As the world evolves it creates more and more hazards that we are faced with on a daily basis. The difference between the hazards is fairly easy to separate because each has their own unique story behind them. First responders are charged with responding to these hazards however depending on the wrong place wrong time scenario an ordinary person could also be in the position to respond or worse were part of one.

The first difference is the research that exists to deal with terrorism hazard versus a traditional hazard [1]. A natural hazard has had several hundreds years of research and experience in dealing with them. A tornado did not just begin last week they have been occurring for as long as man existed. These experiences as allowed man to evolve to deal with and in many cases survive the tornado. A straw hut 1000 years ago stood no chance against a tornado. Now through trial and error home owners have build state of the art storm shelters under ground to survive any size tornado. The structures may receive cosmetic damage but more times than not they will survive the attack. Unlike a terror case where they come in several shapes and sizes and likely in forms that have yet to be seen. There is little or absolutely no warning when dealing with them. …show more content…
The traditional hazard is naturally occurring and happens because the way the earth was created. The example can be traced back to the hurricane. The hurricane is a natural event that has occurred with no help from man. This is a significant difference from a terror hazard. A terror hazard is man-made event that is intended to hurt a specific person or target [3]. They are designed to create as much destruction and create as much fear as possible. This is the most dangerous