Guidelines for U.S. Citizens in Event of Terrorist Attack

On March 12, 2002, President Bushed signed the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 3, establishing the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS). The directive established a means of managing terrorist threat warnings that would be carried out through collaboration between the U.S. Attorney General and the Office of Homeland Security. There are four factors that are typically used to determine threat level: 1) threat credibility; 2) corroboration of threat; 3) specificity or imminent nature of a threat; and 4) severity of a threat (Homeland, 2002, 1). Along with this managemen

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s room during any disaster. When authorities send an alert to stay in the home during a biological or chemical attack, the following measures should be immediately carried out: Listen to radio for instructions from authorities. Turn off all ventilation, including furnaces, air conditioners, vents and fans. Seal all openings in or out of the room with plastic sheeting and duct tape. Follow any evacuation instructions from authorities. (Hall, 2003, 2) In order to save precious minutes during the event of a biological or chemical attack, authorities recommend pre-cutting plastic sheeting in advance so that it can readily be placed over any openings in the safe-room. In the event of a chemical or biological attack, it is quite likely family members will need to stay within the safe-room for a period of three days or more. Because of this, various agencies and organizations recommend a disaster supply kit as an essential component of any disaster plan for the home. This supply kit should be rather extensive, including water, food and emergency/first-aid supplies. A variety of agencies list recommendations for what should be included in any disaster supply kit. While certain aspects of the kit differ from one agency to another, a
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