+Week 2 Seminar

State and Local Homeland Security Capabilities

Lance Oakland

+How did you feel about week 1?

Any

Questions,

Comments,

Complaints

about Week #1..??

+ Unit 2 Power Point Analysis Create a PowerPoint presentation consisting of 8-10 slides (excluding the

title slide, table of contents slide, and references slide) that meets the following requirements:

Identify 2 specific terrorist groups One (1) domestic terrorist group One (1) transnational terrorist group

Assess the similarities and differences between the two groups, in the following 5 specific areas: Underlying ideology of the group Specific goals the group is trying to achieve or grievances it is trying to

redress Kinds of targets preferred by the group Specific terrorist tactics the group prefers to employ in furtherance of its

goals The rationale used by the group to justify its terrorist acts, and to

explain why it thinks these acts will facilitate achievement of its stated end-goals

Submit your project to the Dropbox by the end of Unit 2 in the basked titled Unit 2: PowerPoint Analysis

+

Any Questions

about the

Unit 2

Power Point

Analysis Project?

Recognizing that casualties are inevitable in a terrorist attack, that the efforts of authorities were extraordinary and heroic on September 11th, 2001, and the benefits of looking back in retrospect, what steps might have been taken prior to the event to improve the overall response?

+What advantages did the responders have in Arlington, Virginia (the Pentagon attack) over those responding to the

World Trade Center attack?

+

What are the

actual goals of

terrorism?

+ Page 44 of the text states that a study revealed that approximately half of Americans feel that in order to “curb terrorism” they believe it will be necessary to “give up some of their civil liberties.”

Do you agree?

If so, which civil liberties do you feel might need to be surrendered to some degree?

If not, why do you feel this way?

+ The “era of homeland security” as a policing concept is

described on pages 47- 48.

Where do our contemporary police agencies currently

need the most development

to meet the needs of this era

(where do they fall short)?

+When considering Greene’s

five models of policing listed on page 49, do you feel that

any police agency fits a particular model completely,

or are police departments a mixture

of all of the models?

Explain your answer.

+Seminar - #2

Homeland Security Presidential Directives

National Response Goals

Universal Task List

Target Capabilities

+Homeland Security Presidential

Directives

Homeland Security Presidential Directives are issued by the President on matters pertaining to Homeland Security.

Homeland Security Presidential Directives

“Elevated Threat”: Warns of a credible terrorist threat against the United States

“Imminent Threat”: Warns of a credible, specific, and impending terrorist threat against the United States

+Homeland Security Presidential

Directives HSPD - 5: Management of Domestic Incidents

HSPD - 7 Critical Infrastructure Identification, Prioritization, and Protection

HSPD - 8: National Preparedness

+Homeland Security Presidential Directives - #5 Management of Domestic Incidents

Enhances the ability of the United States to manage domestic incidents by establishing a single, comprehensive National Incident Management System (NIMS).

+HSPD #7: Critical Infrastructure Identification, Prioritization, and Protection

Establishes a national policy

for federal departments and

agencies to identify and

prioritize United States critical

infrastructure and key resources

and to protect them from

terrorist attacks.

HSPD – 8: National Preparedness Identifies steps for

improved coordination in response to incidents. This directive describes the way federal departments and agencies will prepare for such a response, including prevention activities during the early stages of a terrorism incident. This directive is a companion to HSPD-5.

+Homeland Security Presidential Directives - 8 (cont)

National Preparedness Goal -

“Achieve and

sustain capabilities

to prevent . . .

and . . .

respond. . . “

+National Preparedness System

Encompasses 7 documents - 1. National Preparedness Goal2. National Planning Scenarios3. Universal Task List 4. Target Capabilities List5. National Response Framework6. National Incident Management System7. National Infrastructure Protection Plan

+ National Planning Scenarios Scenario 1: Nuclear Detonation – 10-Kiloton Improvised Nuclear Device

Scenario 2: Biological Attack – Aerosol Anthrax

Scenario 3: Biological Disease Outbreak – Pandemic Influenza

Scenario 4: Biological Attack – Plague

Scenario 5: Chemical Attack – Blister Agent

Scenario 6: Chemical Attack – Toxic Industrial Chemicals

Scenario 7: Chemical Attack – Nerve Agent

Scenario 8: Chemical Attack – Chlorine Tank Explosion

Scenario 9: Natural Disaster – Major Earthquake

Scenario 10: Natural Disaster – Major Hurricane

Scenario 11: Radiological Attack – Radiological Dispersal Devices

Scenario 12: Explosives Attack – Bombing Using Improvised Explosive Devices

Scenario 13: Biological Attack – Food Contamination

Scenario 14: Biological Attack – Foreign Animal Disease (Foot and Mouth Disease)

Scenario 15: Cyber Attack

+ Universal Task List (UTL)

Developed from the National Preparedness System

Provides a comprehensive menu of essential tasks for major events

Over 3,000 tasks

Incident Phases

Awareness Level Actions

Recovery PhaseLast Living Victim Removed Restoration Phase

Contamination Survey Completed

Response PhaseScene Control Begins

Notification PhaseIncident Recognized

+Target Capabilities ListTCL identifies 37 target capabilities

Common capabilities Prevention Protection Response Immediate recovery

Planning tool for preparing the Nation for all-hazard events including those in the NPS.

