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AGROTERROR. NATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION FEBRUARY 6 TH , 2003. “May we live in interesting times.”. AGROTERROR. CREDIBLE THREAT?. The Threat is Real. 280 US documents on agroterror found in the caves of Afghanistan translated into Arabic
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AGROTERROR NATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION FEBRUARY 6TH, 2003 “May we live in interesting times.”
AGROTERROR CREDIBLE THREAT?
The Threat is Real • 280 US documents on agroterror found in the caves of Afghanistan translated into Arabic • A substantial portion of the al Qaeda Training Manual is dedicated to agroterror
AGROTERROR • RAND CORP. SECURITY ANALYSTS “THOUSANDS OF FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS HAVE MINIMAL BIOSECURITY AND WORKFORCES UNSCREENED” • NO US CITY HAS MORE THAN A 7 DAY FOOD SUPPLY
ASYMMETRIC WARFARE “INDUCTION OF ADVERSE EFFECTS THAT WILL UNDERMINE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, OR POLITICAL CONFIDENCE” IT IS THE TYPE OF WARFARE CONDUCTED BY A 3RD WORLD COUNTRY OR TERRORIST NETWORK AGAINST A SUPER POWER
ASYMMETRIC WARFARE “MISINFORMATION CAN BE AS EFFECTIVE AS THE ACTUAL EVENT WHEN IT COMES TO AGROTERROR”
MISINFORMATION • OIE REQUIRES TRANSPARENCY OF REPORTING OF A NATION’S DISEASE STATUS AS A REQUIREMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS
AGROTERROR • The purpose of agroterror is to cause economic destruction • Decrease the faith in the safety of the food supply • Decrease the availability of food • A vehicle for the dissemination of a chemical or biologic agent
Plans, Plans, Plans • FMD Plan • Avian Influenza Plan • Animal Health Emergency Management Plan • FEOP • SEOP • Model State Plan???????????
Model State Emergency Operations Plan • Comprehensive Emergency Management Format • Emergency Support Function • Annex • All Hazard
Model Plan • PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE, ANIMALS AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY MODEL STATE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN
Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan • Introduction • Purpose • Responsibilities (Primary, Support) • Concept of Operations (Mitigation, Response and Recovery) • Succession of Authority
KEY ELEMENTS • CERTAIN CATASTROPHIC EVENTS EITHER NATURAL OR MAN-MADE INVOLVING PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE, ANIMALS AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY WILL BE DECLARABLE EMERGENCIES OR DISASTERS TO PROTECT HUMAN LIFE, PROPERTY AND THE ECONOMY
KEY ELEMENTS • PRIMARY AGENCIES ARE IDENTIFIED (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BOARDS OF ANIMAL HEALTH, ANIMAL HEALTH COMMISSIONS AND/OR UNIVERSITIES) • SUPPORT AGENCIES (DOT, DOD, LE, DHR, SEMA, FEMA, DNR)
KEY ELEMENTS • PRIMARY AGENCY OR AGENCIES MUST HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO QUARANTINE, STOP MOVEMENT, DETAIN IN ONE LOCATION OR MOVE TO ANOTHER ANIMALS, EQUIPMENT, OR PRODUCTS FOR THE CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF DISEASE
KEY ELEMENTS • SUCCESSION OF AUTHORITY: THE COMMISSIONER OR DIRECTOR OF THE PRIMARY AGENCY OR AGENCIES WILL IDENTIFY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATORS THAT WILL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DEDICATE EQUIPMENT, PERSONNEL AND FACILITIES OF SUCH AGENCIES AND REQUEST ASSSISTANCE FROM OTHERS TO SUPPORT THIS ESF.
KEY ELEMENTS • SUCCESSION OF AUTHORITY : MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN • MUST SUPPORT ANY OTHER ESF TO SAVE HUMAN LIFE • MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH THE US GOVERNMENT INTERAGENCY DOMESTIC TERRORISM CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS (CONPLAN) *FBI/OIG USDA*
KEY ELEMENTS • MUST HAVE A METHOD OF ACQUIRING, MAINTAINING, EVALUATING AND DISSEMINATING INFORMATION IN A RESTRICTED AND SECURE ENVIRONEMENT • A PARALLEL BUT SEPARATE LINE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TO THE HISTORICALLY TRANSPARENT REPORTING SYSTEM • SECURE METHOD OF OPERATIONS
NationalEmergencyManagement Association Big Sky Montana September 11, 2001
GEORGIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Foreign Animal Disease & Its Consequences Paul Williams, DVM
Foot and Mouth Disease Exercise June 9 - 12, 2001 State Operations Center Georgia Emergency Management
Participants • Georgia Emergency Management Agency • Georgia Department of Agriculture • DNR Wildlife Resources • DNR Environmental Protection Division • USDA, APHIS • Georgia Department of Transportation • Department of Defense
Participants • Department of Human Resources / Division of Public Health • Georgia Bureau of Investigation • Department of Transportation / Law Enforcement • Department of Administrative Services • UGA, Diagnostic Disease Laboratories • UGA, Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study
Participants • UGA, Department of Pathology • Members of the Livestock Industries • Emergency Management, Iowa • Emergency Management, Connecticut • Dept. of Agriculture, Connecticut
Other Players • State of Florida • State of North Carolina • State of South Carolina
Scenario • FMD presumptive diagnosis, Volusia Co., FL • FMD confirmed, Volusia Co., FL • Sales traced to Gainesville, FL Market • Sales traced to Moultrie, GA Market
Objectives • Test ESF 14 response • SOC / Unified Command Approach • Test Support Agencies / SOPs 1. DOD 2. Law Enforcement • Cost of Operations
What does it cost? • Cost in indemnity - ($700 Million + in GA) • Cost in disease control and eradication (Laboratory, Veterinarians, Industry) • Cost in negative economic impact to the economy (collateral damage) $10B / 30 wks • Cost of operations in support of the disaster (The Emergency Management System)
Cost of Emergency ManagementOperations for one 6-mile Quarantine Zone for 7 days
Cost of Operations for Actual Scenario • Total USDA cost of indemnity $700M/GA • 6 months to a year more likely
Issues • Agriculture / national critical infrastructure • FEMA / FAD not a Stafford Act Issue • FEMA / USDA MOU • $1.5 billion disaster with no 5% Administrative Costs for disaster that could have a recovery period of years
Issues • Lost $74.35M in administrative costs to GA alone • Agricultural declaration will assist farmers with low-interest rate loans • No community/individual assistance for the collaterally damaged ( a 6 county area with less than 7000 people per county has $174M in animal industry farm receipts) = ghost towns
FMD IMPACT ON MONTANA • MT- Population 900,000 / GA-8.2M • MT- 11th in cattle production / GA-26th • MT- 2.6M cattle / GA-1.1M • MT- Cattle cash receipts $1.6B / GA-$600M • TX- 98M Cattle / 1st 24 hrs. of an FMD outbreak would cost $26B in economic loss to Texas
Montana’s Collateral Damages • 650,000 sportsman purchased 1.3 million hunting related licenses = $28.7M • These sportsmen spent an additional $325M on supplies, travel, lodging, food and other fees. • Hunting and fishing = $176B nationally (U.S. Census Bureau)
FMD Collateral Damages Hunting and fishing: • supports 2.2 million jobs nationally. • Generates $49.3 billion in household income • Contributes $43 billion in state taxes • Contributes $6.3 billion in federal taxes
Solutions • Policy • Domestic and International Trade (OIE, EU, other trading partners) • Research and Development 1. Vaccine 2. Gene-deleted vaccine 3. Cost Analysis = Involve all stakeholders