Practice Exercise #1
Circle the letter of the correct answer.
1. As NCOIC of a NBC team, you must set up a PDS for emergency use. Which of the following
would be a correct plan?
a. Set up a hot line 30 meters downwind from the CP.
b. Set up a hot line as close to the accident/incident site as possible.
c. Do not allow injured personnel across the hot line and into the PDS.
d. Make sure the protective mask is deposited away from the protective hood.
2. The EOD unit commander has asked you to process EOD equipment and personnel through an
emergency personnel decontamination station (EPDS). You should:
a. place all equipment used at the accident/incident site on protective material.
b. try to get a sprayer container for the hot soapy water and rinse water, but not the
decontaminant.
c. have all personnel remove all clothing immediately.
d. not do anything to the individual's impermeable protective clothing.
3. To close out the personnel decontamination station, you should:
a. not cross the hot line after the last person has been processed.
b. pour decontaminating solution over the area.
c. make sure that contaminated items in plastic bags are never disposed of along with leaking
munitions.
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