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CBRN and Hazmat Incidents at Major Public Events: Planning and Response 1st Edition
Sets forth what to do and what not to do to keep people and property safe
Based on the author's more than two decades of managing core facets of emergency planning and response, this book enables readers to minimize the possibility of a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) disaster or a hazardous material (hazmat) incident at public events. Moreover, it sets forth the tools needed to quickly respond to an incident in order to avoid or minimize casualties and damages. With its comprehensive approach, the book equips readers to plan for and manage a multi-disciplinary safety and emergency response team, including police, security, medical, military, and fire and civil protection personnel.
CBRN and Hazmat Incidents at Major Public Events examines all aspects of security planning and emergency response, including:
- General planning and preparedness procedures such as initial considerations, response network development, and training and exercise
- Planning and preparedness for security and emergency response providers, including medical, fire, police, military, and VIP protection personnel
- Incident response, including initial response, detection and identification, and law enforcement
Lastly, the author provides fourteen specific public event scenarios, explaining what to do and what not to do for effective emergency planning and response to CBRN and hazmat incidents. These scenarios also set the foundation for preparedness training and exercises.
Throughout the book, sidebars summarize the author's extensive operational and managerial experience, helping readers focus on the core tested and proven strategies and techniques needed to prevent or mitigate the impact of a CBRN or hazmat incident. With its unique focus on CBRN and hazmats, this book is essential reading for all personnel charged with protecting lives and property at large public events.
- ISBN-10111828819X
- ISBN-13978-1118288191
- Edition1st
- PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons Inc
- Publication dateJanuary 1, 2012
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions6.25 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches
- Print length427 pages
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Sets forth what to do and what not to do to keep people and property safe
Based on the author's more than two decades of managing core facets of emergency planning and response, this book enables readers to minimize the possibility of a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) disaster or a hazardous material (hazmat) incident at public events. Moreover, it sets forth the tools needed to quickly respond to an incident in order to avoid or minimize casualties and damages. With its comprehensive approach, the book equips readers to plan for and manage a multi-disciplinary safety and emergency response team, including police, security, medical, military, and fire and civil protection personnel.
CBRN and Hazmat Incidents at Major Public Events examines all aspects of security planning and emergency response, including:
- General planning and preparedness procedures such as initial considerations, response network development, and training and exercise
- Planning and preparedness for security and emergency response providers, including medical, fire, police, military, and VIP protection personnel
- Incident response, including initial response, detection and identification, and law enforcement
Lastly, the author provides fourteen specific public event scenarios, explaining what to do and what not to do for effective emergency planning and response to CBRN and hazmat incidents. These scenarios also set the foundation for preparedness training and exercises.
Throughout the book, sidebars summarize the author's extensive operational and managerial experience, helping readers focus on the core tested and proven strategies and techniques needed to prevent or mitigate the impact of a CBRN or hazmat incident. With its unique focus on CBRN and hazmats, this book is essential reading for all personnel charged with protecting lives and property at large public events.
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Sets forth what to do and what not to do to keep people and property safe
Based on the author's more than two decades of managing core facets of emergency planning and response, this book enables readers to minimize the possibility of a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) disaster or a hazardous material (hazmat) incident at public events. Moreover, it sets forth the tools needed to quickly respond to an incident in order to avoid or minimize casualties and damages. With its comprehensive approach, the book equips readers to plan for and manage a multi-disciplinary safety and emergency response team, including police, security, medical, military, and fire and civil protection personnel.
CBRN and Hazmat Incidents at Major Public Events examines all aspects of security planning and emergency response, including:
- General planning and preparedness procedures such as initial considerations, response network development, and training and exercise
- Planning and preparedness for security and emergency response providers, including medical, fire, police, military, and VIP protection personnel
- Incident response, including initial response, detection and identification, and law enforcement
Lastly, the author provides fourteen specific public event scenarios, explaining what to do and what not to do for effective emergency planning and response to CBRN and hazmat incidents. These scenarios also set the foundation for preparedness training and exercises.
Throughout the book, sidebars summarize the author's extensive operational and managerial experience, helping readers focus on the core tested and proven strategies and techniques needed to prevent or mitigate the impact of a CBRN or hazmat incident. With its unique focus on CBRN and hazmats, this book is essential reading for all personnel charged with protecting lives and property at large public events.
About the Author
DAN KASZETA is Senior Research Fellow at the International Institute for Non-Proliferation Studies and Managing Director at Strongpoint Security Ltd. He is also a Correspondent for CBRNe World. Mr. Kaszeta's more than twenty-year career has spanned a broad range of core activities in emergency planning and response. A former captain in the U.S. Army Chemical Corps, Mr. Kaszeta worked for the White House for twelve years as Disaster Preparedness Adviser for the White House Military Office and as Physical Security Specialist for the U.S. Secret Service.
Product details
- Publisher : John Wiley & Sons Inc; 1st edition (January 1, 2012)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 427 pages
- ISBN-10 : 111828819X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1118288191
- Item Weight : 1.61 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.25 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,241,219 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,534 in Safety & First Aid (Books)
- #3,440 in Terrorism (Books)
- #11,541 in Political Science (Books)
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About the author

I have 30 years experience in CBRN response, security, and antiterrorism. I live and work in London, in the United Kingdom. I currently am the owner and managing director of Strongpoint Security Ltd. I write for numerous publications and am a contributor to the open source intelligence website Bellingcat.
