Boston Marathon Bombing Case Study
My case study is about the Boston Marathon Bombing, unfortunately in the United States terrorist bombings and shootings isn’t an unheard of thing. To take it a step further our Schools even do drills to prepare our children in the event one happens during school time or at their school. I’m now going to go into detail about the terrorist attack that happened in Boston, April 15, 2013, marked the 117th running of the Boston Marathon, now keep in mind this is significate moment for not only the city of Boston but for the united states in general, as this is the world’s oldest running annual marathon. As we know from our research and finding with terrorist anytime they do acts of terrorism it is to make a statement and this bombing would be no
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Participants credited the training for the coordinated and effective response to the bombings by law enforcement, medical, and other personnel. There was an issue with communication as there had been with other incidents we have had. The issues were commercial wireless network saturation and incompatibility of certain radio communications between law enforcement organizations and State and local responders. The wireless network was congested for four hours.. If we remember correctly communication issues has seemed to showed up on several terrorist attacks we’ve had. The Boston attacks did have an advantage that more of our other attacks never had. EMS (emergency medical services) was already there making it easy for them to get to the victims. As most are aware EMS is generally instructed to wait until a scene is safe and secure before entering to treat victims.
In conclusion of this case study I think it is important to understand that even though there has be several successful terrorist attacks including the Boston attack but it is important to remember that many have been prevented in return saving a lot of
Participants credited the training for the coordinated and effective response to the bombings by law enforcement, medical, and other personnel. There was an issue with communication as there had been with other incidents we have had. The issues were commercial wireless network saturation and incompatibility of certain radio communications between law enforcement organizations and State and local responders. The wireless network was congested for four hours.. If we remember correctly communication issues has seemed to showed up on several terrorist attacks we’ve had. The Boston attacks did have an advantage that more of our other attacks never had. EMS (emergency medical services) was already there making it easy for them to get to the victims. As most are aware EMS is generally instructed to wait until a scene is safe and secure before entering to treat victims.
In conclusion of this case study I think it is important to understand that even though there has be several successful terrorist attacks including the Boston attack but it is important to remember that many have been prevented in return saving a lot of