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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
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$35,000 is to assist individu
als who have been exposed
to biological or radiological
agents.
The suits mainly consist of
an air purification system
that filters air for workers to
be able to treat those that
may have been affected by
chemicals.
“If something happens
here, we ask that those
affected not leave the scene,
and come here and be treat
ed immediately,” she says.
A team of 12 washes and
rinses the body of a
“patient” who has been
affected by biological war
fare. Another team member
assists an actual person
through a shower on the
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Summer reading
programs ending
This week is the final
week to turn in reading
hours at Houston County
public libraries.
Participants are encour
aged to bring in their sheets
in to claim prizes.
At Nola Brantley
Memorial Library in Warner
Robins, kids are invited to
go out with a ROAR at all
story times this week. The
awards party for all 50+
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Matt Arthur Elementary School teacher Andy Payne was
awarded “My Teacher is Tops.” Payne, a fourth-grade
teacher, was nominated by his student Kelsey Fowler.
Pictured are Mr. Payne and Kelsey as she reads her nom
ination letter for a TV broadcast.
other side of the tent. They
are to complete this exercise
in no more than 20 minutes.
They finish in nine minutes
and 33 seconds.
“Sometimes in a danger
ous situation people flee the
scene before first responders
can arrive on scene,”
Ramsey says.
Some symptoms of those
affected by nerve agents
include teary eyes, drooling
and pinpointed pupils.
Symptoms of radiological
contamination are usually
blast-related, Ramsey said.
Ramsey says exercises
such as this Full Spectrum
Threat Response are done
on a quarterly basis.
She says the exercises
vary for training for
held at 7 p.m. Monday, for
all those who have received
invitations.
Perry Public Library will
hold its awards show for its
top summer readers at 10
a.m.
Wednesday.
Centerville Public Library
will hold its prize drawing
for its top summer readers
at 4 p.m. Saturday, July 30.
Readers do not need to be
present to win.
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response to chemical, biolog
ical, radiological, nuclear
and high-yield explosives.
She said the group also
trains for natural disaster.
“We need to be prepared
for any of these things,”
Ramsey said.
Col. Richard Griffith,
M.D., commander of the
78th Medical Group, says
this training is for any kind
of contamination, accidental
or hostile.
“We’ve had this capability
for two years, but we have
new equipment now,” he
says. “If an attack occurs we
can have this set up in 20
minutes.
“We are always worried
here as medical warriors,
but we have to be ready to
go to war zones, and we
have the training to be in a
hostile environment,”
Griffith said.
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