Bibliograph

Fire department response to biological threat at B'nai B'rith Headquarters, Washington, DC, April 1997, [investigated by Jeff Stern]

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Fire department response to biological threat at B'nai B'rith Headquarters, Washington, DC, April 1997, [investigated by Jeff Stern]

Language

eng

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federal national government publication

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Main title

Fire department response to biological threat at B'nai B'rith Headquarters, Washington, DC, April 1997

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Responsibility statement

[investigated by Jeff Stern]

Series statement

Technical report series, 114

Summary

Investigates incident of bioterrorism at the headquarters of B'NAI B'rith: On April, 24, 1997, the District of Columbia Fire/EMS Department (DCFEMS) responded to a call about a suspicious package, possibly containing Anthrax and Yersinia, disease-causing bacteria that have been used as biological weapons. During the operation, DCFEMS decontaminated ca. 30 people for exposure. Though the threat was a hoax, the incident revealed many lessons for the fir service. Cf. "Overview," p. 2

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