Consequence management

In this apphcation, based on the consequences, management has a rule to plan a replacement when the reUabiUty over the next 48 h period drops below 0.99. In this case they would forego scheduling the replacement. 

A comprehensive approach to a states response to a chemical terrorism includes having a plan not only for the crisis and consequence management phases of the incident, but also for all elements required for complete resolution of the event. This may include the necessity to definitively establish whether chemical agents were used, to provide supporting evidence to confirm other analyses, or to provide the forensic proof required to support a criminal prosecution. The collection and analysis of biomedical samples - blood, urine or other tissue from affected humans or animals - is one of the means for providing such information. Although current capabilities such as urinary thiodyglycol excretion or plasma cholinesterase activity can be performed, there is scope for far more sensitive and specific assessments that overcome the limitations of these approaches. 

In most of the cases preliminary information is insufficient and both rescue units and consequence management authorities have to be prepared for a scenario with high potential risk. 

Obligations of the countries ensuing from the convention for the prohibition of chemical weapons do not reduce the actuality of the protection. Terrorist acts during last decades with use of chemical and biological weapons enforce not only elaboration of new more efficient protection means, but permanent development and improvement of methods and means for consequence management. 

Determination of the processes and specifying opportunities for natural decontamination and decontamination with hot air produced in decontamination machines AGV-3U and station for consequence management Cristanini - Italy. 

U.S. civilian populations who may be contaminated by nuclear, biological, or chemical (NBC) agents. In a worst case terrorist, criminal, or accidental event, the CBIRF provides a standing, highly trained consequence management force tailored for short notice response to civilian victims of NBC materials or weapons of mass destruction. 

Originally, the reactor failed due to stress corrosion cracking from nitrates. The source of the nitrates was water sprayed from an external hose used for supplemental cooling. The inadequate cooling capacity was resolved with a less than adequate technical solution that caused unexpected and unwanted consequences. Management of change was not properly applied. 

The major value of this approach is that It signals an alert for only those areas where an outbreak might be developing. These areas are relatively few (Table IV), and consequently managers are able to focus their limited resources on these few locations. 

Performance 25, 61. see also Metrics culture 152, 159, 186-188, 192-194 improvements 152—155 Performance ethics 131—135 consequence management 131 coordination and control 134... 

The committee notes that the CBIRF charter specifically calls for a capability to provide incident response and consequence management training to the other Services. The only instance of which the committee is aware in which the Navy availed itself of this training was by the Commander, Fifth Fleet. It is recommended that the Commander, Fleet Forces Command, direct the utilization of this valuable resource, particularly for or by shore establishments. 

Both the Navy and Marines should attach special urgency to the readiness of shore installations and bases. The CNO s Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Plans, Policy and Operations) (N3) and Director of Naval Reserve (N095) should support regional commanders to access and leverage, where possible, active and/or reserve consequence management units with specialized chemical and biological capabilities that could assist in this area, or to add new units if necessary. 

Develop system concepts for CA balanced through risk assessment with post-exposure consequence management. 

Becker, S.M. 2001. Meeting the threat of weapons of mass destruction terrorism toward a broader conception of consequence management. Mil Med 166(12 Suppl) 13-6. 

Other advantages of the environmental audit is to allow time to properly assess the problem, plan its solution and allow for funding the capital cost required. There are potential problems in having an environmental audit performed. The results of recent court decisions indicate that the environmental audit results may not be able to be kept in confidence and furthermore, they may be used as evidence of noncompliance in civil or criminal court actions. It is conceivable that an audit can increase the potential liabilities. Consequently, management should be prepared to commit to satisfy any negative findings before the audit is undertaken. 

A second, quite different scenario is a covert attack, wherein the agent effects will only become manifest after an incubation period particular to the material used. The danger of an identifiable event is that the victims might be widely dispersed, which would play a role in promoting a disease or disorder incidence well before the jobs on consequence management can be initiated by hospitals, medical laboratories, and public health officials. 

Overall, there is a general agreement that local preparedness of medical professionals for chemical terrorist incidences, as well as the levels of organization and systemic preparedness required and available are nominal. Although there are some highly trained personnel available and excellent capabilities in many consequence management organizations to respond to a domestic chemical disaster, chemical response personnel and equipment are everywhere limited compared to the potential threat, and there is still much room for improvement. 

Those who are responsible for providing medical response aid to civilian population will certainly have to deal with extraordinary problems of consequence management at the acute stage of the aftermath of a chemical terrorist attack. Depending on a specific nature of the event, the first-responders may have to implement protective measures, which cover the following points ... 

Pangi R (2002). Consequence management in the 1995 sarin attacks on the Japanese subway system. In ... 

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