Module A.

Focus Business Community and commercial awareness of terrorist CBR event.

Foreword

This module provides the employees with a good understanding of the effects and defence from a terrorist CBR (chemical biological radiological)event. Emphasis is on information and practical advice to reduce risk, protect and improve resilience.

1) Risk & Hazards of CBR

a) CBR agents and their effects on humans

i) Chemical

ii) Biological

iii) Radiological

b) Acute and Chronic health effects

c) Rationalisation of agent Risk

d) Dispersal and vector agents

e) Covert & Overt Release

f) Identification of CBR event

i)  Notification

ii) Casualties

iii) Visual symptoms

g) Casualty Rules (safe response)

i) 1-2-3 rules

ii) Contaminated ratios 5:1

(1)  Mass decontamination precautions

2) Police & Blue Light Issues (Urban Environment)

a) CCA Civil contingencies act

i) Special powers

ii) Support issues

b) Blue Light Response issues to

i) Internal single event

ii) Wide area (dirty bomb type) event

c) Contamination Spread

i) Plume

ii) Swirl

iii) General considerations for evacuation

d) Perimeter controls

i) Control issues

e) Boundary issues

3) Emergency Services Reaction & Response

a) Expected Time line to assistance Internal Event

b) Expected Time line to assistance External Event

c) Explanation of Zone controls, Hot – Cold

d) Transit through Control zones risk and hazard

e) Public control and obedience factors

f) Casualty procedures and assistance

g) Local Hospital facilities

h) Welcome Home Issues!

i) Best options

j) Need to plan

k) Decontamination issues

i) Mass decontamination

ii) Personal decontamination

iii) Travel to decontamination centre

iv) Belongings and keys, money

l )Blue Light Manpower resources and deployment

m) Time line to safety & recovery

4)  Health & Safety issues

a) Medical assistance, requirements and circumstances

b) Responsibilities of employer/employee

i) HSW act 1974 MHSW1999

ii) Responsibility of employees

c) Need to plan and test

d) Need for Resilience

5)  Government Advice

a) Go in-Stay In- Tune In

i) Rational

ii) Benefits

iii) Shortfalls

b) Alternatives

i )Evacuation

ii) Benefits

iii) Shortfalls

6)  External Release

a) Typical agent characteristics

b) Wind direction

i) Plume & Swirl

 

(b)  Concentration

c) Ingress and egress of contamination

d) Height issues

e) Exposure issues

f) Route out, (escape)

g) Caught in the open

h) Time line to Safety

i) Time lines to recovery

7) External Incident Response and Control

a) Communication issues

b) Activate Incident Response Teams

c) Key issues

d) Automated Engineering Controls

e) Manual controls

f) Choice of team members

g) Training & equipment

h) Movement within the building

i) Prevention of internal distribution

8) Evacuation

a) Considerations

i) Demand (Police)

ii) Self assessment

iii) Alternatives

iv) Practicality

v) Panic evacuation

vi) Return evacuees

b) Drawbacks of evacuation

i) Time line

ii) Safety considerations

iii) Official controls

iv) Transport systems

v) Transit considerations

vi) Spread or distribution of contaminate

9) Defending Buildings & OccupantsModules (B&G)

a) Unified Building Response plan

i) Using existing controls

(1) IRT

ii) Authorities

b) Multi tenancy plan failure/interdependence

c) Internal Security Control (Education)

d) Boundary Trespasser control and procedures (Isolation)

e) Planning

i) Management

ii) Generic information

(1) DEFRA

(2) ODPM

(3) MI5

iii) Specific Need

f) See Module G Planning Defence

10) Internal Incident & Exposure procedures

a) Notification and information distribution

b) Evacuate or Stay put

i) Rational

c) Mitigation and control issues

d) Information for Blue Light Attendance

e) Reception & Post room issues

i) Controls

11) Internal Incident Response & Control

a) Invoke Building specific incident plan

i) IRT

ii) Controls

b) Notify Police

c) Liaise with Responders

12) Workplace contamination

a) Internal dispersal

i) Ventilation

ii) Stack effect

iii) Movement issues

b) Control issues

c) Time lines

13) Protecting People

a) PPE Last Choice (reasoning)

b) Types and use

c) Limitations & Benefits(BSI Evaluation)

d) Availability and location or equipment

e) Fitting & maintenance

f) Don & doffing

g) Maintenance & storage

14) Shelter in Place and Evacuation (evaluation)

a) Choice or Official Order?

b) Evacuation Procedures (ODPM Review)

i) Routes & en rout considerations

ii) Overview of Success & Benefits

c) Blue light Time line to assistance

d) Review of CBR effects and importance of decontamination

e) Go In-Tune in-Stay in

i) review

f) Limitations of Shelter in Place

15) Safe Haven development

a) Necessity of a safe haven

b) Considerations for location

c) The Pressure Plain

d) Internal controls & influences

e) External controls & zoning

f) Testing of Integrity

g) Importance of “Resilience Planning”

16) Resilience Issues

a) The reasoning for Resilience

b) Time line considerations

c) Environmental controls

d) Safety

i) Ventilation

(1) Quality of air

(2)  Filtration

ii) Water and ablutions

iii) Sustenance

iv) Heating and cooling

v) Security internal & external

e) Information & contact procedures

f) The need for training and planning

17)  Personal & Group Decontamination

a)  Movement to Decontamination area

b) Review of Government advice (mass decontamination)

c) Blue light mass decontamination procedures

d) Public Procedures and expectations and efficiency

e) Emergency self help

f) Use of Building facilities

g) Use of available assets (external)

h) 80/20 rule

i) Fleeing arrivals

18)  Planning Requirements

a) Communication

b) Awareness

c) Unification

d) Resources

e) Plan

f) Testing

g) Audit