Combating terrorism : how prepared are state and local response organizations?

Combating terrorism how prepared are state and local response organizations?

This book presents the results of the third and final wave of a national survey to elicit assessments of state and local response agencies of the activities they have undertaken after 9/11 to respond to terrorist-related incidents and of federal programs intended to improve preparedness and readines...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores Corporativos: Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (U.S.) (-), United States. Dept. of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense, National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Otros Autores: Davis, Lois M. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND National Defense Research Institute 2006.
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Civil defense > United States > Evaluation.
Terrorism > United States > Prevention > Evaluation.
Emergency management > United States > Evaluation.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427832506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Preface; Contents; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; Overview; Approach; Organization of This Report; Chapter Two - Preparedness Activities; More Intelligence Information About the Terrorist Threats Wanted, but Security Clearances Are Lagging; In Response to 9/11, Organizations Undertook Activitiesto Improve Preparedness; Types of Incidents Organizations Consider Most Important to Prepare for Are Consistent with Their Missions, but They Vary in Priority Placement
  • Organizations Differ in Their Participation in FederallySponsored Programs and Their Expectations of DHSChapter Three - Organizations' Views About Funding Needs and Relationships Between Perceived Threat, Funding, and Preparedness; Organizations' Views About Funding Needs; Relationship Between Receipt of Funding andOrganizations' Preparedness Activities; The Relationship Between Perceived Threat, Receipt ofFunding, and Preparedness Activities; Results; Results for Relationship Between Perceived Threat andUndertaking Preparedness Activities; Chapter Four - Conclusions
  • What Is Going Right and Areas for Improvement Support Needs and Expectations of DHS; Appendix A - Comparison of Distribution of Funding and Support and Preparedness Activities; Appendix B - Participation in Federally Sponsored Programs Since 9/11; Appendix C - Weighting and Sampling Design; Appendix D - The Survey Instrument; Appendix E - Survey III of Federal Preparedness Programs for Combating Terrorism: Fire Department Instrument; References

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