First Responder Toolbox is an ad hoc, Unclassified//For Official Use Only, reference aid intended to promote counterterrorism coordination among federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government authorities and partnerships with private sector officials in deterring, preventing, disrupting, and responding to terrorist attacks.

Click here for the JCAT Catalog Overview from December 2013 to December 2020.

• ACID ATTACKS: Potential Opportunistic Threat and Rapid Treatment Awareness
• Animal Cruelty- A Possible Warning Behavior for Terrorism - survey
• Best Practices for Vehicle Screening Against Terrorist Tactics (interactive) - survey
• Best Practices for Vehicle Screening Against Terrorist Tactics (print) - survey
• Bus Attacks Highlight Potential Tactics and Mitigation Efforts
• Bystanders Are Key To Countering Terrorism - survey
• Chemical and Biological Threats to Food Retailers
• Chemical and Biological Threats to Food Retailers - graphic - survey
• Complex Operating Environment - Airport
• Complex Operating Environment - Educational Facilities: Primary and Secondary Schools
• Complex Operating Environment - Educational Facilities: Post-Secondary Institutions
• Complex Operating Environment - Electric Grid
• Complex Operating Environment – Food and Agriculture
• Complex Operation Environment – Healthcare Facilities
• Complex Operating Environment - High-Rise Hotel
• Complex Operating Environment - Oil and Gas Refineries
• Complex Operating Environment - Oil and Gas Pipeline - Survey
• Complex Operating Environment - Shopping Malls
• Complex Operating Environment – Special and Other Significant Events
• Counterterrorism (CT) Program Consideration for Public Safety
• Female Violent Extremists
• Hexamethylene Triperoxide Diamine (HMTD)-survey
• Hospitality Industry: Enhanced Suspicious Activity Awareness Assists in Terrorism Prevention
• IED Manufacture Indicators
• Involvement of Minors in Terrorist Plots and Attacks Likely To Endure
• International Partnerships Among Health, Private Sector, and Law Enforcement Necessary to Mitigate ISIS’s Organ Harvesting for Terrorist Funding
• Knockdown Gases: Dangers, Indicators, and Response
• Malicious Modification of UAS
• Mental Health Considerations in Threat Management of Terrorism Investigative Subjects-survey
• Multilayered Approach Can Help Mitigate Challenges Posed by Common HME Precursors and IED Components
• Natural Gas and Propane Terrorist Tactics - Survey
• OUTREACH OPPORTUNITY: Western-Based Friends and Family May be Forced to Pay Ransom for African Migrants to Criminal Entities With Possible Terrorist Ties
• Persistent Threat of Terrorist Ambush Attacks on First Responders
• Planning and Preparedness Can Promote an Effective Response to a Terrorist Attack at Open-Access Events
• Plant-derived Toxins-survey
• Postal and Shipping - Identification and Mitigation of Suspicious Mail and Packages-survey
• Postal and Shipping- Suspicious Package Response Card
• Potential for Terrorists to Exploit Challenges Associated with COVID-19
• Programmable Microcontrollers - Potential for Illicit Use-survey
• Radiological Threat Awareness
• Recognizing Arson With a Nexus to Terrorism
• Recognizing Possible Terrorist 911 Calls: Indicators and Considerations for an Effective Response
• Response Considerations for Increased Threat Reporting to US Telecommunications Infrastructure - Survey
• Special Events Working Aid
• Taxi Cab and Ride-Sharing Service Partnerships – Potential Public Safety Force Multiplier
• Taxi Cab and Ride-Sharing Service Potential Counterterrorism Force Multiplier-Visor Card
• Terrorism Planning and Incident Response Consideration for Bridges-survey
• Terrorism Prevention – A Form of Violence Reduction
• Terrorist Attacks against Bars, Restaurants, Nightclubs Worldwide Highlight Importance of Public and Private Sector Partnerships in the Homeland
• Terrorist Arson
• Terrorist Commemorative Messaging Encourages Attacks - Survey
• Terrorist Disinformation
• Terrorist Insider Threat
• Terrorist Messaging Urges Use of Edged Weapons - Survey
• Threat of Terrorism and Hate Crimes Against Jewish Communities in US - survey
• Threats Against Religious Facilities and Adherents Highlight Importance of Religious Community Outreach
• Triacetone Triperoxide (TATP): Indicators of Acquisition and Manufacture, and Considerations for Response
• Urea Hydrogen Peroxide
• Vehicle Borne Attacks - Tactics and Mitigation-survey
• Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED): Preparedness, Recognition, And Response
• Vehicle Rental/Leasing Industry Partnerships: A Force Multiplier
• Violent Extremists and Terrorists Exploit Civil Unrest and Public Assemblies in the United States - survey