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Reports
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When Terrorism Hits Home: How Prepared Are State and Local Law Enforcement? 2004.
- "In 1995, on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the RAND Corporation conducted a study to assess how prepared state and local law enforcement agencies were for domestic terrorism. In 2002, RAND conducted a follow-up study to assess state and local law enforcement agencies' current preparedness for terrorism in general. The survey was undertaken just prior to the formation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Thus, it provides an important benchmark for assessing future investments in preparedness. This report presents the results of the 2002 survey for state and local law enforcement agencies conducted one year after the 9/11 attacks and just prior to the formation of DHS." A paperback copy can also be ordered.
Source: RAND (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: MG-104.
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First Responders
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Critical Information Flows in the Alfred P. Murrah Building Bombing: A Case Study. 2002.
- This publication is the final product of a case study that identified the information and communication flows affecting the response to the April 1995 bombing of the Murrah building. Not a critique of response efforts during this incident, this case study provides an illustrative example of how information and communication affected the response to a major incident of domestic terrorism.
Source: MIPT (All by Source | Source Website).
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Communications including Interoperability :
Lessons Learned :
Oklahoma City Bombing
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Oklahoma City - Seven Years Later: Lessons for Other Communities. 2002.
- Intended for a very broad audience, this brief pamphlet examines the lessons learned from the Oklahoma City bombing and offers advice for schools, clergy, first responders, city officials, volunteer organizations and others.
Source: MIPT (All by Source | Source Website).
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Building Security :
First Responders :
Lessons Learned :
Oklahoma City Bombing :
Schools and Terrorism :
Security for Business and Private Citizens
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Individual Preparedness and Response to Chemical, Radiological, Nuclear, and Biological Terrorist Attacks. 2003.
- "This report defines a strategy that individuals could adopt to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks involving chemical, radiological, nuclear, and biological weapons."
Source: RAND (All by Source | Source Website).
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Biological Terrorism, Weapons, Security and Defense :
Chemical Terrorism, Weapons, Security and Defense :
Nuclear Terrorism, Weapons, Security and Defense :
Radiological Terrorism, Weapons, Security and Defense :
Security for Business and Private Citizens :
What You Can Do/Neighborhood Terrorism Prevention
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Are You Ready? A Guide to Citizen Preparedness. September 2002.
- "Revised in September 2002, Are You Ready? Provides a step-by-step outline on how to prepare a disaster supply kit, emergency planning for people with disabilities, how to locate and evacuate to a shelter, and even contingency planning for family pets. Man-made threats from hazardous materials and terrorism are also treated in detail."
Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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What You Can Do/Neighborhood Terrorism Prevention
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Baseline Capabilities for State and Major Urban Area Fusion Centers. September 2008.
- "This document identifies the baseline capabilities for fusion centers and the operational standards necessary to achieve each of the capabilities. It is an addendum to the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative's (Global) Fusion Center Guidelines, which provide guidance to ensure that fusion centers are established and operated consistently across the country. Using the Fusion Center Guidelines, as well as identified best practices, federal, state, and local officials identified the capabilities and standards necessary for a fusion center to be considered capable of performing basic functions."
Source: Department of Justice, United States (All by Source | Source Website). Large File: 4.6+ Mb.
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First Responders :
Homeland Security :
Training
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NIST NCSTAR 1A, Final Report on the Collapse of World Trade Center Building 7. August 2008.
- "This report describes how the fires that followed the impact of debris from the collapse of WTC 1 (the north tower) led to the collapse of WTC 7; an evaluation of the building evacuation and emergency response procedures; what procedures and practices were used in the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of the building; and areas in current building and fire codes, standards, and practices that warrant revision. Extensive details are found in the companion reports, NIST NCSTAR 1-9 and NIST NCSTAR 1-9A. Also in this report is a summary of how NIST reached its conclusions. NIST complemented in-house expertise with private sector technical experts; accumulated copious documents, photographs, and videos of the disaster; conducted first-person interviews of building occupants and emergency responders; analyzed the evacuation and emergency response operations in and around WTC 7; performed computer simulations of the behavior of WTC 7 on September 11, 2001; and combined the knowledge gained into a probable collapse sequence. The report concludes with a list of 13 recommendations for action in the areas of increased structural integrity, enhanced fire endurance of structures, new methods for fire resistant design of structures, enhanced active fire protection, improved emergency response, improved procedures and practices, and education and training. One of these is new; the other 12 are reiterated from the investigation into the collapse of the WTC towers. Each of the 13 is relevant to WTC 7."
Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Building Security :
September 11 :
World Trade Center
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Emergency Management: Observations on DHS's Preparedness for Catastrophic Disasters. June 2008.
- "The Homeland Security Act was enacted in November 2002, creating the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to improve homeland security following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States. The act centralized the leadership of many homeland security activities under a single federal department and, accordingly, DHS has the dominant role in implementing this national strategy. This testimony discusses the status of DHS's actions in fulfilling its responsibilities to (1) establish policies to define roles and responsibilities for national emergency preparedness efforts and prepare for the transition between presidential administrations, and (2) develop operational plans and performance metrics to implement these roles and responsibilities and coordinate federal resources for disaster planning and response. This testimony is based on prior GAO work performed from September 2006 to June 2008 focusing on DHS's efforts to address problems identified in the many post-Katrina reviews."
Source: Government Accountability Office (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: GAO-08-868T.
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Homeland Security :
Proceedings - Congressional Hearings, Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, etc.
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Public Health, Safety, and Security for Mass Gatherings. May 2008.
- "Mass gatherings pose special challenges in terms of management and control, especially considering their value as targets for terrorism and other crimes. The terrorist goal of attacking cities in order to kill and injure the most people--and otherwise have the greatest impact for the least amount of effort--applies to mass gatherings as well. All large-scale mass gatherings need to be protected in the post-9/11 world. Mass gatherings can be categorized in a number of different ways. Mass gatherings occur over different periods of time. Some are one-day events, such as the Super Bowl. Others extend for longer, such as the Lollapolooza music festival. Still others are composed of a series of one-day events, such as National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 'March Madness.' In this paper, one-day events are referred to as 'shortterm mass gatherings.' This paper primarily focuses on mass gatherings lasting for longer than one-day and the attendees, participants, and support personnel who physically remain in the same constrained location – 'long-term mass gatherings.'"
Source: Committee on Homeland Security, U.S. House (All by Source | Source Website).
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Public Health
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I-35W Bridge Collapse and Response. April 2008.
- This report from the United States Fire Admistration discusses the collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 1, 2007 and the subsequent response.
Source: United States Fire Administration (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: USFA-TR-166. Large File: 1.8+ Mb.
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First Responders :
Lessons Learned
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Minnesota Bridge Collapse: Lessons Learned - After Action Report. November 2007.
- This study summarizes the actions taken by first responders and emergency personnel in the wake of the bridge collapse, and the lessons learned from that experience, including several areas where improvement is needed.
Source: MIPT (All by Source | Source Website).
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First Responders :
Lessons Learned
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Operation Freedoms Ring (OFR) OFR-HOLDSAFE Child Safety, Security and Shelter in Disasters First Impressions Report--Final Report. October 2007.
- "Operation Freedoms Ring (OFR) was a non-critical path Shadow Operation to Golden Phoenix,1 consisting of two major components--namely, communications reachback and data integration, and provision of a venue, support and control for OFR-HoldSafe. OFRHoldSafe's primary objective was to develop best in class techniques that civilians--on the spot in disaster environments--could implement to organize, identify, and provide for the basic needs of children. These stated needs included shelter, food and water, ongoing and disaster-related medical care, transport, resolution of legal issues and family reunification."
Large File: 2.2+ Mb.
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First Responders :
Homeland Security
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HHS Needs to Ensure the Availability of Health Screening and Monitoring for All Responders. July 2007.
- "GAO recommends that the Secretary of HHS expeditiously ensure that screening and monitoring services are available for (1) federal responders and (2) nonfederal responders residing outside the NYC area."
Source: Government Accountability Office (All by Source | Source Website).
