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245 1 0 _aNATO AND TERRORISM Catastrophic Terrorism and First Responders: Threats and Mitigation
_h[electronic resource] :
_bProceedings of the Nato Advanced Research Workshop on Catastrophic Terrorism and First Responders: Threats and Mitigation Neuhausen-Stuttgart, Germany 10–12 May 2004 /
_cedited by Friedrich Steinhäusler, Frances Edwards.
246 3 _aProceedings of the Nato Advanced Research Workshop on Catastrophic Terrorism and First Responders: Threats and Mitigation, Neuhausen-Stuttgart, Germany from 10 to 12 May 2004.
264 1 _aDordrecht :
_bSpringer Netherlands,
_c2005.
300 _aXV, 204 p.
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490 1 _aNATO Security through Science Series, Series B: Physics and Biophysics
505 0 _aCatastrophic Terrorism: Risk Assessment of the New Threats to First Responders -- Current Threats to First Responders -- Current Detection Capabilities and Their Limitations -- Current Capabilities of First Responders in Different Countries -- Future Requirements of the First Responder Community -- EU/US Public-Private Partnerships in Developing Protective Countermeasures -- The Way Forward.
520 _aSeptember 11, 2001 in the U.S., March 11, 2004 in Madrid – just two examples of a series of major terror attacks against NATO member states on both sides of the Atlantic. We now know that international terrorism is capable of transboundary planning and military style execution of attacks, resulting in several thousand dead and wounded. In the future even larger terror attacks can no longer be ruled out, including the deployment of weapons of mass destruction. This new form of catastrophic terrorism poses a major challenge to the first responder community in their search and rescue operations, since these new threats represent an unprecedented risk for their health, possibly even questioning their own survival. Since the first responders are the first line of defence of every community in the aftermath of such a terror attack, it is essential for every community to ensure that its first responders are able to provide their valuable services even in such extreme situations. In this important new book a group of experts represents the current knowledge on the various terrorism threats to first responders resulting from the novel use of conventional weapons, as well radiological, nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. Also, the current situation in selected countries of different sizes and practical experience with terrorism countermeasures (Austria, Israel, Slovenia, Russia, U.S.) is reviewed, focusing on the national operational logistics and the individual needs for improving the present situation. Finally, this book offers innovative solutions to strengthen the level of protection of the first responders, culminating in fifty-one practically applicable recommendations.
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650 2 4 _aPhysics, general.
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650 2 4 _aMedicine/Public Health, general.
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