Homeland Security

Created as a result of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the department consists of more than 20 previously disparate domestic agencies. These component agencies analyze threats and intelligence, guard our borders and airports, protect our critical infrastructure, and coordinate the 

The Science and Technology Directorate s mission focuses on using scientific and technological advances to help secure the homeland. The following assets play key roles in these efforts  

The Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate helps analyze intelligence and information provided by other agencies involving threats to homeland security. The directorate also evaluates potential vulnerabilities of the nation s infrastructure by coordinating its efforts with (1) the Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office of the Department of Commerce, (2) the GSA Federal Computer Incident Response Center, (3) the DOD National Communications System, (4) the FBI National Infrastructure Protection Center, and (5) the DOE Energy Security and Assurance Program. 

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) provide oversight of lawful immigration into the United States. On March 1, 2003, USCIS officially assumed responsibihty for the immigration service functions of the federal government. The Homeland Security Act of 2002 dismantled the former INS and separated the former agency into three components within DHS. 

ICE and CBP handle immigration enforcement and border-security functions. 

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The purpose of this particular book is to equip those professionals in the federal, state, and local level organizations that are currently involved in Homeland Security with the necessary information to be able to address a chemical terrorist situation. 

DARPA DHS DOD DOE Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Department of Homeland Security Department of Defense Department of Energy... 

Recommendation 2 The Transportation Security Administration, in collaboration with other appropriate entities within the Department of Homeland Security,3 should create a high-level task force to perform the following functions ... 

The government agency charged with responsibility for the implementation of technology for countering such threats is the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the Department of Homeland Security. The TSA, and the Federal Aviation Administration before it, have invested exten-... 

The President s Homeland Security Department Proposal, available online at http //www.whitehouse.gov/deptofhomeland/bill/index.html. Accessed October 3, 2005. 

The Department of Homeland Security has funded preliminary studies to elaborate specific chemical/biological threat vectors and to increase understanding of airflows in several terminals and boarding areas of San Francisco International Airport and Albuquerque Airport. It has also conducted an exercise in which the many airport decision makers (e.g., in areas of operations, security, fire control and prevention, public health and safety, and environmental is-... 

The CBMS II is in LRIP by HSSS, and will be fielded in about two years. At that point the CBMS II should be fully certified by the government as a detec-tor/identifier for liquid and vapor CWA, TICS/TIMs, NTA, and BWA. No other integrated system has or will have such a wide range of detection/iden-tification capabilities. It will greatly improve the protection of the military against weapons of mass destruction as well as industrial contaminants. It has obvious applications to homeland security as well. 

Chemical vapor sensors play an ever-increasing role in the environmental monitoring, homeland security, defense, and health care. The desirable characteristics of a chemical vapor sensor include ultrahigh sensitivity, specific and rapid response to certain vapor molecules, as well as the ability for on-the-spot chemical analysis, which usually requires the sensor to be small, portable, reusable, stable, robust, and cost effective. Toward this end, various sensing techniques have been studied... 

Threats of Concern Terrorist acts can be the most problematic to defend against since they may be more extreme or malevolent than other crimes focused on monetary gains or outcomes with less malicious intent. Plus terrorists may use military tactics not often provided for in base chemical facility design. Chemical facility security must be considered in context with local and national homeland security and law enforcement activities, as well as with emergency response capabilities. There is a practical limit to the ability of a chemical site to prevent or mitigate a terrorist act. Above a certain level of threat, the facility needs to rely on law enforcement and military services to provide physical security against extreme acts of intentional harm. The security posture must be risk-based, and so extremely robust security measures are not always applicable or necessary. 

Strength 800mz radios were brought in to make sure a common radio frequency was utilized among agencies. Because of the familiarity with State and Homeland Security assets, this request was initiated early on. Aiken County communications center dedicated one channel for fire units operating at the Graniteville incident. IC had constant communications with Haz-Mat, EPA and DHEC personnel. 

When I came out of my house, the report was we were getting a green cloud and a smell like bleach which was irritating to the lungs of bystanders. We controlled the sick people first, getting them to decontamination centers. At decontamination, all of our supplies and equipment were funded by the Homeland Security project. We set up a Uni-... 

We also received during the first day of the incident our Homeland Security PODS (truck boxes without wheels filled with badly needed incident supplies and equipment that stay with response teams for days at a time). The PODS were shipped in from Columbia, South Carolina, and were very impressive in the equipment and supplies they contained. During the first day, we held an orderly evacuation (The Sheriff s office directed the mandatory evacuation of those who has been sheltering-in-place within a mile radius of the accident scene, which amounted to as many of 5,400 persons. Some people had to wait eight days to return home, while others had as long as fourteen days). 

Center for Domestic Preparedness (DVD). U.S. Department of Homeland Security, http //www. cptraining.com Anniston, Alabama. December 8, 2004. 

BISTATIC AND MULTISTATIC RADAR SENSORS FOR HOMELAND SECURITY... 

In this chapter the role of active and passive techniques as a support to homeland security is explored. The essentials of bistatic and netted radar are introduced which enables the relative strengths and weaknesses of these approaches to be outlined. In this way a foundation is provided against which a variety of potential applications may be explored. 

Bistatic and multistatic radar sensors for homeland security... 

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