Public Safety CBRNE Response - Sampling Techniques and Guidelines (PER-222)

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This performance-level course prepares emergency responders with hazardous materials backgrounds to safely and effectively support response operations during a CBRNE incident. Participants learn to coordinate with local and state agencies, assess CBRNE incidents, conduct area surveys, characterize and screen materials, and perform public safety sampling in hazardous environments.

Through a combination of classroom instruction and hands-on skill development, the course emphasizes forensically valid sampling practices, including proper chain-of-custody procedures from collection through laboratory analysis. Training also reinforces National Incident Management System (NIMS) principles, highlighting teamwork, Incident Command, and Unified Command operations.

Delivered in a direct-delivery format by NCBRT instructors, the course provides practical experience using personal protective equipment (PPE) and prepares participants to perform critical sampling and survey functions during CBRNE responses.

 

Min/Max Enrollment

Min 30; Max 35

Course Length 

24 hrs.

Format

Mobile Instructor-Led Training 

DHS Course Number

PER-222

Facility Requirements

Please view this document for facility requirements.

 

Target Audience 

The target audience for this course includes:

  • Emergency responders most likely to be called upon to operate within the exclusion zone of a CBRNE incident involving hazardous materials
  • Responders able to utilize personal protective equipment (PPE) at Level C or higher, employ monitoring and detection devices and procedures and obtain samples from the scene for analysis
  • Responders who work with HazMat teams in roles that do not require exclusion zone entry
  • Personnel responsible for receiving and transporting a public safety sample from the HazMat team to a laboratory​