Security Blanket
The Secret Service leads the effort to protect 2,500 Olympic athletes and a million spectators
Ticketed events 140
Medals events 70
Olympic athletes 2,500
Olympic officials 1,000
THE RESPONSE
Overall security : 10,000 federal, state, and local personnel, including more than 1,000 FBI agents and 2,000 members of the Secret Service.
National Guard members: 3,500 will man staff magnetometers, secure venue perimeters, and inspect vehicles.
Hazmat teams with chemical and biological sensors will monitor venues and surrounding areas.
Government inspectors at warehouses and off-site facilities will inspect mail, food, and other deliveries.
F-16s stationed 30 miles from Salt Lake City will be on alert throughout the games.
Black Hawk helicopters from the U.S. Customs Service will patrol the skies.
State Department and INS agents will be able to do instant background checks on foreign visitors.
National Park Service rangers will patrol slopes near ski events.
FEMA staff, nuclear response teams, and EMS personnel will handle any post-disaster response and casualties.
Hundreds of observation cameras will be located at and near competition sites, gathering places, and the Olympic Village.
Sharpshooters will be posted around and near venues.
Cipro: Thousands of doses of the antianthrax drug will be on hand.
Sources: Mountain High Maps, Salt Lake Organizing Committee, Utah Olympic Public Safety Command, U.S. Secret Service
Graphic by Rob Cady and Rod Little. Coordinated by John Englund--USN&WR
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