On September 11, 2001, local government managers and community leaders felt the terrorist threat to the
United States, watched the responses of New York City and the Washington, D.C. area, and wondered about how
their own communities would respond. This report explores what communities can do to prevent, prepare for,
respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks. The central lesson is that dealing with terrorism requires using both traditional and nontraditional methods of dealing with disasters. (20 pp.)
