Ft. Belvoir CBRNE TTX

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Friday, June 15, 2007

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

FT. Belvoir
VA

Contact: Mr. Michael Estes
dmcmillion@mwcog.org
703 805 5205

What: Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High-Yield Explosives (CBRNE) Tabletop Exercise (TTX)

Participants: Installation Directorates (IOC Operators), Partner/Tenant Units, Local, State and Federal Emergency Response Partners

Purpose: Improve the installation's preparedness to respond to and recover from a terrorist CBRNE attack. This TTX is sponsored and facilitated by the Joint Project Manager Guardian Installation Protection Program - Lite. The exercise will be an informal discussion-based exercise involving emergency managers, first responders, IOC decisiion-makers, public health providers and our local, state and federal emergency response partners. It will focus on our ability to respond to two different attack scenarios. The first scenario will be a chemical agent release and the second will be a radiological dispersion device.