Individual preparedness and response to chemical, radiological, nuclear, and biological terrorist attacks:
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Bibliographische Detailangaben
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Santa Monica, Calif. Rand ©2003
Schlagworte:
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Beschreibung:"MR-1731-SF"--Page 4 of cover
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-161)
Introduction -- Scenario Approach to Developing an Individual's Strategy -- An Individual's Strategy -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: Catastrophic Terrorism Scenarios -- Appendix B: Emergency Guidelines -- Appendix C: Focus Group Methods and Results -- Appendix D: A Review of the Risk-Perception and Risk Communication Literature
Individual preparedness is an important element of our nation's strategy for homeland security. This report adopts a scenario-driven approach that provides a rigorous way to identify actions-linked specifically to terrorist attacks-individuals can take to protect their health and safety. The result is an individual's strategy across four types of terrorist attacks-chemical, radiological, nuclear, and biological-consisting of overarching goals and simple and directive response and preparatory actions. The actions are appropriate regardless of likelihood of an attack, scale of attack, or government alert level; designed to be sensitive to potential variations; and defined in terms of simple rules that should be easy for individuals to adopt. A reference card included at the back of the guide encapsulates the key points and can be removed for display in a prominent place
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xxvii, 161 pages)
ISBN:0833034731
0833036084
9780833034731
9780833036087

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