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After-Action Review

Oklahoma City Bombing Disaster Resource Coordination Committee was made up of government and voluntary agencies and donated funds administrators to service the unmet needs of victims which were not covered (Suprun , 1995 . From emergency management perspective Oklahoma City bombings have revealed several serious issues . First , the response plan required modification to include the of Law Enforcement Agencies ' responsibilities and functions . Second , local response plans had to be based on the Federal and Regional response plans , with minor changes according to specific local situation . Third federal , state , and local emergency agencies required

extensive cooperative training . Training would help numerous emergency agencies coordinate their efforts during critical incidents

Centennial Olympic Park bombings

On 27 July 1996 , the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta were interrupted by an unprecedented example of terrorist violence and threats . A bomb blasted in the Centennial Olympic park has tainted the Summer Olympic Games 1996 with blood of the two victims and more than 111 injured . In distinction from London bombings , police agencies have been notified of the threat beforehand : the act was preceded by an anonymous call to police : a man described by the FBI as a white American make called Atlanta police from a pay telephone two blocks from the park and said that a bomb would detonate in 30 minutes (Bamberger 1996 . Police officers were informed of an unknown green knapsack in the park . Before the incident took place , the police department professionals have failed to identify the connection between the call and the knapsack . Despite the lack of objective information about the knapsack , law enforcement and security personnel started to move concertgoers away from the site where knapsack was located . Immediately after the explosion occurred , medical entities were prepared to accept a hundred of injured with fractures and punctures . The response to the critical incident...

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