• Developing and enhancing relationships and communications with all stakeholders;
• Gathering and analyzing information from all sources (federal, state, regional, local agencies; media and all other open sources);
• Sharing/dissemination of information: “upwards” to regional, state and federal agencies; “laterally” to other regional entities and stakeholders; and “downwards” to local public safety and first-responder agencies, and to private sector infrastructure entities. Note: Critical to the group’s ability to develop, share and disseminate information will be the engagement with and involvement of public sector Terrorism Liaison Officers and like Liaison Officers working with public sector first-responder agencies and in the private sector representing critical infrastructure entities.
• Providing situational awareness to all government entities and private sector entities;
• Providing training dedicated to increasing the expertise of its members, that of Terrorism Liaison Officers and Liaison Officers in public/private entities, and awareness and preparedness of other first-responders, support personnel and the public-at-large.
   

Mitigation

Involves pre-emptive activities which are designed to increase the confidence we share with the communities we serve that we are safe and ultimately to protect lives and property.

Timely and sound information drives constructive decision-making. Coupled with the benefits derived from more meaningful relationships with stakeholders across all fields, realistic assessments can be made of potential threats, capabilities, resources, the potential for actualization of various mitigation alternatives, and support for implementation of the best mitigation measures.

Tasks related to the function of “Mitigation” include but are not limited to the following:

• Combine gathering, analysis and dissemination activities focused on the flow of information from federal and state agencies with critical support for the gathering, analysis and sharing of information culled by first-responder agencies and infrastructure entities across the east bay;
• Develop a robust network and program of Terrorism Liaison Officers and Liaison Officers as linking pins to and vital contacts with first-responder and infrastructure entities;
• Speed the delivery of “raw” information upwards, horizontally and laterally to all stakeholders; enhance the value of information by conducting timely analysis and the delivery of “enriched” information products;
• Conduct and participate in investigative activities to pursue tips, leads, as a follow-up to official reports and to identify suspects involved in terrorist activities;
• Seek important determinations and priorities from first-responder agencies and infrastructure entities regarding critical infrastructure targets;
• Coordinate the development of threat assessments on critical targets and produce related documents which can provide leaders and responders with detailed information, assessments and potential courses of actions for addressing terrorist incidents;
• Support the development and implementation of mitigation measures to further protect critical targets;
• Support enhancement of emergency response and recovery capabilities by coordinating activities with emergency responders; participate in, deliver and support educational and training activities, dissemination of information and other important activities.

Response

Involves actions taken by the TEWG to support emergency response operations initiated and coordinated by regional and/or local public safety first responder agencies. The TEWG’s response may occur at the same time as response(s) made by other entities or follow soon thereafter. In any event, the TEWG’s primary function is, first and foremost, supportive in nature – TEWG personnel respond with the mandate to provide intelligence information, advice and hands-on duties, at the direction of the Incident Commander and within the framework of the Incident Command System.

Tasks related to the function of “Response” include but are not limited to the following:

• Responding with available equipment and resources to help Incident Command personnel shape the method, scope and sustainability of their response;
• Immediate availability as resources to support the primary missions of protecting lives and property and, subsequent to that, availability to provide investigative assistance;
• Delivery and review of strategies and relevant assessment/response documents made prior to the incident;
• On-going discussion of strategies and options with Incident Command personnel, as desired and appropriate, offering opinions and recommendations;
• Coordination with federal, state, regional, like entities and local agencies and entities to provide accurate, timely and relevant information to Incident Command personnel;
• Organization of Terrorism Liaison Officers, Liaison Officers from public sector and private sector entities and volunteers to support the response effort.

Recovery

A compilation of a broad range of activities and programs, delivered by public and private sector agencies and entities, designed to: provide public health and assistance services; continue to protect the site(s) of terrorist attacks; site restoration; restoration of critical services and critical infrastructure; and, as indicated, restoration of government capabilities and services.

Tasks related to the function of “Recovery” include but are not limited to the following:

• The TEWG’s primary function continues to focus on supporting needs identified by Incident Command personnel;
• The continuation of information gathering, analysis and dissemination activities (all designed to support decision-making by Incident Command personnel) initiated in the “Response” phase;
• On-going assessment of strategies and options with Incident Command personnel;
• Investigative support (continues, as required);
• Continued provision of equipment and support personnel, as requested;
• Real-time, post incident communication with partners in the information chain (federal, state, regional, like and local agencies/entities) continues to assess and deliver information about the attack - assessments made regarding the potential for threats posed by secondary or like attacks (elsewhere);
• Creation of after-action reports and presentation of forum to critique TEWG response;
• Support for and involvement in after-action activities and critiques made by responding/responsible agencies.