FIRST U'S' ARMY CAMPAIGN PLAN FY 2000 FY 2002

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31st Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support
Team (31st CST) Delaware National Guard Smyrna
Readiness Center
Commander MAJ Bradford Knight
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31st CST

• Primary Focus Response to Weapons of Mass
  Destruction (WMD) attack
• Secondary Focus Response to natural disaster
  that overwhelms local resources

Certified as mission capable by the Secretary of
Defense
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31st CSTMission Defined

• Assess Identify suspected WMD agents that may be
  Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear,
  Explosive - ID only (CBRNE) in nature and their
  potential consequences.
• Advise Suggest response measures to the civilian
  Incident Commander based on the assessment.
• Assist Facilitate requests for assistance from
  state and federal assets. Provide reach back
  capabilities.

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31st CST

• 22 Active Guard Reserve (22)
• 18 Army National Guard, 4 Air National Guard
• 100 Hazmat Technicians
• Forward deployed All states and territories
• 100 Personnel and Equipment
• 100 MOSQ/AFSC (Job Trained)
• 24/7 on-call status
• First on-scene military response

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31st CST - ORGANIZATION
Army and Air National Guard Team
Command
Unit Commander (O5) Deputy Commander (O4) 1SG
(E8)
Operations
Administration Logistics DECON
Medical and Analytical
Communications
Operations Officer (O3) Operations NCO-Modeling
(E7) Operations NCO-Training (E6)
Logistics NCO (E7) Administrative NCO (E6)
Physicians Assistant (O4) Medical Ops
Officer(O3) Scientist (04) Medical NCO (E7)
Commo Team Chief (E7) Information Sys Operator
(E7)
Survey
22 Full-time Personnel 7 Officers/15 Enlisted 14
Different Specialties 6 Functional Areas (100
Hazmat Technicians)
Survey Team Leader (O3) NBC Reconnaissance NCO
(E7) 2 NBC Reconnaissance Team Chiefs (E6) 4
NBC Reconnaissance Team Members E5
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CAPABILITIES

• Advance element deploys within 90 minutes of
  alert
• Self-sustaining
• Detection Capabilities
• Military chemical agents (Nerve, Blood, Choking,
  Blister, Irritants)
• Biological Agents
• Radiological contamination source
• Toxic Industrial Compounds and chemicals
• Operate in unknown contaminated environment

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Operations Support

• Liaison and support the Incident Commander in
  decision making and execution
• Execute reach-back to subject matter experts
• Conduct hazard plume modeling
• Real time meteorological data

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31st CST-Modeling Reports

• Roadblocks
• Hospitals
• Schools
• Nursing homes
• Malls
• Historic buildings
• Casualty and
• morbidity projections

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Medical/Analytical Support Operations

• Initial medical assessment based on signs and
  symptoms
• On-site, real-time analysis of samples in mobile
  ALS (Analytical Laboratory System)
• GC/MS (Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer)
  150,000 Chemicals in database
• FTIR (Fourier-Transform Infra Red) for chemical
  analysis of liquids, pastes and powders.
• Microscope -Bio
• PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) Biological Agent
  identification DNA amplification, Gamma
  spectrometer
• 2 Gloveboxes self contained
• Medical reach-back to DoD labs and subject matter
  experts
• Advise health authorities on health effects and
  impacts of CBRN contamination
• Recommend tests and treatment
• Alert officials to symptoms
• Provide on scene medical support for unit
  personnel

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Communications Support Operations

• Internal and external wireless voice and data
  communications
• Fax/Scan/E-mail/internet access
• Satellite connectivity - satphones (Imarsat and
  Iridium)
• Secure communication links
• Cross-banding
• 800MHZ

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Communications

• UCS Co-located at with the Team
• Part of TROJAN network
• SIPRNET, NIPRNET
• Provides network for 31st at scene
• ADVON Co-located with the Incident Cdr (IC)
• 100 Commercial Off the Shelf
• Provides communications to the civilian IC
• Is the communications link for the 31st Cdr to
  the Team
• Both capable of reach-back

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Requirements

• Operational footprint 8 vehicles plus trailers.
  Approximately ½ football field
• Access to water-hydrant or pumper truck
• Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD)

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How do you get us?

• Requested through Delaware Emergency Management
  Agency (DEMA)
• To / for the Governor
• To the Adjutant General
• Mission vetted
• Team alerted
• Takes direction from the Civilian Incident
  Commander
• Reporting requirements through DE-JOC who
  forwards to NGB, NORTHCOM, JTF-CST, etc

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Las Vegas Ricin Incident 91st CST
Operations Brief for 28-29 Feb 2008
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TASK ORGANIZATION
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MISSION
92nd CST (WMD) deploys in support the Las Vegas
Metro Police ARMOR Team on 28-29 Feb 08 in
response to a suspected identification of Ricin.
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SITUATION

• 14 Feb 08 individual called 911 reporting
  shortness of breath. Transported to hospital
  then slipped into coma
• 26 Feb 08 (Tuesday)
• Rent due on apartment of individual and hotel
  staff entered room called police
• Officers find sick/dead animals, weapons, and
  anarchist books
• ARMOR called but found no hazards

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SITUATION

• 28 Feb 08 (Thursday)
• Cousin of sick individual goes to apartment to
  claim items
• Supposedly finds bag of caster beans and white
  powder in several glass vials
• Brings to front desk of hotel and tells clerk he
  found Ricin in cousins apartment
• Patrol and ARMOR respond (Again)
• ARMOR tests powder in glass vile and confirms
  protein then Ricin using 20/20 kit, GenPrime
  Prime Alert, and Pro Strip 5(BADD Kit)
• Swab samples sent to Clark County Health Lab
• Evidence retained for (Analytical Laboratory,
  Mobile) ALS to test

