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201 exercises 3-year period Agencies Exercises GAO aircraft hijackings Briefing Section Combating Terrorism consequence management exercises conventional scenarios Conventional WMD coordinate counterterrorism exercises crisis management exercises deploy DOD Led Domestic Preparedness Program domestic terrorist exercises included Exercises Led Participated Exercises Overall GAO Exercises Tabletop Exercises exercises that DOE exercises that FEMA exercises that included exercises with WMD FBI-led exercises FBI’s federal agencies participating Federal counterterrorist exercises Federal Exercises Overall FEMA led Field Exercises Tabletop GAO Counterterrorist Exercises Individual Agencies Exercises June 1997 June lead agency Leadership and Participation management and consequence no-notice exercises nuclear number of exercises officials Overall GAO Counterterrorist Participated Only Breakdown Participating Agencies Participation in Exercises Preparedness Program exercises Radiological Response Team Scenarios for Exercises sponsored Tabletop Exercises Type terrorist attack terrorist incidents Type of Exercises Type of Scenarios U.S. Capitol Police U.S. Secret Service USSS led White House complex WMD scenarios
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Page 11 - It is led by a steering committee including state legislators and state utility regulators, along with representatives from the Department of Energy (DOE), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
Page 9 - These presidential directives and implementing guidance divide the federal response to terrorist attacks into two categories—crisis management and consequence management. Crisis management includes efforts to stop a terrorist attack, arrest terrorists, and gather evidence for criminal prosecution. Consequence management includes efforts to provide medical treatment and emergency services, evacuate people from dangerous areas, and restore government services.
Page 9 - Directive (PDD) 39 in June 1995, which enumerated responsibilities for federal agencies in combating terrorism, including domestic incidents. In May 1998, the President issued PDD 62 that reaffirmed PDD 39 and further articulated responsibilities for specific agencies.
Page 23 - According to intelligence agencies, conventional explosives and firearms continue to be the weapons of choice for terrorists. Terrorists are less likely to use chemical and biological weapons...
Page 43 - ... disaster declarations in response to a governor's request1 Such a declaration can be made without a governor's request in rare emergencies, including some acts of terrorism, for which the federal government is assigned the exclusive or preeminent responsibility and authority to respond.2 The Stafford Act provides FEMA with authority to assign missions to any federal agency in the event of a disaster or emergency declared by the President For a terrorist incident, FDD 39 directs FEMA to (1) appoint...
Page 21 - Other federal agencies, such as DOD and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), have also sponsored consequence management exercises.
Page 3 - Service (USSS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS...
Page 31 - ... exercises and valuable opportunities to test interactions among federal, state, and local agencies. For this reason, the FBI views participation by state and local agencies in federally sponsored field exercises as a top priority as it continues to plan and execute counterterrorist exercises. However, staffing and budget considerations or restrictive union contracts sometimes hinder state and local participation in federal exercises, according to the FBI. The FBI noted that it is not budgeted...
Page 12 - Exercises test and validate policies and procedures, test the effectiveness of response capabilities, increase the confidence and skill levels of personnel, and identify strengths and weaknesses in response before they arise in actual incidents.
Page 2 - Very few of the exercises included no-notice deployments of personnel and equipment. Over one-half of the exercises dealt with managing the immediate crisis resulting from a terrorist incident, including stopping a terrorist attack, while the others dealt with managing the consequences of the incident, such as caring for the injured. Until recently, very few exercises dealt with the likely situation of both crisis and consequence management occurring simultaneously. More than two-thirds of the exercises...