Emergency Terror Response Roles and Responsibilities of Essay

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Emergency Terror Response

Roles and Responsibilities of Terror Response Incident Commander

In the event of an emergency incident such as the terrorist attack described in the case scenario, the National Response System (NRS) is immediately invoked. This places a previously designated Incident Commander at the helm of all efforts to control, contain and respond to a terrorist attack. In the present case, as the Incident Commander, it is incumbent upon me to employ the NRS and the resources which it has placed under my control in order to bring order to the chaos of a terror attack.

Inclusion:

With the initiation of the incident, my first priority is to gather together an assembly of delegates and representatives from concerned agencies. This would include personnel from local law enforcement (police, municipal personnel, HAZMAT teams), the Department of Defense (NORAD, NORTHCOM, etc.), Homeland Security and various affiliated and subordinated intelligence agencies as well as military personnel, owing generally to the nature of the incident and specifically to the fact that the suspected offenders are armed forces personnel.

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This command team will likely include personnel previously designated for participation in a terror response effort. It is incumbent upon the Incident Commander to assign personnel with duties relating to the immediate provision of security against an expanding threat. This, according to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), calls for the Incident Commander to "establish immediate priorities especially the safety of responders, other emergency workers, bystanders, and people involved in the incident." (OSHA, p. 1)

Roles:

Roles within the command team are dictated in combination by the pre-existing Emergency Operating Procedures (EOP) established for the locality or region and by the….....

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