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Free Software Available to Help
First-Responders Identify Chemicals - The National
Library of Medicine has created open source software to
help first responders when they arrive at a hazardous
materials incident. The Wireless Information System for
Emergency Responders (WISER) is a system designed to
assist first responders in hazardous material incidents.
WISER provides a wide range of information on hazardous
substances, including substance identification support,
physical characteristics, human health information, and
containment and suppression advice. There is a free
operational version of WISER for Windows®, Palm OS, and
Pocket PC available at
http://wiser.nlm
nlm.nih.gov/
Pennsylvania Material Trader - A
free service designed to help businesses find markets
for materials they have traditionally discarded.
Material Trader helps businesses, industries, and
institutions save resources and money at
http://www.materialtrader.org/
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- National Waste Minimization Program
http://www.epa.gov/wastemin/
Joint Service Pollution Prevention
Technical Library -
http://p2library.nfesc.navy.mil/
Pollution Prevention/Energy
Efficiency Site Visits
(Free - Voluntary – Professional)
http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/pollprev/
sitevisit/SiteVisit.html
Enviro$ense Solvent Substitution Data
Systems -
http://es.epa.gov/ssds/ssds.html
Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial
Resource Center, Inc. (NEPIRC) – Since 1988 NEPIRC
has been in the business of helping small to mid-sized
companies increase their productivity, profitability and
overall regional and global competitiveness. NEPRIRC
understands that smaller firms are the lifeblood of our
regional and statewide economy and collectively drive
our national economic trends. Those smaller businesses
deserve access to the same technologies, consulting
services and financial resources that much larger
Fortune 100 companies use within their businesses.
NEPRIC brings those advantages to many clients.
http://www.nepirc.org/
Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance (NEPA)
– NEPA is committed to achieving recognition as the
premier regional community and economic development
organization in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by
consistently providing innovative high quality services
that improve the economy of the region and the quality
of life of their constituents.
http://www.nepa-alliance.org/
Pennsylvania Small Business
Development Centers – Assisting Pennsylvania’s
entrepreneurs and small business through consulting,
education, and business information.
http://www.pasbdc.org/
Northwest Food Processors Association
(NWFPA) - Organized in 1914 as a canners
association, the Northwest Food Processors Association (NWFPA)
represents the interests of food processors in Idaho,
Oregon and Washington. NWFPA is headquartered in
Portland, Oregon and has more than 450 member companies
including 86 food processors with nearly 200 production
facilities throughout the Northwest region. Membership
is primarily fruit and vegetable processors but has
expanded over the past several years to include seafood,
dairy, bakeries, specialty and fresh-cut.
www.nwpa.org
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