I started out as a Chemical Officer in the United States Army, and served a total of 16 years as a military reservist, first in the US Army Reserve and then in the Maryland Army National Guard, reaching the rank of Captain. I was one of the founding members of one of the first Civil Support Teams. Of course, a military reservist needs to maintain a civilian career as well, and I was very fortunate that I was able to apply my military CBRN skills in civilian life. I served for 12 years in the White House in Washington DC, from 1996 to 2008, in two different jobs spanning two very different Presidential administrations. I spent six years as a Defense Department civil servant detailed to the White House Military Office, where I worked as CBRN advisor and emergency plans program manager. 2002 brought a transfer to the Technical Security Division of the US Secret Service, where I was assigned to CBRN countermeasures and the HAMMER team as well as traditional technical security and protective missions.
At various points in this career I have been trained and qualified as a military CBRN defense specialist (honor graduate at the US Army Chemical School), a fully trained Hazardous Materials Technician, a licensed Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), a Secret Service advance coordinator, an antiterrorist search adviser, and many other qualifications in the defense and security fields.
I moved to the UK in 2008 and worked for Smiths Detection for several years as a business manager for the CBRN detection market in Europe before leaving to start Strongpoint. I have a B.A. degree in Political Science from Texas Christian University and an M.A. in International Affairs from George Washington University in Washington DC. I am the recipient of several awards and decorations, and have published a number of professional papers.
At various points in this career I have been trained and qualified as a military CBRN defense specialist (honor graduate at the US Army Chemical School), a fully trained Hazardous Materials Technician, a licensed Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), a Secret Service advance coordinator, an antiterrorist search adviser, and many other qualifications in the defense and security fields.
I moved to the UK in 2008 and worked for Smiths Detection for several years as a business manager for the CBRN detection market in Europe before leaving to start Strongpoint. I have a B.A. degree in Political Science from Texas Christian University and an M.A. in International Affairs from George Washington University in Washington DC. I am the recipient of several awards and decorations, and have published a number of professional papers.
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- Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2021Good book
- Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2012I have to say, this book is chock full of useful information. I'll be honest, I'm not
exactly the target audience for this book... the book is primarily aimed at law
enforcement agents, and shall we say law enforcement and I don't exactly see eye to eye... But I digress... The book has a lot of good advice, particularly in chapters five and six. When we established our homestead on the western crook of Black Crook Peak in the late 1980s, this spot was the ideal place for our survival compound: We had security. We had isolation. We had water, even. The world could literally go to Hell in a handbasket, and we're prepared. Except for that little fact that Dugway proving ground is right down the road. You see, I'm not worried all that much about the terrorists, rural Utah isn't exactly the center of their bullseye. But I'm worried about our "government". They've got all sorts of scary stuff over at Dugway: ebola monkeys. The largest stockpile of existing anthrax virus (remember 2001?!!!). Things they can't tell us about. And it's only one Level 4 containment breach away from my front yard. But the book provides solid advice for not only how to equip our homestead, but how to *prepare* as well. When the inevitable event actually happens, we'll be ready. We've drilled. We've equipped. We've planned. And when we hear the sirens, we'll be ready to make the most of our Golden Hour. We will survive. The question is, will you? This isn't the only prep you need, but it's a good start.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2012I was on the edge of my seat with this chill a minute potboiler. Chemicals, nuclear, biological, this thriller has it all. I won't be able to sleep tonight.
If there was any weakness, I'd have to say that the character development was extremely limited, but what plot!
- Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2012I have had the honor of working with Secret Service Agent Dan Kaszeta during a 2007 visit by President Bush to Maryland. No one is more qualified to write this book than he is. CBRN and HAZMAT are considerations for any large gathering such as professional football games, the Olympics, political conventions or any large symbolic event where people are crowded together making a tempting target. Typically HAZMAT teams and specialized military and law enforcement teams are on-hand to respond to any criminal or terrorist use of chemical, biological, or radiological agents. Who should buy this book? Any leader of a local HAZMAT team, anyone involved in the Incident Command System, any military CBRN Soldier, Airman, Sailor, or Marine, members of the Department of Energy Radiological Assistance Program Teams or FBI HAZMAT Response Unit and Teams and other government agencies. This is the text book for protecting the public from CBRN.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2012Understanding and reacting to large scale hazardous events is a complex and difficult topic. As such, I'm thankful to Mr. Kaszeta for posting such an insightful preparation. He neatly herds us through human herd dynamics, heading towards an excellent treatment of preparedness response. I particularly enjoyed the chapters dealing with large group fear, as stampeding is a real and actualized phenomenon.
I can only imagine how techniques discussed herein can be usefully employed against upcoming gatherings, such as the LA basin prison riots, the succession of the South, and sewing bee circle uprisings. While some have previously underestimated the potency of knitting needles, HS and the TSA have rightly known for a long time that small sharp objects are the most dangerous of weapons at 30,000 ft. This is in large part due to a complete lack of cavalry-based fighting units of any kind--it's simply infeasible to mount such a unit in the tight hind-quarters of an airplane.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2012This book has been invaluable to me. I had been looking for a good reference about hazmat incidents that occurred at major public events and this book is just the thing I needed. As a time traveler, safety is the first priority. Now with this reference on hand I can confidently travel to see classic sporting events, speeches, parades, etc without fear of unknowingly landing in the middle of a dangerous hazmat incident.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2012Here I am, a fortnight before deploying largest dungbomb release the wizengamot has yet known, when some know-it-all ex-Secret Service agent turned Limey (a "genius" one at that, should you believe some of these other reviewers) goes and publishes this! With this book in their hands my enemies will surely be more prepared than I could ever have imagined, even in my worst nightmares. Years spent hiding in the dark - wearing horse-head masks to shield my identity no less - wasted!
- Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2012As the manager of a small public building, I found this book to be a great resource for all of those "what if" situations I hope we will never encounter. It covers things on a much larger scale than I would ever need, but all the information still applies.