National Animal Health Emergency Management System

Last Modified: May 09, 2024

National Animal Health Emergency Management System (NAHEMS) materials go into detail on many critical preparedness and response activities and provide veterinary authority for responders, planners, and policymakers. Browse this page to view the original NAHEMS guidelines, as well as short “Tactical Topics” information sheets and educational presentations that complement the NAHEMS body of knowledge.

Guidelines

UpdatedDocument
2016-11  Continuity of Business
2016-06Biosecurity 
2016-09Quarantine and Movement Control 
2014-07Cleaning and Disinfection Basics: Virus Elimination
2012-12Disposal 
2014-10Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Tracing 
2018-12Health and Safety 
2011-04Personal Protective Equipment 
2015-08Mass Depopulation and Euthanasia 
2014-10Vaccination for Contagious Diseases 
2015-05Appendix A: Vaccination for Foot-and-Mouth Disease 
2017-08Appendix B: Vaccination for Classical Swine Fever 
2015-08Appendix C: Vaccination for High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza 
2014-07Wildlife Management and Vector Control for a Foreign Animal Disease Response in Domestic Livestock 

Tactical Topics

UpdatedDocument
2017-03Biosecurity
2014-04Continuity of Business
2015-01Cleaning and Disinfection
2015-01Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Tracing
2013-11Health and Safety
2013-11Personal Protective Equipment
2013-11Mass Depopulation and Euthanasia
2017-03Quarantine and Movement Control
2015-01Vaccination for Contagious Diseases
2015-06Wildlife Management and Vector Control

Educational and Training Materials

UpdatedTitleDocument 1Document 2Topic
2016Biosecurity: OverviewHandoutPresentationBiosecurity
2016General Biosecurity Concepts  HandoutPresentation Biosecurity
2016Operational Biosecurity MeasuresHandout PresentationBiosecurity
2016Premises Biosecurity for Bioexclusion HandoutPresentationBiosecurity
2016Components—C&D and Biosecurity Attire/PPEHandoutPresentationBiosecurity
2016Foreign Animal Disease ResponseHandout PresentationBiosecurity
2016Biosecure AreasHandoutPresentationBiosecurity
2014Roles and Responsibilities Basic ProtocolHandoutPresentationCleaning and Disinfection
2014Procedures, Part 1HandoutPresentationCleaning and Disinfection
2014Procedures, Part 2HandoutPresentationCleaning and Disinfection
2014Production Situations, Safety IssuesHandoutPresentation Cleaning and Disinfection
2014C&D DisinfectantsHandoutPresentationCleaning and Disinfection
2016Continuity of Business: OverviewHandoutPresentationContinuity of Business
2012Disposal: OverviewHandoutPresentationDisposal 
2012Group Responsibilities and ActivitiesHandoutPresentation Disposal
2012Composting, Rendering, and BurialHandout PresentationDisposal
2012Thermal Disposal and Other MethodsHandoutPresentationDisposal
2012Method Selection CriteriaHandoutPresentationDisposal
2011Waste MaterialsHandoutPresentationDisposal
2011Health and Safety: OverviewHandoutPresentationHealth and Safety
2011Pre-Deployment PreparationHandout PresentationHealth and Safety
2011Hazards During DeploymentHandout PresentationHealth and Safety
2011Responder Security and SafetyHandout PresentationHealth and Safety
2011Incident ReportingHandoutPresentationHealth and Safety
2015Mass Depopulation and Euthanasia: OverviewHandoutPresentationMass Depopulation and Euthanasia
2015Responsibilities of PersonnelHandoutPresentationMass Depopulation and Euthanasia
2015Bovine EuthanasiaHandoutPresentationMass Depopulation and Euthanasia
2015Sheep and Goat EuthanasiaHandout PresentationMass Depopulation and Euthanasia
2015Equine EuthanasiaHandoutPresentationMass Depopulation and Euthanasia
2015Swine EuthanasiaHandout PresentationMass Depopulation and Euthanasia
2015Avian EuthanasiaHandout PresentationMass Depopulation and Euthanasia
2015Non-Domestic and Aquatic Animal EuthanasiaHandout PresentationMass Depopulation and Euthanasia
2011Personal Protective Equipment: OverviewHandout PresentationPersonal Protective Equipment
2011Types and Levels of PPEHandoutPresentationPersonal Protective Equipment
2011Donning and Doffing PPEHandout PresentationPersonal Protective Equipment
2016Quarantine and Movement Control: OverviewHandoutPresentationQuarantine and Movement Control
2016AuthoritiesHandoutPresentationQuarantine and Movement Control
2016Zones, Areas, and PremisesHandoutPresentationQuarantine and Movement Control
2016General Considerations, QuarantineHandout PresentationQuarantine and Movement Control
2016Movement Control, Permitting, and PersonnelHandout PresentationQuarantine and Movement Control
2014Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Tracing: OverviewHandoutPresentationSurveillance, Epidemiology, and Tracing
2014Personnel and Premises DesignationsHandout PresentationSurveillance, Epidemiology, and Tracing
2014Surveillance, Part 1: The Surveillance PlanHandout PresentationSurveillance, Epidemiology, and Tracing
2014Surveillance, Part 2: Implementing SurveillanceHandout PresentationSurveillance, Epidemiology, and Tracing
2014Epidemiology, Part 1: Principles of EpidemiologyHandout PresentationSurveillance, Epidemiology, and Tracing
2014Epidemiology, Part 2: Epidemiology in an FAD OutbreakHandout PresentationSurveillance, Epidemiology, and Tracing
2014Tracing and Additional Operational ProceduresHandout PresentationSurveillance, Epidemiology, and Tracing
2014Vaccination for Contagious Diseases: OverviewHandoutPresentationVaccination for Contagious Diseases
2014Handling and Transportation of VaccinesHandoutPresentationVaccination for Contagious Diseases
2014Vaccine Delivery, Animal Identification, and RecordsHandout Presentation Vaccination for Contagious Diseases
2014Vaccine Administration and Animal HandlingHandoutPresentationVaccination for Contagious Diseases
2014Preventing Disease Transmission During VaccinationHandoutPresentationVaccination for Contagious Diseases
2014Wildlife Management and Vector Control for an FAD Response in Domestic Livestock: OverviewHandout PresentationWildlife Management and Vector Control
2014APHIS AuthoritiesHandout PresentationWildlife Management and Vector Control
2014Wildlife ManagementHandoutPresentationWildlife Management and Vector Control
2014Developing a Wildlife Management PlanHandout Presentation Wildlife Management and Vector Control
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