RESPONDING TO RDD AND RELATED WMD EVENTS

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RESPONDING TO RDD AND RELATED WMD EVENTS

• NRT-RRT 2004 CO-CHAIRS MEETING
• March 4, 2004
• Craig Conklin
• Department of Homeland Security

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Types of Radiological/Nuclear Events

• Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD)
• Explosive
• Manual
• Fixed Location
• Dispersed Placement
• Atmospheric
• Aerosol
• Burning
• Vaporization
• Improvised Nuclear Device (IND)
• Nuclear Chain Reaction (Nuclear Yield)
• Stolen Nuclear Weapon
• Crude Homemade Device

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INCIDENT SPECTRUM
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LAYERED RESPONSE STRATEGY
Capabilities and Resources
MINIMAL LOW MEDIUM HIGH CATASTROPHIC
Tornado Ice Storm Flood CAT 3 - 4 Hurricane LA Earthquake / New Orleans CAT 5 Hurricane
Influenza Food borne illness Endemic plague Anthrax Plague w/1-2 cases Pandemic Influenza Smallpox Bio-Engineered Agent
Traffic Accident Aircraft Crash Radiological Dispersal Device Dam Break Improvised Nuclear Device
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MANAGEMENT OF DOMESTIC INCIDENTS (HSPD-5)

• Single comprehensive national approach
• Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Recovery
• Ensure all levels of government work together
• National Incident Management System
• Horizontal and Vertical Integration
• Effective Communications
• Integrate crisis and consequence management
  

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INITIAL NATIONAL RESPONSE PLAN (INRP)

• Bridging document to full NRP
• Uses existing plans (FRP, FRERP, CONPLAN, NCP)
• Harmonizes existing operational procedures and
  protocols
• Requires specific modifications to existing plans
• Defines DHS elements
• Principal Federal Official
• Interagency Incident Management Group
• Assistant to the President for Homeland Security
• Homeland Security Operations Center
• Joint Field Office

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POTENTIAL OPERATIONS DIAGRAM
White House Congress
Washington, DC
Principal Federal Official (PFO)
LFA Department
DHS -------------- NEOC HSOC
State, Local, Tribal Rep.
Senior Energy Official (SEO)
Lead Federal Agency (LFA)
Federal Coord. Officer (FCO)
Special Agent in Charge (SAC)
Other Federal Agency Officers
Joint Field Office
State, Local, Tribal Responders
Consequence Management Official
(CMO) ----------------------------------- FRMAC
Director
Federal Advisory Team
Other DHS Responders Asset
Other Federal Agency Responders
Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment
Center
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Issues for Resolution

• What is the relationship between the PFO and FCO?
  
• Who is responsible for clean up and site
  restoration?
• Who provides plume modeling predictions?
• How clean is clean (acceptable level of risk)?
• What do we prepare for RDD or IND?
• How are the NIRT assets employed in a response?
• How is information communicated during a
  response?
• How will military assets be integrated into a
  response?

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Current Federal Activities

• Consequence Management Subgroup
• Protective Action Guides
• Plume Modeling
• Scenario Development Working Group
• Nuclear Power Plant Security Policy Coordinating
  Committee
• National Response Plan/National Incident
  Management System
• Federal Response Subcommittee FRERP Integration
  Effort
• International Activities
• Code of Conduct
• Safe Source Tracking

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Questions?
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