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What do Pancho Villa, coffee, military Mermite food containers, and chemical warfare have to do with each other? The surprising answers at CBRNPro.net!
The Centennial Anniversary of US entry into World War I is almost here and CBRNPro.net is preparing to mark it in a very special way. Check out a preview of our upcoming documentary video and book series examining the American Experience of Chemical Warfare in the "Great War."
In the conclusion to our series exploring the Aum Shinrikyo attacks on the Tokyo Subway, CBRNPro.net argues that medical facilities, like St. Luke's in Tokyo, are a main locus for CBRN incident response, even more so than incident scenes in many cases. Planning, coordination, and information management are key to solving the problems associated with CBRN incidents, and have wider application to mass casualty incidents.
CBRNPro.net continues its series on Aum Shinrikyo and the response to the sarin attacks on the Tokyo subway system. In this, our third post, we examine the vexing problem of worried well that is particularly associated with major CBRN events. This problem poses significant short, medium, and long term challenges for responders, medical care givers, emergency management, and local, state, and federal officials and policy makers. We examine ways to manage the problem and explore options for implementing procedures to deal with both worried well and psychological casualties.
In our second post in a series on the Aum Shinrikyo Sarin attack on the Tokyo Subway system we examine the points of failure during the the response to that attack, some lessons learned, and the uneven implementation of those lessons in the US and other countries.
March 2016 marked the 21st anniversary of the Aum Shinrikyo sarin attack on the Tokyo subway. This seminal event in the history of CBRN marked a major shift world wide toward a focus on CBRN terrorism and led to the creation of new groups, like the CST-WMD teams, to deal with it. Yet, most of what is "known" in the CBRN community about the attack, and what is printed in newspaper articles and books about the attack is inaccurate or wrong. CBRNPro.net examines what really happened in this first of a series of posts about the attack.
We are always reading here at CBRNPro.net. A lot of that includes books related to CBRN history or CBRN issues. So when we finish one of those we like to offer our readers a review. Philip Ball's Serving the Reich is not directly associated with CBRN, but it touches on a very real aspect of dealing with CBRN as developed by authoritarian states (which is most of it) through the case study of the Nazi nuclear program. Check our review out at CBRNPro.net and follow us on Facebook for news and updates.
At CBRNPro.net we are too sexy for our Gaussian Dispersion model, yeah, too sexy for our plumes, yeah. But seriously, we are not talking about cocaine, Zoolander turning left, or Tom Brady. We are talking about all of the issues associated with CBRN models from ALOHA to HPAC. CATS-JACE not Catwalks. We even break it all down into a top ten list. Oh and if you pay attention you might be able to win the trivia contest on our facebook page!
Did you have some friends over to watch the game? We here at CBRNPro.net had a little get together...
We also had a contest. We also listened to some podcasts, which by the way, did you know CBRNPro.net has podcasts? Now you do. Please check out our podcasts page or iTunes to download and listen.
Also, there are two trivia questions from yesterday's Superbowl CBRN trivia contest still awaiting a correct answer on our facebook page. Contest will run until someone gets the answers. Winners receive a free "Keep Calm and Decon" Bumper Sticker.
CBRNPro.net's inaugural podcast is live on our website! Download and listen today.
Trivia Question: Who designed the Gatun Locks of the Panama Canal, was the first commander of the 1st Infantry Division "The Big Red One," and was the first commander of the US Chemical Warfare Service in World War I?
Answer: Major General William Luther Sibert, the "Hero of Panama" and "Father of the Chemical Warfare Service."
To learn how MG Sibert accomplished all that, and got relieved of command along the way, download and listen to CBRNPro.net's inaugural podcast today!
The EU Parliament recently released a report on Da'esh CBRN threats. CBRNPro.net picks it apart and finds a 5 pound bag of sugar inside.
CBRNPro.net is back at it. So is Dr. Strangelove. In case you missed it between all the Republican debates, America is modernizing its nuclear arsenal. We examine its history and ask some difficult questions about this enterprise.
