TY - JOUR
T1 - Planning for exercises of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) forensic capabilities
AU - Reutter, Dennis
AU - Schutzer, Steven E.
AU - Craft, Charles M.
AU - Fletcher, Jacqueline
AU - Fricke, Frederick L.
AU - Holowachuk, Scott A.
AU - Johnson, Rudolph C.
AU - Keim, Paul S.
AU - Pearson, James L.
AU - Sibert, Robert W.
AU - Velsko, Steve
PY - 2010/12/1
Y1 - 2010/12/1
N2 - A forensic capability to help identify perpetrators and exclude innocent people should be an integral part of a strategy against terrorist attacks. Exercises have been conducted to increase our preparedness and response capabilities to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) terrorist attacks. However, incorporating forensic components into these exercises has been deficient. CBRN investigations rely on forensic results, so the need to integrate a forensic component and forensics experts into comprehensive exercises is paramount. This article provides guidance for planning and executing exercises at local, state, federal, and international levels that test the effectiveness of forensic capabilities for CBRN threats. The guidelines presented here apply both to situations where forensics is only a component of a more general exercise and where forensics is the primary focus of the exercise.
AB - A forensic capability to help identify perpetrators and exclude innocent people should be an integral part of a strategy against terrorist attacks. Exercises have been conducted to increase our preparedness and response capabilities to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) terrorist attacks. However, incorporating forensic components into these exercises has been deficient. CBRN investigations rely on forensic results, so the need to integrate a forensic component and forensics experts into comprehensive exercises is paramount. This article provides guidance for planning and executing exercises at local, state, federal, and international levels that test the effectiveness of forensic capabilities for CBRN threats. The guidelines presented here apply both to situations where forensics is only a component of a more general exercise and where forensics is the primary focus of the exercise.
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U2 - 10.1089/bsp.2010.0023
DO - 10.1089/bsp.2010.0023
M3 - Article
C2 - 21142761
AN - SCOPUS:78650264709
SN - 1538-7135
VL - 8
SP - 343
EP - 355
JO - Biosecurity and Bioterrorism
JF - Biosecurity and Bioterrorism
IS - 4
ER -