TERRORISM INCIDENT MANAGEMENT AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Unit VIII Assessment Essay Questions

Running Head : Terrorism incident management and emergency procedures

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Terrorism incident management and emergency procedures

Most explosive attacks whether initiated by terrorists or criminal gangs usually involve meticulous preparation and planning and constitute scenes of massive destruction . Experts claim that the attack planning usually involves a cycle of six stages that include : selection of the target , careful planning , deployment of the attack executors , the attack execution , which is subsequently followed by escape and exploitation . In my opinion based on previous experiences

terrorists usually choose the targets that will elicit the highest media response or ones that are of a great symbolic value to the surrounding community . Well defended targets are usually avoided and soft targets with undefended civilian locations are chosen

I believe therefore the first step to recognize an explosive attack is to think like a terrorist ! This will enable you to determine if your location could be a potential target and therefore elicit an instant flight response from you rather than ignorance that will get you caught up in a series of explosions that will cost your life Additionally in to effectively recognize or respond to an explosive attack an individual needs to be familiar with the characteristics of explosives (Schottke , 2006

Mostly energetic materials are either pyrotechnics , propellants which provide gas that is controlled or high explosives which are designed to release instant volumes of destructive energy normally meant to cause massive obliteration . Clearly therefore , a scene with devices that simultaneously...