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If you believe that you have been exposed to a biological or chemical agent, or if you believe an intentional biological threat will occur or is occurring, please contact your local health department and/or your local police or other law enforcement agency.

State and selected county/city health department Web sites

Questions about smallpox
Visit www.cdc.gov/smallpox, or call the CDC public response hotline at (888) 246-2675 (English), (888) 246-2857 (español), or (866) 874-2646 (TTY). Clinicians can call the CDC Clinician Information Line for Smallpox and Smallpox Vaccination at (877) 554-4625.

Contacts for Use by State and Local Health Officials, Healthcare Providers
CDC Emergency Response Hotline (24 hours)
770-488-7100
Program questions: 404-639-0385

Hotline managed by:

Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Program
Program questions: 404-639-0385
Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch
National Center for Environmental Health

Health agency contacts directories
Directories, contacts, hotlines, search features. On StatePublicHealth.org (ASTHO) site.
Emergency Notification Procedures
State and local health officials
Interim Recommended Notification Procedures for Local and State Public Health Department Leaders in the Event of a Bioterrorist Incident
Flow chart with explanations for responsibilities at each step
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First Responders Information
Notice to Readers: Occupational Health Guidelines for Remediation Workers at Bacillus anthracis-Contaminated Sites—United States, 2001–2002
MMWR 2002 Sep 6;51(35):786-789.
Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF (220 KB/24 pages)
Interim Recommendations for Firefighters and Other First Responders for the Selection and Use of Protective Clothing and Respirators Against Biological Agents
Emergency Response Resources
Information on collecting environmental samples, respirator cleaning, traumatic incident distress information, more. From NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
Additional Contacts Outside CDC
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
Office of Emergency Preparedness
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Related Resources
For information on evaluating potential anthrax threats, see the CDC Anthrax Page
For emergency response planning, see Preparation and Planning
Illness recognition: see Surveillance and individual bioterrorism and chemical
agents pages.
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