Training Support Package

1. Training Support Package

2. Homeland Security Presidential Directives Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium

3. Learning Objectives Upon completion of this module, participants will be able to: • Recall and apply the Homeland Security Presidential Directives to all hazards planning and management in rural communities. • Identify localized threats, vulnerabilities, and natural and man made disasters in rural communities. List types of threats specifically addressed in the 24 Homeland Security Presidential Directives and how they relate to rural communities. • Summarize guidelines and limitations of federal response to local disasters. • Identify government agencies, organizations and programs involved in disaster response and the acronyms that represent them.

4. Background of National Security Presidential Directives • First dated February 13, 2001 • Approved for public release by the National Security Council staff on March 13, 2001 • November 2008, 59 of these directives had been issued • Some were also issued concurrently as Homeland Security Presidential Directives. • October 29, 2001, President Bush issued a new series of Homeland Security Presidential Directives governing homeland security policy.

5. 25 Presidential Directives • Organization and operation of the Homeland Security Council • Combating terrorism through immigration policies • Homeland Security advisory system • National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction • Management of Domestic Incidents • Integration and use of screening information

6. 25 Presidential Directives 7. Critical Infrastructure, Identification, Prioritization, and Protection 8. National Preparedness • National Planning 9. Defense of the United States Agriculture and Food 10. Biodefense for the 21st century 11. Comprehensive Terrorist-Related Screening Procedures 12. Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors

7. 25 Presidential Directives 13. Maritime Security Policy 15. U.S. Strategy and Policy in the War on Terror 16. Aviation Strategy 17. Nuclear Materials Information Program 18. Medical Countermeasures against Weapons of Mass Destruction 19. Combating Terrorist Use of Explosives in the United States

8. 25 Presidential Directives 20. National Continuity Policy • Continuity Planning 21. Public Health and Medical Preparedness 23. National Cyber Security Initiative 24. Biometrics for Identification and Screening to Enhance National Security 25. Arctic Region Policy

9. Directive 1-Organization and Operation of the Homeland Security Council Homeland Security Presidential Directive 1 creates the Homeland Security Council (HSC) and enumerates its functions.

10. President of the United States Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Vice President Secretary of Homeland Security Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of Defense Attorney General Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary of Transportation White House Chief of Staff Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Homeland Security Council

11. Homeland Security Council • The Assistant to the Vice President and Chief of Staff to the Vice President • Director of the Office of Management and Budget • Secretary of State • Secretary of the Interior • Secretary of Agriculture • Secretary of Commerce • Secretary of Labor • Secretary of Energy • Secretary of Veterans Affairs • Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency • Assistant to the President for National Security • Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism

12. Directive 2- Combating Terrorism Through Immigration Policies The aim of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 2 is to prevent the entry of alien terrorist sympathizers and supporters into the United States and to detain, prosecute and deport those already in U.S. borders.

14. Directive 3-Homeland Security Advisory System Homeland Security Presidential Directive 3 creates a Homeland Security Advisory System to inform all levels of government and local authority, as well as the public, to the current risk of terrorist acts.

15. Threats are color coded to improve public recognition.

16. Low Condition (Green) • This condition is declared when there is a low risk of terrorist attacks. Federal departments and agencies should consider the following general measures in addition to the agency-specific Protective Measures they develop and implement.

17. Guarded Condition (Blue) • This condition is declared when there is a general risk of terrorist attacks. In addition to the Protective Measures taken in the previous Threat Condition, Federal departments and agencies should consider the following general measures in addition to the agency-specific Protective Measures that they will develop and implement.

18. Elevated Condition (Yellow) • An Elevated Condition is declared when there is a significant risk of terrorist attacks. In addition to the Protective Measures taken in the previous Threat Conditions, Federal departments and agencies should consider the following general measures in addition to the Protective Measures that they will develop and implement.

19. High Condition (Orange) • A High Condition is declared when there is a high risk of terrorist attacks. In addition to the Protective Measures taken in the previous Threat Conditions, Federal departments and agencies should consider the following general measures in addition to the agency-specific Protective Measures that they will develop and implement.

20. Severe Condition (Red) • A Severe Condition reflects a severe risk of terrorist attacks. Under most circumstances, the Protective Measures for a Severe Condition are not intended to be sustained for substantial periods of time. In addition to the Protective Measures in the previous Threat Conditions, Federal departments and agencies also should consider the following general measures in addition to the agency-specific Protective Measures that they will develop and implement.

21. Directive 4-National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction Applies new technologies, increased emphasis on intelligence collection and analysis, strengthens alliance relationships, and establishes new partnerships with former adversaries to counter this threat in all of its dimensions.

22. Chemical

28. Biological

29. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • The nation's premiere health promotion, prevention, and preparedness agency and a global leader in public health. • Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness & Emergency Response (COTPER) • A division of the CDC • Helps the nation prepare for and respond to urgent public health threats by providing strategic direction, coordination, and support for all of CDC′s terrorism preparedness and emergency response activities. • COTPER Divisions • The Division of Emergency Operations • The Division of State and Local Readiness • The Division of Strategic National Stockpile

30. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Category A • Definition: U.S. public health system and primary healthcare providers must be prepared to address various biological agents, including pathogens that are rarely seen in the United States. • Agents/Diseases • Anthrax • Botulism • Plague • Smallpox • Tularemia • Viral hemorrhagic fevers

32. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Category B • Definition: Second highest priority agents • Agents/Diseases • Brucellosis • Epsilon toxin of Clostridium perfringens • Food safety threats • Psittacosis • Q fever • Staphylococcal enterotoxin B • Typhus fever • Viral encephalitis • Water safety threats

34. Radiological

36. Nuclear

40. Explosive

42. 3 Categories of Explosives • High explosives normally are employed in mining, demolition, and military warheads. • Secondary explosives, also called base explosives, are relatively insensitive to shock, friction, and heat. • Tertiary explosives or blasting agents, are insensitive to shock, they cannot be reliably detonated with practical quantities of primary explosive, and, instead, require an intermediate explosive booster, of secondary explosive, e.g. ammonium nitrate/fuel oil mixture (ANFO) and slurry (wet bag) explosives that are primarily used in large-scale mining and construction.

43. Directive 5-Management of Domestic Incidents Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 serves to enhance the ability of the United States to manage domestic incidents by establishing a single, comprehensive national incident management system.

46. Directive 6-Integration and Use of Screening Information Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6 concerns the use of information about individuals known or suspected to engage in terrorist activities. United States policy is to develop, integrate, and maintain thorough, accurate, and current information about individuals known or appropriately suspected to be or have been engaged in conduct related to terrorism.

48. Directive 7-Critical Infrastructure, Identification, Prioritization, and Protection Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7 establishes a national policy for Federal departments and agencies to identify and prioritize critical infrastructure and to protect them from terrorist attacks.