Atlantic Storm was
organized by:

The Center for Biosecurity of UPMC

The Center for Transatlantic Relations of Johns Hopkins University

The Transatlantic Biosecurity Network

Atlantic Storm was
sponsored by:

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

The German Marshall Fund of the United States

The Nuclear Threat Initiative

Exercise Materials

Exercise materials are presented in PDF format.

Players

• Scenario Players

Issues

• Pre-Scenario Briefing: Issues to Consider
• Pre-Scenario Briefing: Smallpox Fact Sheet
• Vaccine Strategies: Ring Vs. Mass Vaccination
• Smallpox Vaccine Dilution

Assumptions

• Method of Attack
• Smallpox Response Plans and Methods for Acquiring Them
• Smallpox Epidemiology
• Explanation of Case Increases and Projections
• Discovery of Bioweapons Laboratory
• Scenario Planning Assumptions

Briefings

• Intelligence Brief

Situation Updates

• Update 1, 9:15 a.m.
• Update 2, 10:00 a.m.
• Update 3, 11:35 a.m.

Bulletins

• Turkey's Request for Vaccine
• Spain Requests Vaccine
• U.S. Cases Suspected
• Multiple Requests for Vaccine
• Montreal, Paris, and Washington, D.C.

Press Conference

• Draft Press Points
• Press Statement

Conclusions

• Exercise Conclusions

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