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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

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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?