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      Mission: The safe elimination of chemical weapons at Pueblo and Blue Grass by Sept. 30, 2023

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Kentucky Team Trains for Toxic Entries

By John Cummins | BGCAPP Videos | Comments are Closed | 4 May, 2018 | 0

Workers at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) are preparing for agent operations by participating in training for toxic area entries during operations. Once chemical agent destruction efforts commence, workers must wear protective equipment to enter some areas of the plant. The training staff is using simulations to familiarize staff with the gear necessary to complete toxic area entries.

  • A Blue Grass Army Depot firefighter cleans up a simulated hydrolysate spill at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Laboratory as observers evaluate the activity Jan. 31.
  • A spilled container of simulated hydrolysate lies on the floor of the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Laboratory as responders prepare for a clean-up exercise.
  • Blue Grass Army Depot hazardous materials response team members are briefed as they prepare for a simulated hydrolysate spill clean-up exercise at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Laboratory Jan. 31.

Partners Practice Response in Integrated Spill Drill

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Safety | Comments are Closed | 14 February, 2018 | 0

Plant and Blue Grass Army Depot participants responded to a mock hydrolysate spill in the Blue Grass Laboratory to practice hazardous-materials clean-up skills Jan. 31.

  • An engineer adjusts a setting on an aerosol generator that is used to test air filters at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.
  • A technician checks a reading on a detector as he participates in filter testing at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.

Technicians Use Mist and Light to Test Filters

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 7 February, 2018 | 0

Technicians are testing pre-filter banks at the Blue Grass plant to ensure proper filtration and air flow.

  • Carl Reagan, toxic entry supervisor, watches as a toxic area entry trainee performs a task. Training tasks are designed to familiarize workers with wearing protective suits while performing their duties in areas of the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant that will be contaminated during operations.
  • A toxic entry supervisor looks through piping during specialized training at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.

Depth of Experience Critical to Operations Training

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, People, Safety | Comments are Closed | 23 January, 2018 | 0

A toxic entry supervisor with 25 years of experience assisted with training and procedures that led to the Blue Grass plant’s first Toxic Area Training in November.

  • Support workers assist in positioning a Toxic Area entry trainee on a suit sealing machine to safely seal him into his Demilitarization Protective Ensemble.
  • A support worker positions suit material in the Demilitarization Protective Ensemble suit sealer at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.

Protective Suit Sealer Ready for Operations

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Technology | Comments are Closed | 28 December, 2017 | 0

Machines used to seal chemical demilitarization workers into their protective suits were tested and turned over to operations this month.

  • A maintenance worker in a protective suit climbs the stairs in a simulated work environment during a training session.
  • Toxic area entry trainees perform decontamination activities in their Demilitarization Protective Ensembles at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant.

Specialized Suits Protect Workers from Chemical Agent

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Safety | Comments are Closed | 21 December, 2017 | 0

Workers who will enter contaminated areas of the Blue Grass plant during operations are now training in suits designed specifically to protect them from exposure to chemical agent.

A Blue Grass Army Depot firefighter rappels down a wall inside the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant as part of a high-angle rescue training exercise. In the case of a rescue at altitude at the plant, the depot will handle rescue and extraction while plant medical staff will provide medical care.

Blue Grass Emergency Response Teams Train for High-Angle Rescues

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Safety | Comments are Closed | 17 July, 2017 | 0

Blue Grass plant medical staff collaborated with the Blue Grass Army Depot Fire Department in June for high-angle rescue training.

An evaluator watches as Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant technicians clean up a simulated caustic leak during an April drill.

Blue Grass Conducts First Caustic Leak Drill

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Safety | Comments are Closed | 23 May, 2017 | 0

Workers suited up to perform the first drill involving simulated leaked caustic at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in April.

A Blue Grass Army Depot firefighter rappels down the side of a Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant storage tank as part of a quarterly training activity.

Blue Grass Partners Perform High-Angle Rescue Training

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Safety | Comments are Closed | 10 November, 2016 | 0

Firefighters participated in high-angle rescue training by rappelling from the top of storage tanks at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in October.

A Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant trainee attempts to put out a simulated fire with a laser-equipped extinguisher while a training specialist remotely controls the situation

Blue Grass Fire Training Goes High Tech

By John Cummins | BGCAPP News, Safety | Comments are Closed | 27 October, 2016 | 0

Technicians are practicing extinguishing fires using an electronic simulator, as part of the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant’s ongoing commitment to safety.

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