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A CheCklist And Guide

for fire Chiefs
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In memory of those who lost their lives
as a result of the terrorist attacks on
September 11, 2001.
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In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) issued a
number of resources to help fre chiefs to better prepare for the threat of terrorism. Six years later, the
national homeland security enterprise has changed dramatically. While some fre departments have
made great strides in preparedness and response, many struggle to improve further, and some
struggle to just to keep the pace. Some have become complacent, and many are overwhelmed.
The IAFC issues Terrorism Response: A Checklist and Guide for Fire Chiefs to help fre chiefs of all
size departments revitalize and re-focus their efforts to prepare for, respond to, and recover from acts of
terrorism. Federal intelligence experts continue to warn that future terrorist attacks are not a matter of if,
but a matter of when, and big cities are not the only targets. Every town is at risk because every town
has critical infrastructure such as agriculture, transportation, water, or public gathering places, or simply
the potential, if attacked, to instill fear in the American public.
The IAFC urges fre chiefs to adhere to homeland-security assessment, prevention, preparedness,
response and recovery conceptsthe fve key concepts in this guideas part of your departments
standard operating procedures. Doing so will not only improve your departments response; it will send
a clear message within your community that your department is a leader in all-hazards public safety.
Even more, it will go a long way toward making your community safer by reducing the potential
devastation that terrorists seek to cause.
A fre departments response to a terrorist attack requires thorough coordination and preparedness
before the event occurs. This Checklist and Guide is meant to help you prepare for such a response,
either in your own or a neighboring community, by providing recommended actions that are applicable
and adaptable to every fre department. The focus is not on spending money, but on spending the time
to understand what you have and how best to utilize it, as well as what you are missing and how best to
fll those gaps. While this document talks specifcally about a terrorist threat, it will support all-hazards
prevention and response capabilities once all of the items are in place.
This is a document for fre chiefs by fre chiefs. My thanks to the IAFC sections and committees who
contributed to this document, and particularly to those who gave their time and effort on the Homeland
Security Summit Team.
The IAFC will continue to work with the federal government to ensure that the fre service is well-equipped
to carry out its homeland security role, and for laws and policies that will help the fre service in its mission.
However, all response is local. Terrorism can happen in your community, and you must be prepared.
Please use this guide to your best advantage.
Respectfully,
Steven P. Westermann, CFO
IAFC President

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Since that fateful day of September 11, 2001, much has been done to better prepare for acts of terrorism.
Government leaders, state and local offcials and private concerns have acted to better prepare for what
some experts say is not a question of if another terrorist attack will occur, but more a matter of when
and where.
Many fre chiefs, like many Americans, have focused on other critical issues and become complacent
about terrorist attacks in the U.S. Perhaps even more disconcerting is the perception that an act of
terrorism would never happen in some communities because they are too small, too remote or
seemingly inconsequential when compared to large population or business centers.
We gratefully acknowledge the vision of the IAFCs executive board to reenergize the fre service
about terrorism preparedness by convening the Homeland Security Summit. The Summit participants,
IAFC members representing all segments of Americas fre service, came to this consensus:
n Create a tool worth using.
n focus on terrorism.
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What follows is that tool: Terrorism Response: A Checklist and Guide for Fire Chiefs. It is designed
to enable fre chiefs to assess, prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from a terrorist attack in
a methodical, clear and comprehensive manner. For the welfare of our citizens and the safety of our
frefghters, fre chiefs need to seek out this tool, use it to completion and then revisit it periodically to
maintain readiness.
We believe that before a fre chief can say, My department is prepared, completion of Terrorism
Response: A Checklist and Guide for Fire Chiefs is imperative. We urge you to act today
America is depending on you!
the iAfC homeland security summit team
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References are intended to supply additional background or educational resources to support department efforts.
They do not represent an IAFC endorsement of any entitys product or services.
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Introduction by the iAfC President ....................................................................................... 1
foreword ..................................................................................................................................2
table of Contents ....................................................................................................................3
instructions ..............................................................................................................................4
summary Checklist .................................................................................................................5
Guides:
how to Assess Your departments Capabilities ................................................................ 8
how to help Prevent a terrorist Attack ............................................................................ 13
how to Prepare Your department to respond to a terrorist Attack .............................. 16
how to respond to a terrorist Attack .............................................................................. 27
how to recover from a terrorist Attack ........................................................................... 32
APPendiCes:
emergency Contact lists .................................................................................................. 35
terrorism and Assessment Matrix .................................................................................... 38
Glossary and Acronyms .................................................................................................... 39
About the Authors .............................................................................................................. 41
About the iAfC ...................................................................................................................42
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THE SUMMARy CHECklIST AT THE bEGInnInG OF THIS DOCUMEnT
PROvIDES An OvERvIEW OF THE MOST CRITICAl STEPS nECESSARy TO
ASSESS, PREvEnT, PREPARE FOR, RESPOnD TO AnD RECOvER FROM A
TERRORIST ATTACk. The Summary Checklist is followed by detailed and specifc
How-To Guides, which provide instructions on how to complete the checklist.
bEGIn by REvIEWInG THE SUMMARy CHECklIST AnD THEn THE HOW-TO
GUIDES. Check off each item in the Summary Checklist only when the details are
complete. Some elements of the How-To Guides require periodic or ongoing efforts,
such as training and updating procedures. In those cases, a check-off may be appropriate
when frm plans for such efforts are in place.
A COMPlETED CHECklIST MEAnS yOUR DEPARTMEnT HAS TAkEn CRITICAl
STEPS TO bE PREPARED. Please note that the steps are not necessarily listed in the
order they need to be taken.
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how to Assess Your departments Capabilities
o Target Hazards / Critical Infrastructure Protection
o Community Risks / Special Events
o Relationships / Partnerships / Mutual Aid / Automatic Aid
o Intelligence-Sharing / Fusion Center Participation
o Response Capabilities for Weapons of Mass Destruction /
Chemical, biological, Radiological, nuclear and Explosive (CbRnE) Attacks
o Cyber-Attack
o Communication Plan (Interoperability)
o Gap Analysis / Action Plan
o Continuity of Operations / Continuity of Government Plan
how to help PreVent a terrorist Attack
o Terrorism Awareness / Recognition Training
o Reporting Procedures / Information-Sharing
o Security Clearances
o Fire Department Personnel / Facility Security / Critical Infrastructure Protection
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how to PrePAre Your department to respond to a terrorist Attack
o Training / Drills / Exercises
o Equipment
o Standard Operating Procedures
o Mutual Aid / Automatic Aid
o national Incident Management System (nIMS) Adoption and Training
o Emergency Operations Plan
o Continuity of Operations / Continuity of Government Plans
o 24x7 Contacts / Resource list
o Community notifcation Plans
o Evacuation / Shelter-in-Place Plans
o Points of Distribution Plan
o Citizen Involvement / Community Emergency Response Teams /
Fire Corps / Reserve Medical Corps / USAOnWatch
o Technical Rescue Response Sustainment
o Fire Department Member / Family Preparedness
o Incident Access Control
o victim Care and Management / Mass Casualty Plan / Medical Surge Procedure
o Mass Fatality Management Plans
o Crime Scene Guidelines
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how to resPond to a terrorist Attack
o Situational Awareness / Frequent Updates
o national Incident Management System (nIMS)
o Respond According to Standard Operating Procedures
o Mutual Aid Agreements
o Force Protection (Responder Safety) / Perimeter Security
o notifcations
o Media / Crisis Communication
o Evacuation / Shelter-in-Place Management
o Continued Service Delivery
o Responder Safety and Wellness
o Technical Response
o victim Care and Management / Mass Casualty Plan / Medical Surge Procedure
o Citizen / Community Responders
o Crime Scene Guidelines
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o Medical Screening Program for Responders
o Documentation / Reporting
o Fire Department Resource Assessment
o Post-Incident Analysis
o Community Recovery
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o target hazards / Critical infrastructure Protection
o IDEnTIFy TARGET HAzARDS WITHIn THE COMMUnITy. For homeland security purposes, target
hazards include the communitys critical infrastructure and key resources, which if attacked would cause
a large disruption in daily life, cripple public services and instill fear in local residents and the nation as a
whole. Emergency-services agencies, including fre departments and communication centers, are part of
the critical infrastructure.
