Terrorism Archives

Narrowing the Search for the Best Detection Devices

Thomas Norstrand March 21, 2012

Even the best trained and most highly motivated responders can be no better than their equipment. This means that the search for and purchase of the best equipment available must always be a top priority for senior management with critical decision-making responsibilities.

Equipment Standardization – A New-Old Approach

Jordan Nelms March 21, 2012

The so-called “standardization” of equipment is intended to lower costs, simplify procurement decisions, and also improve training and operational capabilities – theoretically, at least. When the standards previously approved are not followed, though, or are simply ignored, new and complex difficulties follow in short order. When those difficulties complicate CBRNE

Advances in Medical Countermeasures for Chemical Terrorism

Bruce Clements March 13, 2012

With the potential to kill thousands in a single attack, chemical warfare agents have been an ongoing threat to nations around the world since World War I. Although efforts have been made to reduce the production and stockpiling of these deadly chemicals, there remains a need not only to stockpile

Needed: ‘Off-the-Shelf’ Solutions for CBRN Protection

James Wilcox March 7, 2012

Ready to Wear – When There Is No Time to Spare! That is, or should be, the slogan of the far-sighted and foresighted PPE clothing and equipment manufacturers who recognize that there is absolutely no time that can be wasted when a CBRN incident occurs and that first responders must

Emergency Responses to CDLs: The Hidden Dangers

Christina Spoons February 29, 2012

Meth labs are another clear and present danger not only to individual users and the nation as a whole, but also to the lab workers, innocent “civilians” living in the same neighborhood, and – most of all, perhaps – firefighters and other first responders who are risking their own lives

FINAL REPORT: Information Sharing Across Emergency Management Disciplines

Joseph W. Trindal February 23, 2012

Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, great strides have been made to share information across disciplines, but gaps still remain. Timely, actionable information is needed to effectively protect against and respond to future attacks. This report discusses a multi-discipline, “need-to-share” approach, which includes sharing information within and between communities.

IT and the New Fight Against Drug Trafficking & Gangs

Rodrigo (Roddy) Moscoso February 22, 2012

Tighter laws, high-tech data systems, and considerable operational experience are making it “easier” for law enforcement agencies at all levels of government to fight the unprecedented growth of drug trafficking that is now a major danger in neighborhoods throughout the country. The winner of that fight has yet to be

The Most Dangerous Existential Threat: Illegal Drugs

H. Steven Blum February 15, 2012

The flow of illegal drugs from Mexico into the United States is not a mere “problem” that affects only a few U.S. states along the U.S.-Mexico border, but rather a major national-security threat. Here, a former chief of the U.S. National Guard spells out the complicated details of this clear

NIMS/ICS and Drug-Enforcement Operations – Yes and No

Stephen Grainer February 15, 2012

Drug trafficking throughout the United States has become such an omnipresent danger that it can be diminished and eventually defeated only by the combined efforts of law-enforcement and intelligence agencies at all levels of government – local, state, and federal. Here, with the names of specific sources necessarily withheld, is

The ‘Big Business’ of Drug Smuggling

Lawrence O'Connell and MIchael Brewer February 8, 2012

The U.S. Coast Guard and DHS’s Customs & Border Protection Agency have achieved some remarkable interdiction successes in recent years, but so have drug smugglers and cartels. New approaches, tactics, and equipment are needed – along with additional personnel – to achieve a more effective long-term solution to what is

Operation Tomodachi: The U.S./DoD Response to Fukushima

Jamie Stowe January 25, 2012

When Japan was faced with a Level-7 radiation event following the 2011 earthquake that triggered a devastating tsunami, it drew attention from agencies and governments around the world. The Tomodachi response team was deployed by the U.S. DoD to join Japanese forces in sharing radiation-related information to help contain the

The InfraGard Alliance: Personal Relations & Information Sharing

Sheri Donahue January 25, 2012

When the most capable and most experienced U.S. law-enforcement agency and 47,000 of the nation’s best informed and most dedicated private citizens join forces to thwart terrorists, track down and capture criminals, and protect the nation’s infrastructure, the smart money is on the “good guys”. Which is only one reason

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