Model Shows Cost of Bioterrorism in Chicago $25B

Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a provider of products and services for the management of catastrophe risk, developed estimates of the economic costs associated with alternative responses to a hypothetical bio-terrorism attack in Chicago as part of a U.S. government simulation exercise. RMS was a consultant to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Los Alamos National Laboratory in analyzing the effectiveness of civil defense decisions in Chicago during the TOPOFF 2 (Top Officials) exercise, conducted by the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Department of State on May 10-15. In...