Terrorism.Terrorism concerns continue to grow throughout the world. In the event of an attack, authorities must recognize the situation and be trained, equipped, and ready to respond. Emergency personnel may face mass casualties, contamination, hazardous materials, trapped victims, a crime scene, and a secondary device targeted at them. The Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP ODP - Open Distributed Processing ) has released Emergency Response to Terrorism: Training for Emergency Responders (NCJ NCJ National Criminal Justice NCJ National Contest Journal NCJ New Columbia Joist Co. 205243), a DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. to assist police in the training of first responders first responder First response personnel Emergency medicine A person employed in the public sector–EMT, fire fighter, police, volunteer EMS–whose duties include provision of immediate medical care in the event of an emergency; FRs have basic emergency to terror attacks terror attack n → atentado (terrorista) terror attack n → attentato terroristico . The resource contains all six ODP training videos designed to increase the awareness and knowledge of authorities, enhance their safety, and help them meet challenges involving emergency response to terrorism. Due to public safety concerns, copies are available only to personnel of state and local agencies that provide a written request on department letterhead. Orders should be addressed to Director, VIDEO REQUEST, Office for Domestic Preparedness Support, 810 Seventh Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20531. |
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