Case Studies

Project: Preparedness Exercise

The Solution: Biological Incident Consequence Management Planning

Background

Sabre's experience in the BWA arena is not limited to designing and deploying effective treatment technologies but also includes development of the entire methodology by which Biowarfare Agents (BWA) decontamination activities are planned for and carried out.

In 2004, Sabre was requested and contracted by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories (LLNL) to participate in a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funded table-top exercise that contemplated the BWA contamination and subsequent restoration of the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) Terminal.

In preparation for this table-top exercise, Sabre provided LLNL with templates from its established methodology for preparing and restoring contaminated facilities, which specifically included a Remedial Action Plan (RAP), Sampling and Analysis Plan (SAP), Health and Safety Plan (HASP), and other related information on establishing a Technical Working Group (TWG), Environmental Clearance Committee (ECC) and a media relations effort.

Sabre’s methodology now forms the basis on which the U.S., other governments, and major corporations have formulated their approach to biological contamination consequence management.