Improving Local and State Agency Response to Terrorist Incidents Involving Biological Weapons: A Planning Guide   [open pdf - 178KB]

This planning guide acts as a first step in assisting your community in analyzing your current Emergency Operations Plans (EOPs) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to prevent a biological terrorist attack from quickly overwhelming state and local emergency resources. Using the principles from this guide, your community can begin a conversation to incorporate additional planning actions so that you can respond effectively and quickly to a terrorist incident involving biological weapons.