Why Your Department Must Prepare for the Next 9/11

摘要

It has been more than five years since 9/11. It's time to take a few minutes for a self-analysis to see where our fire service and your fire department are today. How prepared are you to respond to a terrorist attack? Before you answer, let's get down to the hard reality first. When something goes bang, people are hurt, buildings collapse and catch fire, or people are contaminated, who are they going to call for help? Your fire department, absolutely. If you are not prepared, what would you say—"Sorry, we have never done this kind of response before, so we're staying at the firehouse?" Or, worse yet, would you respond and become part of the problem? You have no other choice than to train today to be ready for a terrorism response tomorrow.