Detecting Weapons of Mass Destruction

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Provides training to special operations units such as hazmat teams, bomb squads, tactical units, National Guard troops, and other emergency responders who may be called upon to carry out monitoring and sampling activities at a suspected WMD incident in order to help identify the weapons used.

  • Focuses on equipment used as part of initial emergency response operations:
  • Dosimeters
  • Radiation pagers
  • Contamination survey instruments
  • Spectrometry
  • M8/M9 paper
  • High speed chromotography
  • Hazmat Smart Strips
  • Infrared technology
  • Biological sampling kits
  • many more! Also:
  • The complexities of detecting for weapons of mass destruction
  • Detection priorities
  • Technologies used to monitor for radiation, explosives, chemical weapons and biological weapons
  • The advantages and limitations of each type of technology is discussed
  • How to avoid false positives
  • How to document findings
  • Guide included

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Armando Bevelacqua
Armando Bevelacqua is the special operations chief for the City of Orlando Fire Department. He is a member of the interagency board, state and local terrorism task forces among a variety of federal working groups looking at chem/bio response. He has ... more...
Frank Docimo
Frank is president of Docimo & Associates, a consulting firm that specializes in training emergency responders in counterterrorism, EMS and HazMat issues. He is the HazMat Officer for the Turn of River Fire Dept. in Stamford, CT and co-chairperson of... more...
Chris Hawley
Chris is a Deputy Project Manager with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). He is responsible for several WMD courses with the DOD/FBI/DHS International Counterproliferation program, providing threat assessment, hazmat, and anti-terrorism trianing wo... more...
Carol Maslansky
A board-certified toxicologist, Dr. Maslansky is a principal of GeoEnvironmental Consultants, Inc. and is responsible for health, safety and air monitoring at hazmat site investigations. more...
Steve Maslansky
Steve is a principal partner in Maslansky GeoEnvironmental Inc. He has over 30 years experience in emergency issues, investigation and remediation related to hazardous waste and hazardous materials issues. He conducts training worldwide for the US De... more...
Greg Noll
Greg is a senior partner in Hildebrand Noll Associates, a consulting firm specializing in emergency planning, response and incident management issues. He serves as the Program Manager for the South Central Pennsylvania Regional Counter-Terrorism Task... more...

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