The West Virginia WMD Memorial Tunnel Project

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The West Virginia WMD Memorial Tunnel Project
The Center for National Response
Operated By
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Center for National Response
One tunnel Seven primary training
venues Endless possibilities!
A National Counterterrorism and WMD training
center in Standard, West Virginia providing
National Guard, DoD units and other first
responders with custom designed hands on
exercises and operational equipment testing under
very realistic conditions.
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Tunnel History
Built in 1953
By-passed by I-77 in 1987
Fire Testing 1990 1997
Storage Site 1997 2000
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CNR Program History
Tunnel Renovations Began in May 2000
First Mobile Training Team (MTT) Deployment in
March 2002
Proof of Concept Exercise in December 2000
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CNR Exercises

• Focused

• Customized

No canned scenarios
First responders of all levels
Military, Federal, State Local
Currently No User Fees
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Training Focus

• 10,939 total personnel trained as of 31 Oct 2003
• 178 exercises with 21 National Guard WMD-CSTs
• 43 exercises with 6 other U.S. military units
  (Active, Guard, Reserve)
• 4 foreign military law enforcement WMD
  responder units
• 94 exercises with first responders from all
  across America
• 42 Mobile Training Team deployments

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CNR Training Venues
Venues in the Tunnel
Other Venues Facilities

• Rubble Area
• Subway
• Laboratories
• Highway HAZMAT
• Confined Space Trainer
• Cave
• Multipurpose Area

• Training Support Facility
• Bivouac
• Billeting (56 personnel)
• 10,000 Acres
• Landing Zones
• Tactical Movement /Recon
• Bunker
• Restaurant

Currently no cost to participants
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Rubble Area

• Sample Scenarios
• Building Collapse
• Parking Garage Bomb Explosion
• Dirty Bomb
• Earthquake
• Sample Training Objectives
• Search and Rescue
• Operating in no/low light smoke filled
  environments
• Victim Triage Evacuation
• EOD Procedures

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Subway Area

• 2 Subway cars

• 500 feet of track

• Sample Scenarios
• Terrorist Chem/Bio attack
• Hostage situation
• Dirty Bomb
• Sample Training Objectives
• Agent detection Identification
• Mass casualty and Triage
• Decontamination
• Hostage Barricade
• Evacuation

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Illicit/Extremist Chem/Bio/Drug Labs
Laboratory Area

• Three Labs
• Three levels of Sophistication

• Advanced Lab

• Professional Lab

• Bubbas Bathtub Lab

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Highway HAZMAT Area

• Sample Scenarios
• Traffic accident
• HazMat incident
• Deliberate attack
• Explosive Incident
• Hostage barricade
• Sample Training Objectives
• Victim extrication and recovery
• Medical triage and treatment
• Decontamination
• Personal Protective Equipment Testing

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Confined Space Area

• Sample Scenarios
• Confined Space Ingress/Egress
• Confidence Exercise
• Sample Training Objectives
• Confined Space Certification
• Search Techniques
• Movement of Victims
• Equipment testing

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Cave Area

• Sample Scenarios
• Afghanistan Rehearsals
• Chemical Weapons Storage
• Extremist Group Hide out

• Sample Training Objectives
• Tactical Search
• Neutralizing Chem/Bio Weapons
• Booby Trap Awareness
• Evidence collection

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Operational Equipment Testing

• Personal Protective Equipment (Level A, B,
  and C)
• Detectors (Chemical, Biological, and
  Radiological)
• Communications Equipment (Wireless Video and
  Radio)
• Decontamination (Berms, Foam, and Tents)
• Robotics (EOD and Search and Rescue)
• Thermal Imagers and Night Vision Equipment

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Mobile Training Teams

• Training in your backyard!

• Exercise Planning Development
• Tailored, Challenging Scenarios
• Exercise Observation/Control
• Detailed After-Action Reports
• Operational Equipment Testing

Currently no user fees!
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CNR PROVIDES

• A Premium Training Facility
• Exceptional Training Venues
• Professional Training and Exercise Staff
• Exercise Planning Development
• Tailored Scenarios
• Exercise Facilitator
• After Action Report
• Equipment Testing Evaluation
• Mobile Training Teams

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Contact Information
Visit our Web site www.centerfornationalrespons
e.com E-Mail cnr_at_titan.com
ContactFrancis R Levesque
Director [phone]
frank.levesque_at_titan.com Ron Thomure
CNR Site Manager(304) 595-4724
rthomure_at_titan.com Howard Humble VP,
Defense Programs [phone]
hhumble_at_titan.com
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