Special Operation Team members attend WMD Training in Alabama

FF / PM J. Wasielewski

FF/ PM C. Bucek

FF / PM R. Nicoletta

FF / PM D. Reyburn

The WMD Hazardous Material Technician Training Course (COBRA), is a 3-day in-depth training course in the composition, action, identification, and decontamination of WMD agents that have the potential for use in a terrorist incident.  This course also includes training in the preservation of evidence at a crime scene, an overview of the international and domestic terrorist threat, and a series of practical exercises involving WMD detection, identification and protective equipment and techniques for operating at a WMD terrorist incident. Located at the former home of the U.S. Army Chemical School, Fort McClellan, the CDP conducts live chemical agent (VX and Sarin/GB) training for the nation's civilian emergency response community.  This training course culminates with a multi-task, hands-on training exercise in the WMD [Toxic Agent] (COBRA) Training Facility. The training emergency responders receive at the CDP provides a valid method for ensuring high levels of confidence in equipment, procedures, and individual capabilities.