+ Target Capabilities List – Common Capabilities

Planning

Communications

Risk Management

Community Preparedness & Participation

Intelligence, Information Sharing & Dissemination

+ Target Capabilities List – Prevention

Information Gathering and Recognition of Indicators and Warnings

Intelligence Analysis and Production

Counterterrorism and LE

CBRNE Detection

+ Target Capabilities List – Protection

Critical Infrastructure Protection

Food and Agricultural Safety and Defense

Epidemiological Surveillance and Investigation

Lab Testing

+ Target Capabilities List – Respond

On-site Mgmt

EOC Mgmt

Critical resources distribution

Volunteers

Responder health and safety

Public security and safety

Animal Disease support

Environmental health

Explosive device response

Fire response support

HAZMAT response and decontamination

Citizen evacuation (reverse)

Isolation and quarantine

Search and rescue

Public info and warning

Emergency triage

Medical Surge

Medical Supplies

Mass prophylaxis

Mass Care (shelter, food)

Fatality Management

+ Target Capabilities List – Recovery

Structural Damage Assessment

Restoration of Lifelines

Economic and community recovery

+ Target Capabilities List

Uncommon emergencies Large scale disasters

Pandemic health emergencies

Other major incidents

+ Target Capabilities List

Designed to be enhanced and refined over time.

New lessons learned

+HSEEP

“HSEEP”

Homeland Security

Exercise And Evaluation

Program

Building Block Approach

Full ScaleFull Scale

FunctionalFunctional   

DrillDrill      

Corrective Corrective ActionAction         

Table TopTable Top            

Plan ReviewPlan Review               

SeminarSeminar                  

              

Tabletop Exercises

A tabletop exercise is a facilitated analysis of an emergency situation in an informal, stress-free environment. It is designed to elicit active, constructive discussion as participants examine and resolve problems based on existing operational plans and identify where those plans need to be refined.

NIPSTA can assist agencies in the development of Incident Action Plan (IAP templates to be used to address various scenarios.

+Functional Exercises

A Functional Exercise simulates an emergency in the most realistic manner possible, short of moving real people and equipment to an actual site.

Functional Exercises are normally conducted in the Emergency Operations Center.

Full Scale Exercises

The Full Scale Exercise is used to evaluate the operational capabilities of systems, functional interfacing, and interaction during an extended period. It involves testing a major portion of operations plans and overall organization under field conditions.

+ Summary

Establishing- PlansProceduresSystemsInteragency relationshipsTrainingExercise programsMutual aid agreements

+ Interview Analysis – Unit #3aFor this assessment, please interview at least 2 (or

more) friends, relatives, colleagues, etc. to ascertain answers to the following questions

1) What impact did the events of 9/11 had on their sense of security/vulnerability?

2) Do they agree or disagree with the U.S. response to the attacks? Which aspects of the U.S. response do they feel have

been most successful and effective? Which aspects of the U.S. response do they feel have

been least effective or even counter-productive? Do they feel safer now than they did after 9/11? Why

or why not? What areas of vulnerability do they think have not

been addressed that should be?

+ Interview Analysis – Unit #3b Be sure to ask detailed follow-up questions. Here are

some suggestions to get you started.

Do they agree or disagree with the term “War on Terrorism?” Do they think the “war” will ever be “won”, and all terrorist threats completely eliminated? If they disagree on the term, what would they suggest as an alternative?

Do they feel civil liberties, including privacy rights, have been curtailed significantly in the wake of the U.S. response? If so, in what way? Is some curtailment of some civil liberties for some individuals a necessary step, even if not ideal? Do they agree with the government’s justifications for wiretapping, etc?

Do they agree with holding captured suspects indefinitely, without charge? Or do they think suspects should enjoy due process and be tried in civilian courts?

+ Interview Analysis – Unit #3c What are their thoughts on secret prisons,

extraordinary rendition, and the Enemy Combatants at Guantanamo Bay?

Do they agree with the rationale behind the invasion of either Afghanistan or Iraq or both?

Are citizens of other countries at all justified in their negative view of America’s stand in the World?

Write a 3 - 5 page paper identifying the specific questions on which your interview subjects differ, and articulate the interviewee’s reasoning behind those answers.

Share your opinion on the same questions, and on the subjects’ answers. Did any of their answers change your mind, or cause you to rethink your own opinion? If so, how? If not, why not?

+ Next Week’s Seminar

Federal and Local Interaction

The Unit #3 Seminar will focus on the:

• Structure of Homeland Security (including Federal and Local interaction);

• Civilian / Community Involvement;

• Terrorism vs. Disaster Scenes;

&

• The Homeland Security Act of 2002.

+

Have a

GREAT

Week.!!