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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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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.

React to a CB Hazard or Attack

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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.

React to a CB Hazard or Attack

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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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CONDITIONS3. 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.

Recognize a CB Hazard or Attack

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STANDARD:Identify CB attack indicators with 100% accuracy and immediately notify your supervisor.

Recognize a CB Hazard or Attack

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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 LetteringInformation 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)

Area cannot be Decontaminated

Red BackgroundBlack Lettering

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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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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.

Protect Yourself From CB Contamination

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STANDARD:Identify Automatic Masking Criteria with 100% accuracy; within one minute of discovering contamination, decontaminate yourself; after you completely decontaminate yourself, decontaminate individual equipment.

Protect Yourself From CB Contamination

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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