CBRNE Training Academy

CBRNE Training Academy

Safety and ResponseSafety and ResponseSafety and ResponseSafety and Response

Lecture GoalsLecture Goals

• Explain the first steps in confronting a hazardous event

• Introduce the concept of notification

• Describe zones of control

• Explain the first steps in confronting a hazardous event

• Introduce the concept of notification

• Describe zones of control

S-I-NS-I-N

• Awareness and recognition leads to SIN– Safety– Isolation– Notification

• What to do when something happens

• Awareness and recognition leads to SIN– Safety– Isolation– Notification

• What to do when something happens

Always count to TENAlways count to TEN

•Take your time

•Evaluate your surroundings/situation

•Never rush in, or get in over your head

•Take your time

•Evaluate your surroundings/situation

•Never rush in, or get in over your head

SAFETYSAFETY

• Once you have identified that a problem has occurred . . .

PROTECT YOURSELF

• Only if you are safe can you ensure the safety of others

• Once you have identified that a problem has occurred . . .

PROTECT YOURSELF

• Only if you are safe can you ensure the safety of others

ISOLATEISOLATE

• To separate from everything else– Close a door, close a window– Cover a spill– Set up a barrier– Keep people from entering a building– Establish a decontamination area

• To separate from everything else– Close a door, close a window– Cover a spill– Set up a barrier– Keep people from entering a building– Establish a decontamination area

Clean and DirtyClean and Dirty

Warm is dirty

Cold is clean

Warm is dirty

Cold is clean

ISOLATEISOLATE

• Keep clean from getting dirty– Establish perimeters and control

zones

• Can range from basic to complex

• Keep clean from getting dirty– Establish perimeters and control

zones

• Can range from basic to complex

Cold zoneCold zone

• Support zone– “Green Zone”– No contamination

• Support zone– “Green Zone”– No contamination

Warm zoneWarm zone

• Contamination zone– “Reduction zone”, “Yellow zone”– Secondary contamination

• Contamination zone– “Reduction zone”, “Yellow zone”– Secondary contamination

Hot zoneHot zone

• Exclusion zone– “Red Zone”– Primary release / contamination

• Exclusion zone– “Red Zone”– Primary release / contamination

ISOLATEISOLATE

• Security is the key to isolation• Impede entry into hospital

– Barricades– Locked entryways– Close fire doors / internal barriers– Post guards

• Control access while protecting staff

• Security is the key to isolation• Impede entry into hospital

– Barricades– Locked entryways– Close fire doors / internal barriers– Post guards

• Control access while protecting staff

ISOLATEISOLATE

• Inhibit contamination– Cohort contaminated patients– Prevent contact with non-

contaminated– Isolate to one area of hospital

• Inhibit contamination– Cohort contaminated patients– Prevent contact with non-

contaminated– Isolate to one area of hospital

ISOLATEISOLATE

• Water purification– Is it safe to drink the water?

• Ventilation system– Is it safe to breathe the air

• Waste disposal– What do I do with all this trash?

• Water purification– Is it safe to drink the water?

• Ventilation system– Is it safe to breathe the air

• Waste disposal– What do I do with all this trash?

NOTIFYNOTIFY

• Who you gonna call?

• Follow the chain of command

• Your immediate supervisor is your best contact

• Activate the hospital plan for events

• Who you gonna call?

• Follow the chain of command

• Your immediate supervisor is your best contact

• Activate the hospital plan for events

NOTIFYNOTIFY

• Other contacts include . . .– Your administrator– The hospital HazMat person– 911– Poison Control– Publicly Owned Treatment Works

(POTW - waste water management)– National Response Center– FBI

• These contacts are not for everyone

• Other contacts include . . .– Your administrator– The hospital HazMat person– 911– Poison Control– Publicly Owned Treatment Works

(POTW - waste water management)– National Response Center– FBI

• These contacts are not for everyone

Remember . . .Remember . . .

• Awareness leads to SIN• Always count to TEN

• Awareness leads to SIN• Always count to TEN

Questions?Questions?