The objective of this handbook is to make available the information to enhance and support the response capabilities of firefighters, emergency medical technicians, hazardous materials response teams, law enforcement officers, bomb squads, medical doctors, and nurses, emergency managers, schools and other emergency responders at the local, state and federal levels of government, members of the public and private sector, and the citizen of this country. This mission is achieved through education, training, planing, technology, research, partnerships, community outreach, and other means.This handbook is dedicated and committed to disaster prevention, preparedness, readiness, response, mitigation and recovery efforts. -- From the back cover.

Preface -- Introduction -- NIMS and the incident command system -- Security management -- Threat / vulnerability assessments and risk analysis -- Threat assessment : predicting and preventing school violence -- School safety plan general guidelines -- Introduction of weapons of mass destruction -- Terror, terrorism, and its roots -- CBRNE and weapons of mass destruction -- Explosive material -- Nuclear weapons -- Dirty bomb -- Decontamination procedures -- Introduction decontamination methods and procedures -- Chemical protective clothing -- Clothing donning, doffing and use -- Bibliography -- About the author.