The possibility that terrorists will use “weapons of mass destruction (WMD)”6 in this country to kill and injure Americans, including those responsible for protecting and saving lives, presents a …
Project Megiddo Report – Domestic Terrorism & the Year 2000
The following report, entitled "Project Megiddo," is intended to analyze the potential for extremist criminal activity in the United States by individuals or domestic extremist groups who profess an …
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Patterns of Global Terrorism 2001
In 2001, terrorism cast its lethal shadow across the globe—yet the world’s resolve to defeat it has never been greater. When the terrorists struck on September 11, their target was not just the …
The 1993 World Trade Center Bombing: Report and Analysis
The bombing of the 1993 WTC was an event of immense proportions, the largest incident ever handled in the City of New York Fire Department’s 128-year history also complex that it was effectively …
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Threat Assessment Guide for Houses of Worship
Since 1995, over 1,500 houses of worship have been damaged by fire or bombing. Since that time, the National Church Arson Task Force (NCATF) has monitored every incident and identified common causes …
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Responding to the Threat of Agroterrorism
The threat of biological weapons (BW) is usually associated with terrible outbreaks of human illness. Receiving substantially less attention from the media, however, is the fact that BW can also be …
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Bioterrorism Readiness Plan: A Template for Healthcare Facilities
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) recognizes the importance of awareness and preparation for bioterrorism on the part of healthcare facilities. In …
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Mapping Terrorism Networks
This paper looks at the difficulty in mapping covert networks. Analyzing networks after an event is fairly easy for prosecution purposes. Mapping covert networks to prevent criminal activity is much …
FEMA Emergency SMS Services
FEMA provides safety tips as well as emergency SMS services. Their text message program can be used in two ways: to receive regular safety tips for specific disaster types, and to search for …
Disaster Preparedness Kit
According to FEMA, here is what should be in the most basic disaster kit. Other names for this kit are 72 Hour Kit, GO Bag, or Bail out Bag (BOB). A disaster supplies kit is simply a collection of …