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consequence management

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Those measures taken to protect public health and safety, restore essential government services, and provide emergency relief to governments, businesses, and individuals affected by the consequences of a chemical, biological, nuclear, and/or high-yield explosive situation. For domestic consequence management, the primary authority rests with the States to respond and the Federal Government to provide assistance as required. Also called CM. See also nuclear, biological, and chemical defense.


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The aim of the template is to raise awareness and build capacity with respect to the preparedness, risk assessment, and consequence management of biological incidents and to strengthen the capabilities of states to prevent and combat terrorism.
The Defense Department last year stood up the chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive consequence management response force in order to beef up the nation's ability to respond to such attacks.
A second strategic development occurred when USNORTHCOM and the Department of the Army directed USARNORTH to serve as the operational lead to further develop and coordinate consequence management response capability for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and highyield explosives (CBRNE) incidents.
 
 
 
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