When I hear the date "9/11" I rapidly drown in the saddest kind of nostalgic thoughts and emotions. Although many years have gone by since the devastating events of 9/11‚ its memory and the feelings it evokes remains immortal. In retrospect‚ I was five years old during the time of the attacks and I wasn’t even living in the United States. Nevertheless‚ as I was too young to fully understand the magnitude of the attacks‚ seeing how an event that took place thousands of miles away from me had the ability
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1. Local Response and Local Emergency Managers The local response is the first responders to deal with the hazards in a plan and organized way. The local response consists of firefighter‚ police officer and emergency medical service to a hazardous incident. After the Hurricane Katrina incident FEMA had required all first responder to properly train in the Incident Command System (ICS)‚ so to eligible for federal grant funds. The local emergency manager is primarily over the providing an emergency
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Chapter Three Laws- are rules that mandate or prohibit certain behavior they are drawn from ethics. The key differences between laws and ethics are that laws carry the authority of a governing body‚ and ethics do not. Ethics – define socially acceptable behaviors. Liability- is the legal obligation of an entity that extends beyond criminal or contract law; it includes the legal obligation to make restitution. Restitution- to compensate for wrongs committed. Due care – standards that are met
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locations‚ events or individuals in your location (county‚ city or state) and complete a 6 - 8 page assessment of their vulnerabilities and threats‚ putting their security in order of priority‚ explaining and defending your choices. Terrorism vulnerability assessments were created to criticize any “Achilles’ heel” in a security system that can be exploited by anyone willing to do harm to the location‚ an individual‚ or coordinated event. It assesses the weaknesses of facilities across a wide
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The United States is made up of many organizations and agencies that keep the country productive and citizens of this great nation healthy. Sixteen different sectors have been identified as critical to the continued prosperity of America. A critical infrastructure is described as ******** . One of the sixteen critical infrastructures that is vitally important to the nation is the chemical sector. The chemical sector is a broad infrastructure that is responsible for many forms of chemicals that the
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References: Bullock‚ J. A.‚ Haddow‚ G. D.‚ & Coppla‚ D. P. (2013). Introduction to homeland security Department of Homeland Security. (Nov 2004). National Response Plan‚ Washington D.C.‚ DHS Department of Homeland Security (November 9‚ 2012) November 9‚ 2012 from http://www.ready.gov/america/index.html McMillian‚ C from http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/archives/ndht.php Peace Corps (Sep 2001)
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A Reference Security Management Plan for Energy Infrastructure Prepared by the Harnser Group for the European Commission Summer 2010 Under Contract TREN/C1/185/2009 A Reference Security Management Plan for Energy Infrastructure Foreword The European Union is developing its policy on critical energy infrastructures in relation to the European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection (“EPCIP”) which considers measures that will enhance‚ where necessary‚ the level of protection
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Arab and Muslim Registration Security Effects The most significant temporary effect of 9/11 would certainly be the impact of the security as it affected Arabs and Muslims in the country‚ attempting to gain citizenship. Though the security measures found out thousands of illegal Arabs and Muslims‚ only 11 were related to terrorist associations. The other hundreds of thousands legally in the country with a visa were then required to register with the authorities through a program called the National
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Emergency Support Function-13 (ESF-13)‚ which covers public safety and security. The ESF-13 from FEMA details support services related to Public Safety and Security. The primary agency in control of ESF #13 is the Department of Justice/Bureau of Alcohol‚ Tobacco‚ Firearms‚ and Explosives. The ATF’s efforts are to support the full range of incident management activities by coordinating and integrating public safety and security capabilities and resources. The Department of Justice designated the ATF
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same. Consequently‚ the mundane way in which we treated airport security was tested on September 11‚ 2001 exposing one of the biggest security oversights. The overhaul that preceded brought added a “nuisance mindset” to air travel. The main purpose of the changes to prevent yet another terrorist from masterminding another attack on U.S soil utilizing modes of transportation as a weapon. Prior to 9/11‚ aviation transportation security was the responsibility of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
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