o Private facilities such as chemical and nuclear plants, company headquarters, shopping malls,
fnancial institutions, privately run healthcare facilities, sports venues, places of worship and private
colleges and universities
o Public facilities such as post offces, emergency-services agencies, national monuments and icons,
publicly run healthcare facilities and state or community colleges and universities
o Utilities such as water sources, including dams, reservoirs and water treatment plants; power generation
and distribution facilities; and communication frms (including their transmission towers)
o Transportation modes such as highways and shipping facilities, bus depots, railway lines and stations,
waterways and ports, and airports, with particular attention to portions where access and rescue will be
most diffcult (e.g., trestles over water and tunnels)
o Pipelines and bulk storage facilities such as natural gas lines, petroleum lines
and tank farms
o Community risks / special events
o IDEnTIFy OTHER COMMUnITy RISkS UnIqUE TO yOUR AREA, InClUDInG lOCAl
SPECIAl EvEnTS:
o Athletic events
o Ceremonies and parades
o State and local fairs
o Other annual or semi-annual events
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o relationships / Partnerships / Mutual Aid / Automatic Aid
o ESTAblISH RElATIOnSHIPS AnD PARTnERSHIPS WITH OTHER PUblIC-SERvICE AGEnCIES
particularly emergency management, law enforcement and non-fre-based EMS
and government leaders to learn what everyones assets and capabilities are.
Train and exercise together on a regular basis to enhance everyones response capabilities.
Participants should be:
o local, state and federal law enforcement agencies
o Military response partners
o Public health agencies
o Mutual aid consortia
o Public works agencies
o local and state elected offcials
o Utilities such as electricity, water, sewer and gas
o Other regional resources that would respond to a terrorist attack
o intelligence sharing / fusion Center Participation
o EnGAGE In InTEllIGEnCE SHARInG WITH lAW EnFORCEMEnT AGEnCIES TO ASSESS
AnD COMMUnICATE lOCAl RISkS On An OnGOInG bASIS.
o Establish a secure system for receiving threat information from local, state and federal law
enforcement agencies.
o Participate in local fusion center activities to facilitate communication with other public safety agencies
on a regular basis. If your department does not have the resources to participate directly, build a
relationship and communicate regularly with another fre and emergency service representative
in the fusion center.
o Communicate with the FbI via your local FbI weapons of mass destruction (WMD) coordinator and
the FbIs Joint Terrorism Task Force.
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o response Capabilities for WMd / Chemical, Biological,
radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBrne) Attacks
o ASSESS yOUR DEPARTMEnTS AbIlITy TO RESPOnD TO THE POSSIblE TyPES OF TERRORIST
ATTACk, E.G., WEAPOnS OF MASS DESTRUCTIOn (I.E., CbRnE).
o Assess your departments ability to identify the type of attack as well as your ability to mitigate it.
o Factor into your assessment the number of personnel available, as well as their training levels for such
a response, the types of equipment your department has available and your response procedures.
o Assess your ability to maintain a response to a CbRnE attack for more than one operational period
(e.g., 12, 24, 48, 72 hours).
o Cyber-Attack
o DEFInE WHAT COUlD HAPPEn TO yOUR DEPARTMEnT AnD yOUR COMMUnITy DURInG A
CybER-ATTACk, and assess your departments ability to withstand such an attack. Decide how you
will communicate information if a cyber-attack occurs.
o Communication Plan (interoperability)
o CREATE AnD IMPlEMEnT An EFFECTIvE COMMUnICATIOn PlAn, InClUDInG THE
OPERAbIlITy OF yOUR SySTEM AnD THE InTEROPERAbIlITy OF yOUR SySTEMS
WITH THOSE OF OTHER AGEnCIES.
o Decide how you will alert your members, other agencies, government offcials and the general
public about a terrorist attack.
o Decide how you will communicate information on a local, regional, state and federal basis.
o Decide who will communicate such information, how it will be communicated
(e.g., voice, data, or audio), to whom and why.
o Assess your departments wireless voice and data system to make sure it will continue to
function properly.
o Work with service providers to build contingency plans.
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o Gap Analysis / Action Plan
o DEvElOP A GAP AnAlySIS THAT MEASURES THE COMMUnITyS RISk AGAInST yOUR
DEPARTMEnTS AbIlITy TO RESPOnD. Determine which gaps your department will need to
fll and which you will need to work around.
o Develop an action plan to fll necessary gaps either internally or through mutual aid and to
accommodate gaps that will not be flled.
o Develop a system to update this analysis and plan on an annual basis.
o Continuity of operations / Continuity of Government Plan
o ASSESS yOUR DEPARTMEnTS COnTInUITy OF OPERATIOnS PlAn AS WEll AS yOUR
COMMUnITyS COnTInUITy OF GOvERnMEnT PlAn, IF SUCH PlAnS ExIST, TO MAkE SURE
THEy WIll SECURE A COnTInUITy OF ESSEnTIAl FUnCTIOnS IF Any SECTIOn, InClUDInG
lEADERSHIP, bECOMES DISAblED AFTER A TERRORIST ATTACk.
note: For states to obtain federal funding for terrorism responseand for the states to pass that money
to the localitiesthe states must comply with programs established under Homeland Security Presidential
Directive (HSPD) 8. HSPD-8 directs the federal government to establish and achieve an all-hazards
national-preparedness goal. When preparing to respond to a terrorist attack, measure your departments
capabilities against these requirements. (See the references for relevant websites.)
o The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has created a Target Capabilities list, which delineates the
various capabilities that each state and locality must have or work to have.
o DHS also created the Universal Task list, which delineates the tasks required during a response
to a terrorist attack.
o DHS measures capabilities against 15 national planning scenarios.
