HAZARD ASSESSMENT, MANAGEMENT, AND DECONTAMINATION

In the DoD context, hazard management is basically limited to avoidance, quarantine, or decontamination. This section will focus primarily on the S T aspects of decontamination. Hazard assessment has two aspects detection of the hazard ( which was covered above) and determination of how well the hazard has been decontaminated, which is discussed here. In order for the CBDP to address the area of Hazard Assessment, Management, and Decontamination the committee identified five S T Capabilities that are needed by the CBD Program. These include Decontamination Methods Discovery, Decontaminant Development. Decontamination Resilient... 

Hazard Assessment, Management and Decontamination DASD(CBD) JRO-CBRND JSTO-CBD... 

Unit. All units need to exercise their NBC capabilities. Depending on the mission of the unit, this training could include sample collection and management of suspected NBC agents, casualty decontamination and treatment, preventive medicine practices, and hazard assessments. Units need to determine and contact possible supporting and supported units. Contact should be made before deployment to allow for smoother operations. 

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