CBRNE Challenge

Staff Sgt. Evelyn Nicholson, 4th Medical Group emergency management craftsman, checks an aerospray can for abnormalities during a Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Explosive challenge on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., March 23, 2010. Nicholson has to check every inch of a room before deeming it clear of hazardous substances. Nicholson is from Bath, N.Y. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Whitney Lambert)

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CBRNE Challenge

Staff Sgt. Candy Taylor, 4th Medical Group aerospace medicine technician, checks the blood pressure of Senior Airman Brain Moses, 4th Medical Group bioenvironmental engineering technician, before the Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Explosive challenge kicks-off on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., March 23, 2010. Taylor checked Moses' blood pressure, respiration, heart rate and visual acvity to ensure he was medically clear to participate. Moses hails from Fayetteville, N.C., and Taylor is from Newport News, Va. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Whitney Lambert)

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CBRNE Challenge

Staff Sgt. Evelyn Nicholson, 4th Medical Group emergency management craftsman, drops samples of a hazardous substance found during a Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Explosive challenge into a hand-held assay on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., March 23, 2010. A hand-held assay allows eight different bio agents to be tested at one time. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Whitney Lambert)

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CBRNE Challenge

Capt. Mark Hill, Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Explosive team chief, updates incident commanders about the entry action plan during a CBRNE challenge on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., March 23, 2010. A CBRNE challenge provides training and orientation to the bioenvironmental, laboratory, and civil engineer emergency management personnel here to prepare them for a real world situation. Hill hails from Bessemer, Mich. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Whitney Lambert)

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CBRNE Challenge

Published March 30, 2010
By Senior Airman Whitney Lambert
4th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FOREC BASE N.C. -- The Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Explosive Challenge provides training and orientation to bioenvironmental, laboratory, and civil engineer emergency management personnel. The challenge teaches them to use all available homestation response, specializing in CBRNE detection, identification and quantification equipment assets. Bio-environmental technicians are responsible for industrial hygiene, which involves protecting the base water system and facilities from hazardous materials. Bioenvironmental, laboratory, and civil engineer emergency management personnel hold monthly exercises to ensure their operation runs smoothly as possible. Before each exercise kicks-off, the team must evaluate a safe plan beforehand to enter a building.