HSM 320 Emergency Response to Terrorism

Ashford University - May 2016

HSM 320 Week 3 HSM 320 Emergency Response to Terrorism Discussion 1 explain at least two critical safety steps and two challenges faced by first responders following the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. As a first responder to an act of terrorism involving explosives, explain how you would approach the incident and concerns you would likely have.
Explosives The Oklahoma City bombing occurred on April 19th, 1995, an ex-Army solider named Timothy McVeigh, he created a deadly bomb using agricultural fertilizer, diesel fuel, and other chemicals. Exactly 9:02am the bomb exploded from a truck that was parked in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. It was the worst homegrown terrorism in the nation. Two critical safety steps faced by first...