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Maintenance in an NBC environment training. Fort Eustis, VA,
In 2004, while working at ABC News in New York, I volunteered for the what the company called "go teams" which meant that I had to take CNBR survival training. That training was taught by a former British Army specialist who claimed to have written the guidelines for those scenarios. The catalyst for the training was the Republican convention and they expected that there might be a follow up to the 911 attacks. My final exam for the course was getting my hazmat suit complete with gas mask on in 30 seconds (the time might be different since it was 18 years ago). I passed the test!
Most of my pics from my service burnt up in a storage fire in 2002. I've posted a couple elsewhere here on the forum, but it's just me leaning against my car, etc.
I'm sure you goy stories to tell though. Post em here.
No, they were concerned about liability! What our instructor did do was show us a film of a tethered goat exposed to nerve gas…the poor goat only lasted a few seconds. That was … an eye opener, a wake-up call, a scare the heck out of us moment, ergo…getting our hazmat suits on in record time. Thankfully we never needed toWhat? They did not make you wear it in a gas chamber?
No, they were concerned about liability! What our instructor did do was show us a film of a tethered goat exposed to nerve gas…the poor goat only lasted a few seconds. That was … an eye opener, a wake-up call, a scare the heck out of us moment, ergo…getting our hazmat suits on in record time. Thankfully we never needed to
"go" towards…
No, they were concerned about liability! What our instructor did do was show us a film of a tethered goat exposed to nerve gas…the poor goat only lasted a few seconds. That was … an eye opener, a wake-up call, a scare the heck out of us moment, ergo…getting our hazmat suits on in record time. Thankfully we never needed to
"go" towards…
During the week long course on how to survive we learned that there were (I think I'm correct in the name, if not, please correct me) "Ambipens" available, but not to the journalists, only first responders, the military, government officials, etc. That didn't go over too well especially when we found out that the London bureau had a supply for their own people. The biggest pitfall with using them was that if you injected yourself with them you immediately became a liability because you'd almost immediately become incapacitated. No good solution there. I would have to say that among the two dozen or so members of the classes not one of us were suicidal … although some saw the "goteams" as a way to make a name for themselves. On the contrary there was some…me included who saw survival as the catalyst.Yeah, but they could have used CS gas like the military. Makes your eyes burn, gives you a cough, and makes your nose run like crazy. Nothing else. It's best to go in when you have a cold because you won't have one when you come out.
They made us put the mask back on and clear it in the chamber to show that we know how, and that the mask works. Then afterwards we had to take the mask off again, and each had to recite their Name, Rank, and Social before we could all leave the chamber together.
Prior to our deployment to the Gulf in 2003, we had to go through the gas chamber as part of our pre-deployment checks. Then we marched down to the finance office to get our finance briefing, fill out SGLI forms etc. We were, of course, still covered in CS powder. Those poor finance clerks. Dealing with us brought them to tears.Yeah, but they could have used CS gas like the military. Makes your eyes burn, gives you a cough, and makes your nose run like crazy. Nothing else. It's best to go in when you have a cold because you won't have one when you come out.
They made us put the mask back on and clear it in the chamber to show that we know how, and that the mask works. Then afterwards we had to take the mask off again, and each had to recite their Name, Rank, and Social before we could all leave the chamber together.
Prior to our deployment to the Gulf in 2003, we had to go through the gas chamber as part of our pre-deployment checks. Then we marched down to the finance office to get our finance briefing, fill out SGLI forms etc. We were, of course, still covered in CS powder. Those poor finance clerks. Dealing with us brought them to tears.