Understanding Terrorism and Managing the Consequences
Understanding Terrorism and Managing the Consequencesis theonlycomprehensive book for the emergency community and thefirstto:Discuss tactical violence and information warfare as a significant emergency responder threat.Address weapons of mass effect — how weapons that may not cause mass destruction can cause massive disruption of society and services.Direct emphasis on consequence response and scene safety.Include simulations that can be assigned as student projects.An effective on-scene resource, as well as the most comprehensive instructional guide,Understanding Terrorism and Managing the Consequencesis appropriate for emergency planners at all levels — local, state, and federal. Providing an in-depth look at consequence response, Maniscalco and Christen detail safety procedures for emergency responders, scene search operations, precautions for secondary devices, and initial scene evaluation of a terrorism/ tactical violence event. Their discussion of the incident management system as applied to terrorism/tactical violence response outlines procedures that will insure a coordinated and effective response plan. An overall analysis of the threat spectrum to emergency responders is a significant contribution offering numerous survival skills.Understanding Terrorism and Managing the Consequencesis not only a broad but also a complete overview.