Policy Text
Further, Department personnel will identify and communicate information
regarding a potential or actual threat to activate existing organizational
structures and protocols to prevent an act of terrorism using HAZMAT
and/or CBRNE materials. If the Department discovers information relating
to a WMD threat, including an R/N threat, the information will be
immediately and comprehensively shared with the FBI. The FBI is
responsible for leading and coordinating the operational law enforcement
response and investigative activities associated with terrorist threats or
incidents.
Preventative Radiological/nuclear detection (PRND) operations are defined
as the process by which specific PRND resources, personnel and asset
applications are made to execute the objectives of the preventive PRND
mission, specifically the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture (GNDA)
Implementation Plan. Operations are organized as one of the three
postures of deployment, Steady state, Enhanced steady-state and
Radiological/Nuclear Search Operations (RNSO).
As the PRND is response focused, the Fire Department is designated as
being in command of R/N incidents/responses while law enforcement
investigators do not take command until the scene is safe. The PRND
mission is law enforcement centric out of necessity and in most cases,
primary screening will be undertaken and accomplished without fire
Department involvement.