Chemical Biological Incident Response Force

The Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) is a unit in the United States Marine Corps responsible for countering a chemical/biological terrorist threat. They were activated in April of 1996 by General Charles C. Krulak, then Commandant of the Marine Corps. The unit is based at Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center in Indian Head, Maryland and fall under the command of the II Marine Expeditionary Force.

Mission

When directed, forward-deploy and /or respond to a credible threat of a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, or High Yield explosive (CBRNE) incident in order to assist local, state, or federal agencies and Unified Combat Commanders in the conduct of consequence management operations. CBIRF accomplishes this mission by providing capabilities for agent detection and identification; casualty search, rescue, and personnel decontamination; and emergency medical care and stabilization of contaminated personnel.

See also

• 2001 anthrax attacks
• History of the United States Marine Corps
• Organization of the United States Marine Corps

References

Web

• CBIRF's official website