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3 Federal Efforts to Increase State and Local Preparedness for Terrorism
3 Federal Efforts to Increase State and Local Preparedness for Terrorism
Pages 52-65
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The MMRS program provides predisaster assistance; it is not a federal response. Chapter 4 provides details of the program, which provides funds for the purchase of special CBR agent-specific equipment, supplies, and pharmaceuticals for local law enforcement, fire department, and emergency medical personnel, but the program demands substantial integrated planning by the local partners.
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104-32) , DOl, in conjunction with FEMA, had already begun a program to provide a 16-hour basic awareness course for fire and emergency medical services personnel through the National Fire Academy.
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. ODP draws upon a large number of resources to develop and deliver these training programs, including private contractors, emergency response organizations, the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC)
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The National Center for Bio-Medical Research and Training at Louisiana State University supplies training in biological agents and law enforcement. The National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center at Texas A&M University specializes in training and field exercises on urban search-and-rescue techniques.
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The forms include instruments developed by the FBI and the CDC to evaluate vulnerabilities, threats, and the performance of the public health sector. These are combined with assessments of required and current capabilities in the realms of fire services, hazmat services, emergency medical services, law enforcement, public works, public health, and emergency management.
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. National Domestic Preparedness Office NDPO does not provide direct assistance to state and local jurisdictions; instead, it serves as an information clearinghouse for state and local agencies on all aspects of domestic preparedness and coordinates federal policy regarding the provision of assistance with domestic preparedness to state and local jurisdictions (National Domestic Preparedness Office, 2002~.
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Unlike the DOT and DOD programs, which primarily focus on fire and law enforcement actions in a chemical incident, the CDC programs target the public health infrastructure, that is, state health departments and local health departments, and terrorism involving biological agents. In fiscal year 2000, CDC devoted $155 million and 100 people to this effort in four core areas: pharmaceutical stockpiles, state and local capacities, CDC capacity, and independent studies.
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A second component of the CDC effort to build state and local capacities focuses on epidemiology: by providing funds for the hiring and training of epidemiology staff, providing local public health advisers and contacts from the Epidemic Intelligence Service trained to respond to bioterrorism incidents, developing enhanced communications and reporting mechanisms, and improving emergency notification procedures. Events like World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle, Washington, and Washington, D.C., the Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and Salt Lake City, Utah, and national political conventions have provided test sites where improvements in both epidemiological and laboratory procedures could be explored.
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In the long term, a bioterrorism surveillance effort will be integrated into a National Electronic Disease Surveillance System covering a wide variety of activities and diseases. Other activities under way at CDC include a national bioterrorism training plan for public health staff in state and local health departments; provision of guidance to health departments on epidemic control and how to forge useful relationships with emergency management, law enforcement, and the other components of government necessary for epidemic control; and a comprehensive examination of federal, state, and local quarantine authorities.
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Comprehensive Hazmat Emergency Response-Capability Assessment Program The Comprehensive Hazmat Emergency Response-Capability Assessment Program (CHER-CAP) is an exercise-based program that assists local communities and tribal governments with obtaining a greater understanding of hazmat risks, identifying planning deficiencies, updating plans, training first responders, and stimulating and testing the system for strengths and needed improvements (Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2001b)
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National Emergency Training Center FEMA's National Emergency Training Center campus in Emmitsburg, Maryland, 75 miles north of Washington, D.C., is the home of two organizations offering short training courses relevant to emergency responses to the release of CBR agents. The National Fire Academy offers a wide variety of short courses at the Emmitsburg campus through a program of resident instruction and through a variety of off-campus programs.
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Under the general title Terrorism Consequence Management: Weapons of Mass Destruction Courses, a series of five facilitator-led courses is intended to help senior local government officials prepare for and improve their abilities to manage and respond to mass-casualty terrorism incidents involving the use of WMD. Each course has the same five objectives, and each uses a different scenario (terrorism involving nuclear, radiological, satin, VX, or anthrax agents)
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The mission of the Radiological Emergency Preparedness program entails ensuring that adequate off-site emergency plans and preparedness programs are in place and can be implemented by state and local governments, a task which is carried out through the evaluation of scheduled biennial exercises (Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2000c, 2002c)
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