(FFPE) with Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) for Rescue

APPENDIX B
Initial Incident Command (IC) Research Team
Charter, Membership, and Process
The U.S. Army Solider and Biological Chemical Command (SBCCOM), Aberdeen Proving
Ground, Maryland conducts an Improved Response Program (IRP) to identify problems and
develop solutions to the tasks faced by first responders in responding to nuclear, biological, and
chemical terrorism incidents.
The IRP includes a broad cross-section of operations and technical experts from local, state, and
federal agencies. Most experts in responder operations are volunteers from the Baltimore-
Washington DC area, but other experts from across the nation also ensure that solutions are
broad-based and adaptable by any jurisdiction. Team members generally are drawn from fire
departments, emergency management offices, law enforcement agencies, and military test and
evaluation agencies, but also include legal experts, medical doctors, computer modelers,
operations researchers, and environmental scientists.
The IRP formed specific “research teams” to address issues that evolved from a series of tabletop
exercises and workshops.
Incident Command (IC) Research Team
Once results from FFPE vapor testing were available, a team was formed with representation
from technical and operational perspectives. The IC research team charter was to apply and
present the ECBC MIST test results to be most useful to first responders. The team completed a
survey, conducted interviews, and met as a group to ensure the format and content of any
modeled results can be used easily at all levels of operation when responding to a chemical
incident.
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