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62 nd Civil Support Team (Weapons of Mass Destruction)

62 nd Civil Support Team (Weapons of Mass Destruction). Purpose. To inform the audience about the mission and capabilities of the Civil Support Teams (WMD).

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62 nd Civil Support Team (Weapons of Mass Destruction)

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  1. 62nd Civil Support Team (Weapons of Mass Destruction)

  2. Purpose To inform the audience about the mission and capabilities of the Civil Support Teams (WMD)

  3. The term “weapon of mass destruction” means any weapon or device that is intended, or has the capability, to cause death or serious bodily injury to a significant number of people through the release, dissemination, or impact of— toxic or poisonous chemicals or their precursors; a disease organism; or radiation or radioactivity. Definition of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

  4. Chemical Nerve Blister Blood Choking Chlorine Biological Botulism Toxin Anthrax Plague Ricin Radiological Medical, industrial equipment Cesium-137 Cobalt-60 Americium-241 Nuclear Fissile material (uranium or plutonium) High-yield Explosives WMD≈ CBRNE

  5. Civil Support Teams – Key Characteristics • Must be certified by the Secretary of Defense • Operate only in the United States and territories • Total of 57 teams (one in each state, two in CA, FL and NY, one in each territory (GU, VI, PR, DC) • Main role is support to Governor & IC (analytic, advisory, civil-military interface and communications functions • CSTs are under State control unless federalized • Sophisticated Reachback System • Interoperable with Civil Responders

  6. Mission Support civil authorities at a domestic CBRNE incident site by identifying CBRNE agents/substances, assessing current and projected consequences, advising on response measures, and assisting with appropriate requests for additional support.(Analytic, advisory, civil-military interface and communications functions)

  7. Response Bridge Local State Federal Response CST Bridge Response Time 24 hours 4 hours

  8. Organizational Diagram Commander Deputy Commander Medical Med Opns Off Physician’s Asst. Nuclear Med Off Medical NCO Personnel/ Admin NCO Logistics NCO Operations Operations Officer Sr. Operations NCO Training NCO Hazard Modeling NCO Communications NCO Info Systems NCO Surv& Mon Tm Ldr NBC Recon NCO Survey & Monitoring Team Team Chief Team Member Team Member Survey & Monitoring Team Team Chief Team Member Team Member

  9. Training • Individual/Institutional • Civil Support Skills Course • Position-specific specialized training • Team/Unit/Collective • Home Station • Annual Observed/Controlled Collective Exercises • External Evaluation for re-certification (every 18 months) • Post Certification Training/Exercises • Commander-driven, sustain training level • Integrated with local and regional first responders Average Specialized training = 650 hrs

  10. ADVON Suburban Provides the CST Commanders with capabilities to: • Assist incident command enroute to incident location, • Coordinate with reachback resources on the move, • Provide internet, phone, interoperable communications in minutes.

  11. Unified Command Suite (UCS) Radios HF/UHF/VHF SATCOM INMARSAT Phones DSN/Commercial Data NIPRNET SIPRNET Video Collaborative Video Conferencing Tools Interoperability ACU-1000

  12. Communication Hub

  13. Survey and Monitoring Equipment • Detection Equipment • HAPSITE (GC/Mass Spectrometer) • HAZMAT ID • Level A, B, C Suits/Military Protective Suits • M40 Protective Masks (Military Prot. Mask) • M8 Paper (Chemical ID Paper) • M9 Paper (Chemical Detection Paper) • M256 Kit (Military Field Detection Kit) • Radiation Detection Devices (UDR13, PDR77) • Chemical Alarm (M22) • Improved Chemical Agent Monitor (ICAM) • Field Bio Immunoassay Tickets • AHURA First Defender • Multi Rae’s / V-Rae’s / Area Rae’s • Identifinder • Can Detect • Military Chemical Agents (Nerve, Blood, • Choking, Blister, Irritants) • Toxic Industrial Chemicals • Over 200,000 Toxic Chemicals • Oxygen/Oxidizer Levels • Volatile Organic Compounds • Lower/Upper Explosive Limits • Biological Agents (Viruses, Toxins, • Rickettsia, Bacteria) • Anthrax, Plague, Cholera, Smallpox, Ricin, Q Fever, VEE, Tularemia

  14. Analytical Laboratory System • One Class III Containment Glove Box • Benchtop GC/MS • Fluorescent Microscope • Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry • Illuminator (Smiths) • Immunoassay Tickets • Polymerase Chain Reaction • JBAIDS (Idaho Tech) • Electrochemiluminescent Detector M1M (Rooch)

  15. Detect and completely characterize suspected WMD agents/substances Provide onsite mobile analytical platform to perform analysis and characterization of unknown samples and provide assessment Determine the current contaminated area, and assess current and potential hazards Advise civil authorities as to initial casualty medical management and casualty minimization measures Advise civil authorities as to initial agent/site containment and mitigation measures CST (WMD) Capabilities

  16. Advise civil authorities of potential additional support assets, and assist with requests for such assets. Provide incident-related technical and situational awareness information to and from nationwide sources Link to and augment civil responder communications systems. Maintain real time operational communications Provide decontamination of assigned personnel and equipment, and advise IC on setting up a decontamination site. WMD-CST Capabilities (con’t)

  17. Provide preventive medicine, medical surveillance and EMT-level medical care for assigned personnel. Rapidly deploy by organic vehicles and/or non-organic transportation assets Command and control WMD-CST elements and limited augmentation assets, and coordinate administrative and logistic support to WMD-CST. Participate in advanced planning, coordination and training processes Execute the above listed capabilities in accordance with applicable state and federal laws WMD-CST Capabilities (con’t)

  18. TypicalRequestProcedure Local community Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness State Coordinating Officer (SEMA) The Adjutant General 62nd CST (WMD) Incident Commander

  19. Questions? “The National Guard will be the operational force for Homeland Defense” - White House, Homeland Security Council February 2006

  20. Points of Contact MAJ Cameron Magee Commander 62nd CST (WMD) (225) 319-4723 cameron.magee@us.army.mil 1LT Christopher Perkins Medical Operations Officer 62nd CST (WMD) (225) 572-4078 c.perkins@us.army.mil

  21. 62nd CST Weapons of Mass Destruction

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