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Radiation Protection

Tactical Radiation Protection for Professionals

The responder’s introduction to field-level radiation safety: how radiation harms, how to detect it, and how to protect yourself while you finish the job.

  • One day, 8 hours
  • $367.50 GST incl.
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Responder in a respirator beside a pickup truck marked with a radioactive placard

Overview

Radioactive sources are used every day in industry, medicine and research, and most are kept under low to moderate security. This course prepares you to detect and respond to accidental or deliberate exposure from the devices you are most likely to meet in North America.

The fundamentals of radiation safety are taught in plain language, then put to work in scenarios. The mindset, tactics and gear the job needs are discussed and demonstrated.

The course is directed or taught by our company Radiation Safety Officer, who is also a licensed security professional. No live isotopes, explosives or firearms are used, so it can run at agency and civilian training sites.

At a glance

Length
One day, 8 hours
Format
In person, scenario based
Open to
Professionals and civilians
Entry
Vetting required

What you’ll learn

  1. Introduction

    Detecting and responding to the threats you are most likely to face, with an emphasis on exposure devices used under low to moderate security.

  2. Radiation basics

    Units of activity and exposure, the types of radiation, and the isotopes in legitimate use today.

  3. Damage mechanisms and threat profiles

    How ionizing radiation damages living tissue, the hazards of each type, and the most common threat profiles.

  4. Time, distance and shielding

    The core of radiation protection, turned into evasive and defensive tactics, and how to use dosimetry for intelligence and planning.

  5. Radiation safety equipment

    Choosing, maintaining and using CBRN protective equipment and detectors, an introduction to decontamination, and the MARCHE sequence for CBRN exposure.

  6. Radioactive threat scenarios

    How to avoid, escape from and, when you must, operate inside a suspected or confirmed radiation zone while limiting your own risk.

Who it’s for

  • Police, fire and paramedics
  • Security and corrections staff
  • Workers near industrial radioactive sources
  • Prepared civilians

Good to know

  • The course is open to anyone, but every applicant is vetted because of the sensitive content.
  • Agencies and groups can book a version tailored to their role, delivered at their own site.
  • Most classes use simulated exposure. Groups who already work with nuclear gauges or exposure devices may train with real sources, under the controls that already apply to them.
From the classroom

See how Ed teaches

A short clip from The Iridium Group’s channel, and a few photos from past classes.

The Iridium GroupPlay video: What about Faraday bags? Plays from YouTube
Yellow radiation warning sign standing on gravel outside a dome building
Respirator mask and filters on a dark surface
Operator in protective gear moving through smoke
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