Lecture posted June 2, 2005 by John R. Brinkerhoff
Who Will Help the Emergency Responders?
The
ability of almost all local governments to deal with terrorist
attacks or other incidents is limited. They can handle the daily
menu of routine incidents that can be addressed and settled within
a few hours, but they cannot alone manage major or catastrophic
incidents.
Dr.
John Powers, who has studied this matter, says that once casualties
from a single…