1. Nebraska National Guard Lieutenant Amy Johnson
CERFP Briefing
Nebraska National Guard
Lieutenant Amy Johnson

2. What is CERFP? Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Explosive
C - CBRNE
E - Enhanced
R - Response
F - Force
P - Package

3. CERFP
The Nebraska National Guard (NE NG) plays a vital role in the defense and security of both the Nation and State.
There will be another significant catastrophic incident in this country, whether involving CBRNE, terrorism, or natural disaster.
The CERFP units will play a prominent role in response to any major incident.

4. CBRNE Threat Spectrum Greatest Least Probability Of Occurrence
Most Likely: High Yield Explosive (HYE)
Most Dangerous: Nuclear Weapons
Probability
Of Occurrence
HYE
Biological
Toxins
Industrial Chemicals
Biological Pathogens
Radio-
Isotopes
Chemical
Weapons
Nuclear
Least
Casualty Potential

5. CERFP Mission
On order,
respond to a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, or High Yield Explosive (CBRNE) incident or other catastrophic event
and assist local, state, and federal agencies
in conducting consequence management by providing capabilities to conduct personnel
decontamination, emergency medical services, and casualty search and extraction.

6. States by FEMA Region I X V II VIII IX VII III VI IV
 Seattle
San Francisco 
Denver 
 New York
 Boston
Chicago 
Philadelphia 
 Atlanta 
Kansas City
Hawaii
U.S.V.I &
Puerto Rico
Alaska VI
Denton 
Green states have a CERFP mission.

7. JOINT FORCES CONCEPT
CERFPs consist of both Army and Air National Guard Assets working together in support of civilian emergency personnel for a strong unified response team.

8. 4 ELEMENTS Command and Control (C2)-16 Medical-45 Decontamination-75
Search & Extraction-50
Total= 186 Personnel
ABOUT 1/3 AIR?

9. Nebraska CERFP Structure
Training Officer
Admin/Training NCO
Logistics NCO
MED Plans & Ops Officer
MED Logistics NCO
Commander
Deputy Commander/S3
Admin Officer S1
Logistics Officer S4
Sr. Operations Sgt
Operations Sergeant
NBC Staff NCO
Chemical Spc/RTO
CSM/Safety NCO
Medical Liaison
Senior Liaison Officer
Asst. Ops Officer S2/3
Admin NCO
Supply Sergeant/RTO
Signal Officer/S6
HQ (5)
HQ (3)
HQ (4)
Cmdr
Sr Ops NCO
RTO
Support TM(15)
TX TM (26)
TM 2 (26)
TM 3 (16)
TM 1 (16)
TM 2 (16)
NBC NCO
RTO (2)
1SG
MED Ops
MED LOG
J3-DO
CERFP Personnel

10. Command & Control (C2) Directs the overall activity of the CERFP
Reports to the Nebraska National Guard and the Incident Commander

11. C2 Positions Commander Deputy Commander/S3 CSM/Safety NCO
Medical Liaison
Senior Liaison Officer
Asst. Ops Officer S2/3
Sr. Operations Sgt
Operations Sergeant
NBC Staff NCO
Chemical Spc/RTO
Logistics Officer S4
Logistics NCO
Supply Sergeant/RTO
Admin Officer S1
Admin NCO
Signal Officer/S6

12. Medical Section
Provide pre-hospital and emergency medical care during mission
Provide triage and emergency medical care prior to evacuation.
Intervention of critical incident stress syndrome, and limited treatment of hazardous materials exposure.
CERFP medical elements vary from state due to the manning in their national guard clinic.
We are composed of 2 Doctors, 5 PA’s, 8 Nurses, 19 Medics (all EMT or higher qualified), 2 dentist, 1 optometrist, and 8 admin to include BIO and Public Health.

13. Medical Section

14. Decontamination Section
Conducts mass casualty ambulatory and non-ambulatory decontamination, and zone monitoring.
Operates in appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when conducting decontamination.

15. Decontamination Section

17. Search and Extraction Conducts casualty search and extraction.
Trained in collapsed structure & confined space extraction
10 Medical Personnel assigned to provide emergency care in hot zone.

18. Search and Extraction

19. Search and Extraction

20. Search and Extraction

21. CERFP Site

22. Employment Concept
Operate within State Emergency Management Incident Command System.
Not in the lead, but in a supporting role.
Operate in coordination with other military forces.
Employed with other NG assets as necessary.
Employed in part (modular) or whole.

23. National Response: Where do the National Guard Initiatives Fit?
High
Specialized Federal Assets (LD/HD)
Federal Civilian
DoD (Title 10)
Local Emergency Services
Specialized Regional Response Assets
Mutual Aid Agreements
Interstate Compacts
FSVA
Full Spectrum Vulnerability Assessment Teams
Teams in each state analyze and assess Critical Infrastructure (Planning and Preparedness)
NGRF
National Guard Response Forces
Site Security
Presence Patrols/ Show of Force
Establishment of road block and/or check points
Control of Civil Disturbance
WMD-CST Force Protection / Security (Operate in CBRNE environment)
Respond/assist in protection of selected DoD assets
Initial response within 4 hours with follow-on in 4-24 hours
(Critical Infrastructure Protection)
WMD CST
WMD Civil Support Teams
22 Person teams
32 teams today.
End State: 55 Teams
Mission: CBRN Assessment, Technical Advice, and Facilitation of follow on support.
NG CERFP
National Guard CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package
One task organized force per FEMA region.
Leverages existing warfighting capabilities.
Specialized training to respond to CBRNE events at home.
JFHQ-State
Joint Force Headquarters (State)
Reorganization of existing administrative headquarters
Able to provide Command and Control of military response forces on behalf of the Governor or a Combatant Commander.
Required Capabilities and Resources
Low
Pre-Event
12-48 Hours
48-96 Hours
30 Days
First 12 Hours

24. Employment Concept
CST’s advance party departs NLT 90 minutes after official notification. Entire CST deploys NLT 3 hours
CST arrives on the scene, assesses the situation and advised the Incident Commander on the capability of other military forces- i.e. NGCERFP
IC requests additional assets through the State Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
(This initiates the recall of the NGCERFP)
CERFP Unit arrives on site to fill hour gap in capability (Tier II).

25. Official Request Channel
On scene commander identifies need for additional assets
On scene commander requests assets from the county emergency management agency
The county emergency management agency contacts NEMA
NEMA contacts the Adjutant General
The AG contacts the Governor
The Governor approves the use of the CERFP
The AG informs NEMA who informs the NE JOC
The NE JOC notifies the CERFP

26. Joint Operations Center
CERFP
County Emergency
Management
NE Guard
Joint Operations Center
The Governor
The Adjutant
General

27. Required Training Certifications For CERFP Personnel
NIMS/ICS 100, 200, 700 & 800
Emergency Response to Terrorism/Q534
HAZMAT Ops Plus
RIGS course, OK City, Oklahoma
Decon Line Operations and NET
Command and Control (C2) Course
Additional Medical Qualifications by Position

28. Contact Information
Lt Amy Johnson (OIC, Med Plans & OPS)
LT MJ Kramer (2IC, Trng Officer)
SFC Dave Fannon (Training & Readiness)
SFC Donald Kemper (Logistics NCO-Army)
MSgt Brian Tlamka (Logistics NCO-MED)