Public Health and Hospitals

The National Strategy for Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructure and Key Assets identifies 5,800 registered hospitals in the United States. It also recognizes the unique protection challenge faced by hospital administrators because of the open nature of hospitals

Hospitals play a critical role in aiding in the recovery of communities following natural disasters and other emergencies. Consequently, hospitals are a high priority terrorist target, since damage to these critical facilities could further exacerbate terrorist operations because hospitals are part of the first responder team that must react to a possible terrorist attack.

Keeping Hospitals Safe
Despite the free and open access to public health facilities, Shafran USA can identify threats and develop systems to prevent deadly attacks on medical facilities. Shafran USA offers counterterrorism services to assist both public and private institutions in their preparedness to prevent terrorist attacks. Shafran USA collaborates with Israeli experts that have 50 years of experience successfully fighting the war on terrorism and preventing terrorist attacks on primary hospitals in Israel. Shafran USA:

• Conducts threat assessments and vulnerability analysis of hospitals and public health facilities

• Evaluates existing security, both internal and external

• Designs and installs a counterterrorism systems to protect the facility

• Trains hospital staff to use a behavioral pattern recognition program to spot a suspected terrorist

Terrorists do not follow laws of war or other international conventions prohibiting attacks on civilians, especially medical institutions. Shafran USA can create a counterterrorism system to keep public health facilities and hospitals healthy and secure.