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Special Operations Division: Hazardous Agent Mitigation & Medical Emergency Response (HAMMER)

The mission of the Hazardous Agent Mitigation & Medical Emergency Response (HAMMER) team is to provide hazardous agent mitigation, emergency medical intervention, and extrication capabilities to the protective mission. In close coordination with other United States Secret Service (Secret Service) tactical elements, protective details, and medical units, HAMMER can respond into a hazardous, toxic, or lethal environment to locate, extract, decontaminate, and provide life-saving medical interventions for Secret Service protectees. HAMMER personnel utilize cutting-edge monitoring technology to survey the immediate vicinity around the protectee for potential threats to include chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) contaminants.

Ideal Candidates: 

Candidates will provide U.S. military/law enforcement/public safety organization documentation for ONE of the SEVEN categories:

  • Possess a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN), or CBRN and Explosives (CBRNE), occupational specialty in the U.S. Armed Forces
  • Possess a medical occupational specialty in the U.S. Armed Forces
  • Served as a member of a local, state, or federal government or military CBRN or CBRNE unit, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF), or Civil Support Team (CST)
  • Served as a member of a local, state, or federal government or military rescue, fire and rescue, search and rescue, or extrication unit
  • Served as a member of a local, state or federal government or military emergency medical support unit
  • Currently certified, licensed, or registered as an emergency medical technician (EMT), paramedic, certified nursing assistant (CNA), restorative nursing assistant (RNA), registered nurse (RN), physician assistant (PA), or doctor of medicine (MD)
  • Completed the requisite training course for a local, state or federal government or military CBRN, CBRNE, rescue, fire and rescue, search and rescue, extrication, or emergency medical support unit

Accelerated Career Track:

  • 33 weeks of Special Agent Training 
  • Upon successful completion of Special Agent Training, reassignment to the Washington Field Office (WFO) 
  • While assigned to the WFO, 1 week HAMMER Selection, 3 week Emergency Medical Technician-Basic Course (EMT-B), pass the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians Test (NREMT), and 5 week HAMMER Basic/Introduction to Casualty Extraction (ICE) Course 
  • Upon successful completion of HAMMER Selection, EMT-B, passing the NREMT Test and HAMMER Basic/ICE Course, reassignment to the Special Operations Division (SOD) HAMMER 
  • Approximately 12 to 24 months from Enter on Duty Date to reassignment to SOD HAMMER
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LEARN MORE at SecretService.gov/careers or CALL US at 888-813-USSS (8777)
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Hazardous Agent Mitigation and Medical Emergency Response Team | INTERESTED IN JOINING HAMMER? Email SOD.HMRRecruiting@usss.dhs.gov

 

 

 

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