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o Chemical, Biological, radiological, nuclear and
explosive Attacks
o www.mipt.org
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.
o Critical infrastructure Protection
o Emergency Management and Response Information
Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR ISAC)
www.usfa.dhs.gov/freservice/subjects/emr-isac/
index.shtm
o national Infrastructure Protection Plan
www.dhs.gov/xprevprot/programs/editorial_0827.shtm
o DHS national Infrastructure Coordinating Center (nICC)
E-Mail: [email protected]
Part of the national Operations Center, the nICC
monitors the nations critical infrastructure and key
resources on an ongoing basis. During an incident,
the nICC provides a coordinating forum to share
information across infrastructure and key resources
sectors through appropriate information-sharing entities.
o Continuity of operations Plans
o FEMA Continuity of Operations Programs
www.fema.gov/government/coop/index.shtm
o federal Bureau of investigation
o Field Offce locator
www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/fo.htm
Once you begin to work with your FbI WMD
coordinator, you will gain access to law enforcement
information on the FbIs website, including intelligence
bulletins and investigator guides.
o Gap Analysis
o Emergency Management Accreditation Program
(national Fire Protection Association 1600)
www.emaponline.org
o national Planning Guides
o 15 national Planning Scenarios
www.llis.gov
A password is necessary but available free of charge
to public safety agencies.
o Target Capabilities list
www.llis.gov
o Universal Task list
www.llis.gov
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o terrorism Awareness / recognition training
o ADOPT AnD PROvIDE A TERRORISM-AWAREnESS TRAInInG PROGRAM FOR FIRE
DEPARTMEnT MEMbERS AnD THE PUblIC On HOW TO RECOGnIzE POTEnTIAl TERRORIST
ACTIvITy WITHIn THE COMMUnITy.
o TRAIn MEMbERS TO UnDERSTAnD THE TERRORIST THREAT TO THE COMMUnITy AnD WHAT
IMPACT THAT THREAT HAS On yOUR PERSOnnEl In TERMS OF bEInG bOTH RESPOnDERS
AnD POTEnTIAl vICTIMS.
o Make sure members understand they are potential targets of primary and secondary (or further) attacks.
Train them to look for secondary explosive devices or other terrorist threats on scene.
o Educate members to be aware of and to report suspicious activity within the community (or within the
department) during day-to-day operations and when off duty, as they are in a unique position to observe
community activities on a daily basis.
o Work with local law enforcement agencies to train the public on observing and reporting suspicious
activity within the community.
o Collaborate with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies; non-fre-based
EMS systems; public health agencies; hospitals; public works departments; and other relevant
community groups to understand and expand each others roles in preventing a terrorist attack.
o reporting Procedures / information-sharing
o DEvElOP AnD IMPlEMEnT PROTOCOlS FOR RECEIvInG AnD REPORTInG TERRORIST
THREAT InFORMATIOn.
o Establish a protocol for receiving terrorist threat information from local, state and federal law
enforcement agencies. Make sure the information will be secure, so law enforcement offcials
are comfortable sharing information with you.
o Distribute appropriate threat information to department members on an as-needed basis.
o Consider notifying mutual aid partners of appropriate threat information.
o Establish a standard operating procedure for vetting and reporting information on suspicious activity
department members observe in the community and within your department to law-enforcement agencies
at all levels, including your local/regional FbI offce.
o Work with local law enforcement agencies to establish a community reporting system, such as a
dedicated phone number, for the public to report suspicious activity.
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o security Clearances
o COORDInATE WITH lOCAl lAW EnFORCEMEnT AGEnCIES AnD THE FbI TO ObTAIn
APPROPRIATE SECURITy ClEARAnCES FOR DESIGnATED STAFF.
o fire department Personnel / facility security /
Critical infrastructure Protection
o DEvElOP AnD IMPlEMEnT PROTOCOlS FOR SECURInG DEPARTMEnTAl PERSOnnEl,
FACIlITIES, InFRASTRUCTURE AnD OPERATIOnS.
o Conduct background checks on all personnel according to applicable law.
o Issue and require the use of identifcation cards for all personnel.
o Properly secure all facilities, dispatch areas and radio towers.
o Establish and implement a visitor policy.
o Secure all uniforms, badges, communications equipment and gear.
o Ensure the security of all secondary areas, such as fuel and other supplies,
warehouses and repair shops.
o Ensure sensitive fles are locked.
o Secure intelligence information received from law enforcement sources. Security should
extend to receiving, storing, and disposal of information.
o Cyber-security
o STREnGTHEn yOUR DEPARTMEnTS AbIlITy TO WITHSTAnD A CybER-ATTACk:
o Adhere to IT standards, including the use of personal passwords.
o Do not post more information on your departments website or on other sites than is necessary. In
particular, do not post pictures of or specifc information about critical structures within your community.
o Ensure sensitive electronic fles are locked.
o Secure intelligence information received from law enforcement sources. Security should extend to
receiving, storing, and disposal of information.
o Develop a means of communication that does not require information technology or
mass-communication methods, such as a messenger service.
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o information technology standards
o national Institute of Standards and Technologys
Information Technology laboratory
www.itl.nist.gov/index.html
o Model fire, Building, life safety and Associated
Codes and standards (nationally recognized)
o national Fire Protection Association
www.nfpa.org
o International Code Council
www.iccsafe.org
o ready.gov
o www.ready.gov
o state and local fusion Centers
o www.dhs.gov/xinfoshare/programs/gc_
1156877184684.shtm
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o training / drills / exercises
o CREATE PlAnS TO COORDInATE AnD PARTICIPATE In TRAInInG, DRIllS AnD ExERCISES On
A REGUlAR bASIS. USE THE RESUlTS TO MODIFy DEPARTMEnTAl AnD COMMUnITy PlAnS
AS nECESSARy.
o Conduct these activities within your department and with stakeholders at the local, regional and federal
levels (including the military and FbI).
o Conduct them as a combination of tabletop, functional and full-scale exercises, depending on the time
and resources available.
o Relate these activities to the terrorist threats facing your community.
o keep them in line with appropriate federal guidelines for responding to a terrorist attack.
(See the references for more information.)
o equipment
o PROCURE OR MAkE SURE yOUR DEPARTMEnT HAS ACCESS TO THE PROPER EqUIPMEnT
TO RESPOnD TO A CbRnE ATTACk. Sustain this equipment by testing, maintaining and replacing
the equipment as necessary.
o Ensure equipment is appropriate for responding to WMDs and hazardous materials emergencies.
o Ensure equipment is available to protect responders from WMDs and secondary attacks; respiratory
protection is of particular importance.
o Ensure communications equipment is available to allow for operability within the department and
interoperability with other agencies and government offcials.
o Pursue grant funding from local, state and federal government sources or private sources to procure
and sustain terrorism-response equipment.
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o standard operating Procedures (soPs)
o IMPlEMEnT STAnDARD OPERATInG PROCEDURES FOR yOUR DEPARTMEnT TO RESPOnD
TO A TERRORIST ATTACk.
o Target your SOPs to a CbRnE attack, including detecting the hazard and determining its strength
and location, decontamination, management of multiple casualties and victim care and management.
o Implement SOPs on exposure reporting for frst responders.
o Implement specifc and comprehensive SOPs for voice, data and video communications, including
alternate methods in the event mainstream communications capabilities are lost.
o Implement specifc and comprehensive SOPs for maintaining responder safety, including action
regarding improvised explosive devices and other secondary attacks meant to harm responders.
o Implement specifc and comprehensive SOPS for interacting with the media, including appointing a
public information offcer (PIO) and participating with other public safety agencies in a joint information
center (JIC).
o Implement an SOP for the protection of sensitive information during verbal communications.
