Joint Hazard Assessment Teams 54th CST WI National Guard
JOINT HAZARD ASSESSMENT TEAM (JHAT) JHAT Purpose: provide sweeps and monitoring for hazards at events US Secret Service has been conducting sweeps and monitoring at VIP events for decades Over the last 10 years JHATS have developed to include several other specialized agencies
Historical examples of JHAT employment 2004 & 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions Sweeps of venues and routes WMD/HAZMAT responders 2013 Boston Marathon Civil Support Teams on-sight Presence of the JHATs allowed for effective response to the attack.
Historical examples of JHAT employment 2002 MLB All Star Game, Miller Park Harley Davidson 105th & 110th Anniversary EAA Oshkosh PGA Championships 2010 & 2015 National Guard Ass. Conference 2011 2008/2012/2016 Presidential election cycle
Case Studies 2008 Republican National Convention His Holiness, the Dalai Lama visits 2011 MLB Playoffs 135 CST JHATS since FY14
Who Requests a JHAT Things to Consider Assess Risk Event Levels Why JHAT? Who Requests a JHAT Things to Consider Assess Risk Event Levels
Who requests a JHAT? Emergency Managers Law Enforcement Bomb Squads Hazmat Teams Event Coordinators
Things to Consider Number of Attendees VIPs Media Coverage Symbolic or Cultural Significance / Politics Soft vs. Hard Target Goals Long Term Effects
Assess Risk
Why establish a JHAT? Different agencies = different capabilities Coordinated sweeps Funding & personnel considerations Direct liaison/advanced party on site
What are the event risk levels? Special Event Readiness Levels (SERLs) National Special Security Events US Secret Service FBI FEMA
Determining Tactics for JHAT & Pre-Event Sweeps Venue type Number of People Attending Agency Coverage VIPs Event Type
Venue Type Indoor vs. Outdoor Size Securable Attendee Flow Inside Things to consider for inside event Bio, Chem and Rad explosives Outside event Rad explosives
Number Attending Ten of thousands of people attending Millions attending How many people and agency's will show up to event.
Agency Coverage State Local Or Federal
VIPs
Type of Event & Visibility
Radiation Identifinder- lanthanum bromide crystal/ sodium iodide crystals/GM Tube/ 3HE Rad Eye- Polimaster- GM Tube/ CsI(Tl) Thallium activated Cesium Iodide
Environmental Monitoring AREA RAE- 9.8 10.6 11.7 6 sensors gamma sensor Rae Plus- 9.8 10.6 11.7 5 sensors RAE PRO 10.6 5 sensor slots but some sensors can two ex. CO H2S
During Event Monitoring, Alarm Adjudication & Reach back Radiation Monitoring Air Monitoring Biological Monitoring Explosives
Radiation Monitoring
Air Monitoring
Biological
Explosive Amplifying Fluorescent polymer Glowes under UV light- No explosive present Quenches light or goes dim- Explosive in contact Detects- Nitrates, Nitro, Peroxide, Military Two methods sniff and swipe
Adjudication AHURA/ RMX- Ramen technology FTI HAZ360- FTRI Ortec- High purity germanium crystal Hapsite- portable GCMS
Reachback Triage or Joint Center Collaborative Information Systems (JACCIS) State Laboratory of Hygiene Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Civil Support Teams (CSTs)