Resources
WPI Resources
- WPI Campus Police
- WPI Emergency Medical Services
- WPI Student Development and Counseling Center
- WPI Health Center
- WPI Environmental and Occupational Safety
- WPI Global Programs: IGSD Emergency Procedure (PDF)
- Excerpts from the Emergency Preparedness Manual (PDF)
Local, State, and Federal Resources
- Worcester Department of Public Health
- Worcester Emergency Management Agency
- Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Department of Homeland Security
- American Red Cross
- Center for Disease Control
Avian Influenza Resources
- Avian Flu.gov
- The Official Government Website on data and information pertaining to Avian Flu. It also contains several checklists for individual, organizational, community, city/regional, state, and federal preparedness with respect to an Avian Pandemic.
- CIDRAP - Centre for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
- The Centre for Infectious Disease Research and Policy of the University of Minnesota keeps up-to-the-minute information on the spread of infectious diseases directly on its front page. The site also provides frequently updated overviews of the global situation
- Influenza Report 2006
- This "Report" is a freely available - 225 page medical text book that combines the history of past outbreaks and the science of the current looming Influenza pandemic. It also looks at possible worst case and best case scenarios for flu pandemic (derived from past data). The report then relates the scenarios to possible deaths in today's population (Worst case: 180 million deaths, Best case: 1.8 million deaths).
- Pandemic Influenza: Impact and Challenges
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Created by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, this presentation outlines some of the characteristics of pandemics, how an Avian Flu pandemic might affect Massachusetts and what can be done about it.
Available as PowerPoint and PDF.
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