This subproduct contains text and pictures for an update/extension of the EPA Emergency Response Research's Analysis for Coastal Operational Resiliency (AnCOR) webpage (https://www.epa.gov/emergency-response-research/analysis-coastal-operational-resiliency). It describes the wide...

Report on the Wide Area Demonstration (WAD) under the Analysis for Coastal Operational Resiliency (AnCOR) project. The AnCOR WAD was conducted from May 2 through May 27, 2022. The test venue was located at Fort A.P. Hill (FAPH), Bowling Green, VA. All work will was conducted at F...

This report highlights the importance of effective data management in disaster response, specifically focusing on environmental sampling. In today's data-driven world, data management is crucial for decision-making, coordination, and systems thinking in disaster scenarios. Effici...

Phase 1 of this project identified tools and technologies that were selected to be further evaluated and exercised during the planned demonstration day, are currently available commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) or government off-the-shelf (GOTS) and appear to have features that mee...

The goal of this project was to streamline capabilities and identify improved data management tools to better fit the needs of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), USCG, and EPA responders following a wide-area incident. This was accomplished by evaluating the current state...

EPA first conducted a literature review and market research to identify articles, reports, and other information describing ongoing initiatives by regional and state partners and other federal agencies, as well as identify available commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products. Over ...

This report provides a social science-based methodology for learning about key characteristics and constituencies of communities, cultures, and affected populations near contaminated sites. Learning about communities supports building relationships and trust, and conducting cultu...

During WSD's review of its recent "Decontamination Preparedness and Assessment Strategy", reviewers requested a "how-to" tool for completing some technical aspects of the strategy, specifically those related to selecting technologies for water treatment and system decontamination...

The Remediation Data Repository (RADAR) is a searchable database for accessing multi-hazard research and operational data conducted by the U.S. EPA and other federal and international partners. The tool provides a central repository (i.e., database) that stores up-to-date data de...

Report: An informational companion to the MicroSAP tool which includes considerations for sampling, analysis, and data interpretation that users might include in a sampling and analysis plan being developed for a microbiological contamination incident.

Researchers in the National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) have performed a number of large human exposure measurement studies during the past decade. It is the goal of the NERL to make the data available to other researchers for analysis in order to further the scientific ...