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o Mutual Aid / Automatic Aid
o EnTER InTO MUTUAl AID AnD AUTOMATIC AID AGREEMEnTS WITH OTHER FIRE
DEPARTMEnTS In THE REGIOn TO MAkE SURE yOUR DEPARTMEnT HAS ACCESS TO
Any EqUIPMEnT, PERSOnnEl OR FACIlITIES yOU MIGHT nEED (AS IDEnTIFIED In yOUR
GAP AnAlySIS).
o Put all agreements in writing.
o Defne a trigger point for requesting mutual aid.
o Consider using a standardized request system to identify the type of equipment needed, the location
and other relevant information.
o Interoperable communication is an essential element in effective mutual aid. Governance is the key.
o learn the local, state and federal reimbursement policies.
o Train and exercise with mutual aid partners on a regular basis.
o UnDERSTAnD THE RESOURCES TO WHICH STATE GOvERnORS HAvE ACCESS.
o Coordinate with your state governors homeland security coordinator as well as with the states national
Guard (nG) adjutant general.
o Coordinate with the state fre marshals association.
o Understand the role of the federal government. If the president declares a disaster or emergency (at
the request of a state governor), the national Response Framework dictates the federal government
response. (See the references for more information.)
Note: Governors may request aid from other states through the Emergency Management Assistance
Compact (EMAC). The EMAC is a structured mutual-aid system among the states that is meant to
provide quick and effcient response. It encourages participation by resolving the issues of liability and
reimbursement. (See the references for more information.) Governors also have access to their own NG
and may request assistance from the NG in other states. In addition, governors may request logistical
and other resource support from U.S. Northern Command, a branch of the U.S. military.
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o national incident Management system (niMs) Adoption
and training
o ADOPT AnD TRAIn All PERSOnnEl In USE OF THE nIMS AnD USE IT FOR EACH
AnD EvERy RESPOnSE.
o be prepared to expand incident command into unifed command (UC). Emphasize the
use of UC in actual incidents, training and exercises. (See the nIMS for more detail.)
o Develop a mechanism within your department to sustain your own command
(e.g., relieving the incident commander after a specifed period of time or providing a succession
plan if the incident commander becomes disabled).
o Explore the availability and capability of an incident management team (IMT) within your community
and develop plans as appropriate. (See the references for more information on IMTs).
o Encourage and assist with training of all city/community agencies, including hospitals, in the nIMS.
your fre department needs to be the center of preparedness for your community.
Note: Relationship-building prior to an incident is critical to a well-functioning unifed command.
Of particular importance is deciding ahead of time who will be in charge at each step of the response
the frst among equalsto avoid confict over authority at the scene.
o emergency operations Plan (eoP)
o UnDERSTAnD yOUR DEPARTMEnTS ROlE In THE lOCAl (TOWn/CITy/COUnTy), REGIOnAl
AnD STATE EOPS. Governments at each of these levels should have an EOP to coordinate their
response to a terrorist attack. your department should be involved in crafting these EOPs to make sure
they accurately refect your departments abilities.
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o Continuity of operations (CooP) / Continuity of Government Plans
o DEvElOP A COOP PlAn In THE EvEnT Any SECTIOn OF yOUR DEPARTMEnT, InClUDInG ITS
lEADERSHIP, bECOMES DISAblED, TO EnSURE A COnTInUITy OF ESSEnTIAl DEPARTMEnT
FUnCTIOnS.
o Review each of your purchase agreements prior to an event to make sure they will meet your needs,
and arrange for appropriate backup vendors.
o Establish an emergency procurement policy in case you need to purchase or lease additional or
replacement equipment or apparatus. Determine what the triggers will be for using the policy and for
returning to your departments standard procurement system.
o Arrange to have a number of different vendors available for any equipment or apparatus you might need.
o Create a succession plan for the leadership of your department. Consider arranging for leaders of other
community agencies to step in on a temporary basis.
o Chart the staffng levels necessary for each critical function of your department and the skill sets your
members possess. Determine how you would be able to assign some members to cover different
functions if necessary.
o Prepare to adjust shift schedules to accommodate a long-term response (e.g., moving from 24-hour
shifts to 12-hour shifts or making other shift changes as appropriate).
o Create a list of your departments service priorities so you can curtail or temporarily suspend certain
functions as necessary. For example, when responding to a terrorist attack, your department most likely
will suspend non-emergency fre prevention and training activities. Also, consider establishing additional
screening and response procedures to modify routine EMS responses, such as transportation for minor
illnesses and injuries.
o Arrange for alternate locations for any displaced operations.
o Work with private and public utility companies to determine how your department will have continued
access to water and power.
o STORE COPIES OF yOUR COOP PlAn In A SAFE PlACE (OR SAFE PlACES) OUTSIDE OF THE
FIRE DEPARTMEnT, In CASE yOUR FACIlITIES bECOME DISAblED.
o FAMIlIARIzE yOUR DEPARTMEnTS lEADERSHIP AnD THE lEADERSHIP OF OTHER AGEnCIES
WITH THE lOCAl GOvERnMEnT HIERARCHy AS WEll AS THE GOvERnMEnTS COnTInUITy
OF GOvERnMEnT PlAn, WHICH SHOUlD EnSURE THE COnTInUATIOn OF ESSEnTIAl
GOvERnMEnT FUnCTIOnS IF Any PART OF THE lEADERSHIP bECOMES DISAblED.
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o 24x7 Contacts / resource list
o MAInTAIn A lIST OF COnTACTS AnD RESOURCES THAT yOUR DEPARTMEnT MAy COnTACT
24 HOURS A DAy, 7 DAyS A WEEk AFTER A TERRORIST ATTACk.
o Include government leaders, heads of other public safety agencies, other community partners and
resources such as vendors.
o Update this list on a regular basis or use an automated system (e.g., the water-utility representative
at the emergency operations center). (See Appendix A for sample contact lists.)
o Community Notifcation Plans
o WORk WITH lOCAl lAW EnFORCEMEnT AGEnCIES, lOCAl GOvERnMEnT lEADERS AnD
lOCAl MEDIA OUTlETS TO ESTAblISH A COMMUnITy nOTIFICATIOn SySTEM On TERRORIST
THREATS (e.g., reverse 9-1-1, television and radio alerts via the Emergency broadcast System,
Amber alerts).
o Assess the technology that is available to distribute such notifcations, including private
cell-phone companies.
o Factor in any potential language or other communications barriers
(e.g., those who do not speak fuent English or those who are deaf).
o Consider using pre-worded messages.
o evacuation / shelter-in-Place Plan
o DEvElOP An EvACUATIOn PlAn WITH lOCAl lAW EnFORCEMEnT AnD OTHER APPROPRIATE
AGEnCIES, InClUDInG lOCAl/REGIOnAl PUblIC TRAnSPORTATIOn DEPARTMEnTS.
o Consider who will need to be evacuated, including those who will require assistance.
