Major Events, Assumptions
Major Events, Assumptions : DHS, Target Capabilities List, 2007, p. 2. (1) May occur at any time with little or no warning (2) Require significant information-sharing at the unclassified and classified levels across multiple jurisdictions and between the public and private sectors (3) Involve single or multiple geographic areas (4) May have significant international impact and/or require significant international information sharing, resource coordination, and/or assistance (5) Can span the spectrum of incident management to include prevention, protection, response, and recovery (6) Involve multiple, highly varied hazards or threats (7) May result in numerous casualties; fatalities; displaced people; property loss; disruption of normal life support systems, essential public services, and basic infrastructure; and significant damage to the environment (8) Impact critical infrastructure across sectors (9) Overwhelm capabilities of State, local, and Tribal governments, and private-sector infrastructure owners and operators (10) Attract an influx of spontaneous volunteers and supplies (11) May require short-notice asset coordination and response (12) May require prolonged, sustained incident management activities". 82