CBRN Flashcards
Where should the location of entry control be in CBRN ?
Downwind, flat, visible
Edge of cold to warm zone
What is IIMARCH? What does it stand for
Used for briefing
Information
Intent
Method
Administration
Risk assessment
Communications
Humanitarian issues
Who should be entry control officer and what do they wear ?
SORT operative
Don tabard - yellow and green checked
What is the ECB ?
Entry control board
What should and shouldn’t you do with ECB?
Shouldn’t erase anything from board single line cross through
Take pictures using phone for documentation
Responsibility of entry control officer
Entry to warm/hot zone
Need name/pin written down and operatives tally before entering
Need when suit zipped up and when to withdraw
Welfare checks of operatives
If more than one ECB how should they be labelled
With letters
What are the red blocks on ECB
For rescue team
Need to write on PRP suit and number
Before anyone goes into warm zone what is needed
A rescue team - 2 people
People in the CDU - 4 people
What does PRPS stand for ?
When and who uses ?
Powered respirator protective suit
CBRN incident. Used by sort
What colour are the filters on live PRPs suit and what colour on training suits ?
What do they provide
Orange - live suits
Blue - training suits
Ambient air do not provide oxygen
What are the layers of the PRPs filter?
Splash layer - this can be removed
Activated charcoal layer
Fluid resistant layer
Contaminate level
What do the PRPs filters removed
Organic vapours
Inorganic vapours
Acid gasses
Ammonia
How long do the PRPs filters provide protection
75 minutes
What colour are the PRPs batteries on live and training suits?
How long do they last ?
Live suit - orange last 3.5/4 hours, non rechargeable
Training - black/silver are rechargeable
Lights in PRPS meaning ?
Green - working fine
Amber - flashing after 60 mins in suit, solid after 75 mins in suit
Red - fault/ low air flow/ low battery
How long should you be out in PRPs
In warm zone for 60 minutes, should be heading back at this point
At 75 minutes should be out of suit
How long does it take to decontaminate yourself
12 minutes
What shouldn’t you be doing in PRPs ?
Kneeling down, leaning or sitting
No lone working
What is the difference between HAZMAT and CBRN
CBRN - intention to kill people
Hazmat - purely accidental
Classifications for chemical agents ?
Lethal - nerve novichock, cyanide, ricin
Damaging - sulphur mustard, lewisite
Incapacitating- CS gas , LSD
What is a biological agent ?
Features and examples
A microorganism or toxin used for biological terrorism
Live agent - small pox, influenza, plague, Ebola, anthrax
Toxins - ricin (castor beans), botulism
What are the different types of radiation
How to stop them
Alpha particles - stopped by paper and skin few cm
Beta particles - stopped by aluminium or Perspex
Gamma particles - lead
Neutrons - concrete/water
What can you use to detect radiation
When should be used
Disseminator, RAM genie
Inside suit and after decon to ensure no radiological material left on them
