Interagency Domestic Terrorism Concept of Operations Plan Published
Release Date: February 22, 2001
Release Number: HQ-01-009
Washington, DC -- FEMA, the FBI and five other federal agencies have developed and published a plan for responding to a terrorist threat or incident in the United States. The U.S. Government Interagency Domestic Terrorism Concept of Operations Plan outlines how the federal government would respond to a terrorist threat or incident, including one involving weapons of mass destruction.
The Departments of Justice, Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, and the Environmental Protection Agency played key roles in the plan's development, which implements a Presidential directive issued in 1995.
The new plan establishes guidelines for assessing and monitoring a threat, notifying the appropriate agencies and deploying resources to coordinate a crisis and consequence management response.
In a terrorist event in the United States, the FBI is the lead agency for crisis management while FEMA is the lead agency for consequence management. Crisis management primarily refers to law enforcement functions to prevent, pre-empt, and terminate terrorism and apprehend and prosecute the perpetrators, while consequence management involves the emergency management functions to save lives, protect property, restore government services, and provide emergency relief.
Last Modified: Friday, 17-Oct-2003 10:20:27