Chemical, Biological, & Radiological (CBR) Personal Protection Decontamination

Lesson topics include: 

• United States policy regarding nuclear weapons, biological weapons, and chemical weapons; 
• Mission-oriented protective posture levels (MOPP levels) and how to don the MCU/2P gas mask and all protective gear; 
• Completing the confidence test of the mask, including clearing the mask inside a chamber in MOPP 4; 
• Types, symptoms, and effects of chemical weapons (nerve, blister, blood and choking agents), biological weapons (toxins, bacteria, viral, and fungal agents), and nuclear weapons (blast and levels of radiation); 
• Administering first aid to individuals who have been exposed to those agents and all self-aid antidotes and measures; 
• Learning and performing procedures and requirements for individual decontamination; and 
• Removal and disposal of contaminated clothing, first aid material, and personnel equipment. 

Training Period: 2 Days.