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Answering the Call
9595thth Civil Support TeamCivil Support TeamWeapons of Mass DestructionWeapons of Mass Destruction
Hayward, CAHayward, CA
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9595thth Civil Support Team (WMD)Civil Support Team (WMD)
LTC John HaramalisCommander
MSG Andrew ButcherSenior Operations NCO
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9595thth Civil Support Team (WMD)Civil Support Team (WMD)
Presidential Decision Directive 39Congress Authorization10 Original Teams ( 2000)17 Additional Teams ( 2001)5 Additional Teams ( 2002)
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9595thth Civil Support Team (WMD)Civil Support Team (WMD)
• 22 Full Time National Guardsman whose primary mission is to support civil authorities.– 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.– Completed US Army Nuclear, Biological,
and Chemical training and local Police / Medical / HAZMAT and Fire academy training.
• Chemical– Blood, Blister, Nerve, and Choking
Agents• Biological • Radiological
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9595thth CST (WMD) MissionCST (WMD) Mission
Support civil authorities at a WMD incident site by identifying agents and
substances
– ASSESS a suspected CBRNE event in support of a local Incident Commander
– ADVISE civilian responders regarding appropriate actions
– FACILITATE requests for assistance to expedite arrival of additional state and DoD assets to help save lives, prevent human suffering and mitigate great property damage.
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CST Vs HAZMAT TeamsCST Vs HAZMAT Teams
• Detection Capability• Trained on Local, State and
Federal response • Expertise in specific WMD
fields
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Area of ResponsibilityArea of Responsibility
10th WMD-CST
95th WMD-CST
9th WMD-CST
93rd WMD-CST
91st WMD-CST
101st WMD-CST
103rd WMD-CST
64th WMD-CST
8th WMD-CST
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9595thth WMDWMD--CST’s Primary CST’s Primary ResponsibilityResponsibility
250 mile Epicenter response –
San Francisco(#1 priority)
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9595thth WMDWMD--CST’s Secondary CST’s Secondary ResponsibilityResponsibility
FEMA IX
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Response BridgeResponse Bridge
Time
Res
pons
e
4 hours 24 hours
Federal Response
Local State
CST Bridge
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Cycle of ResponseCycle of Response
Incident
Identified as aWMD incident
FBI notified
Governor notified
California NGRequest for CST CST alerted
IRT Deployed
Main body deployed
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Deployment OptionsDeployment Options
• Full Team Deployment• Partial Team Deployment
– Medical section– Communication section– Operations can provide technical
reference capability from home station
– Science Section
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INITIAL RESPONSE TEAMINITIAL RESPONSE TEAM•2 VEHICLES
•6 PERSONNEL
•CHEM/ BIO/RAD DETECTION
•COMMUNICATIONS
•ASSISSTED ENTRY
•TECH REF
FOLLOW ON CAPABILITIES OF THE MAIN BODY•SIMILAR CAPABILITIES TO THE INITIAL
RESPONSE TEAM
SURVEY
•EXTENDED ENTRY TEAM CAPABILITIES
ANALYTICAL PLATFORM
• DAPUNIFIED COMMAND SUITE
•FULL COMMUNICATIONS
DECONTAMINATION DUALLY
•TECHNICAL DECON LINECOMMAND SUBURBAN
•FULL COMMAND AND CONTROL
MEDICAL VAN• TECH REF/MEDICAL INTEL
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Survey Team CapabilitiesSurvey Team Capabilities
• 8 Survey Team members
• Conducts reconnaissance
• Sampling collection operations
• Limited mitigation operations
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Chemical DetectionChemical Detection
• Designed to make measurements of 120,000 volatile organic hazardous compounds (VOCs).
• Designed to operate in down range contaminated environments.
• Instrument uses both Gas Chromatograph and Mass Spectrometer technology for analysis.
• 95th (WMD) CST deploys 2 of these instruments to identify chemicals within the Exclusion Zone and in conjunction with the Dismounted Analytical Platform (DAP)
• Lightweight/portable and can be carried by one person.
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Chemical Detection ContinuedChemical Detection Continued
Multi-RAE:
Used to identify hazardous atmospheric conditions within the Exclusion Zone and to detect possible contamination on Personal Protective Equipment prior to leaving a WMD event.
ICAM:
Used to identify Nerve (G) and Blister (H) agents within the Exclusion Zone and to detect possible contamination on Personal Protective Equipment prior to leaving a WMD event.
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Chemical Agent Alarm (M22 Chemical Agent Alarm (M22 Detector)Detector)
• Automatically senses airborne nerve and blister agents– Provides visual and audible
warnings• All-weather and portable
– Can be vehicle mounted • Can be used with various power
supplies
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Biological DetectionBiological Detection
• BT 500 Air Sampler
• DoD JPO Bio Tickets
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• VDR-2 Locates and measures radioactivity– Gamma rays and beta particles
• Gamma Spectrometer– Identifies Gamma emitting
radio isotopes
Radiation DetectionRadiation Detection
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Operations CapabilitiesOperations Capabilities
• Satellite imagery
• Site Safety Plans
• Unit synchronization
• Pre-incident Threat Analysis
• Homeland Operational Planning System (HOPS)
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Modeling CapabilitiesModeling Capabilities
• Provides information on population and support facilities.
• Provides plume modeling.• iClient plume models • Reach back with National
Atmospheric Release Advisory Center (NARAC)
• Consequence Assessment Tool Set (CATS)
• Hazardous Predictions And Assessment Capabilities (HPAC)
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Communications CapabilitiesCommunications Capabilities
• Communications through the use of the Unified Command Suite (UCS)
– Provide interface across the varied first responder frequencies and other response organizations.
– Reach back to experts in varied agencies in order to connect key modeling and simulation capabilities in labs throughout the United States.
– Provide secure telephone, internet, networking, and facsimile capabilities to an incident scene.
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Medical CapabilitiesMedical Capabilities
• Physician Assistant• Medical Operations
Officer• Advises on treatment of
WMD casualties.• Integrates DoD medical
support• Medical Intelligence• Technical Reference
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Science SectionScience Section
• Science Officer• Medical Non Commissioned
Officer– Equipped to conduct
laboratory based presumptive identification of WMD samples on site.
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Analytical LabAnalytical Lab
• Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer (GC/MS)
• Immunoassay Tickets• Gamma Spectrometer• Multi Station Glove Box• Digital Communications Capability• PCR Thermocycler• FT Infra Red Spectrometer
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Decontamination CapabilitiesDecontamination Capabilities
• Two Man Decon Team
• Chemical, Biological & Radiological Decon
• No Mass Decon Capibilities
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SummationSummation
• Reach back capabilities
• Technical reference• On site
presumptive analysis
• Limited resources– Mass
decontamination– Mass triage
• Rapid deployment
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Any Questions?Any Questions?