Plan to check all occupancies in areas that are likely to be affected by the terrorist attack
(e.g., those who are downwind of an attack).
o Identify in advance special-needs individuals and facilities (e.g., convalescent homes).
o Plan how to evacuate them (e.g., personal vehicles, buses or other transportation modes).
o Designate shelters to house the evacuees and plan to identify building wardens.
o Determine when sheltering-in-place would be appropriate and how to communicate with those
who are doing so.
o Practice formulating evacuation notices and sheltering procedures.
o Work with other public safety agencies to educate the public about evacuations and sheltering-in-place.
o Work with appropriate animal-welfare agencies on procedures for evacuating or sheltering large
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o Points of distribution (Pod) Plan
o COORDInATE WITH lOCAl PUblIC HEAlTH OFFICIAlS TO ESTAblISH PODS FOR
MASS PROPHylAxIS.
o Work with local law enforcement agencies to establish force protection in POD areas.
o Work with public health offcials to establish a system of distributing prophylaxis to fre
department families.
o Citizen involvement / Community emergency response teams (Cert) /
fire Corps / Medical reserve Corps / usAonWatch
o COORDInATE CITIzEn InvOlvEMEnT In DEPARTMEnTAl ACTIvITIES THROUGH lOCAl
CITIzEn GROUPS, CERT PROGRAMS, THE FIRE CORPS, THE MEDICAl RESERvE CORPS
AnD USAOnWATCH.
o Members of these groups may assist your department in public education, preparedness and response.
o Provide adequate training and regularly scheduled exercises.
o technical rescue response sustainment
o PlAn TO InCORPORATE THE TECHnICAl RESPOnSE THAT WIll bE nECESSARy.
o Plan to obtain any needed specialty responses (e.g., heavy equipment, steel workers, search cameras,
urban search and rescue teams).
o Plan to manage convergent volunteers (volunteers who spontaneously offer their help in the wake
of a disaster).
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o fire department Member / family Preparedness
o EnSURE THAT FIRE DEPARTMEnT MEMbERS AnD THEIR FAMIlIES ARE PREPARED FOR A
TERRORIST ATTACk.
o Prepare members for what they will witness in the aftermath of a terrorist attack.
o Make sure members are physically prepared to respond to a terrorist attack by implementing
appropriate wellness/ftness programs.
o Implement a critical incident stress management (CISM) program. (See the references for more
information on CISM).
o Determine how to provide appropriate information to the families of department members who are
responding to a terrorist attack or who may be victims. Consider establishing dedicated telephone
numbers for family members to call for information. Also consider partnering with a sister fre
department that would act as a clearinghouse for family information.
o Teach members the circumstances under which they would need to evacuate (including why, how and to
where) or shelter-in-place (including why and for how long). Teach them how to prepare their homes for
sheltering-in-place (e.g., stocking adequate food, water and medical supplies to last for one week).
o incident Access Control
o PREPARE TO COnTROl ACCESS TO THE InCIDEnT SCEnE.
o Determine and implement the credentials your department will require of anyone responding to
the scene. Some states defne the credentials required for frefghting and other rescue activities.
learn and follow your states law in this area. If your state does not have specifc requirements,
determine what your departments requirements will be.
o Work with local law enforcement agencies to prepare for perimeter control and responder security.
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o Victim Care and Management / Mass Casualty Plan /
Medical surge Procedure
o PlAn TO MAnAGE AnD CARE FOR MASS CASUAlTIES AnD EMPlOy PROCEDURES
TO IMPlEMEnT MASS DECOnTAMInATIOn AnD ADMInISTER MASS PROPHylAxIS.
o Work with law enforcement offcials, your local medical director and other local health offcers on
a plan to keep victims within the area of the attack, if necessary.
o Work with public health offcials on a plan to collect, quarantine, isolate and assess victims.
o Consider using patient tracking technology.
o Work with law enforcement agencies on a plan to keep treatment areas secure.
o Work with law enforcement and other agencies on a plan to connect family members, particularly
children who become separated from their parents.
o Mass fatality Management Plans
o PREPARE TO MAnAGE MASS FATAlITIES.
o Understand the priorities of your local medical examiner and plan accordingly. Discuss possible
use of the Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (DMORT) program for assistance.
Also discuss the need to have suffcient refrigeration units on hand.
o Arrange for your local ministerial alliance to be available.
o Include local funeral directors, along with their state associations, in planning.
o Crime scene Guidelines
o ESTAblISH SOPS FOR RESPOnDInG TO A CRIME SCEnE.
o The scene of a terrorist attack will be a crime scene, requiring evidence-handling protocols
and other special considerations.
o Work with law enforcement agencies to develop appropriate procedures for your department.

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Beferences fcr EBBEABINU Ycur Department
tc Bespcnd tc a Terrcrtst Attack
o Citizen involvement
o Community Emergency Response Team
(CERT) Program
www.citizencorps.gov/cert/
o Fire Corps
www.frecorps.org
o Medical Reserve Corps
www.medicalreservecorps.gov
o USAOnWatch
www.usaonwatch.org
o Community readiness
o www.ready.gov
o Continuity of operations Plans
o FEMA Continuity of Operations (COOP) Programs
www.fema.gov/government/coop/index.shtm
o disaster Mortuary operational response teams
o www.dmort.org
o exposure reporting
o International Association of Fire Fighters
www.iaff.org/HS/Resi/infdis/How_should_exposures_
be_reported.htm
o family support Planning
o www.fema.gov/government/coop/index.shtm
(part of FEMAs COOP planning)
o Member and family Preparedness
o Federal Emergency Management Agency
www.fema.gov
o www.disasterhelp.gov
o Ready.gov
www.ready.gov
o Mutual Aid
o Guidance and Sample Agreements
International Association of Fire Chiefs
www.iafc.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=
1&subarticlenbr=370
o national incident Management system
o background on the Incident Command System
www.osha.gov/SlTC/etools/ics/about.html
o background on Unifed Command
www.osha.gov/SlTC/etools/ics/what_is_uc.html
o Guidance
www.fema.gov/emergency/nims/index.shtm
o national Fire Academy Courses
www.usfa.dhs.gov/nfa/
Courses in incident command include A462 and q463.
o national fire Academy emergency response to
terrorism Curriculum
o www.usfa.dhs.gov/nfa/
Terrorism response courses include
q534, F549 and W549.
o national response framework
o www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/mainindex.htm#
o Patient tracking technology
o Seattle Fire Department Case Study
www.intermec.com/learning/content_library/
case_studies/cs1940.aspx
o responder safety
o Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Emergency Preparedness and Response
www.osha.gov/SlTC/emergencypreparedness/
responder.html#First
o RAnD Science and Technology Policy Institute,
Protecting Emergency Responders: lessons learned
from Terrorist Attacks, conference report issued 2002
www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/
2006/CF176.pdf
o national Fire Fighter near Miss Reporting System
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o standards, training and Grant information for
emergency responders
o Responder knowledge base
www.rkb.mipt.org
A login name and password are required but are
available free of charge to public safety agencies.
