Agustoblog

American Red Cross

This guidance was developed by a Federal interagency committee led by the Executive Office of the President (National Security Staff and Office of Science and Technology Policy) with representatives from the Departments of Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security (DHS), Labor, Transportation, Veteran’s Affairs, the Environmental ProtectionAgency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Future editions and interagency coordination related to Planning Guidance for Response to a Nuclear Detonation will be coordinated by DHS, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Please refer comments and questions to the FEMA IND Response and Recovery Program Office (www.fema.gov/CBRNE).FOREWORD FOR SECOND EDITION
The First Edition Planning Guidance focused on topics relevant to emergency planning within the first few days of a nuclear detonation including: 1) shelter and evacuation, 2) medical care, and 3) population monitoring and decontamination. There are a few notable changes in the Second Edition that are worth calling out in this foreword. The Second Edition willintegrate new contributions seamlessly without making references to the differences between the First Edition and Second Edition. The First Edition planning guidance summarized recommendations based on what was known about the consequences of a nuclear detonation in an urban environment extrapolating from the experience base of nuclear weapons testing. It provided recommendations based onexisting knowledge and existing techniques. The Federal government immediately initiated ongoing studies that have provided more robust and comprehensive recommendations. Some recommendations in this Second Edition planning guidance are updated or expanded to capture recommendations that have been drawn from these studies. Most notably, a chapter has been added to address publicpreparedness and emergency public communications. To provide planners the opportunity to think beyond the 10 KT nuclear yield as found in National Planning Scenario #1, the Second Edition provides additional information in Chapter 1 showing ranges of nuclear yield. Chapter 1 is updated with graphics that have been produced from assessment of nuclear explosion urban impacts conducted since January of2009. You will notice some improvements in graphics and expected numerical predictions (e.g., distances, overpressures) associated with various effects and impacts. In Chapter 2, worker safety and health recommendations are briefly expanded relative to the First Edition; however, more extensive guidance is being developed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) andshould be anticipated within a year of publication of this second edition. It will be added to the FEMA website where this planning guidance will be maintained (www.fema.gov/CBRNE). Other expanded work in this present edition that is relevant to the first 72 hours of response includes: expanded zone management concepts (Chapter 1); selection of radiation detection systems (Chapter 2); responseworker safety strategies and responder health-benefit concepts (Chapter 2); urban search and rescue guidance (Chapter 2), decontamination of critical infrastructure information (Chapter 2); waste management operation concepts (Chapter 2); expanded shelter, shelter transition, and evacuation planning guidance (Chapter 3); medical care scarce resource situation considerations (Chapter 4);behavioral healthcare guidance (Chapter 4), expanded fatality management recommendations (Chapter 4), self-decontamination guidance (Chapter 5); and pre-incident public education, including emergency public information (Chapter 6).

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACRONYM LIST............................................................................................................. 1 DEFINITIONS...