Biodetection: Issues and Answers
Biodetection: Issues and Answers
In 2005, the Hazardous Materials Counter-Terrorism Emergency Response Division of the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services (MDFS) moved forward with a plan to solve the field testing dilemma for bio-terrorism threat agents amid strong national debate, specifically to identify and resolve the areas of concern for the use of hand-held assays (HHAs) by hazmat teams.
Instead of a deliberated strategy to achieve necessary objectives, Technology has been improperly placed at the head of our driving principal of response to terrorism. In this Webcast, David presents the structure of the MDFS plan and training and recommendations for a path forward that is based in responder strategy to bio-terrorism--not in technology.
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