Total Radiation Detection
to Protect First Responders and the Public
In May 2003, local, state, and federal agencies conducted the TopOff2 exercise in Seattle and Chicago to evaluate the emergency response to terrorist events. TopOff2 was the most comprehensive terrorism response exercise ever undertaken in the United States, and simulated a multi-point attack. In Seattle a radiological dispersal device (RDD) or "dirty bomb" was simulated. Critically important questions were discovered as the exercise unfolded:
How would first responders know if radioactive materials were involved in an incident? How could incident commanders know the extent of the plume dispersed in the incident? How would responders know where safe shelter could be provided for the injured or those treating them?
Planning our response to the lessons of TopOff2, we must also face the question: How can municipalities and local governments deploy a solution for these scenarios that provides for public safety within the constraints of our current economic climate?
After over a year of research and development
TRD
Associates delivers Passive
Detection™ Technology
to provide immediate
notification
of radioactive contamination from "dirty bomb" incidents to Law
Enforcement
and Rescue personnel. We developed technology
Each police
cruiser or aid car can now be equipped with a simple, robust, and
low-cost radiation sensor that operates continuously, and alerts both
the vehicle operator and the dispatch center when radiation is detected.
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Detection™...