REACT TO A CHEMICAL
BIOLOGICAL HAZARD
Presented By:
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AGENDA
•React to a CB Hazard or Attack
•Recognize a CB Hazard or Attack
•Identify CB Attack Indicators/ Take
Action
•Protect Yourself from CB Hazard
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React to a CB Hazard or Attack
CONDITIONS:
Given a scenario simulating an environment in which
CB weapons have been or may have been used by the
enemy, MOPP gear and assigned decontamination kits
are available, and one or more of the following
Automatic Masking Criteria:
1.
A chemical alarm sounds.
2.
A positive reading is obtained on detector
paper.
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React to a CB Hazard or Attack
CONDITIONS:
3.
Individuals exhibit symptoms of CB agent
poisoning.
4.
You observe a contamination marker.
5.
Supervisor tells you to mask.
6.
You see personnel wearing protective masks.
7.
You observe other signs of possible CB
attack.
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React to a CB Hazard or Attack
STANDARD:
Identify CB attack indicators with 100% accuracy and
immediately notify your supervisor; within one minute of
discovering contamination, decontaminate yourself; after
you completely decontaminate yourself, decontaminate
individual equipment.
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Recognize a CB Hazard or Attack
CONDITIONS:
Given a scenario simulating an environment in which
CB weapons have been or may have been used by the
enemy, and one or more of the following Automatic
Masking Criteria:
1.
A chemical alarm sounds.
2.
A positive reading is obtained on detector
paper.
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Recognize a CB Hazard or Attack
CONDITIONS
3.
Individuals exhibit symptoms of CB agent
poisoning.
4.
You observe a contamination marker.
5.
Supervisor tells you to mask.
6.
You see personnel wearing protective
masks.
7.
You observe other signs of possible CB
attack.
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Recognize a CB Hazard or Attack
STANDARD:
Identify CB attack indicators with 100% accuracy and
immediately notify your supervisor.
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Vocal Alarm
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Hand-and-Arm Signal
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US/NATO Chemical Contamination
Markers
Faces Away from Contamination
Faces Toward Contamination
Yellow Background with Red Lettering
Information on Marker:
Name of Agent (if known)
Date and Time of Detection
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US/NATO Chemical Contamination
Markers
Faces Away from Contamination
Faces Toward Contamination
Blue Background with Red Lettering
Information on Marker: Name of Agent (if
known)
Date and Time of Detection
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US/NATO Chemical Contamination
Markers
Faces Away from Contamination
Faces Toward Contamination
Yellow Background with Red Lettering Information
on Marker: Name of Agent (if known)Date and Time
of Detection
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Warsaw Pact Contamination Markers
C% = Nuclear
[ = Biological
?% = Chemical
Decontaminated Path
(and its width)
Red Background
Black Lettering
Area cannot be
Decontaminated
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Protect Yourself From CB Contamination
CONDITIONS:
Given a scenario simulating an environment in which
CB weapons have been or may have been used by the
enemy, MOPP gear and assigned decontamination kits
are available, and one or more of the following
Automatic Masking Criteria:
1. A chemical alarm sounds.
2. Positive reading obtained on detector paper.
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Protect Yourself From CB Contamination
CONDITIONS
3.
Individuals exhibit symptoms of CB agent
poisoning.
4.
You observe a contamination marker.
5.
Supervisor tells you to mask.
6.
You see personnel wearing protective masks.
7.
You observe other signs of possible CB
attack.
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Protect Yourself From CB Contamination
STANDARD:
Identify Automatic Masking Criteria with 100%
accuracy; within one minute of discovering
contamination, decontaminate yourself; after you
completely decontaminate yourself, decontaminate
individual equipment.
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Summary
•React to a CB Hazard or Attack
•Recognize a CB Hazard or Attack
•Identify CB Attack Indicators/ Take
Action
•Protect Yourself from CB Hazard
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QUESTIONS
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TESTING
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