins Universities -
Newspaper/Journal/Web Site Articles
NOTE: Non-government articles are listed as a reference and do NOT indicate endorsement by CDC or the federal government. - Mutual Aid Agreements: Essential Legal Tools for Public Health Preparedness and Response
Stier, Daniel D. & Goodman, Richard A., American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 97, No. S1, Supplement 1 (2007): pp. S62 - S68. - Va. Paying a Price for Sending Aid
Martz, Michael, Richmond Times-Dispatch, December 3, 2006 - Primer on Mutual Aid Agreements
Biot #11, Suburban Emergency Management Project (SEMP), June 25, 2002 - EMAC Governance and Operations: Curiously Convoluted, Yet Do They Work?
Biot #354, Suburban Emergency Management Project (SEMP), April 29, 2006 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC): Southern Born
Biot #351, Suburban Emergency Management Project (SEMP), April 20, 2006 - EMAC Comes to the Rescue During Disaster
Federal Emergency Management Agency, October 20, 2003 - EMAC Responds While Demands Grow
State News, The Council of State Governments, Vol. 49, No. 2, February 2006, pp. 24 – 27 - Emergency Assistance Compact Provides Coordination in Hurricane Katrina Recovery Operations
North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, September 8, 2005 - Fire Service Deployment Operations
Across the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) - Putting the Union Above Public Safety
Greenhut, Steven. The Orange County Register, September 18, 2005 - States Use EMAC in Response to 2004 Florida Hurricanes
Kapucu, Naim. PA Times, Special Section on Emergency Management, Vol. 28, No. 4, April 2005 - Do Feds Secretly Control the States’ Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC)?
Landes, Lynn. Dissident Voice, October 3, 2005 - Pentagon Can Do Better, McHale Says
Magnuson, Stew. Security Beat, December 2005 - Katrina Sets Record in State-to-State Help
Murphy, Kathleen. Stateline.org. September 9, 2005 - Linking Public Health and Water Utilities to Improve Emergency Response
Gelting, R.J. and Miller, M.D. Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education, Issue 129 (October 2004):pp. 22-26. - How EMAC Contributes to the Legitimacy and Salience of Emergency Management Providers
Biot #353, Suburban Emergency Management Project (SEMP), April 28, 2006. -
Other Mutual Aid Agreements
- IS-706 NIMS Intrastate Mutual Aid - An Introduction
This course provides an introduction to NIMS intrastate mutual aid and assistance. You will learn about the purpose and benefits of mutual aid and assistance. You will also learn about the emphasis that NIMS places on mutual aid and assistance. The course explains how to develop mutual aid and assistance agreements and mutual aid operational plans - Utilities Helping Utilities: An Action Plan for Mutual Aid And Assistance Networks For Water And Wastewater Utilities
American Water Works Association & California Utilities Emergency Association - Beyond EMAC: Legal Issues in Mutual Aid Agreements for Public Health Practice
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, December 19, 2005 - Mutual Aid Agreement for Water and Sewer Utilities, 2005-2006
Okaloosa County, FL - Model State-County Mutual Aid Deployment Contract
Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) Web Site - Pacific Northwest Emergency Management Arrangement, Public Law 105-381
November 12, 1998 - Proposed Model Intrastate Mutual Aid Legislation
National Emergency Management Association, Intrastate Mutual Aid Working Group - Mid-America Alliance: Mutual Assistance for Public Health Preparedness
- Sample Mutual Aid and Assistance Agreement - Excerpted from “Utilities Helping Utilities: An Action Plan For Mutual Aid and Assistance Networks for Water And Wastewater Utilities”
American Water Works Association - Great Lakes Border Health Initiative
- International Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding
- Cross-Border Assistance in Emergencies: The New England/Eastern Canadian Model
Fox, Priscilla B. New England Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 11, No. 1 (2005): pp. 75-88. - A National Mutual Aid System for the Fire Service: A Strategic Plan
International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) - Alberta-British Columbia Memorandum of Understanding - Public Health Emergencies
- Memorandum of Understanding for the Establishment of the Local Public Health Mutual Aid and Assistance System (LPHMAAS)
- Memorandum of Understanding Between the Washington State Department of Health and the Washington State Department of Ecology Related to the Respective Roles and Responsibilities of the Two Agencies to Coordinate Activities Concerning the Protection of Public Health and the Environment
- A Memorandum of Understanding - Public Health Emergencies, State of Washington Department of Health and British Columbia Ministry of Health
- New! 01/08
Colorado's North Center All-Hazards Region Health and Medical Memorandum of Understanding -
Other Resources
- State Mobilization of Health Personnel During the 2005 Hurricanes
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials - CDC Public Health Emergency Response Guide for State, Local, & Tribal Public Health Directors
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO): Unified Hurricane Planning
- Assessing the State and Federal Missions of the National Guard, Appendix D: Southern Regional Emergency Management Compact (SREMAC)
Brown, Roger Allen, Fedorochko, William, and Schank, John F. RAND Corporation, 1995 - Emergency and Terrorism Preparedness for Environmental Health Practitioners
- The Case for an Interstate Compact APA
Morrow, William S., Jr. Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, American Bar Association - National Response Plan (NRP)
Last updated May 25, 2006 - National Incident Management System (NIMS)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)- NIMS Guide Home Page
NIMS Integration Center - NIMS Alert: NIMS Implementation Activities for Hospital and Healthcare Systems
NA: 013-06, NIMS Integration Center, September 12, 2006 - NIMS Implementation Activities for Hospitals and Healthcare Systems
NIMS Integration Center, September 12, 2006 - Summary of NIMS Implementation Activities for Hospital and Healthcare Systems
NIMS Integration Center, September 12, 2006
- NIMS Guide Home Page
- Medical Reserve Corps
Office of the U.S. Surgeon General - Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD-5)
- Homeland Security Presidential Directive 8 (HSPD-8) Overview
Office of Grants and Training, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) - CDC Epidemic Information Exchange (Epi-X)
- CDC Health Alert Network (HAN)
- CDC Laboratory Response Network (LRN)