Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Resource on Explosives

Resource on Explosives


The Emergency Management and Response--Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC) reviewed the "Bombs/Bomb Response/Suicide Bombers" program, which has over 100 PowerPoint slides and additional documents. The information was reviewed by a Technical Review Committee consisting of experts in homeland security, police special operations, and the fire service from across the nation. It includes more than a dozen open-source documents with information on handling all aspects of this kind of event, from communications to hazmat to tactics.

According to the PowerPoint presentation, this resource was developed for law enforcement, fire, and EMS service personnel. The information can assist agencies when constructing a training program for internal and external applications.

Included in the program is the following information:

* Explosives

* Bomb and terrorism

* Stages of a bombing incident

* Pre-attack detection and countermeasures

* Bomb threats

* Post detonation response

* Suicide bombers

* Use of force

* Facility assessment

* Resources


See this link for more information: http://www.firstresponder.gov/Pages/Category.aspx?Category=Explosives.

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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Resource on Explosives

Resource on Explosives


The Emergency Management and Response--Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC) reviewed the "Bombs/Bomb Response/Suicide Bombers" program, which has over 100 PowerPoint slides and additional documents. The information was reviewed by a Technical Review Committee consisting of experts in homeland security, police special operations, and the fire service from across the nation. It includes more than a dozen open-source documents with information on handling all aspects of this kind of event, from communications to hazmat to tactics.

According to the PowerPoint presentation, this resource was developed for law enforcement, fire, and EMS service personnel. The information can assist agencies when constructing a training program for internal and external applications.

Included in the program is the following information:

* Explosives

* Bomb and terrorism

* Stages of a bombing incident

* Pre-attack detection and countermeasures

* Bomb threats

* Post detonation response

* Suicide bombers

* Use of force

* Facility assessment

* Resources


See this link for more information: http://www.firstresponder.gov/Pages/Category.aspx?Category=Explosives.

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