Marine Salvage Capabilities Responding to Terrorist Attacks in U.S. Ports — Actions to Improve Readiness (2004) / Chapter Skim
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2 8 Committee Recommendations to Improve Salvage Readiness The United States has considerable capabilities torespond to a terrorist attack on major seaports.Physical assets and professional personnel are available within responsible federal agencies or can be readily mobilized from the private sector, and organizational capabilities are in place or under active development within the new homeland security infrastructure. Nevertheless, the committee concludes from the evidence presented that more needs to be done to retain confidence that the United States will continue to have an adequate readiness posture.
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proved to be extremely helpful in the past for preparing for similar disaster response. The necessity to hold exercises or drills emerged from much of the workshop discussions.
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complement of response systems and equipment, and the total response organizational structure. Such exercises would be designed to assess U.S.
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management decision-making process. Participants noted that a protocol for addressing public health impacts of a terrorist incident or consequent salvage operations is not clearly defined and this deficiency contributes to the potential vulnerability of the public during a terrorist incident.
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