NCJ Number
191592
Date Published
2000
Length
188 pages
Annotation
This document provides information on the course called Terrorism Operational Planning, which provides guidelines for developing an operational plan for a terrorist event.
Abstract
A terrorist plan or any other plan to address a specific type of community hazard is a subset of the community-wide emergency operations plan. The Comprehensive Emergency Management System is the concept used by the community and its respective response agencies to meet the needs of the community, before, during, and after an emergency of disaster. The System has four stages: preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation. Preparedness activities include the development of emergency operations plans, community warning systems, designation of evacuation routes and shelters, and the identification of resources. Response activities are the actions that occur during or immediately following a disaster or emergency event. Recovery actions are the activities that attempt to return the community to a normal state of operations. Mitigation activities are those steps that will eliminate or reduce the probability of a disaster, reduce the impact of the disaster, or dissipate or lessen the effects on the community. The Incident Command System (ICS) is a model tool for Command, Control, and Coordination of a response and provides a means to coordinate the efforts of individual agencies as they work for the common goal of stabilizing the incident and protecting life, property, and the environment. ICS is organized on five major components: command, planning, operations, logistics, and finance/administration. Resource sources are local, State, Federal, volunteer organizations, and donations. The three types of hazards the community must address are natural, manmade or technological, and civil. There are two types of terrorist events: terrorist incident and suspected terrorist event. Terrorists generally rely on explosives, incendiaries, biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons for the terrorist act.