Paper Topic:

Interagency Disaster Management: Preparedness and Response to a Terrorist Incident

PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE TO THE TERRORIST INCIDENT

Preparedness and Response to the Terrorist Attack

Introduction

The 9 /11 attacks , the anthrax threat , and the continued spade of terrorist violence across the world in last eight years have brought forth the issue of terrorist attack preparedness and prevention . The modern pattern of terrorist strikes has changed drastically , and it involves hitherto unused elements such as using airlines as missiles extensive suicide bombing and military style suicide attack on sensitive public places . Due to continued improvisation by terrorist in their terror strategies

, security agencies are now preparing their counter measures in consideration with even possibly wider scale attacks that include nuclear , biological and chemical weapons (Houser , 2002 Securities agencies have therefore framed their response with learning gained from each other 's experience in handling terrorist attacks because whatever may be the motivational differences , or the scale of the attack , pattern and consequences their pattern and consequences stay alike

Elements of HAZMAT

Hazard Assessment : Creating a uniformity in thought and principle on analyzing and assessing hazard is important in preparedness program because it creates a streamlined and effective response system . Knowing hazard levels helps security team to choose their protective gear and equipment and help them devise the best strategy to control the situation . To achieve there are calls for employing better models of assessing hazards at potentially risk prone sites , and more importantly conduct a preliminary investigation of the site to arrange for quick and easy information flow . It is widely proposed...

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