Terrorism's CBR Threat

Everyday life for first responders is hazardous. One has to think about his own survival while trying to help others. Chemical and Biological Terrorism is here in the US. With the tragedy of the weapon goes the need to be knowledgeable about what made the injuries occur in the first place.

That's what this course is all about, preparation for what will occur. The only thing missing is when. This course attempts to enable first responders to use the information provided as a tool to identify, by displayed symptoms, those terrorist weapons that produce significant injury or death when used as weapons of mass destruction.

After taking this course, you should be able to identify the symptoms leading to an assumption of the type of weapon deployed, start emergency help with precautions based on that assumption and reduce the likelihood of self contamination by the weapon, and be able to assist in decontamination of yourself and others.

Course Outline

Lesson 1 What Is Terrorism?
Lesson 2 What Are Chemical And Biological Agents?
Lesson 3 What Is The History And Use Of Chem/Bio Agents?
Lesson 4 What Are The Various Military Chemical Agents In Use?
Lesson 5 What Are The Various Military Biological Agents In Use?
Lesson 6 How To Recognize A CB Attack When It Has Occurred
Lesson 7 How To Defend Yourself From A CB Attack
Lesson 8 Antidotes And Decontamination
Lesson 9 Equipment Used To Detect CB Agents
Lesson 10 Personal Decontamination
Appendix A What Is PDD 39 And It's Relation To You?
Appendix B URL List Of Related Sites

Required Texts

Terrorism Handbook for Operational Responders by Armando S. Bevelacqua and Richard Stilp. 1998, softcover, $18.95
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Tuition for this course is $15.

Honor Graduate of the CBR Officer/NCO course at Aberdeen Proving Grounds Maryland in 1975. One of only two trained from the Marines and was stationed as the 8th. Engineer Battalion NBCNCO at Camp LeJeune, NC. He was assigned a battalion-level staff position responsible for the training of eight companies of Marines. He is a former MP, former federal police officer with the DOD, a former reserve Deputy with Montgomery Co. Ohio Sheriff's Office and reserve Deputy with Benton Co. Arkansas. He has recently completed certification in Terrorism Awareness for First Responders and Emergency Medical Service Concepts for WMD Incidents provided by the Texas A&M University, National Emergency & Rescue Training Center in conjunction with the Department of JusticeÕs Office of State and Local Domestic Preparedness.

Student Comments

This course was very beneficial to me. I am currently employed as an industrial fire chief responsible for a seventeen acre facility. This facility is on a 300-acre site that is valued at almost a half-billion dollars. The department that I work in is responsible for responding to any type of emergency from a fire to a disgruntled member of the public that has entered our site. As the fire chief I am also responsible for training in all of the other disciplines (technical rescue, confined space rescue, security, EMS, etc.) as well. This course is very helpful to me in designing classes for the rest of the emergency responders.

Kurt Driscoll, Berwick, ME

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