An international terrorist organization is planning an attack during the Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City this year. The organization has created a front through a local religious organization that allegedly supports the Thanksgiving celebration and has secured a position in the parade for two floats. The floats will actually contain numerous sarin gas containers, which, when activated, will disburse the gas into the unsuspecting crowd.

How can you mitigate and prevent such attacks as well as develop proper response strategies knowing that the offenders probably have established secondary and tertiary attacks that are designed to limit or eliminate first responders?

Your response should be at least 300 words in length