HDS maintains an ability to scale and facilitate Disaster Preparedness and Response (DPR) actions. HDS casualty role players were made up to simulate different injuries to increase the realism of the training. HDS has extensive current and past performance providing Role Player and training support to the National Guard Bureau CBRN Response Enterprise and state/local emergency response elements across the country (Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, Massachusetts, Maine/New England, Wisconsin, Montana, Hawaii, Oklahoma, Alabama, Florida, New Mexico, Louisiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Oregon, Hawaii, and Washington state).
CERFP: The CERFP teams and WMD-CSTs provide a phased capability; WMD-CSTs detect and identify CBRNE agents/substances, assess the effects and advise the local authorities on managing the effects of the attack. The WMD-CSTs also assist with requests for other forces. The CERFP teams locate and extract victims from a contaminated environment, perform mass patient/casualty decontamination, and provide treatment as necessary to stabilize patients for evacuation. The teams are specially trained to respond to a weapons-of-mass-destruction incident. The WMD-CSTs are dedicated units of National Guard personnel on active duty, whereas, the CERFPs are comprised of existing National Guard units in traditional reserve status. They can be mobilized in state active duty, Title 32, or Title 10 status. Each CERFP can be ready to deploy to an incident site within six hours of notification of a CBRNE or WMD incident.