Building Dynamics
Proactive CBR Response for High Value Targets

Is Your Facility or Event a Target?

High value targets and high profile events within buildings present a tempting and dangerous target for terrorists planning chemical, biological, and radiological attacks. High occupant density, air handling systems, pressure differentials, and varying environmental controls present both opportunities for attackers and a complex environment that can confuse and disrupt security and emergency response efforts.

Proactive Response

Designed and taught by emergency responders, for emergency responders, this in-depth 5 day course will give you practical working knowledge and hands-on experience with building dynamics: how air and airborne chemical and biological agents move through buildings. You will combine this knowledge with experience using new tools and technologies, enabling you to perform proactive prevention and response to both accidental and intentional CBR releases. You will learn to:

Prevent: Perform a vulnerability assessment and prepare a building before a CBR attack occurs, to reduce the chance of an attack.

Prepare: Automatically and continuously monitor for chemical and biological releases in real time, including releases of unknown agents.

Protect: Intervene and intercept attacks as they happen, to reduce the number of occupants exposed or prevent exposure entirely.

Respond: Quickly and accurately locate the source of the attack and select the best locations to take samples for lab analysis.

Recover: Accurately identify who was exposed and reliably estimate victim exposure levels and risk of health effects.


Partial List of Topics Covered:

• Overview of the basic types of CBR agents and the physical properties of each
• Review of often overlooked CBR agents which present credible current threats
• Facility features that affect building dynamics
• How building dynamics control the movement of agents released in buildings
• Use of assessment tools for evaluating buildings and identifying vulnerabilities
• Selection and CBR protection of “shelter-in-place” locations
• Pre-event assessments and baseline samples used to improve response
• Real time detection and post-event baseline samples
• How to control the environment to improve detection and limit exposure
• Where and how to collect samples for lab analysis after an attack
• Hands on experience using real time monitoring equipment and systems
• On-site evaluations of multiple facilities that host actual target events
• Case studies of several well publicized CBR events, and how building dynamics affected the progress and outcome of each event

Next Course:

Date: October 6-10, 2008
Location: Little Rock, AR
Price: $1,695 Federal government, state, and local
$1,995 Non-government
Special team discount:
Team up to enroll 2 people (from the same or different organizations) and both receive a $750 discount (government/public sector price $945 each).
Who Should Attend: WMD and CBRN response team members, HazMat
team members, incident commanders, event security
personnel and advance team members, and facility
managers responsible for high value targets.
Included in Fees: Lunch each day, all course materials, and
transportation to and from all facilities evaluated.
For More Information: Contact Michael Thomas (408) 319-7590 or
mthomas@golighthouse.com



NOTICE:
Due to the sensitivity of some of the material provided, validation of
participant position and/or affiliation may be required.





Instructors
Fred Fowler, PhD, CIH (Ret)

As a Certified Industrial Hygienist with more than 25
years experience in both public and private sector
Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety
(EOHS), Dr. Fowler has managed EOHS and quality
assurance programs for building decontamination and
hazardous waste cleanup and destruction projects,
conducted health and safety evaluations at numerous
industrial sites, and performed indoor air quality
assessments in buildings of all types. While employed
by the Arkansas Department of Health, he managed
several grant programs from the Army, the CDC, and the USEPA, including disposal of chemical warfare
agents, development of the capability to analyze
human samples for environmental contaminants, and
assessment of the effect of environmental chemicals
on children’s health. These programs focused to a
large extent on chemical warfare agents, bio-aerosols,
building dynamics and indoor air quality.		 Lt. Col Stan Evans, MS

Currently in a leadership role for a National Guard WMD response unit, Lt. Col. Evans previously served as the science / analytical officer, overseeing the operation of the unit’s mobile laboratory. Prior to service in WMD response, he worked at the Arkansas Department of Health where he worked in environmental health and epidemiology, with a focus on human exposure to toxic chemicals and microbiological organisms and the associated risk. A Registered Sanitarian, he has performed extensive field-work and research focusing on the movement of contaminants in buildings and how the operation of structures influence this movement. He ran the statewide indoor air quality and radon programs through a cooperative agreement with the USEPA, and participated in several training programs on building dynamics and indoor air quality for the USEPA.
 

Course Organizer

Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions

With over 20 years experience in air quality applications and monitoring systems, Lighthouse designs, develops, and manufactures instruments and systems to monitor and control contamination in a wide range of environments, from regular indoor air to food processing to ultra-high purity manufacturing and medical environments. Recognizing that each application and type of customer has unique needs, we combine our expertise in hardware, electronics, optics, software, integration, and service to make sure the solution meets the needs of each specific customer.

The methods, systems, and instruments used in this course were designed and developed from the requirements,
testing, and feedback of experienced WMD responders, contamination control engineers, and facility managers to
specifically meet the needs and challenges of preparing for and responding to events in the real world.


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