Geoscience Reference
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Chapter 12
Terrorist Incidents
Michael J. Fagel
Contents
Preparing the EOC for a Terrorist Incident .......................................................310
Reviewing the Hazard and Vulnerability Analyses..............................................310
Incorporating Terror Analysis into Emergency Operations Plan.........................310
Revisit Each EOP Annex................................................................................... 311
Policies and Procedures...................................................................................... 311
Test, Train, and Exercise .................................................................................... 316
Summary........................................................................................................... 316
After action reports and studies of catastrophic disasters have identified the need
to provide additional information in Emergency Operations Center (EOC) man-
agement. Although terrorist incidents have been less common than catastrophic
natural disasters, effective EOC management is perhaps more critical for the man-
agement of terrorist incidents than for even the most catastrophic natural disasters
because the stakes are, potentially, much greater.
By definition, terrorist incidents are Incidents of National Significance. Incidents
of National Significance include those incidents that, under Homeland Security
Presidential Directive 5, require a “coordinated and effective response by and appropri-
ate combination of federal, state, local, tribal, nongovernmental, and/or private-sector
entities ... to save lives and minimize damage, and to provide the basis for long-term
community recovery and mitigation activities.” One can assume, then, that terrorist
incidents will cause coordination issues within the affected jurisdiction(s) and beyond.
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