Read the Biological Threat Scenario.
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word action plan in which you answer the following questions related to the biological threat scenario:
What public- and private-sector resources could be used to respond to the threat?
How can public- and private-sector responders collaborate?
How will you advise your supervisor, the staff, and the operations manager?
What special considerations should you make due to the nature of your facility (which is either the airport, water treatment plant, nuclear power plant, or tallest and largest building)?
Who will you notify, if anyone, for follow up after the incident is contained?
What action items will you request from the agencies and persons you notify?
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Biological Threat Scenario
Read the following scenario:
Choose one of the following leadership positions:
· Director of security at a large, metropolitan airport that services both public and private carriers
· Director of security at a public water-treatment plant that services residential, commercial, and government customers in the region
· Director of security at a nuclear power plant that provides energy to residential, commercial, and government customers in the region
· Director of security at the tallest and largest building in your community with tenants from both the private and public sectors
Imagine you are in the selected leadership position and that you are in the following situation:
You arrive at work Monday morning and find the usual stack of mail on your desk. You open one of the envelopes and find that it contains a bag with a tan, powdery substance inside it.
A note accompanying the envelope states the words that lead a terrorist group involving anthrax." You know from past studies that this terrorist group linked terrorist attacks, with members in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean. You also know that anthrax is an acute and deadly disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis.
Next, you receive a phone call from the operations manager at your facility. He informs you that he just opened a similar letter and immediately fled the building. He is calling you from his cell phone in the parking lot and wants to know what he should do.
Then your supervisor, the chief operations officer, comes into your office. She also received an envelope with a bag inside and believes that it is a hoax. Some of the powder spilled out of the bag onto her desk. She demands that you immediately come to her office and remove everything so she can continue working.
As if your morning is not already challenging enough, the company spokesperson bursts into your office. News of the anthrax scare has reached a reporter who is asking for information and a statement about the incident. A television news crew will be arriving shortly.