Reducing the Danger from Fires in Spent Fuel Pools Frank N. von Hippel and Michael Schoeppner (pdf file)
CBRN = Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear. Sometimes an E is added at the end for Explosives. Before CBRN or CBRNE was used, NBC was used for Nuclear Biological Chemical. When the E is used, sometimes it's capitalized E and sometimes it's lowercase e. Either way, it means the same thing; explosives. Or explosions. Singular or plural? Exactly.
Preparedness and action are needed before a CBRN event happens. This includes obtaining radiation detectors, taking radiation readings, and having a radiation monitoring network. That's where Safecast can help you and you can help Safecast. https://safecast.org
Reducing the Danger from Fires in Spent Fuel Pools Frank N. von Hippel and Michael Schoeppner (pdf file)
Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community. February 5, 2024. (.pdf) (Office of the Director of National Intelligence)
Most emergency response organizations in the U.S. use the National Incident Management System (NIMS). (Or compontents of it. For example, fire companies use the Incident Command System (ICS) component on every call.)
Businesses that want to plan for contingencies such as natural disasters, cyber attacks, or even CBRN conditions could benefit from implementing some compontents of NIMS into their planning and operations. This can enable better communication and operations between a variety of entities to continue with operations no matter what is happening (resiliency). See this Fact Sheet for Private Sector Organizations.
(.pdf file) National Incident Management System, Third Edition. October 2017
Just a note: NIMS isn't something that someone else does for you. Like any other management practice, it's something you learn and do. Something people in an organization learn and do. It's not a top down command and control system from the federal government. It's not just fire, EMS, and police. If businesses are unprepared, think of everthing that stops when businesses stop and the economy stops. It's not other people coming in to save you from yourself or your own lack of foresight. Local people can plan best for their local contingency operations...if they actually put forth the effort to identify contingency scenarios (floods, mass casualty, CBNRE, cyber attack, internet outage, phone system outage, long-term power outage, supply chain issues, etc.), plan for them, and train for them. Even an occasional tabletop exercise is better than no practice drill at all.
These next three items are about the document titled "Planning Guidance for Response to a Nuclear Detonation." 1. An update sheet. 2. The main document. 3. A supplemental document.
Section 5: Security and Emergency Preparedness (PDF – 11.8 MB) from the Information Digest, 2024–2025 (NUREG-1350, Volume 35) produced by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(.pdf file) NIOSH CBRN Respiratory Handbook (NIOSH)
(.pdf file) Visualizing a Nuclear Detonation and Response (U.S. Homeland Security)
(.pdf file) Guidelines for a First Response to a CBRN Incident (NATO)
(.pdf file) Guidelines for Civil-Military Response to CBRN Mass Casualty Incidents (NATO)
(.pdf file) NATO HAND BOOK ON THE MEDICAL ASPECTS OF NBC DEFENSIVE OPERATIONS A Med P-6(B) (NATO)
This NATO publication is adopted as the publication under the following U.S. Military publications:
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY FIELD MANUAL FM 8-9
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY PUBLICATION NAVME D-P-5059
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE JOINT MANUAL AFJMAN 44- 151
(.pdf file) U.S. Army Field Manual 3-11 (FM 3-11) CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, AND NUCLEAR OPERATIONS (U.S. Army)
(.pdf file) Military Symbols Army FM 1-02.2 (Symbols used on U.S. military maps. Can be useful for non-military use too. You don't need to use all of them. Just pick some useful ones for your planning and communication.)
(.pdf file) Operational Terms Army FM 1-02.1 (A dictionary of operational terms used by the military.)
Argon Electronics is a company that provides CBRNe training.