Instructors pour one of the nerve agents GB or VX onto trays for emergency responders to train with. These courses are conducted at the Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological (COBRA) training facility. These courses providing an overview of the terrorist threat and potential targets and seminars in chemical, biological, radiological, and explosive hazards that may be used in CBRNE incidents. Participants will also experience hands-on practical exercises utilizing the responder’s knowledge and skills in performing decontamination and triage procedures, using survey and monitoring equipment, and responding to an event with multiple devices. An ongoing scenario will tie all seminars and hands-on training together, providing the performance defensive responder with the ability to identify all areas of response to a CBRNE event. COBRA courses further prepare responders for a CBRNE incident by providing them the opportunity to practice their knowledge and skills in the world’s only toxic chemical training facility dedicated solely to emergency responders— the COBRA.