Terrorism and WMD Awareness in the Workplace Terrorism and WMD Awareness in the Workplace 
Strengthening Cooperative Efforts Among Public and Private Sector Entities 
Terrorism and WMD Awareness in the Workplace: Strengthening Cooperative Efforts Among Public and Private Sector 

Training Level: Awareness 

Format: Web Based Online Training 

Hours: 30 minutes CEU: .03 

Course Description: 

Completion of this awareness-level web-
based training course will prepare learners 
to successfully recognize, report, and 
react to potential terrorist incidents. In the 
first two lessons, learners will develop a 
broad understanding of terrorism to include 
a definition of terrorism as well as 
examples of terrorist groups and targets. 
Additionally, learners will gain insight into 
the importance of protecting private sector 
resources through awareness-level 
training. The last two lessons list various 
weapons of mass destruction (WMD), relay 
indicators of potential terrorist activity and 
outline actions to be taken in the event of a 
potential terrorist attack. 

Course Objectives: 

• 
Define and describe various 
factors of terrorism. 

• 
List and recognize various 
examples of WMD. 

• Recognize suspicious activity, 
vehicles, and objects. 

• 
Report potential terrorist threats 
to supervisors or security 

personnel. 

• 
React to potential terrorist 
threats employing the concept of 

“Time, Distance, and Shielding”. 

Course Benefits: 

This training course will not only 
disseminate weapons of mass destruction 
(WMD) training to private sector critical 
infrastructure entities, but will also serve to 
bridge preparedness gaps by spurring a 
more productive interaction between public 
and private sectors. Increasing the private 
sector’s awareness level will spark a 
stronger interest and consideration for what 
the public sector provides. Consequently, 
this course will serve as a catalyst for the 
private sector to take a stronger role in its 
own protection. The promotion of private 
sector relationships with local public 
agencies will generate greater protection 
and a safer environment for all local 
residents. This course will enhance 
awareness of the need to bring preventive 
measures to the forefront of the public 

Institute for Corporate and Public Safety 


mind, thereby generating a hand-in-hand 
cooperation between public and private 
safety agencies to protect our nation’s 
interests. 

Scope and Course Outline: 

Registration, Introduction, and Welcome 

• 
Registration 
• 
A National Approach to Terrorism 
• 
Your Role in Protecting Yourself 
and Your Workplace from 
Terrorism 
• 
Terrorism and WMD Awareness 
in the Workplace: Main Menu 
• 
Course Objectives 
Introduction to Terrorism 

• 
Introduction to Terrorism 
• 
What is Terrorism? 
• 
Where Do Terrorists Come 
From? 
• 
Why Do Terrorists Attack? 
• 
Who and What Do Terrorists 
Target? 
• 
How Do Terrorists Attack? 
• 
Lesson Review 
Weapons of Mass Destruction 

• 
Definition of WMD and CBRNE 
(Chemical, Biological, 
Radiological, Nuclear, and 
Explosive) 
• 
WMD Examples 
• 
Which Weapon is a Terrorist Most 
Likely to Use? 
• 
Components of Improvised 
Explosive Devices (IEDs) 
• 
Lesson Review 
Recognizing, Reporting, and Reacting to 
Terrorism 

• 
Recognizing Terrorism 
• 
Recognizing Suspicious Activity 
• 
Recognizing Suspicious Vehicles 
• 
Recognizing Suspicious Objects 
• 
Reporting Terrorism 
• 
Reacting to Terrorism: Time, 
Distance, and Shielding 
• 
Reacting to Terrorism: “Salem 
Incident” 
• 
Reacting to Terrorism: What-
should Jerry Have Done? 
• 
Reacting to Scenario 1: Workplace 
Explodes 
• 
Reacting to Scenario 2: Trapped 
in Your Workplace 
• 
Lesson Review 
Primary Audience: 


This course is designed to meet the 
awareness needs of private and public 
sector entities of various disciplines at all 
levels of the organization. 

Prerequisites: 

This is an entry level course; there are no 
prerequisite courses required. 

Completion of online registration. 

Certificate: 

Northwest Arkansas Community College – 
Institute for Corporate and Public Safety 
training certificate 

Affiliates: 

United States Department of Homeland 
Security (DHS), Office for Grants and 
Training (G&T) 

To Schedule a Class: 

This course is available online at the ICPS 
Campus: 

https://icps-campus.nwacc.edu 

For information, contact ICPS training 
coordinator Doug Germann, at (479) 6194172 
or Lisa Urban at (479) 619-4170. 

For more information about ICPS, visit our 
program website at: 

http://icps.nwacc.edu/index.php 

This project was supported by Cooperative Agreement Number 2004-GT-T4-0009 
administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Preparedness 
Directorate. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author 
and do not represent the official position or policies of the Department of 
Homeland Security. 


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