Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) – CBRNE Awareness and Emergency
Response Study Guide
Types of Groups that use terrorism - correct answer ✔✔violent religious groups, extremist
political groups, technology terrorists, single-issue groups
A WMD is any agent designed to - correct answer ✔✔bring about mass death, casualties,
and/or massive damage to property and infrastructure
WMD can be classified as - correct answer ✔✔nuclear,
chemical
biological
explosive
Chemical agents can be in what form? - correct answer ✔✔Powder, liquid and vapor
Chemical agents include - correct answer ✔✔1. Vesicants (blister agents, entry through skin),
2. respiratory (choking agents
3. Nerve (organophophates) - block and essential enzyme in the nervous system, causes body's
organs to become overstimulated and burn out)
4. metabolic agents (blood agents)
International versus domestic terrorists - correct answer ✔✔From outside the country versus
from within the country (foreigners versus citizens)
Biological Agents include - correct answer ✔✔1. viruses
2. Bacteria
, 3. toxins
Indicators of a terrorists event - correct answer ✔✔1.type of location
2. type of call (explosion/suspicious device)
3. number of patients (multiple victims w/similar symptoms.MOST IMPORTANT CLUE
4. Victims statements (2ND MOST IMPORTANT)
5. Pre-incident Indicators (i.e. terror level alerts)
Terror Level Alerts - correct answer ✔✔Red: sever risk of terror attach
Orange: high risk of terrorist attack
Yellow: elevated risk of terrorist attack
Blue: Guarded - general risk of terrorist attack
Green: Low risk of terrorist attack.
EMT Response to a suspected terrorist event - correct answer ✔✔1. scene safety (upwind and
uphill)
2. Responder safety (greatest threat is contamination and cross-contamination)
3. Notification Procedures
4. Establishing command
Secondary devices are intended to - correct answer ✔✔injure responders and to secure media
coverage (because media arrives just after initial response)
Chemical Agents include - correct answer ✔✔1. liquids
2. gases
3. solids
Response Study Guide
Types of Groups that use terrorism - correct answer ✔✔violent religious groups, extremist
political groups, technology terrorists, single-issue groups
A WMD is any agent designed to - correct answer ✔✔bring about mass death, casualties,
and/or massive damage to property and infrastructure
WMD can be classified as - correct answer ✔✔nuclear,
chemical
biological
explosive
Chemical agents can be in what form? - correct answer ✔✔Powder, liquid and vapor
Chemical agents include - correct answer ✔✔1. Vesicants (blister agents, entry through skin),
2. respiratory (choking agents
3. Nerve (organophophates) - block and essential enzyme in the nervous system, causes body's
organs to become overstimulated and burn out)
4. metabolic agents (blood agents)
International versus domestic terrorists - correct answer ✔✔From outside the country versus
from within the country (foreigners versus citizens)
Biological Agents include - correct answer ✔✔1. viruses
2. Bacteria
, 3. toxins
Indicators of a terrorists event - correct answer ✔✔1.type of location
2. type of call (explosion/suspicious device)
3. number of patients (multiple victims w/similar symptoms.MOST IMPORTANT CLUE
4. Victims statements (2ND MOST IMPORTANT)
5. Pre-incident Indicators (i.e. terror level alerts)
Terror Level Alerts - correct answer ✔✔Red: sever risk of terror attach
Orange: high risk of terrorist attack
Yellow: elevated risk of terrorist attack
Blue: Guarded - general risk of terrorist attack
Green: Low risk of terrorist attack.
EMT Response to a suspected terrorist event - correct answer ✔✔1. scene safety (upwind and
uphill)
2. Responder safety (greatest threat is contamination and cross-contamination)
3. Notification Procedures
4. Establishing command
Secondary devices are intended to - correct answer ✔✔injure responders and to secure media
coverage (because media arrives just after initial response)
Chemical Agents include - correct answer ✔✔1. liquids
2. gases
3. solids
