BEYOND THE FIRST 48: INCORPORATING NONTRADITIONAL STAKEHOLDERS INTO INCIDENT RESPONSE
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Authors
McLoughlin, Emily J.
Subjects
non-traditional stakeholders
private sector
critical infrastructure
emergency management
first responder
National Incident Management System
Federal Emergency Management Agency
local government
state government
private sector
critical infrastructure
emergency management
first responder
National Incident Management System
Federal Emergency Management Agency
local government
state government
Advisors
Brown, Shannon A.
Date of Issue
2020-09
Date
Sep-20
Publisher
Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract
During a catastrophic attack or cyber-attack on critical infrastructure, how can local emergency management agencies integrate nontraditional stakeholders successfully into incident response operations? A wide variety of stakeholders who are not traditionally involved in incident response will likely be critical at this time'such as human services, the transportation sector, and private-sector entities. This thesis first explores an academic discussion of the current incident response framework, comprising the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the Incident Command System (ICS). The thesis then uses a scenario based around a large-scale water outage to illustrate the potential cascading impacts and gaps of the status quo framework. The research shows that NIMS and ICS do not effectively incorporate nontraditional stakeholders into incident response operations at the local government level, and that this framework should be reserved for traditional first responders working to stabilize life safety at an incident scene. This study highlights capabilities that local governments should focus on to ensure their organizational readiness to respond to a critical infrastructure outage that may have catastrophic impacts.
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