U.S. communities depend on reliable, safe, and secure rail systems. Each weekday, more than 12 million passengers take to U.S. railways. This book explains a framework for security planners and policymakers to guide cost-effective rail-security planning, specifically for the risk of terrorism. Risk is a function of threat, vulnerability, and consequences. This book focuses on addressing vulnerabilities and limiting consequences.
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This book explains a framework that security planners and policymakers can use for cost-effective rail-security planning. It focuses specifically on terrorism risk, which is a function of threat, vulnerability, and consequences.
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enhanced security training, marginal annual costs, baseline security measures, retractable bollards, averting fatalities, perimeter layer, rail system operating, large incendiary, rail attacks, blast barriers, potential target locations, perimeter locations, reducing recovery times, canine teams, notional system, rail security, annual recurring cost, rail targets, installing barriers, average fatalities, potential fatalities, vehicle bombs, security planners, employee background checks, perimeter fencing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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enhanced security training, marginal annual costs, baseline security measures, retractable bollards, averting fatalities, perimeter layer, rail system operating, large incendiary, rail attacks, blast barriers, potential target locations, perimeter locations, reducing recovery times, canine teams, notional system, rail security, annual recurring cost, rail targets, installing barriers, average fatalities, potential fatalities, vehicle bombs, security planners, employee background checks, perimeter fencing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Securing America's Passenger-Rail Systems, United States, Low Low, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Moderate Low, Description Vehicle Bombs, High Risk Sabotage, Unique Types of Locations Assessed, Terrorism Incident Database, Assessment of Perimeter Security-Improvement Option Effectiveness, Possible Possible, Rail-Security Policy Considerations, Notional Passenger-Rail System Browse Sample Pages:
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