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Chapter 1 - Background
Pages 5-6

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... And as government planning moved beyond a focus on surviving a nuclear weapon attack to comprehensive disaster planning, so, too, are airport managers expanding contingency plans from those based primarily on aircraft crashes to all potential emergencies. A goal of this project is to examine the special types of demands that a CBRNE event would place on the airport's emergency response structure and how the immediate region would be affected, as well as what critical resources might be available from within the region to manage the emergency.
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... In order to facilitate coordinated response among the critical stakeholders and to minimize disruptions of neighboring communities and health care facilities, airports have an interest in connecting their tactical response plans with the plans that surrounding, mutual aid organizations have in place. The purpose of this publication is to help airport managers develop or improve their strategic relationships and written emergency plans with surrounding jurisdictions so that in the event of a major disaster, especially one involving chemical, biological, or radiological substances, an airport will be in a stronger position to manage a better and more effective response.
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