Greene County EMS Council has been working to develop guidelines for EMS responses to suspected Bio-Terror incidents. The documents listed below provide information for service managers and employees to use when responding to suspected or actual incidents.

Any incident should be treated with suspicion until any unknown substance can be verified to be non-threatening.

Please remember that the primary mission is self-protection.

Medline Plus: Interactive Anthrax Training

MMWR: Information About Anthrax and Bioterrorism, November 2, 2001

CDC - Smallpox Home Page / Includes link to DRAFT Smallpox Response Plan, Updated Periodically

CDC Advisory: Updated Information About How to Recognize and Handle a Suspicious Package or Envelope, Oct. 31, 2001

CDC Advisory: Interim Recommendations for Firefighters and Other First Responders for the Selection and Use of Protective Clothing and Respirators Against Biological Agents, Oct. 25, 2001