NCJ Number
197706
Date Published
2002
Length
583 pages
Annotation
This book is designed as a guide for first responders and other operational public servants who may be called upon to respond to a terrorist incident in the line of duty. It discusses tactical violence and information warfare, addresses weapons of mass effect, emphasis on consequence response and scene safety, and includes simulations that can be assigned as student projects.
Abstract
This comprehensive instructional guide offers emergency planners at the local, State, and Federal levels with detailed safety procedures for emergency responders, scene search operations, precautions for secondary devices, and initial scene evaluation of a terrorism/tactical violence event. Under the incident management system procedures are outlined to insure a coordinated and effective response plan. Numerous survival skills are offered through an analysis of the threat spectrum to emergency responders. This complete overview is a road map for practitioners dealing with a mass-casualty terrorist incident. Its objective is to help improve the odds in favor of the emergency responders and the American people. The book is divided into 13 chapters focused on the following issues: (1) Terrorism: Meeting the Challenge; (2) Basics of the Incident Management System; (3) Terrorism/Tactical Violence Incident Response Procedures; (4) Planning for Terrorism/Tactical Violence; (5) Federal Response Plan; (6) Weapons of Mass Effect: Chemical Terrorism and Warfare Agents; (7) Weapons of Mass Effect: Biological Terrorism; (8) Weapons of Mass Effect: Cyber-Terrorism; (9) Weapons of Mass Effect: Radiation; (10) Weapons of Mass Effect: Explosives; (11) Mass Casualty Decontamination; (12) Crime Scene Operations; and (13) Technology and Emergency Response. Appendices A-Q and glossary