Vermont
First Responder Guide to an Act of Terrorism
SECTION 5 - TERRORIST
THREAT NOTIFICATION
United States Homeland Security Advisory
Vermont participates
in the US Homeland Security Advisory System which is a newly developed
system used to disseminate information regarding the risk of terrorist
acts to federal, state, and local authorities as well as the American
people. This system provides warnings in the form of graduated
“threat conditions” that would increase as the risk
of the threat increases. From the lowest threat to the highest
threat, the levels/colors and suggested protective measures are
as follows:
GREEN
– low threat level
- refine and exercise
preplanned protective measures
- ensure personnel
receive training on department or agency specific protective
measures
- regularly assess
facilities for vulnerabilities and take necessary steps to reduce
them
BLUE –
guarded threat level
- check communications
with designated emergency response or command locations
- review and update
emergency response procedures
- provide the public
with necessary information
YELLOW –
elevated threat level
- increase surveillance
of critical locations
- coordinate emergency
plans with nearby jurisdictions
- assess further refinement
of protective measures within the context of the current threat
level
ORANGE –
high threat level
- coordinate necessary
security efforts with armed forces or law enforcement agencies
- take additional
precaution at public events
- prepare to work
at an alternate site with a dispersed work force
- restrict access
to essential personnel only
RED –
severe threat level
- assign emergency
response personnel and pre-position specially trained teams
- monitor,
redirect, or constrain transportation systems
- close public and
government facilities
- increase or redirect
personnel to address critical emergency needs
Vermont
Notification
The Department of Public
Safety Homeland Security Unit will have the primary responsibility
of providing current terrorist threat information to Vermont’s
first responders. In addition to the Homeland Security Advisory
System, threat notification may take place via a number of other
warning systems. These systems include, but are not limited to,
the Vermont Emergency Management Emergency Alert System, NLETS/VLETS,
mass facsimile, and phone contact with local government officials.
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