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STATE OF CONNECTICUT CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT GUIDE FOR

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DELIBERATELY CAUSED INCIDENTS INVOLVING CHEMICAL AGENTS

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State of Connecticut Department of Emergency Management and Homeland

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

List of Contributing Organizations ii

Overview iii

Table of Contents 1

I. INTRODUCTION 6

A. Purpose 6

B. Scope 6

C. Crisis and Consequence Management in Terrorist Incidents 7

D. Notes on the January 2005 revised draft 8

II. THREAT ASSESSMENT 9

A. Chemical Agents Most Likely To Be Used 9

B. Potential Target Areas In Connecticut 9

III. ASSUMPTIONS 11

IV. CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS 14

A. Direction and Control 14

1. Local Forces 14

2. State Forces 14

3. Operational Control of Civil Preparedness Forces Assumed by Governor 14

4. Federal Forces 14

V. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 16

A. Local Government 16

1. 9-1-1 Operators 16

2. Initial Dispatch Notifications 16

3. Additional Dispatch Notifications 16

4. Chief Executive Officer 17

5. Emergency Management Director 17

6. Emergency Medical Services 17

7. Fire Department – Incident Commander 20

8. Police Department 22

9. Public Health Department 23

10. Public Works Department 23

B. State Agencies 24

1. Administrative Services 24

2. Correction 25

3. Criminal Justice 25

4. Emergency Management and Homeland Security 25

5. Environmental Protection 26

6. Governor’s Office 27

7. Mental Health and Addiction Services 27

8. National Guard 28

9. Policy and Management 29

10. Public Health 29

11. Public Safety 30

12. State Medical Examiner 31

13. Transportation 31

14. UCONN Health Center, Connecticut Poison Control Center 32

C. Federal Agencies 32

1. Department of Justice/Federal Bureau of Investigation 32

2. Department of Homeland Security/Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate/Federal

Emergency Management Agency (DHS/EPR/FEMA) 33

3. Other Federal Agencies 34

D. Private and Voluntary Agencies 34

1. American Red Cross 34

2. Association of Connecticut Ambulance Providers 35

3. United Way of Connecticut (Infoline 211) 35

4. Hospitals 35

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A - INCIDENT COMMANDER RECONNAISANCE AND RESCUE GUIDELINES FOR

AN FBI HAZMAT INCIDENT 38

APPENDIX B - AGENT INDICATORS, WEATHER ASSESSMENTS, AND CRIME SCENE

CONSIDERATIONS 39

A. Indicators of Chemical Agent Use 39

B. Indicators of Biological Agent Use 39

C. Indicators of Radiological Agent Use 40

D. Weather Assessment - An Important Factor in Incident Assessment 40

E. Crime Scene Concerns for First Responders 40

APPENDIX C - SITE SET-UP 42

A. Site Set-Up Procedures 42

B. Hot Zone 43

C. Warm Zone 43

D. Cold Zone 44

E. Scene Control Procedures 44

Figure 1 – FBI Hazmat Scene Set-Up 46

APPENDIX D - INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM 47

Figure 2 - Recommended ICS Organization for an FBI Hazmat Incident 47

A. Command Staff 48

1. Incident Commander 48

2. Transition to Unified Command 49

3. Incident Safety Officer 49

4. Public Information Officer 50

5. Liaison Officer 50

B. General Staff 51

1. Operations Section - Operations Section Chief 51

2. Planning Section 51

3. Logistics Section 51

4. Finance a nd Administration Section 52

C. Operations Section - Hazardous Materials (Hazmat) Branch 52

1. Hazardous Materials Branch Director 52

2. Assistant Safety Officer (Hazmat) 52

3. Entry Group Supervisor 53

4. Entry Team Members 54

5. Decontamination Group Supervisor 55

6. Donning/Doffing Group Supervisor 56

7. Research Group Supervisor 57

8. Medical Group Supervisor 58

D. Operations Section - Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Branch 58

1. EMS Branch Director 58

2. Assistant Safety Officer (EMS) 59

3. Primary Triage Group Supervisor (a.k.a. Primary Triage Officer) 59

Table 1 - Rapid Triage For Chemically Exposed Patients 60

4. Secondary Triage Group Supervisor 61

5. Treatment Group Supervisor 61

6. Transportation Group Supervisor (a.k.a. Loading Officer) 62

E. Operations Section - Law Enforcement Branch 63

1. Law Enforcement Branch Director 63

2. Assistant Safety Officer (Law Enforcement) 63

3. Protective Actions Group Supervisor 63

4. Tactical Response Group Supervisor 64

5. Perimeter Security Supervisor 65

6. Evidence Collection Group Supervisor 65

7. Deceased Persons Group Supervisor 66

APPENDIX E – DECONTAMINATION OPERATIONS 67

A. General Principles 67

B. Purposes of Decontamination 67

C. Importance of Timely Decontamination 67

D. Methods of Field Decontamination 68

1. Ladder Pipe Decontamination System (LDS) 68

2. Emergency Decontamination Corridor System (EDCS) 69

3. Commercially Available Decontamination Systems 69

4. Other Field-Expedient Water Decontamination Methods 70

5. Non-Aqueous Methods 70

E. Ratio of Reporting Cases Versus Actual Casualties 70

F. Decontamination Operations 71

1. Ambulatory Casualties 71

2. Non-Ambulatory Casualties 71

Table 2 - Decontamination Priorities 73

APPENDIX F - MASS CASUALTY OPERATIONS 74

A. Definition of Mass Casualty Incident 74

B. Declaration of Mass Casualty Incident 74

C. Designation of EMS Branch Director 74

Table 3 - Chemical Agent Classification and Victim Symptoms 75

D. Primary Triage and Treatment 76

E. Secondary Triage, Treatment and Decontamination Prioritization 76

1. Ambulatory Patient Assembly Area 76

2. Non-Ambulatory Patient Assembly Area 77

Table 4 - Treatment for Symptomatic Chemically Exposed Patients 77

F. Treatment 78

1. RED- and YELLOW-Tagged Pa tients 78

2. GREEN-Tagged Patients 78

G. Patient Medical Transportation 78

APPENDIX G - DISASTER MORTUARY OPERATIONS 80

A. General Guidelines for a Mass Fatality Chemical Incident 80

B. Activation of Mortuary Response Team 80

C. Initial Recovery and Staging Operations Guidelines 80

D. Operational Guidelines for Evacuation to Morgue 81

APPENDIX H - STATE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER AND STATE MEDIA CENTER 82