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Critical Incident
Events that are grave, crucial, momentous, and sometimes life threatening. However, they
may be predictable and not always sudden.
Crisis
An event that is grave, crucial, momentous, and sometimes life threatening, but it is
unpredictable.
Critical incident stress
Stress that is experienced at any level resulting from exposure to a critical incident
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
The development of characteristic symptoms following exposure to one or more traumatic
events. The duration of events lasts more than one month.
Five Step OPSEC process
1. Identification of Critical Information
2. Analysis of Threat
3. Analysis of Vulnerabilities
4. Assessment of Risks
5. Application of Countermeasures
Countermeasures
Refer to anything that effectively negates an adversary’s ability to exploit vulnerabilities.
Thermal Effects
Least Destructive Effect
Blast Pressure Effects
, Most Destructive Effect
Fragmentation Effects
Most Deaths Occur from Debris
Drug Test Kits
React violently with Explosives
Pipe Bombs
Most in the US are filled with low explosives
Fuse
Methods of Initiation:
• Timed
• Command
• Victim-Operated
VBIED
Nitrates Homemade explosive are almost exclusively used
WBIED
Limpet Mines
Law Enforcement Response to IED
• Mandatory Evacuation Zone: Blast Pressure
• Preferred Evacuation Zone: Fragmentation and Debris
• Do not use Electronics in the HOT ZONE
Blast Injuries
• Primary – Blast Wave on Body
• Secondary – Fragmentation or Debris
• Tertiary – Body Gets Propelled
• Quaternary
Levels to Search for an IED
• Level 1: Most Time Consuming/Floor to Waist