Environmental Services
Program
- ESP Home Page
- Env. Emergency Response System
- Investigating Hazardous Wastes
- Responding to Env. Emergencies
- Air Quality Monitoring
- Air Pollution Bid Requests
- Water Quality Monitoring
- Chemical Analysis
- Report an Environmental Concern
- Homeland Security
- Methamphetamine
Homeland Security
The Environmental Emergency Response Section (EER) has been very active with homeland security. As we have learned by past events, a disaster can strike without warning. It has been a goal of the EER to be prepared for such an event and many accomplishments have been made relating to homeland security. Such accomplishments include Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) training, additional equipment, and conducting practical WMD exercises for EER staff.
The EER State On-Scene Coordinators, located throughout Missouri, have trained in a variety of areas involving WMD. EER personnel have completed over 100 hours of WMD related training. In addition to internal training, conducted by the EER, highly technical training includes:
- WMD Hands On Training (COBRA Training Center), Anniston AL
- Incident Response to Terrorist Bombings, New Mexico Tech, NM
- WMD Radiological/Nuclear Course for Hazmat Technicians, Mercury, NV
- Response to Anthrax Training, US EPA
- WMD Risk Assessment and Identification of Areas of Vulnerability
- Advanced WMD Biological, Nuclear, and Chemical Terrorism
- WMD Crime Scene Management
- WMD Hazmat Evidence Collection
- NRC Incident Response Program/Fed Radiological Plan Training, Auburn, NE
- Multi Agency WMD training
- Terrorism: Response at the Operations Level
- WMD, Emergency Response to Domestic Biological Incidents
In addition to training, the EER has acquired new WMD equipment such as instrumentation to detect radiation, biological/chemical nerve and blister agents. Additional equipment includes:
- Portable Hazmat ID
- Portable Hapsite, field gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer
- Ludlum, radiation detection meters
- Identifinder, radiation isotope identification meter
- M256 Kits
- M8 and M9 paper
- APD2000, chemical nerve and blister agents.
- Thermal Imaging Camera
In the event of a homeland security threat, the EER can utilize its training and equipment to aide Missouri's existing 28 Homeland Security Hazardous Materials Teams and help better serve and protect the citizens of Missouri and its natural resources.
Additional Resources for Missouri Homeland Security
Additional Resources for Federal Homeland Security
Informative Web sites
| Medical Reserve Corps | National Infrastructure Protection Center |
| Red Cross Preparedness Information | Information Sharing and Analysis Centers |
| United States Coast Guard | |
| USAJOBS "Working for America" | |
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