CBRN and Hazmat Incidents at Major Public Events: Planning and Response

APPENDIX B

Threat Basis and Planning Threshold

This appendix is a notional threat basis and planning threshold for an imaginary event, and it is for illustrative purposes only. This is not meant to replicate any actual circumstance or apply to any actual event.

EVENT AND VENUE DESCRIPTION

International summit meeting, 1 to 3 June 2013, Smith Convention Center, Anytown, USA. The convention center is in a typical city-center area in an average North American city setting. There is an interstate highway that passes within 500 meters of the main venue. There is a railroad line that passes within 500 meters of the main venue as well. No commercial waterways are present. No industrial facilities are located within 1000 meters of the main event, although one of the delegation hotels is 500 meters from a warehouse that ships and receives moderate quantities of industrial chemicals. The major venue has an inner perimeter to keep out pedestrians and an outer perimeter to keep out vehicles.

PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS

Basic planning assumptions are as follows:

• For planning purposes, this document assumes a maximum occupancy of 7000 people at the convention center (main venue) and a maximum occupancy of 1000 people at each of five designated delegation hotels. We assume a maximum occupancy of 300 at the media center across the street from the main venue.
• The established conventional physical security measures will operate largely as intended.
• Site surveys find no unusual vulnerabilities above and ...