Book 37: CHAPTER 6 TERRORISM AND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION Flashcards
Additional challenges of a terrorist or WMD incident may include:
Intent to ___, ____, or cause _____
Harm disrupt or cause panic
Additional challenges of a terrorist or WMD incident may include:
Presence of a
Second device
Additional challenges of a terrorist or WMD incident may include:
Need to
Preserve evidence (criminal act)
Additional challenges of a terrorist or WMD incident may include:
Type of
Product (designed to be lethal)
Additional challenges of a terrorist or WMD incident may include:
• _______ methods (bio-agent detection difficult)
Detection methods
Additional challenges of a terrorist or WMD incident may include:
Location or _____
Venue
Additional challenges of a terrorist or WMD incident may include:
• Number of
Victims
Additional challenges of a terrorist or WMD incident may include:
_____ required
Decon
Additional challenges of a terrorist or WMD incident may include:
Threat of spread of
Contamination or panic
The intent of the terrorist is to ______ and ____ innocent victims, disrupt the _______ of a specific area and cause _____.
Injure and kill
Infrastructure
Panic
(CBRNE) products could be used. What does CBRNE stand for
Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, explosive
The Department has adopted alert levels that will be used to guide response actions. The alert levels are
numeric
There are___ Threat Conditions, each identified by a description and corresponding color.
five
Severe =
High =
Elevated =
Guarded =
Low =
Red
Orange
Yellow
Blue
Green
Threat conditions may be set for a particular______ or ________
geographic area or industrial sector.
The evaluation of this threat information shall include, but not be limited to, the following factors:
- To what degree is the threat information ______?
- To what degree is the threat information _______?
- To what degree is the threat _____ and/or ______?
- How grave are the potential _______of the threat?
Credible
Corroborated
Specific and or imminent
Consequences
Actual response decisions will be made by the _____ _____ or ____ ______ _______ based on a situation assessment provided at the time of occurrence.
Fire chief or deputy department commander
Normal activity
Low alert one(green)
Significant risk of terrorist attack
Elevated yellow (alert 3)
General risk of terrorist attack
Guarded alert 2 (blue)
High risk of terrorist attack
High orange (alert 4)
Severe risk of terrorist attack
severe red (alert 5)
Unless there is specific information that would impact on local conditions, the normal level of preparedness of Department resources is also sufficient for an
Elevated (yellow) threat condition