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First Responders :
Public Health
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Operation Freedoms Ring (OFR) OFR-HOLDSAFE Child Safety, Security and Shelter in Disasters First Impressions Report. July 2007.
- "Operation Freedoms Ring (OFR) was a non-critical path Shadow Operation to Golden Phoenix, a
collaborative training exercise led by Marine Aircraft Group (MAG)-46/U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, elements of the California National Guard, and civil authorities."
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First Responders :
Homeland Security
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Statement for the Record by Matt Jadacki, Deputy Inspector General for Disaster Assistance Oversight. July 2007.
- "In the two years since Hurricane Katrina struck, a number of Federal agencies, private sector organizations, and public offices issued reports addressing the Federal government's poor response. Reports issued by the House Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation For and Response to Hurricane Katrina and a report from the White House identified many weaknesses and shortcomings that had a direct effect on our citizens. We are in the midst of hurricane season, and there are a myriad of issues that have to be addressed in preparation for the next catastrophic event.
Today, I would like to focus my remarks on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its plans to meet the next catastrophic incident. There are five critical areas I will address: • Coordination of Disaster Response Efforts; • Catastrophic Planning; • Logistics and Acquisitions; • Housing; and • Evacuation. Our goal is to help FEMA turn lessons learned into problems solved."
Source: Department of Homeland Security, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Federal Funding Information
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President's Council on Integrity and Efficientcy Exececutive Council on Integrity and Efficiency. June 2007.
- This 2007 Annual PCIE plan for disaster related assistance looks at the investigative process used by the Inspectors General office to determine the effectiveness of resource allocation and what is bieng done about fraud and waste in the response and recovery effort of post - Katrina assistance.
Source: Department of Homeland Security, United States (All by Source | Source Website).
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Domestic Cases
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Emergency Management: Status of School Districts' Planning and Preparedness. May 2007.
- "This testimony discusses preliminary findings related to GAO's review of emergency management in school districts, including (1) the roles of federal and state governments in establishing requirements and providing resources to school districts for emergency management planning, (2) what school districts have done to plan and prepare for emergencies, and (3) the challenges school districts have experienced in planning for emergencies, and communicating and coordinating with first responders, parents, and students."
Source: Government Accountability Office (All by Source | Source Website).
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Schools and Terrorism :
What You Can Do/Neighborhood Terrorism Prevention
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Reducing Vulnerabilities to Weapons of Mass Destruction. May 2007.
- The report discusses the findings and recommendations that followed the Hurricane Katrina disaster and shows how "weaknesses in planning and in command, control and communication and the lack of clarity in lines of responsibility and authority that are discussed herein were quite obvious in the response to Katrina." These findings are then applied to truly catastrophic events such as WMD attacks to show how such events should properly be managed.
Source: Defense Science Board, U.S. Department of Defense (All by Source | Source Website).
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Weapons of Mass Destruction
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Disaster Preparedness. March 2007.
- "The Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is responsible for coordinating federal efforts to protect the safety and health of workers involved in the response to large national disasters. Under the Comptroller General's authority, GAO initiated a number of Katrina-related reviews. For this review, GAO examined (1) what is known about the number of response and recovery workers deployed to the Gulf Coast in response to Hurricane Katrina; (2) the extent to which OSHA tracked injuries and illnesses sustained by these workers; and (3) how well OSHA met the safety and health needs of workers. To address these issues, GAO reviewed reports; analyzed data; interviewed federal, state, and local officials; and conducted site visits."
Source: Government Accountability Office (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: GAO-07-193.
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First Responders :
Lessons Learned :
Public Health
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Emergency Preparedness: Current Emergency Alert System Has Limitations, and Development of a New Integrated System Will Be Challenging. March 2007.
- "GAO reviewed (1) the media's ability to meet federal requirements for participating in EAS, (2) stakeholder views on the challenges facing EAS and potential changes to it, and (3) the progress made toward developing an integrated alert system. GAO reviewed the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) proposed rulemaking on EAS and interviewed media outlets, state emergency management officials, and federal agencies responsible for EAS, including FCC and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)."
Source: Government Accountability Office (All by Source | Source Website). Report Number: GAO-07-411.
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Communications including Interoperability :
First Responders
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