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SITUATIONCommand/Ops/Commo

• CST Commander receives call directly from
  (Incident Commander) IC
• Team recalled using telephone alert
• Advance party (ADVON) rolls followed by main body
• (Mobile Lab) ALS, entry and decon support
  requested
• Ops, (Communications) UCS and Log busy supporting
  and tracking multiple entries and locations
• Unit Assets
• 8 vehicles
• 3 trailers

• Team Composition
• Officers 5 (1 ANG)
• Enlisted 14 (3 ANG)
• Attached 1 (1 ANG) GUAM
• Total 20 (5 ANG)
• Timeline
• 1708 - Notification
• 1755 - IRT Arrived on Scene
• 1838 - MB Arrived on Scene
• 1940 - ALS Begins Sample
• 1942 - Begin Entries
• 0130 - Depart Hotel
• 0200 - RTB

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Foot Print
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SITUATIONAnalytical Laboratory System

• Team Composition
• 1 ARMOR
• NMSO
• Med Ops Officer
• Timeline
• 1838 - Arrived on Scene
• 1940 - Received Sample
• 2013 - HHA Result
• 2159 - PCR Result

• 1 priority once main body arrived on scene
• Equipment prepared
• Received sample from ARMOR detective who remained
  to document
• (Hand Held Assay) HHA positive within 30 seconds
• (Polymerase Chain Reaction) (DNA amplification)
  PCR Confirmation
• Strong positive result for a toxin (Indicative of
  Ricin)
• (International Standards Organization) ISO
  followed

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SITUATIONSW Area Command(Evidence Room, After
confirmation of Ricin)

• Fear of contamination of SW Area Command
• Evidence stored in evidence locker since Tuesday
  night
• Entry made, checked for contamination, none
  found, room bleached
• 4 Weapons (1 rifle 3 pistols) over packed and
  removed

• Team Composition
• 2 ARMOR
• 3 CST Entry
• 1 CST OPS
• Timeline
• 1918 - Departed ICP
• 1942 - Made Entry
• 2010 - Exited
• 2028 - Returned to ICP

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SITUATIONMetro Evidence Vault/Boulder Hwy
Storage Locker

• Fear of contamination of Evidence Vault
• Evidence moved from SW Area evidence locker to
  Metro evidence vault
• Entry made, checked for contamination, none
  found, room bleached
• Moved directly to victims rented storage unit
• Nothing found

• Team Composition
• 2 ARMOR
• 2 CST Entry
• 1 CST OPS
• Timeline
• 2102 - Departed ICP
• 2149 - Made Entry Vault
• 2210 - Exited Vault
• 2225 - Moved to Storage
• 2317 - Made Entry Storage
• 2338 - Exited storage
• 0032 - Returned to ICP

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SITUATIONHotel Office, Apartment, Quarantine
Room, Victims Car

• Fear of contamination of hotel office and
  quarantine room
• Entry made, checked for contamination, none
  found, room bleached
• Moved to victims apartment
• Room examined again for missed items
• Non WMD related evidence taken
• Room bleached

• Moved to victims car
• Inspected
• Only personal items found
• Bleached
• Team Composition
• 2 ARMOR
• 2 CST Entry
• Timeline
• 2142 - Made Entry
• 2353 - Exited
• 0009 - Decon Complete

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SITUATIONDecon Line White Powder

• Narcotics officers were processing possessions of
  deconed hotel workers on the decon line
• White powder found in key chain bullet
• Entry made to use HazMat ID on powder
• Not dangerous or illegal substance Lactose
  Monohydrate

• Team Composition
• 1 ARMOR
• 1 CST Entry
• Timeline
• 2234 - Made Entry
• 2255 - Exited

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Decon Line
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SITUATIONDecon Line

• Run by Clark County Fire Department HazMat team
• Augmented by one CST member
• Supported Hotel site
• Other sites used hasty decon tank trap and
  pressure sprayer
• All used bleach and water to clean

• Team Composition
• 2 CCFD
• 1 CST Entry
• Timeline
• 2057 - Made Entry
• 2245 - Exited

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MEDIA(CST Commander)

• I received a direct call from local TV station
  within 60 minutes of arriving on scene
• I confirmed the CST was on scene
• I directed the reporter to contact the PIO for
  Metro Police
• No further contact that evening

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ADMIN/LOG

• Logistics run to store for bleach and zip lock
  bags

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COMMAND/SIGNAL

• COMMAND
• IC (Metro ARMOR)
• 92nd CST (Nevada)
• FBI Liaison
• Clark County Fire HazMat
• SIGNAL
• Standard CST Radios for entry
• 800 mHz State trunked system for site to site
• Cell Phones/Blackberries

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LESSONS LEARNED

• Prior training with local responders critical
• Down time after incident for ALS due to filter
  change
• FD HazMat Teams not trained to our standard even
  on decon on the verge of dangerous
• Local (Laboratory Response Network) LRN lab is
  jealous and wants the ALS to stay home deathly
  afraid of 2 different answers
• Be prepared for the next day everyone wants to
  talk to you
• Use your Joint (Operations Center)/(Public
  Affairs Officer) JOC/PAO for top cover I got
  calls directly from DTRA, (National Guard Bureau)
  NGB, NORTHCOM, etc.
• No Feds no worries (Utah was a different Animal)

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QUESTIONS?