What law allows the president to use federal government resources to help the state of Rhode Island respond to the crisis?

Part 1

Scenario

Last week, a terrorist group detonated a bomb at a gun rights rally in a large U.S. city. Nine event attendees have been killed, and more than 30 have been injured. Thus far, no terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the attack. However, today the FBI announced that they have arrested a known ISIS member based on strong video evidence taken at the scene of the attack, plus e-mail evidence that the individual had been planning the attack for several weeks.

Instructions

You are an intelligence analyst in a U.S. intelligence agency specializing in terrorist-intended effects. The FBI has asked for your assistance in understanding why ISIS would attack a gun rights rally.

On a whiteboard, flip chart, or blank white paper, draw a quadratic indirect attack model. Identify who you believe to be the (1) targets of violence, (2) target of terror, and (3) target of terror.

If you believe there is more than one potential intention to the attack, you may draw multiple models.

Part 2

Scenario

A winter storm that was supposed to turn to the east into the Atlantic suddenly turned west and made landfall in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, and coincided with an unusually high tide. Multiple communities have sustained massive flooding. Thousands of citizens have been displaced by the sudden storm. Shelters and evacuation routes are overwhelmed. Significant snowfall is predicted for the coming week. The mayors and town councils of multiple municipalities along the Rhode Island coast have asked the governor for help. The governor is new to her job. She has met with her staff and determined that the state must request federal assistance. The governor intends to activate local National Guard units and will request the president to activate some local Army Reserve units.

Instructions

You are the Rhode Island governor’s Homeland Security Assistant, and she has asked for your advice.

What law allows the president to use federal government resources to help the state of Rhode Island respond to the crisis?

Explain to the governor the process she must use to request federal assistance from the president.

How will you advise the governor to utilize the Rhode Island National Guard and other military services that come to help?