Objective

Enable leaders to lead CBRNE response teams and perform advanced response actions in a contaminated environment.

Target Audience

Advanced first responders who may have a role in:

• Command and control;
• On-Scene Command;
• Hazard assessment;
• Protecting the public;
• Crime scene management; and
• Preparedness program management

Duration

110 hours

Contents

On-scene radiological assessment 

• LIVE AGENT TRAINING
• The role of the radiological assessor
• International criteria for radiological assessment 
• Operational intervention levels
• Dispersion modelling
• Scene management and layout
• On-scene assessment
• On-scene command and control
• Contamination control and management 
• Emergency workers protection
• Public protection
• Dose management
• Source recovery
• Decontamination

On-scene chemical assessment 

• LIVE AGENT TRAINING
• The role of the chemical assessor
• International criteria for chemical assessment 
• Action levels
• Dispersion modelling
• Scene management and layout
• On-scene assessment
• On-scene command and control
• Contamination control and management 
• Emergency workers protection
• Public protection
• Decontamination

Medical aspects

• Possible CBRNE scenarios and
• Medical consequences  CBRNE agents, hazards and protection
• Checking for patient contamination
• Practical life-saving and first aid procedures for responding to the scene of a CBRNE event
• Drills

Crime scene management 

• CBRNE agents, hazards and protection
• Detection of CBRNE agents
• Assessment tools and software
• Emergency workers protection
• CBRNE decontamination
• Psychological impacts
• Protection of the public
• Basics of public communications in CBRNE event 
• The national CBRNE emergency management system 
• International assistance

CBRNE program management 

• Goals of emergency preparedness
• Emergency planning process
• Planning basis development
• Consequence assessment 
• Risk management
• Components of an effective program
• Plans and procedures
• Infrastructure and materiel requirements 
• Testing CBRNE arrangement
• Continuous improvement
• Quality management