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1. CONFERENCE PRESENTS “Boiling in the Broth” Hazardous Materials in the Workplace Name of Seminar Here>

2. Insurance & Risk Management Nova Scotia

3. ALL HANDS ON DECK We are in a global age. The role of emergency preparedness and business continuity has never been more important. The main challenge lies in engaging and organizing our capacity. The tools exist.

4. GLOBALIZATIONis a keycharacteristic of the era. • Global economic crisis • Pandemics • Transnational security threats • Ballooning economics • Terrorism

5. A hazardous material is any substance or material that possesses an unreasonable risk to health and safety of persons and/or the environment if it is not properly controlled • A CBRNE incident involves the intentional use of hazardous materials to kill, injure, incapacitate or terrorize • A CBRNE incident is a Hazmat crime scene

6. GUIDING PRINCIPLES • Threats Assessments • Life • Property • Critical Infrastructure • The Environment • The Economy • The Government • Maintain Public Confidence

7. FOCUSED MANAGEMENT STYLE • Based on ICS systems • Proper flow of Information • Decision must be made quickly

8. ACID SPILL - NSAC

9. ACID SPILL - NSAC

10. ACID SPILL - NSAC

11. GAS TANKER

12. GAS TANKER

13. OIL SPILL

14. OIL SPILL

15. COX INSTITUTE - NSAC

16. RIOT CONTROL AGENTS Mace CS Gas Pepper Spray Dog Repellent Bear Spray OC

17. CHEMICAL SPRAY

18. CHEMICAL SPRAY

19. CHEMICAL SPRAY

20. THE DEMMING CYCLE OF CONTINOUS IMPROVEMENT

21. RESILENCY CYCLE Response Recovery

22. RESILENT SYSTEMS COMPONENTS • Foresight and Planning • Trust and Partnering • Strength and Flexibility • Strong Leadership

23. 911

24. SUSPICIOUS POWDER INCIDENTS * Halifax 2007 Pictou 2007 North Sydney 2007 Amherst 2007

25. ANTHRAX - TRURO

26. ANTHRAX - TRURO

27. ANTHRAX - TRURO

28. CHEMICAL REACTION DEVICES Yarmouth 2007 Bleach / Lye Tantallon 2007

31. CBRNE AGENTS

32. CHEMICAL AGENTS • Toxic Industrial Chemicals (TICs) • Chemical Warfare Agents (CWA)

33. SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE INDICATORS Location Signs Symptoms

34. SUSPICIOUS PACKAGES

35. EXPLOSIVE DEVICES PEI 2007 Bridgewater 2007 Vancouver 2005 ANFO

36. CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS • Nerve Agents • Blister Agents • Blood Agents • Choking Agents

37. RADIOLOGICAL/NUCLEAR

38. PRE-PLANNING BIOLOGICAL Local Hazmat Team & Regional CBRNE Resources

39. RICIN

40. BLISTER AGENTS (VESICANTS) Delaware USA July 2004

41. MECHANICAL ACTION DEVICES Japan 1994-1995 Canada New Glasgow 2007 USA 2001

42. PNEUMATIC DEVICES Unscheduled Spraying Abandoned Spray Devices

43. PRE-PLANNING EXPLOSIVE Explosive Disposal Unit (EDU)

44. How could the “Bad Guys & Girls” use radioactive sources ? • RED – Radiological Exposure Device • RDD – Radiological Dispersal Device (Dirty Bomb) • Nuclear Bomb

45. IONIZING RADIATION • Alpha Particles • Beta Particles • Gamma & X-rays • Neutron Particles

46. ALPHA PARTICLES Litvinenko Po-210 Poisoning • Large charged particle • Two protons and two neutrons • Stopped by a piece of paper • Cannot penetrate the human skin • Can travel up to 5 cm in air • Internal hazard

47. CANADIAN CBRNE INCIDENTS

48. 1993 YUKON Biological

49. 1998 EDMONTON Chemical & Explosive

50. 1998 MONTREAL Al Qaeda