“The debate began after officials realized that Hurricane Katrina had exposed a critical flaw in the national disaster response plans created after the Sept. 11 attacks. According to the administration’s senior domestic security officials, the plan failed to recognize that local police, fire and medical personnel might be incapacitated.” (New York Times )
Unless you operate on a child’s fantasy level taking your parents’ reassurances that the police and firemen will always protect you and should always be trusted, it seems as if considering the possibility of the incapacitation of local emergency personnel would be basic to any disaster response plan!