o state and federal resources
o Emergency Management Assistance Compact
www.emacweb.org
o national Guard Chemical, biological, Radiological,
nuclear, and Explosive (CbRnE) Enhanced
Response Force Package (CERFP)
www.ngb.army.mil/features/HomelandDefense/cerfp/
factsheet.html
o national Guard Civil Support Team
www.ngb.army.mil/features/HomelandDefense/
cst/factsheet.html
o national Response Framework
www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/mainindex.htm#
o U.S. northern Command
www.northcom.mil
o U.S. Fire Administration AHIMT Technical Assistance
Program
www.usfa.dhs.gov/freservice/subjects/incident/
imt/index.shtm
o training
o Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
https://hseep.dhs.gov
o Improvised Explosive Devices - Suicide bombing:
The new Chaos
www.iafc.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=
1&subarticlenbr=365
Online video download available online only to IAFC
members due to the IAFCs agreement with DHS,
which funded the videos production. non-members
may request a copy of the video for fre department
use by contacing the IAFC
o Wellness/fitness
o Guide to Implementing the IAFC/IAFF Fire Service
Joint labor Management Wellness/Fitness Initiative,
Specially Designed for Small and Medium-Sized Fire
Departments
www.iafc.org/associations/4685/fles/wellness_
ftness_smfd.pdf
o Health and Wellness Guide for the volunteer
Fire Service
www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/
fa-267.pdf
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Terrcrtst Attack
This guide represents tasks that your department should be prepared to do during a response to a
terrorist attack. As such, they closely mirror the guide to preparedness. You must have adequate
procedures in place for each of these items before an attack hits.
o situational Awareness / frequent updates
o ESTAblISH SITUATIOnAl AWAREnESS On SCEnE AnD COMMUnICATE FREqUEnT UPDATES
TO THE DISPATCH/COMMAnD CEnTER.
o Identify the hazard in the emergency situation at hand.
o Initiate on-scene assessments in coordination with local law enforcement agencies, emergency
management offcials and other experts to ensure scene security and responder safety, including
that no secondary devices or contaminants are on site.
o Coordinate the incident command post with the local emergency operations center by sharing
up-to-date information on a regular basis.
o Conduct on-scene briefngs frequently (throughout multiple operational periods) to communicate
the common operating picture to responders.
o Share and compare information from the local scene with state and federal partners, establishing
local, regional and national awareness based on the specifc attack and intelligence/information
that is available from other areas.
o national incident Management system
o UTIlIzE nIMS. yOUR DEPARTMEnT SHOUlD bE USInG nIMS On DAy-TO-DAy EvEnTS.
USInG nIMS DURInG A RESPOnSE TO A TERRORIST ATTACk WIll COORDInATE THE
MAny RESOURCES yOU WIll nEED.
o RESPOnD ACCORDInG TO yOUR DEPARTMEnTS SOPS.
o The type of response will depend on the type of incident: chemical, biological, radiological,
nuclear or explosive, or a combination thereof.
o Prepare for multiple operational periods. After responding to the initial attack, your department
may need to sustain its service delivery at the scene over a long period of time.
o Adjust on-scene resource levels as circumstances change.
o Consider a temporary change in shift lengths (e.g., from 24 to 12 hours) or other changes that are
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o Mutual Aid Agreements
o UTIlIzE yOUR MUTUAl AID AGREEMEnTS.
o Activate local, regional, state and interstate agreements.
o Request a suffcient number of resources to ensure an adequate response to the incident.
Do not hesitate.
o Assign a department member or offcer to each mutual aid crew to act as a guide.
o Coordinate and control mutual aid resources.
o Manage self-dispatched resources as appropriate.
o force Protection (responder safety) / Perimeter security
o WORk WITH lAW EnFORCEMEnT AGEnCIES TO EnSURE FORCE PROTECTIOn
(RESPOnDER SAFETy) AnD PERIMETER SECURITy.
o Establish entry points to the scene.
o Enforce your predetermined credentialing system.
o Erect fencing or other barriers with assistance from public works personnel.
o Assign lookouts for potential secondary devices or attacks.
o Control and maintain ingress and egress routes to and from the scene.
o Establish airspace restrictions over the scene.
o Manage convergent volunteers.
o Notifcations
o MAkE nECESSARy nOTIFICATIOnS TO:
o local, state and regional law enforcement offcials
o Federal offcials through your local/regional FbI offce
o local elected offcials
o Fire department members
o All partner agencies
o All municipal services
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o Media / Crisis Communication
o UTIlIzE yOUR MEDIA AnD CRISIS COMMUnICATIOnS PlAnS.
o Appoint a PIO as soon as possible.
o Participate in the activities of the JIC, if one is established.
o Use your community notifcation system as necessary in conjunction with emergency management
offcials. Include instructions on whether to evacuate (why, how and to where) or shelter-in-place
(why and for how long).
o Establish an off-site family assistance center to provide information on responders to their
families and vice versa.
o Consider establishing a public assistance center in coordination with community partners.
o evacuation / shelter-in-Place Management
o MAnAGE EvACUATIOnS In COnJUnCTIOn WITH lAW EnFORCEMEnT AGEnCIES.
o Check all occupancies in areas that are likely to be affected by the terrorist attack
(e.g., those that are downwind of the attack).
o Select evacuation sites. Consider how evacuees would get to those sites and any potential barriers
they would face (e.g., traffc congestion or exposure to other high-risk targets of attack).
o Identify building wardens for evacuation centers.
o If citizens are sheltering-in-place, communicate with them regularly and make sure your
department or another agency checks on them on a regular basis.
o Continued service delivery
o MAkE PROvISIOnS FOR COnTInUED SERvICE FOR DAy-TO-DAy EMERGEnCIES
(E.G., STRUCTURAl FIRES AnD EMS CAllS).
o Plan for an extended period of time.
o Consider recall of off-duty personnel.
o Utilize your mutual aid plans to make sure you have enough personnel, equipment
and apparatus in reserve.
o Assign personnel to act as guides for mutual aid teams.
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o responder safety and Wellness
o MAInTAIn RESPOnDER SAFETy AnD WEllnESS.
o Enforce the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
o Provide appropriate decontamination.
o Implement a medical monitoring system.
o Provide proper relief, rehabilitation, counseling and after-action evaluations (or hot washes).
o Implement your CISM program.
o Provide wellness and support resources to family members through the family assistance center.
o technical response
o COORDInATE THE TECHnICAl RESPOnSE THAT WIll bE nECESSARy.
o Obtain any needed specialty responses.
o Manage convergent volunteers.
o Victim Care and Management / Mass Casualty Plan /
Medical surge Procedure
o UTIlIzE yOUR DEPARTMEnTS SOPS FOR vICTIM CARE AnD MAnAGEMEnT, InClUDInG
MAnAGInG MASS CASUAlTIES AnD MEDICAl SURGE.
o UTIlIzE yOUR DEPARTMEnTS SOPS FOR MASS FATAlITy MAnAGEMEnT.
o Citizen / Community responders
o ACTIvATE yOUR nETWORk OF CITIzEn AnD COMMUnITy vOlUnTEERS
(E.G., CERT, MEDICAl RESERvE CORPS).
o Crime scene Guidelines
o UTIlIzE yOUR DEPARTMEnTS SOPS FOR RESPOnDInG TO A CRIME SCEnE.
