ABSTRACT
Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 52 The Public’s Expectations and Your Responsibilities .............................................................. 52 Federal Expectations for Response to Domestic Incidents .....................................................53 What Are Your Goals? ..................................................................................................................54 Reducing Your Risk by Using This Kit ......................................................................................54 Conducting Self-Assessment .......................................................................................................55 Scoring Your Self-Assessment .....................................................................................................56 Building Your Own Survival Kit and Your Community’s EOP ............................................. 57 What to Put into Your Survival Kit ............................................................................................. 57 Kit Contents ................................................................................................................................... 57 Suggestions for Developing and Using Your Kit .....................................................................58 The “Take-It-with-You” CEO Checklist ..................................................................................... 59 Background Information ..............................................................................................................60 Immediate Actions ........................................................................................................................ 61 Personal Actions ............................................................................................................................ 62 Legal Issues ....................................................................................................................................63 Political Issues ...............................................................................................................................63 Public Information ........................................................................................................................64 A Note about the Checklist ..........................................................................................................65 Appendix A: IEMS and the CEO ................................................................................................65 Appendix B: Camera-Ready Copy of the CEO Checklist .......................................................68 Appendix C: Action Steps to Reduce Your Community’s Risk and Implement IEMS ....... 69 Acknowledgments ........................................................................................................................ 70
As one result of rapidly increasing technology, the fact that a greater percentage of the population lives and works in areas that are at risk of disaster, the increased mobility of the worldwide population, and other factors, the risk of catastrophic disasters that result in large numbers of casualties and damage to property and the environment has never been greater, and the risk is expected to grow. Additionally, foreign terrorist groups that once seemed to pose only a remote threat to the U.S. homeland have demonstrated that they can strike us where we live-and strike with devastating consequences to our population, our infrastructure, and our way of life.
