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White
House Homeland Security Advisory System
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The
Nation requires a Homeland Security Advisory System to provide a
comprehensive and effective means to disseminate information regarding
the risk of terrorist acts to Federal, State, and local authorities
and to the American people. http://www.whitehouse.gov/homeland
Severe (Red)
| High (Orange)
| Elevated (Yellow)
| Guarded (Blue)
| or Low (Green).
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Factors
for Assignment of "Current Alert Status"
Threat Conditions
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Homeland
Security Advisory System provides warnings in the form
of a set of graduated "Threat Conditions" that
would increase as the risk of the threat increases.
At
each Threat Condition, Federal departments and agencies
would implement a corresponding set of "Protective
Measures" to further reduce vulnerability or increase
response capability during a period of heightened alert.
This
system is intended to create a common vocabulary, context,
and structure for an ongoing national discussion about
the nature of the threats that confront the homeland and
the appropriate measures that should be taken in response.
It
seeks to inform and facilitate decisions appropriate to
different levels of government and to inform private citizens
at home and at work what's the current "Threat Condition" status.
Homeland Security Newsletter
www.homelandsecurity.org/newsletter
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Security
Advisory System
Severe Risk
of Terrorism
(Red) |
Severe
risk of terrorist attacks. In addition to the previously outlined
Protective Measures, the following may be applied:
- Assigning
emergency response personnel and pre-positioning specially
trained teams;
- Monitoring,
redirecting or constraining transportation systems;
- Closing
public and government facilities; and
- Increasing
or redirecting personnel to address critical emergency
needs.
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Security
Advisory System
High Risk
of Terrorism
(Orange) |
High
risk of terrorist attacks. In addition to the previously outlined
Protective Measures, the following may be applied:
- Coordinating
necessary security efforts with armed forces or law
enforcement agencies;
- Taking
additional precaution at public events;
- Preparing
to work at an alternate site or with a dispersed workforce;
and
- Restricting
access to essential personnel only.
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Security
Advisory System
Elevated
Risk of Terrorism
(Yellow) |
Significant
risk of terrorist attacks. In addition to the previously outlined
Protective Measures, the following may be applied:
- Increasing
surveillance of critical locations;
- Coordinating
emergency plans with nearby jurisdictions;
- Assessing
further refinement of Protective Measures within
the context of the current threat information; and
- Implementing,
as appropriate, contingency and emergency response plans.
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Security
Advisory System
Guarded
Risk of Terrorism
(Blue) |
General
risk of terrorist attack. In addition to the previously outlined
Protective Measures, the following may be applied:
- Checking
communications with designated emergency response or command
locations;
- Reviewing
and updating emergency response procedures; and
- Providing
the public with necessary information.
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Security
Advisory System
Low Risk
of Terrorism
(Green) |
Low
risk of terrorist attacks. The following Protective Measures
may be applied:
- Refining
and exercising preplanned Protective Measures;
- Ensuring
personnel receive training on HSAS, departmental,
or agency-specific Protective Measures; and
- Regularly
assessing facilities for vulnerabilities and taking
measures to reduce them
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