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2-17. DECONTAMINATION PROCEDURES.
NOTE
DETAILED DECONTAMINATION AND PROTECTION
PROCEDURES CAN BE FOUND IN: FM 3-4 & FM 3-5.
GENERAL:
THE FOLLOWING EMERGENCY PROCEDURES CAN BE PERFORMED UNTIL THOROUGH DECON
FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE THE COMMANDER WILL SUPERVISE, ASSIGN CREW DUTIES, AND
ASSIST THE SUPPORTING NBC UNIT.
EMERGENCY PROCEDURES:
IF NBC ATTACK IS KNOWN OR SUSPECTED, MASK AT ONCE AND CLOSE ALL DOORS TO SEAL THE
SERVICING UNIT. IF THE SEALED SYSTEM IS CONTAMINATED IT MAY BE EVACUATED TO A CLEAN
AREA AND THE OUTER PORTION DECONTAMINATED AS AN OPERATIONAL DECON. DO NOT
UNMASK UNTIL TOLD TO DO SO. IN THE EVENT BREATHING AIR COMPONENTS ARE CONTAMI-
NATED THEY MUST BE REPLACED PRIOR TO TESTING THE SYSTEM.
NUCLEAR DECONTAMINATION:
BRUSH FALLOUT FROM SKIN, CLOTHING, AND EQUIPMENT WITH AVAILABLE BRUSHES, RAGS, AND
TREE BRANCHES. WASH SKIN AND HAVE RADIATION CHECK MADE AS SOON AS TACTICAL
SITUATION PERMITS. (YOU CAN FIND INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CHECK IN FM 3-5).
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