Description
Book SynopsisProvides the managers of the MMRS program and others concerned about local capabilities to cope with Chemical, Biological or Radiological terrorism with three evaluation tools and a three-part assessment method. This work describes the management of the program and a table of preparedness indicators for 23 essential response capabilities.
Table of Contents1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Community Emergency Management and Available Federal Assistance; 5 3 Federal Efforts to Increase State and Local Preparedness for Terrorism; 6 4 Metropolitan Medical Response System Program Contracts; 7 5 Measurement and Data Collection in Evaluation; 8 6 Preparedness Indicators; 9 7 Feedback to Office of Emergency Preparedness on Program Management; 10 8 Feedback to Office of Emergency Preparedness on Program Success; 11 9 Closing Remarks; 12 References; 13 Appendix A Committee and Staff Biographies; 14 Appendix B Selected Information about Federal Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Consequence Management Response Teams; 15 Appendix C Metropolitan Medical Response System Program Cities; 16 Appendix D 2000 MMRS Contract Deliverable Evaluation Instrument; 17 Appendix E Preparedness Indicators for Metropolitan Medical Response System Program Contract Deliverables; 18 Appendix F Scenarios and Discussion Materials for Use on Site Visits
