Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428973494
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Combating terrorism analysis of potential emergency response equipment and sustainment costs : report to congressional requesters
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428973494
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Combating Terrorism
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Terrorism
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Combating terrorism analysis of federal counterterrorist exercises : briefing report to congressional requesters
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428973508
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Combating terrorism selected challenges and related recommendations : report to Congressional requesters.
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428946640
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Combating terrorism need for comprehensive threat and risk assessments of chemical and biological attacks : report to congressional requesters
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428973516
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Chemical and biological experts and intelligence agency officials believe that the ease or difficulty for terrorists to cause mass casualties with an improvised chemical or biological weapon or device depends on the chemical or biological agent selected. Experts from the scientific, intelligence, and law enforcement communities told us that terrorists do not need sophisticated knowledge or dissemination methods to use toxic industrial chemicals such as chlorine. In contrast, terrorists would need a relatively high degree of sophistication to successfully cause mass casualties with some other chemical and most biological agents. Specialized knowledge would be needed to acquire the right biological agent or precursor chemicals,3 process the chemical or biological agent, improvise a weapon or device, and effectively disseminate the agent to cause mass casualties. Throughout the different stages of the process, terrorists would run the risk of hurting themselves and of being detected and would have to overcome technical and operational challenges. Some virulent biological agents and precursor chemicals are difficult to obtain, and others are difficult to process or produce, especially in the quantities needed to cause mass casualties. In addition, effective dissemination of chemical and biological agents can be disrupted by environmental and meteorological factors. Terrorists with less sophistication could make a chemical or biological weapon and disseminate agents, but these would be less likely to cause mass casualties.
Combating Terrorism
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428970509
Category : Civil defense
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
A terrorist act involving a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear agent or weapon presents an array of complex issues to state and local responders. The responders, who may Include firefighters, emergency medical service personnel, and hazardous materials technicians, must identify the agent used in rapidly decontaminated victims and apply appropriate medical treatments. They must determine whether the agent has spread beyond the incident site and what actions should be taken to protect other people. They must also be concerned about damage to the physical infrastructure and about coordinating efforts with law enforcement personnel as they conduct their investigation. If the incident overwhelms the capabilities of state and local responders, they may turn to the federal government for assistance. Federal agencies may provide assistance by deploying various response teams. In response to your request, we reviewed federal agency teams that can respond to and help manage the consequences of a domestic terrorist Incident involving chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear agents or weapons. This report discusses (1) the characteristics of federal response teams, (2) whether duplication among teams belonging to different agencies exists, (3) the budget requirements process for teams and how the budgets are linked to a national strategy; and (4) initiatives to improve the operational coordination of federal response teams across agency lines.
Guide for All-Hazard Emergency Operations Planning
Author: Kay C. GossPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 078814829X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Meant to aid State & local emergency managers in their efforts to develop & maintain a viable all-hazard emergency operations plan. This guide clarifies the preparedness, response, & short-term recovery planning elements that warrant inclusion in emergency operations plans. It offers the best judgment & recommendations on how to deal with the entire planning process -- from forming a planning team to writing the plan. Specific topics of discussion include: preliminary considerations, the planning process, emergency operations plan format, basic plan content, functional annex content, hazard-unique planning, & linking Federal & State operations.
Combating terrorism : how five foreign countries are organized to combat terrorism : report to congressional requesters
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428970517
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
High-Containment Laboratories
Author: United States Government Accountability OfficePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781984167101
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
High-Containment Laboratories: National Strategy for Oversight Is Needed
Gearing Up and Getting There
Author: Brian K. HoughtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chemical terrorism
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
This dissertation identifies policies and organizational options at the local level that could save lives and reduce injury likely to occur from an act of chemical terrorism. It seeks out low-cost ways to improve the current performance level in responding to chemical terrorism, using Los Angeles as a case study. The dissertation attempts to determine the level of risk of chemical terrorism in Los Angeles and identify the anticipated magnitude for which emergency responders and decisionmakers should plan. Then it considers current capability and performance levels in chemical terrorism response and determines a performance goal for response to the planning magnitude. Through modeling and simulation, the dissertation presents low-cost options in equipment, training, organization and doctrine that could improve the response to a chemical terrorist event. Finally the dissertation examines these options in terms of budget considerations in Los Angeles. The dissertation's findings point to decentralizing counter-chemical terrorism equipment throughout the Los Angeles metropolitan area; reformulating those doctrinal policies that may inadvertently slow the mitigation process; establishing low-cost training methods to enhance the specialized knowledge needed to respond effectively; putting polices in place to accelerate the decontamination process; and focusing on an all-hazards approach to preparedness.