EMERGENCY RESPONDER HEALTH MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE (ERHMS)

National Response Team Technical Assistance Document

Tools & Resources

Rostering and Credentialing of Emergency Response and Recovery Workers

• Fact Sheet: Rostering and Credentialing of Emergency Response and Recovery Workers [PDF - 382KB]
• Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals
• Protecting emergency responders. Safety management in disaster and terrorism response, Vol. 3. Cincinnati, OH

Pre-deployment Health Screening for Emergency Responders

• Fact Sheet: Pre-deployment Health Screening for Emergency Responders [PDF - 195KB]
• American Red Cross Pre-Assignment Health Questionnaire
• CDC's Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
• Center for Domestic Preparedness Responder Screening Tool
• Coast Guard Auxiliary Air Crew Screening Form
• Department of Defense Deployment Health Clinical Center - Form DD 2795
• Department of Defense Deployment Health Clinical Center - Form DD 2795
• Frequently asked questions about small pox vaccine
• Immunization recommendations for disaster responders. September 2008
• Interim Guidance for Pre-exposure Medical Screening of Workers Deployed for Hurricane Disaster Work
• Medical pre-placement evaluation for workers engaged in the Deepwater Horizon Response
• NFPA 1582: Standard on Comprehensive Occupational Medical Program for Fire Departments, 2007, Edition
• NFPA 1582 Chapter 6 Medical Evaluations of Candidates
  PDF
• OSHA Respirator Medical Evaluation Questionnaire
• Recommendations for postexposure interventions to prevent infection with hepatitis b virus, hepatitis c virus, or human immunodeficiency virus, and tetanus in persons wounded during bombings and similar mass-casualty events—United States, 2008. MMWR 57(RR-6):1–28
• USCG Medical Manual CIM 6000.1C

Health and Safety Training

• Fact Sheet: Health and Safety Training [PDF - 287KB]
• Creation of Site Specific Training Tool
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Department of Homeland Security
• Department of Labor
• Department of Transportation

Data Management and Information Security

• Fact Sheet: Data Management and Information Security [PDF - 180KB]
• International Organization for Standardization [updated 2010]. International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 27002 standards

On-site Responder In-processing

• Fact Sheet: On-site Responder In-processing [PDF - 237KB]
• NIOSH Deepwater Horizon Initial Roster Form 
• ATSDR Rapid Response Registry

Health Monitoring and Surveillance During Response Operation

• Fact Sheet: Health Monitoring and Surveillance During Response Operations [PDF - 350KB]
• Guidance for Managing Worker Fatigue during Disaster Operations, National Response Team
• Medical screening and surveillance
• NFPA 1584: Standard on the rehabilitation process for members during emergency operations and training exercises

Integration of Exposure Assessment, Responder Activity Documentation, and Controls into ERHMS

• Fact Sheet: Integration of Exposure Assessment, Responder Activity Documentation, and Controls into ERHMS [PDF - 147KB]
• AIHA Incident Safety and Health Management Handbook
• Chemical Exposure Assessment Considerations for Use in Evaluating Deepwater Horizon Response Workers and Volunteers
• ICS Form 204 Assignment Lists
• ICS Form 208 Site Safety and Control Plan ICS Form 208 Site Safety and Control Plan
• NRT Fatigue Management Risk Assessment Tool
• OHSA Deepwater Horizon Personal Protective Equipment Matrix

Communications of Exposure and Health Monitoring and Surveillance Data During an Emergency Response

• Fact Sheet: Communications of Exposure and Health Monitoring and Surveillance Data During an Emergency Response [PDF - 576KB]
• Communications Unit Leader, Incident Command System (ICS) eTool
• Interoperable Communications Technology Program: Communications in the Incident Command System
• Medical manual: Occupational Medical Surveillance and Evaluation Program
• NIOSH Deepwater Horizon Data Use and Disclosure
• Quantitative Risk Communication: Explaining the Data. Video by Peter Sandman
• Social Media's Role in Crisis Communications, Booz Allen Hamilton, Washington, DC, March 2009
• Use Of Social Media Tools At FEMA, November 2, 2009, FNF‐09‐040

Responder Out-Processing Assessment

• Fact Sheet: Incident Personnel Out-processing Assessment [PDF - 209KB]
• Guidance for Post-exposure Medical Screening of Workers Leaving Hurricane Disaster Recovery Areas
• ICS Form 221 Demobilization Checklist
• Storm, flood, and hurricane response: guidance for post-exposure medical screening of workers leaving hurricane disaster recovery areas

Post-Event Tracking of Emergency Responder Health and Function

• Fact Sheet: Post-Event Tracking of Emergency Responder Health and Function [PDF - 263KB]
• A Self Report Measure of Acute Stress Disorder by Richard Bryant et. al.
• Army post-deployment evaluation form
  PDF
• Kessler-6 (K-6 or K-10) (Used in past or currently by the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, Katrina)
• NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
• NIOSH Publication No. 2002-107: Traumatic Incident Stress: Information for Emergency Response Workers
• NIOSH Publication No. 2008-115: First Responders: Protect Your Employees with an Exposure Control Plan
• Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)
• Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS)
• Screening and Surveillance: A Guide to OSHA Standards

Lessons-learned and After-action Assessments

• Fact Sheet: Lessons Learned and After Action Assessments [PDF - 293KB]
• Arlington County after-action report on the response to September 11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon
• Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard (HAZWOPER)
• HSEEP AAR Template (A well-designed template for creating an after action report)
• Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program, Volume III: Exercise Evaluation and Improvement Planning, Rev. Feb. 2007
• Lessons Learned Information Sharing

Appendix A

• Incident Command System review materials
• Incident Command System eTool
• National Incident Management System (NIMS) Resource Center
• NIMS Appendix B: Incident Command System

Appendix B

• This appendix contains a review of the OSHA Standard for Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) - 29 CFR 1910.120 (general industry) and 29 CFR 1926.65 (construction)

Appendix C

• Early interventions & risk assessment following disaster. Psychiatric Annals
• On-shore and off-shore PPE matrix for Gulf operations

Partners

• Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Disaster Epidemiology Subcommittee
• National Response Team Worker Safety and Health Subcommittee
• CDC Public Health Preparedness Capabilities: National Standards for State and Local Planning