Twelve States to Receive WMD Civil Support Teams

The U.S. Defense Department yesterday identified 12 states that are slated to receive WMD Civil Support teams this year to help first responders handle a possible incident involving weapons of mass destruction (see GSN, Nov. 13, 2003).

The new teams will join 32 teams already certified nationwide, according to the Pentagon.

States to receive the 22-member teams are Connecticut, Indiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah and Wisconsin, according to a Pentagon press release. The states were chosen based on factors such as population density, critical infrastructure protection and the “presence of symbolic sites of national significance,” the department said (U.S. Defense Department release, March 9).

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