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Article: Critical incident management in the ultimate crisis.(counterterrorism)
- Article from:
- The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
- Article date:
- March 1, 1999
- Author:
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"I've learned that emergencies can only be managed by people at the site. They can't be managed back in Washington."(1)
"Expect the unexpected and be prepared to adjust accordingly. The importance of limiting those things that any executive should attempt to do in the time allowed, and the importance of carefully choosing one's battles, is implicit in the fact that some of the toughest of those battles will be chosen for you."(2)
- Government officials following the 1979 accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power facility.
These two observations also could apply to other catastrophic events, including terrorist attacks, that have plagued ...