04172nam 2200649 a 450 991021998700332120240416133624.01-281-18082-397866111808290-8330-4239-4(CKB)1000000000481427(EBL)322527(OCoLC)476119879(SSID)ssj0000125216(PQKBManifestationID)11141323(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000125216(PQKBWorkID)10026866(PQKB)11399870(Au-PeEL)EBL322527(CaPaEBR)ebr10225486(MiAaPQ)EBC322527(EXLCZ)99100000000048142720061019d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCombating terrorism[electronic resource] how prepared are state and local response organizations? /Lois M. Davis ... [et al.]1st ed.Santa Monica, CA RAND National Defense Research Institute20061 online resource (196 p.)"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."0-8330-3738-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-167).Cover; Preface; Contents; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; Overview; Approach; Organization of This Report; Chapter Two - Preparedness Activities; More Intelligence Information About the Terrorist Threats Wanted, but Security Clearances Are Lagging; In Response to 9/11, Organizations Undertook Activitiesto Improve Preparedness; Types of Incidents Organizations Consider Most Important to Prepare for Are Consistent with Their Missions, but They Vary in Priority PlacementOrganizations Differ in Their Participation in FederallySponsored Programs and Their Expectations of DHSChapter Three - Organizations' Views About Funding Needs and Relationships Between Perceived Threat, Funding, and Preparedness; Organizations' Views About Funding Needs; Relationship Between Receipt of Funding andOrganizations' Preparedness Activities; The Relationship Between Perceived Threat, Receipt ofFunding, and Preparedness Activities; Results; Results for Relationship Between Perceived Threat andUndertaking Preparedness Activities; Chapter Four - ConclusionsWhat Is Going Right and Areas for Improvement Support Needs and Expectations of DHS; Appendix A - Comparison of Distribution of Funding and Support and Preparedness Activities; Appendix B - Participation in Federally Sponsored Programs Since 9/11; Appendix C - Weighting and Sampling Design; Appendix D - The Survey Instrument; Appendix E - Survey III of Federal Preparedness Programs for Combating Terrorism: Fire Department Instrument; ReferencesThis book presents the results of the third and final wave of a national survey to elicit assessments of state and local response agencies of the activities they have undertaken after 9/11 to respond to terrorist-related incidents and of federal programs intended to improve preparedness and readiness for terrorism. The survey also sought information on how state and local agencies are resourcing these activities. The survey results indicate that:Civil defenseUnited StatesEvaluationTerrorismUnited StatesPreventionEvaluationEmergency managementUnited StatesEvaluationCivil defenseEvaluation.TerrorismPreventionEvaluation.Emergency managementEvaluation.363.325/17Davis Lois M863713Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (U.S.)United States.Department of Defense.Office of the Secretary of Defense.National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910219987003321Combating terrorism2133722UNINA