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Fairgrounds anti-terror site

FREDERICK -- The Frederick Fairgrounds has been picked as the site for radiation decontamination and for locating mass casualties in the event hundreds, or thousands, flee to Frederick in the wake of a "dirty bomb" attack in Washington, according to a plan that officials tried to keep secret.

[jerseygirl]

Thanks!!!!:) You found it first. What is your take on it?

[JustPiper]

From Illinois Homeland Defense

Incident and Unified Command

Organizational command and control is paramount any time several units or several agencies are required to work together at an incident scene towards common goals. The inter-operability of agencies to effectively work together to coordinate resources is contingent upon their ability to:

Create and establish a functional incident command system quickly upon the arrival of first responders to insure effective deployment and scene safety control.
Have a learned ability to elevate their incident command system to a unified command system when the need becomes apparent due to multiple agencies at local, state and possibly federal levels are forced to demonstrate inter-operability for coordination purposes.
The establishment of an EOC (Emergency Operations Center) connecting the incident commander, unified command to local government(s) policy makers for the purpose of scene support, policy considerations, recovery transition and matters of government continuity.

Illinois has developed and is deploying course work throughout the Illinois Fire Service Institute for the training of first responders, government officials and other quasi-public and private sector entities which might become key elements in crisis operations.

Incident command has been used by Illinois Fire Service for over 20 years and is a mandated requirement for incident scene command and control on a daily basis. MABAS is activated over 700 times annually for non-declaration of disaster incidents (extra alarm fires, EMS multiple victim incidents, hazardous materials spills, etc.)

Special Operations Teams:

Special Operations Teams exist at the local and state level in many disciplines including fire, police and technically appropriate state agencies. Examples include; Statewide Fire HAZMAT Teams, Technical Rescue Teams, Incident Command Overhead Teams, Law Enforcement SWAT Teams, Incident Confinement Teams, Crime Scene Investigative Teams and more. State agencies include the Civil Support Team, Weapons of Mass Destruction Response Teams, and IDPH IMERT EMS Teams. Other specialized teams are at the ready within the states EPA and Nuclear Agencies.

All of these teams are part of, or in the process of becoming part of the statewide response plan. As such, teams have agreed to various standards, procedures, inventories and minimal qualifications to insure seamless scene operations or simply put inter-operability.

Statewide systems where inter-operability has been achieved is within the 36 HAZ-MAT Teams statewide where WMD equipment is standardized, operating protocols are standardized and minimal qualifications and training certifications are standardized - all provide for inter-operability.