Chemical Biological Incident Response Force

Chemical Biological Incident Response Force
CBIRF insignia
Active	April 1, 1996 – present
Country	United States
Branch	USMC
Role	CBRNE Consequence Management
Part of	United States Marine Corps Forces Command
Garrison/HQ	Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center
Nickname(s)	The 'Birf
Motto	Certo Occultus Hostis ("To Fight hidden Threats")
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Stephen E. Redifer

The Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) is a unit in the United States Marine Corps responsible for countering the effects of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or high-yield explosive (CBRNE) incident. They were activated in April 1996 by General Charles C. Krulak, then Commandant of the Marine Corps. The unit is based at Naval Support Facility Indian Head in Indian Head, Maryland and falls under the command of the United States Marine Corps Forces Command.

Mission

When directed, a CBIRF unit will forward-deploy and/or respond to a credible threat of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or high-yield explosive (CBRNE) incident in order to assist local, state, or federal agencies and Unified Combat Commanders in the conduct of consequence management operations.

CBIRF accomplishes this mission by providing capabilities for agent detection and identification, casualty search and extraction, technical rescue, personnel decontamination, and emergency medical care and stabilization of contaminated victims.

History

Since its inception CBIRF has trained many local agencies. It has also had a presence at the following:

1996 Presidential Inaugural Ceremony
1996 Summer Olympic Games
1997 Denver Summit of the Eight
1997-2011 Presidential State of the Union Addresses
1999 Pope Visit to St Louis, MO
1999 Nato Summit
2000 Presidential Inaugural Ceremony
2001 Cleaned Anthrax out of the Longworth House Office Bldg in Washington, DC
2004 Ricin Incident Attack on Dirksen Senate Building
2004 Dedication of World War II Memorial
2004 Lying In State of President Ronald W. Reagan
2005 Presidential Inaugural Ceremony
2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, MN
2009 Presidential Inaugural Ceremony
2011 Operation Tomodachi
2012 NATO Summit 2012
2013 Presidential Inaugural Ceremony

Awards

MERITORIOUS UNIT COMMENDATION STREAMER WITH ONE BRONZE STAR

2001 - 2002 2001 - 2004

NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE STREAMER WITH ONE BRONZE STAR 2001–Present

GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM SERVICE STREAMER 2001–Present

References

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Marine Corps.

External links

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CBIRF's official website

United States biological defense program

Organizations

Federal
administrative

DHS	DHS Chemical and Biological Defense Division DHS Office of Health Affairs (National Biosurvelliance Integration Center, BioWatch) National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility National Bioforensic Analysis Center

DNI	National Counterproliferation Center (Advisory Committee on Bioterrorism)

DHHS	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Division of Select Agents and Toxins (CDC) National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity

DoD	Assistant SECDEF for NCB Defense Programs Defense Threat Reduction Agency Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System Joint Program Executive Office of Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD) National Center for Medical Intelligence

Federal
research

Trans- departmental	National Interagency Confederation for Biological Research (National Integrated Biodefense Campus, Fort Detrick) Integrated National Biodefense Medical Countermeasures Portfolio (DHHS/DoD)

Military	U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Edgewood Chemical Biological Center Dugway Proving Ground

Civilian	Galveston National Laboratory (UTMB/NIAID) Integrated Research Facility (HHS/NIAID) Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (HHS) Homeland Security Research Program (EPA/DHS) Plum Island Animal Disease Center (USDA) Foreign Disease Weed Science Research Unit (USDA)

Response

Local	Local Health Departments

State	State Health Departments Nebraska Biocontainment Patient Care Unit

Federal	National Medical Response Team/National Pharmacy Response Team (NDMS, HHS) Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (USMC) Epidemic Intelligence Service (CDC) Aeromedical Biological Containment System (CDC) Bioterror Rapid Response and Advanced Technology Laboratory (CDC)

Non-
governmental

Academic centers & think tanks	UPMC Center for Health Security (formerly Center for Biosecurity) Henry L. Stimson Center Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment Center for Biodefense and Emerging Pathogens (Brown University) Middle-Atlantic Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Center for Biodefense Immune Modeling (University of Rochester) Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases (NCBID; George Mason Univ.)

Government contractors	Battelle Memorial Institute SRI International Idaho Technology Phoenix Air

Programs
& projects

Threat reduction	Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, including the Cooperative Biological Engagement Program (DoD) Project Bacchus Project Clear Vision Project Jefferson

Biosurveillance	Laboratory Response Network (CDC) BioWatch (EPA, CDC) Global Bio-Surveillance Technology Initiative (GBTI), Bio-Surveillance Management Office (BMO) (part of JPEO-CBD) ESSENCE (DoD) RODS (Civilian)

Biosecurity/Biosurety	Select Agent Program (CDC) Personnel Reliability Program (DoD)

Medical intelligence	National Intelligence Assessments on Infectious Diseases

Disaster response	National Response Framework of the National Strategy for Homeland Security (DHS; including NIMS & ICS) National Disaster Medical System (DHHS) Strategic National Stockpile (CDC, DHS)

Technology
& equipment

Protection	MOPP NBC suit Respirators

Detection	Cell CANARY Biological Materials MASINT Autonomous Pathogen Detection System Joint Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostic System (JBAIDS)

Biocontainment	Biosafety level Biosafety cabinet Positive pressure personnel suit

Law

Treaties	Geneva Protocol (1925, 1975) Statement on Chemical and Biological Defense Policies and Programs (1969) Biological Weapons Convention (1972)

Legislation	Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989 Executive Order 13139 (1999) Patriot Act (2001) Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness Response Act (2002) Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002 Project Bioshield Act (2004) Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine and Drug Development Act of 2005 Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (2005) Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (2006) Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013

International
representation

History

Past biological incidents	1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack 1989 California medfly attack 2001 anthrax attacks Wood Green ricin plot (2002) 2003 ricin letters 2013 ricin letters

Defunct organizations & programs	United States Army Medical Unit United States biological weapons program Sunshine Project Aeromedical Isolation Team (DoD)

Chemical Biological Incident Response Force

Mission

History

Awards

See also

References

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