The objectives of the Texas Terrorism Preparedness Program are to develop operations plans, procedures, and documents for State and local officials and agencies that would participate in responding to a terrorist act or incident that involves a weapon of mass destruction (WMD); to develop and deliver training for the management of a response to a terrorist act/incident; and to develop and conduct exercises that will assess existing State and/or local plans and procedures for responding to a WMD attack. The preparedness initiatives described in this report are the creation of a State-level Terrorism Working Group to determine the requirements for training equipment and organization required to respond to terrorist acts; the establishment of a State Emergency Response Team with expertise in responding to various specific types of terrorist attacks; the creation of Regional Counter-Terrorism Working Groups; the publication of a Terrorist Incident Response Annex to the State Emergency Management Plan; and the implementation of terrorism awareness conferences and seminars. Other preparedness initiatives summarized in this report involve terrorism-related risk and needs assessment, the development of planning standards, the development of a handbook for first responders, the creation of security documents, and the planning and implementation of training exercises. Emphasis is also given to State-Federal operations and cooperation. Much of this report is devoted to describing the details of a WMD/Terrorism Incident Exercise Program.
Preparing Texas Today... for Tomorrow's Challenges: Terrorism Preparedness Program
NCJ Number
202565
Date Published
2000
Length
52 pages
Annotation
This report presents the features of Texas' Terrorism Preparedness Program, including the terrorism preparedness objectives, preparedness initiatives, a training exercise, future preparedness initiatives, and the schedule of terrorism conferences for 2000, 2001, and 2003.
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