1. Purpose This manual provides guidance for training, equipping, and utilizing emergency teams for con- tamination control during accidents/incidents in- volving chemical agents and biological material. Specific guidance is provided for chemical, biologi- cal, radiological (CBR) teams and decontamina- tion teams. 2. Scope a. This manual covers procedures and tech- niques for reducing chemical and biological haz- ards resulting from accidents. It describes proce- dures and practices for detecting, identifying, controlling, and decontaminating chemical con- tamination and the sampling and decontaminating of biological contamination. b. This manual is designed primarily for peace- time operations but is applicable in wartime oper- ations. c. This manual is in consonance with the inter- national standardization agreements (STANAG) listed below.
DesignationFM 3-21
EditionAug 1972
StatusSuperseded
Pages44
FunctionCBRN
CollectionHistoric
Public domain (U.S. Government work)