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Acknowledgments | |
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Foreword | |
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Introduction | |
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The Threat Environment | |
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Adverse Effects | |
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Causative Agents: The Spectrum of CBRN/HAZMAT Substances | |
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Means of Dissemination | |
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Causative Agents: the Perpetrator | |
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Multipliers in the Major Event Environment | |
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Nuisances, Hoaxes, and Communicated Threats | |
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CBRN/HAZMAT Substances: Characteristics Significant as Planning Considerations | |
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Differing Perspectives and Philosophies on CBRN/HAZMAT Planning and Response | |
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Fire Service and HAZMAT | |
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Military CBRN Defense Philosophy | |
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Perspective of Police, Law Enforcement, and Security Services | |
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The Private Security Provider's Perspective | |
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Medical Perspective | |
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Scientific and Laboratory Perspective | |
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General Planning and Preparedness Efforts | |
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CBRN in Context: Interagency Planning and Cooperation | |
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Swimming in the Sea: Keeping CBRN/HAZMAT in Context | |
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The Safety and Security Bureaucracy: The Sea in Which We Swim | |
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Interagency Planning and Coordination | |
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Incident Management Systems | |
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The Operations Center | |
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Best Practices | |
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Common Language | |
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General Planning Considerations at an Early Stage | |
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Establish your Planning Threshold | |
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Reconnaissance: Site Surveys and Walkthroughs | |
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Resilience | |
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Legal Considerations | |
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Communications | |
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Building Capability and Capacity | |
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Survey the Existing Capability | |
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Surveying Capacity | |
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The Synchronization Matrix as a Planning Tool | |
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Assessment Schemes | |
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Training and Exercises | |
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Equipment Procurement | |
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Preparing for the Onslaught of Vendors | |
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Hazard Prediction-Is it Useful? | |
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Sensors: Surveillance and Warning | |
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Protection Technology | |
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Dealing with Event Venues | |
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Major Types of Venue | |
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Architectural, Structural, and Construction considerations | |
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Planning Considerations for Building Construction | |
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Securing Venues | |
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Venue Search | |
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Screening People | |
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Screening Goods and Vehicles | |
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The Response Disciplines | |
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Medical Preparedness | |
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How will CBRN/HAZMAT Present itself to the Medical System? | |
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The Concept of "Special Events Medical Services" | |
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General Planning Considerations | |
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Mass Casualty Planning | |
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Hospital Decontamination | |
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Medical Surveillance | |
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Dealing with the "Worried Well" | |
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Police, Law Enforcement, Intelligence, and Security Preparedness | |
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Breaking the Cycle: Disrupting the Process of Terrorism | |
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Preparing to Operate in a CBRN/HAZMAT Environment | |
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Preparedness for the Fire and HAZMAT Sector | |
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Adapting the Response to the Major Event Environment | |
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Decontamination | |
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Search and Rescue in the Hot Zone? | |
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Keeping the Detectives Happy: Learning not to Wreck the Crime Scene | |
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The Military: Preparing for Military Support to Civil Authorities | |
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The Nature of Military Support to Civil Authorities | |
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Types of Military Support to CBRN/HAZMAT Incidents | |
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Some Issues and Problems with Military Support | |
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Some Ideas to Integrate Military Support | |
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Preparedness for Everybody Else | |
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Public Transportation and Transport Infrastructure | |
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Financial and Administrative Preparedness | |
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Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Bomb Squad | |
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Legal Preparedness | |
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Preparedness for Event and Venue Management | |
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Laboratory and Scientific Preparedness | |
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Reach-Back | |
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VIP Protection Considerations | |
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Response | |
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Initial Assessment and Response | |
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The Golden Hour | |
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Initial Assessment of the Incident | |
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Arriving on Scene: Managing the Incident with GEDAPER | |
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Tactics for the Incident Commander and Responder | |
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Detection, Measurement, and Identification of Hazards | |
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Concepts and Definitions | |
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"Primitive" and "Nonspecific" Sensors | |
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Chemical and HAZMAT Sensors | |
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Biological Sensors | |
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Radiological and Nuclear Sensors | |
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Integrating Detection and Identification into Operations | |
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Best Practices for Major Events | |
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What Not to Do | |
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Medical Response | |
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How Will the CBRN/HAZMAT Patient Look? | |
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Managing the Incident: Being Realistic in Chemical Scenarios | |
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Field Care: Remember the ABCDD | |
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Alphabet Soup: Managing the ABCDD in an MCI | |
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Definitive Care: the Larger Picture | |
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Decontamination | |
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Why do Decontamination? | |
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Issues and Arguments Surrounding Decon | |
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Categories of Decontamination | |
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Methods of Decontamination | |
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Decontamination: Planning Considerations and Tactics | |
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Law Enforcement and Security Response | |
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Scene Control and Public Order Issues | |
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Intervention Scenarios | |
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Forensics: Collection and Preservation of Criminal Evidence | |
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The Crime Scene | |
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Collecting Evidence at a Contaminated Crime Scene | |
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Consequence Management and Other Related Measures | |
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Consequence Management | |
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Public and Media Affairs | |
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Dealing with the Dead | |
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Volunteers and "Unaffiliated Responders" | |
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References | |
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Practical Scenarios | |
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The Venue Search | |
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Screening People, Vehicles, and Goods | |
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Radiation Detection and Radiation Alerts | |
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Unattended and/or Suspicious Packages | |
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A "Communicated Threat" | |
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An Anthrax Letter | |
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Industrial HAZMAT Accidents | |
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Suspicious Odors and Unexplained Illness | |
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External Chemical Attack | |
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Internal Chemical Attack | |
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The Biological Attack | |
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The Crime Scene | |
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The "Dirty Bomb" and Structural Collapse | |
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Appendices | |
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Glossary of Terms, Abbreviations and Acronyms | |
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Threat Basis and Planning Threshold | |
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Template for a CBRN/HAZMAT Site Survey | |
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Task Lists, Capability Survey, and Capacity Survey | |
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Synchronization Matrix for CBRN/HAZMAT Response at a Major Event | |
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Sample Detection and Identification Decision Trees | |
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If You Only Read One Page, Read This One! | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |