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The Federal Geographic Data Committee's Homeland Security Working Group has worked with agencies at all levels of government to create a Homeland Security Mapping Standard - Point Symbology for Emergency Management.
More information may be found at http://www.fgdc.gov/HSWG.
The standard is working its way through the ANSI standards process and the Department of Homeland Security.