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Terrorism Response: Checklist References

Assessing Threats and Capabilities
Helping Prevent a Terrorist Attack
Preparing Your Department to Respond to a Terrorist Attack
Responding to a Terrorist Attack
Recovering from a Terrorist Attack

Assessing Threats and Capabilities

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive Attacks

• The Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism provides access to descriptions of various types of terrorist attacks. A password is required but available free of charge to public-safety personnel.

Continuity of Operations Plans

• FEMA Continuity of Operations Programs 

Critical Infrastructure Protection

• Emergency Management and Response – Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR ISAC) 
• National Infrastructure Protection Plan
• Sector-Specific Plans 
• DHS National Infrastructure Coordinating Center (NICC). Part of the National Operations Center, the NICC monitors the nation’s critical infrastructure and key resources on an ongoing basis. During an incident, the NICC coordinates information-sharing among infrastructure and key resource sectors.

Federal Bureau of Investigation

• Field Office Locator

Gap Analysis

• Emergency Management Accreditation Program, (National Fire Protection Association 1600) (pdf)

National Planning Guides

• 15 National Planning Scenarios. A password is necessary but available free of charge to public safety agencies.
• National Preparedness Guidelines (pdf)
• National Response Framework Resource Center 
• Naval Postgraduate School Homeland Security Digital Library 
• Target Capabilities List. A password is necessary but available free of charge to public safety agencies.
• Universal Task List. A password is necessary but available free of charge to public safety agencies. 
• Responder Knowledge Base. A login name and password are required but are available free of charge to public safety agencies.

NIMSCAST

• NIMS Compliance Assistance Support Tool

Helping Prevent a Terrorist Attack

Public Awareness/Education

• If You See Something, Say Something™ Campaign 
• Ready.gov

Information Technology Standards

• National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Information Security Handbook (pdf)
• NCTC Worldwide Incidents Tracking System
• Recognize Potential Terrorism
• Security Clearances

Model Fire, Building, Life Safety and Associated Codes and Standards (nationally recognized)

• International Code Council
• National Fire Protection Association

State and Local Fusion Centers

• Interagency Threat Assessment and Coordination Group (ITACG)

Terrorism Liaison Officers

• Terrorism Liaison Officers

Preparing Your Department to Respond to a Terrorist Attack

Citizen Involvement

• Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program 
• Fire Corps 
• Medical Reserve Corps 
• USAOnWatch

Community Readiness

• Ready.gov

Continuity of Operations Plans

• FEMA Continuity of Operations (COOP) Programs

Disaster Mortuary Operational Response

• Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams  

Exposure Reporting

• International Association of Fire Fighters, How should exposure be reported?

Family Support Planning

• FEMA’s COOP Planning

First Responder Grants

• FIRE and SAFER grant information
• Grants and Assistance Programs for Emergency Personnel

Member and Family Preparedness

• Federal Disaster Assistance 
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Ready.gov

Mutual Aid

• Emergency Management Assessment Compact (EMAC)
• IAFC Guidance and Sample Agreements

National Fire Academy Courses on Response

• National Fire Academy Courses on Response to Terrorism and Emergencies

National Incident Management System

• NIMS Integration Center

National Response Framework

• National Response Framework

National Terrorism Advisory System

• National Terrorism Advisory System

Patient Tracking Technology

• EMS Magazine's Resource Guide: Technology in EMS - Patient Tracking Systems
• Seattle Fire Department Case Study

Preparing for Disaster for People with Disabilities and Other Special Needs

• FEMA - Preparing for Disaster for People with Disabilities and other Special Needs (pdf)

Responder Safety

• RAND Science and Technology Policy Institute, Protecting Emergency Responders: Lessons Learned from Terrorist Attacks, conference report (pdf) issued 2002 
• National Fire Fighter Near Miss Reporting System 
• National Strategy for Homeland Security

Standards, Training and Grant Information for Emergency Responders

• Responder Knowledge Base. A login name and password are required but are available free of charge to public safety agencies.

State and Federal Resources

• Emergency Management Assistance Compact 
• National Guard Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE)
• Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP)
• National Guard Civil Support Team 
• National Response Framework 
• U.S. Northern Command 
• U.S. Fire Administration AHIMT Technical Assistance Program

Training

• Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program 
• U.S. Bomb Data Center - Bomb Arson Tracking System (BATS) link to an online video about the database

Wellness/Fitness

• Guide to Implementing the IAFC/IAFF Fire Service, Joint Labor Management, Wellness/Fitness Initiative, specially designed for small and medium-sized fire departments (pdf)
• Departments Health and Wellness Guide for the Volunteer Fire Service and Emergency Services (pdf)

Responding to a Terrorist Attack

FEMA Guidance

• Responding to Incidents of National Consequence: Recommendations for America’s Fire and Emergency Services Based on the Events of September 11, 2001, and Other Similar Incidents (pdf)

Safety and Health for Responders to CBRNE

• HHS Policy & Guidance
• OSHA and NIOSH Guidance

Recovering from a Terrorist Attack

Fire Department Recovery

• City of New Orleans Fire Department Report: Recovery and Reconstitution Planning Process after Hurricane Katrina (pdf)

Incident Analysis

• After-Action Report and Improvement Plan for Hurricane Gustav & Ike (pdf)
• Arlington County After-Action Report on the Response to the September 11 Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon
• DHS/FEMA Initial Response Hotwash: Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana
• Ethics and SARS: Learning Lessons from Toronto Experience (pdf) 
• H1N1 After-Action Report (pdf)
• Hurricane Katrina After-Action Report and Recommendations (pdf)
• Hurricane Katrina After-Action Report, Nebraska Urban Search and Rescue Task Force One (pdf)
• Lessons Learned from the Mumbai Terrorist Attacks
• Minneapolis Bridge Collapse (pdf)
• Mumbai Terrorist Attacks (pdf) – a case study
• Tokyo Subway Sarin Attack 
• Additional lessons learned and after-action reports can be found on FEMA’s Lessons Learned Information Sharing System (LLIS). A password is required to access all publications but is available free-of-charge upon request.