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o federal emergency Management Agency report:
responding to incidents of national Consequence:
recommendations for Americas fire and
emergency services Based on the events of
september 11, 2001, and other similar incidents
o www.usfa.dhs.gov/downloads/pdf/
publications/fa-282.pdf
o national Memorial institute for the Prevention of
terrorism report: oklahoma City seven Years
later: lessons for other Communities
o www.mipt.org/pdf/MIPT-OkC7yearslater.pdf
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o Medical-screening Program for responders
o ESTAblISH A MEDICAl SCREEnInG PROGRAM FOR RESPOnDERS.
o Document which personnel were involved in the response.
o Consult with medical experts and provide medical education and follow-up,
including long-term monitoring.
o Provide initial and continuing stress-management counseling.
o Provide timely advice and support to responders family members.
o documentation / reporting
o DOCUMEnT AnD REPORT All RElEvAnT InFORMATIOn.
o Employ special accounting procedures to ensure accurate loss fgures for the fre department.
o File for reimbursement of appropriate expenses from FEMA and other federal agencies,
state agencies and insurance companies.
o Prepare after-action reports for review and post-incident analysis. Draw from incident documents,
reports submitted by response personnel and offces, and witnesses.
o Implement your departments SOPs on personnel-exposure reporting.
o fire department resource Assessment
o ASSESS FIRE DEPARTMEnT RESOURCES.
o Assign a single point of contact to ensure appropriate testing for reliability of equipment and
structural integrity of frehouses and other department facilities and to arrange for needed repairs and
replacement. Consider borrowing or leasing needed facilities, equipment or apparatus until the repair/
replacement process is complete.
o Utilize your predetermined alternate location for displaced operations and alert personnel where
to report for duty. Consider asking law enforcement agencies to provide security if necessary.
o Continue using mutual aid agreements as needed, including sharing personnel, equipment
and facilities. (If your needs will be long-term, consider resources beyond these agreements.)
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o Post-incident Analysis
o PREPARE A POST-InCIDEnT AnAlySIS FOR yOUR DEPARTMEnT. (COnSIDER USInG OUTSIDE
RESOURCES FOR yOUR AnAlySIS.) PARTICIPATE In COMMUnITy-WIDE POST-InCIDEnT
AnAlySES AS yOUR RESOURCES AllOW.
o Use incident documentation and reports.
o Evaluate and modify fre department homeland security plans and SOPs as necessary.
o Coordinate any modifcations and upgrades with community response partners and
local emergency managers.
o Consider sharing this analysis with the public (e.g., posting it on the Internet).
o Community recovery
o PARTICIPATE In THE COMMUnITyS RECOvERy.
o brief local government offcials on the fre departments status and advise them of the
departments recovery plans and needs.
o Once the fre department has taken all appropriate steps to recover internally, reach out to other
agencies to offer assistance consistent with the departments recovery needs.
o Participate in community events to honor responders and victims.
o be attentive to community needs the department may be able to meet.
o Media relations
o MAInTAIn COMMUnICATIOn WITH MEDIA OUTlETS AbOUT THE RECOvERy OF
yOUR DEPARTMEnT AnD THE COMMUnITy.
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o fire department recovery
o City of new Orleans Fire Department Report:
Recovery and Reconstitution Planning Process
after Hurricane katrina
www.iafc.org/associations/4685/fles/downloads/
DOC_DlS/HOME_SEC_nTl_RESP/nOFD_
RecoveryandReconstitutionProcess.pdf
o incident Analysis
o Arlington County After-Action Report on the Response
to the September 11 Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon
www.arlingtonva.us/Departments/Fire/edu/about/
FireEduAboutAfterReport.aspx
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Emergency Contact List I: Government Offcials
Mayor/City Manager ___________________________________________________________________________________
Police Chief/sheriff ____________________________________________________________________________________
Public health _________________________________________________________________________________________
Public Works _________________________________________________________________________________________
state fire Marshal _____________________________________________________________________________________
emergency Manager, local _____________________________________________________________________________
emergency Manager, state _____________________________________________________________________________
state emergency operations Center ______________________________________________________________________
local emergency Planning Committee ____________________________________________________________________
local Chapter, American red Cross ______________________________________________________________________
Critical incident stress Management Program ______________________________________________________________
FBI Counter-Terrorism Field Offcer ______________________________________________________________________
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emergency Contact list ii: federal emergency support functions (esfs)
esf 1: transportation __________________________________________________________________________________
esf 2: Communications ________________________________________________________________________________
esf 3: Public Works and engineering ____________________________________________________________________
ESF 4: Firefghting ____________________________________________________________________________________
esf 5: emergency Management _________________________________________________________________________
esf 6: Mass Care, emergency Assistance, housing, and human services _____________________________________
esf 7: resources support ______________________________________________________________________________
esf 8: Public health and Medical services ________________________________________________________________
esf 9: search and rescue ______________________________________________________________________________
esf 10: oil and hazardous Materials response ____________________________________________________________
esf 11: Agriculture and natural resources _______________________________________________________________
esf 12: energy _______________________________________________________________________________________
esf 13: Public safety and security ______________________________________________________________________
esf 14: long-term Community recovery _________________________________________________________________
esf 15: external Affairs ________________________________________________________________________________
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emergency Contact list iii: local subject-Matter experts
Animal issues ________________________________________________________________________________________
Biological Attack ______________________________________________________________________________________
Blackouts/Brownouts __________________________________________________________________________________
Chemical Attack _______________________________________________________________________________________
Continuity of Government ______________________________________________________________________________
Cyber Attack _________________________________________________________________________________________
emergency Management _______________________________________________________________________________
explosions/explosives _________________________________________________________________________________
finance _____________________________________________________________________________________________
hazardous Materials ___________________________________________________________________________________
intelligence/information-sharing _________________________________________________________________________
Media relations ______________________________________________________________________________________
nuclear Attack ________________________________________________________________________________________
Pandemic ____________________________________________________________________________________________
Power supply _________________________________________________________________________________________
radiological Attack ____________________________________________________________________________________
riots ________________________________________________________________________________________________
special operations ____________________________________________________________________________________
structural stability _____________________________________________________________________________________
Traffc _______________________________________________________________________________________________
Water supply _________________________________________________________________________________________

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Appendtz U UIcssary and Acrcnyms
In the interest of space, the information listed in this Appendix is limited to select terms. Except where
noted, defnitions are drawn directly from the U.S. Department of Homeland Securitys National Response
Framework. For a more complete list of homeland security-related terms and acronyms, please visit the
National Response Framework Resource Center at http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/glossary.htm.
ASSESSMEnT: The evaluation and interpretation of measurements and other information to provide a basis for
decision making.
COnTInUITy OF GOvERnMEnT (COG): Activities that address the continuance of constitutional governance.
COG planning aims to preserve and/or reconstitute the institution of government and ensure that a department
or agencys constitutional, legislative, and/or administrative responsibilities are maintained. This is accomplished
through succession of leadership, the predelegation of emergency authority, and active command and control
during response and recovery operations.
COnTInUITy OF OPERATIOnS (COOP) PlAnS: Procedures to ensure the continued performance of core
capabilities and/or critical government operations during any potential incident.
CRITICAl InFRASTRUCTURE: Systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the
incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic
security, national public health or safety, or any combination of those matters. (Often paired with key resources)
EMERGEnCy MAnAGEMEnT ASSISTAnCE COMPACT (EMAC): A congressionally ratifed organization that provides
form and structure to interstate mutual aid. Through EMAC, a disaster-affected State can request and receive assistance
from other member States quickly and effciently, resolving two key issues upfront: liability and reimbursement.
