The New Global Standard: WMD Community Preparedness

Abstract

In 1993 an explosion rocked the World Trade Center and for the first time the American public realized its perception that terrorism only happens "over there" might be outmoded. In the wake of this, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the nerve gas attack in the Tokyo subway system, the WMD Community Preparedness Program was born. SBCCOM, the center of the U.S. Department of Defense's chemical and biological expertise, developed a WMD Community Preparedness Program to improve the capability of the civilian sector to prepare for and respond to terrorist incidents involving chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) weapons of mass destruction.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADP013445

Entities

People

  • Richard Vigus

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Best Practices
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Emergencies
  • Emergency Response
  • First Responders
  • Health Services
  • Homeland Defense
  • Homeland Security
  • Hospitals
  • Medical Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Health
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • Therapy
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Economics
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.