The Fire and Disaster Management Agency will translate and publish an antiterrorism textbook used by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to agency officials.
The textbook, which was compiled by FEMA following the 1993 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York, contains basic information and outlines emergency measures to deal with the threat of terrorism.
The agency, which operates under the Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Ministry, will translate the book for general use.
The agency has already distributed an abridged edition of the book to officials who oversee disaster prevention at local governments, but it has recently decided to make the text available to the general public, the officials said.
The textbook outlines the symptoms associated with cyanide fumes and sarin gas and the ways in which biological agents such as anthrax and lysine are used.
It also states that around 70 percent of terrorist attacks carried out across the globe involve explosive devices.