EMERGEnCy OPERATIOnS PlAn: The ongoing plan maintained by various jurisdictional levels for responding to a
wide variety of potential hazards.
FUSIOn CEnTERS
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- Fusion Centers blend relevant law enforcement and intelligence information analysis and
coordinate security measures in order to reduce threats in local communities. Fusion Centers provide critical
sources of unique law enforcement and threat information, facilitate sharing information across jurisdictions
and function, provide a conduit between local communities and state and federal agencies.
HSPD-8: Homeland Security Presidential Directive 8, national Preparedness
InCIDEnT MAnAGEMEnT TEAM (IMT): An incident command organization made up of the Command and General Staff
members and appropriate functional units of an Incident Command System (ICS) organization. The level of training and
experience of the IMT members, coupled with the identifed formal response requirements and responsibilities of the IMT,
are factors in determining the type, or level, of IMT. IMTs are generally grouped in fve types. Types I and II are national
teams, Type III are State or regional, Type Iv are discipline- or large jurisdiction-specifc, and Type v are ad hoc incident
command organizations typically used by smaller jurisdictions.
JOInT InFORMATIOn CEnTER (JIC): A facility established to coordinate all incident-related public information activities.
The JIC is a physical location from which external affairs professionals from all the organizations involved in an incident
work together to provide emergency information, media response, and public affairs functions. The JIC serves as a focal
point for a coordinated and timely release of incident-related prevention, preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation
information to the public. It is the central point of contact for all news media.
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From the DHS website (www.dhs.gov) discussion on state and local fusion centers. At the time of print of this document, the nRF glossary did not
contain a defnition of fusion centers.
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kEy RESOURCES: Any publicly or privately controlled resources essential to the minimal operations of the
economy and government.
nATIOnAl InCIDEnT MAnAGEMEnT SySTEM (nIMS): Provides a systematic, proactive approach guiding government
agencies at all levels, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations to work seamlessly to prepare for, prevent,
respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of incidents, regardless of cause, size, location, or complexity, in order
to reduce the loss of life or property and harm to the environment. nIMS codifed emergency management discipline in
six areas, including incident command and management structures, core preparedness activities, resource management,
communications, supporting technologies, and the maintenance for these systems over time.
PREPAREDnESS: A continuous cycle of planning, organizing, training, equipping, exercising, evaluating, and improving
in an effort to ensure effective coordination during incident response.
RECOvERy: The development, coordination, and execution of service- and site-restoration plans; the reconstitution
of government operations and services; individual, private-sector, nongovernmental, and public-assistance programs
to provide housing and to promote restoration; long-term care and treatment of affected persons; additional measures
for social, political, environmental, and economic restoration; evaluation of the incident to identify lessons learned;
postincident reporting; and development of initiatives to mitigate the effects of future incidents.
TERRORISM: Under the Homeland Security Act of 2002, terrorism is defned as activity that involves an act dangerous
to human life or potentially destructive of critical infrastructure or key resources; is a violation of the criminal laws of the
United States or of any State or other subdivision of the United States in which it occurs; and is intended to intimidate or
coerce the civilian population, or infuence or affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or
kidnapping. See Section 2 (15), Homeland Security Act of 2002, Public law 107296, 116 Stat. 2135 (2002).
CBrne ........................ Chemical, Biological, radiological, nuclear
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Cert ........................... Community emergency
response team
CisM ............................ Critical incident stress Management
CooP .......................... Continuity of operations Plan
dhs ............................. u.s. department of homeland security
dMort ....................... disaster Mortuary operational response
team
eMAC .......................... emergency Management
Assistance Compact
eoP ............................. emergency operations Plan
feMA .......................... federal emergency
Management Agency
fBi ............................... federal Bureau of investigation
hsPd........................... homeland security
Presidential directive
iCs............................... incident Command system
ied............................... improvised explosive device
iMt .............................. incident Management team
it ................................. information technology
JiC ............................... Joint information Center
Jttf ............................ Joint terrorism task force
nG ............................... national Guard
niCC ........................... national infrastructure
Coordination Center
niMs ............................ national incident Management system
Pio .............................. Public Information Offcer
Pod ............................. Point of distribution
PPe ............................. Personal Protective equipment
soP ............................. standard operating Procedure
tCl .............................. target Capabilities list
uC ............................... Unifed Command
usnorthCoM .......... u.s. northern Command
utl .............................. universal task list
WMd ............................ Weapons of Mass destruction
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Appendtz D Abcut tbe Autbcrs
In the spring of 2007, the IAFC Board of Directors envisioned a unifed national strategy, in which
the fre and emergency service self-defnes its role and responsibilities in homeland security. It was
requested that a team of members representing various iAfC sections and committees convene at
a homeland security summit to create an overarching framework centered on core concepts that is
adaptable to the whole of fre and emergency service community.
The authors of this guide are fre chiefs representing a cross-section of the IAFCs membership, fre-service expertise,
and geographic diversity. They were selected to represent the following IAFC sections and committees:
eMerGenCY MAnAGeMent CoMMittee
Chief Jerry Rhodes, Cunningham (Colo.) Fire Protection District, Committee Chair
Chief Gerard Dio, Worcester (Mass.) Fire Department
eMerGenCY MediCAl serViCes seCtion
Chief John Sinclair, kittitas valley (Wash.) Fire & Rescue, IAFC board Member
Chief Dan Hermes, Pleasantview (Ill.) Fire Protection District
hAzArdous MAteriAls CoMMittee
Assistant Chief Tim butters, City of Fairfax (va.) Fire Department, Committee Chair
Chief Ron kanterman, Merck Emergency Services, Rahway, n.J.
MetroPolitAn fire Chiefs seCtion
Chief keith b. Richter, Contra Costa County (Calif.) Fire Protection District, Section President
Russell Sanders, national Fire Protection Association, Section Executive Secretary
sAfetY, heAlth And surViVAl seCtion
Deputy Director Ricky brockman, U.S. navy Fire & Emergency Services, Washington, DC,
Section Organizational liaison
Commissioner David H. Fischler, Ret., Suffolk County (n.y.) Department of Fire,
Rescue and Emergency Services, Section Director At-large
terrorisM And hoMelAnd seCuritY CoMMittee
Chief P. Michael Freeman, los Angeles County (Calif.) Fire Department, Committee Chair
Chief James H. Schwartz, Arlington County (va.) Fire Department
Volunteer And CoMBinAtion offiCers seCtion
Chief Timothy S. Wall, north Farms (Conn.) volunteer Fire Department, Section Chair
Chief Michael varney, Ellington (Conn.) volunteer Fire Department
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overview
Established in 1873, the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) is a powerful network of more than
13,000 chief fre and emergency offcers. The organization represents and strives to serve the needs of all
fre and emergency service leaders and the millions of frefghters they lead. Our members are the worlds
leading experts in fre fghting, emergency medical services, terrorism response, hazardous materials spills,
natural disasters, search and rescue, and public safety legislation.
Mission
To provide leadership to career and volunteer chiefs, chief fre offcers and managers of emergency service
organizations throughout the international community through vision, information, education, services and
representation to enhance their professionalism and capabilities.
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