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- In 4–6 paragraphs, address the following:
- What federal and state agencies are required to deal with an MCI resulting from a terrorist attack? Why?
- How do you distinguish between federal and state authorities for both operational and management functions? Explain.
- How do you ensure a fusion of effort between federal and state authorities? Explain.
- MCIs resulting from terrorist attacks are considered the purview of law enforcement. This creates a challenge during multijurisdictional MCIs. During MCIs resulting from domestic terrorism, such as the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, what law enforcement agency should have primary jurisdiction? Why?
- How should federal law enforcement engage state and local law enforcement for support? Why?
- Treating long-term physical and mental health effects following any MCI can prove costly to state governments. How should the federal government work with states to ensure that proper medical and mental health is provided? Explain.
- What federal and state organizations should be responsible for these efforts? Why?
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Running head: MASS-CASUALTY TERRORIST ATTACKS
Mass-Casualty Terrorist Attacks
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Mass-Casualty Terrorist Attacks
There are different state and federal agencies that have the responsibility to respond to
mass-casualty terrorist attacks. Mass casualty incidents (MCI) require strategic responses in
order to be able to handle the situation. The specific federal agencies that play a major role in
such situations include the Office of Homeland Security (OHS) (Kapucu, 2006). This particular
agency is tasked with the responsibility of helping other departments and agencies prepare for
possible terrorist attacks or threats in terms of how they would respond in such situations. The
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is also critical in such situations because it is
tasked with the responsibility of consequence management (Kapucu, 2006). It mainly
coordinates the Federal aspects in such situations. The Office of Emergency Preparedness (OEP)
coordinates the Federal medical, health and health-related services responses. Then there is the
National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) which includes the Disaster ...
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