Murrah Federal Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA (1995) - Final Case Study

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Executive Summary

This paper is going to deal with the case study of “Murrah Federal Building of Oklahoma City”. There was a huge infrastructural collapse in Murrah Federal Building of Oklahoma in 1995. This disaster has raised sp many questions with respect to the overall security issues for the nation. The situation later became an evolution for terrorism when it was followed by various other such disastrous events in the later years. In this paper there is a thorough discussion with respect to the threats, vulnerability, consequences, mitigation strategies and standby actions. The case of Murrah Federal Building of Oklahoma City is really an example which can be used for making the future more secure for citizens of United States. There is a need of making in-depth inspections in order to make future much secure. Such kinds of steps are really essential to be taken and an on time actions in past may have reduced chance of disasters like 9/11's. Murrah Federal Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA (1995) - Final Case Study

Introduction of the Topic

This essay is going to deal with selected case study of “Murrah Federal Building of Oklahoma City”. This particular land mark became a disaster stricken piece of land back in year 1995. Here various different aspects related to the issue are discussed thoroughly. The “terrorism and its evolution” is what will be the area of concern for this essay. This will be done by going through the threats, vulnerability and consequences, mitigation strategies and standby actions. This will be done by synchronizing with the core objectives of the course.

Background

Back in the year 1995 a truck crammed with explosives was planted and was exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in the city of Oklahoma, USA. This explosion has torn up an upward throughout a 10 floored building and has destroyed one of the structural columns. This huge building was sliced in two halves and its front section was collapsed in layer on layer. There was a massive destruction with shattered glasses which were covering all sections of the city.

There was a huge shattered structure as remains of this huge Federal Building. The building had formerly housed 15 federal agencies, so many departments of defense services, and also a day care center. There were almost 168 people who were died and the injuries were above 700. The federal government began construction of a new building to replace the Murrah Federal Building in late 2000.

Case Study

Threats

Murrah Federal Building is only one example out of many planted explosives in United States. These preplanned explosives are like really huge threats for the sovereignty of any nation. This makes the individuals living in any society extremely insecure and might result in the form of a huge downfall in overall infrastructure. This is also going to hit the national security as these bombings might even be plotted in order to make the infrastructure shattered or governmental clandestine ...