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Risk Assessment and Security for Pipelines, Tunnels, and Underground Rail and Transit Operations
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Risk Assessment and Security for Pipelines, Tunnels, and Underground Rail and Transit Operations

by Anna M. Doro-on
June 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
414 pages
14h 2m
English
CRC Press
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Preparedness, Preventive, and Defensive Measures341
8.6 Proactive Response to Catastrophic Incidents
Prior to catastrophic incidents, state and federal governments should create mod-
els of detailed terrorism and disaster activity scenarios qualitatively and quantita-
tively equivalent to the combat zones presented in Chapter 7. en, they should
take proactive actions to mobilize assets in anticipation of a formal request from
the state for federal assistance. ey should not wait until some minor or major
unfavorable events take place. Such deployment of federal assets would likely
occur for catastrophic events involving terror threats, disasters, or high-yield
explosive WMD or other catastrophic incidents aecting heavily populated
area
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ISBN: 9781466569324