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From page 24... ... underground stations have been outfitted with chemical sen sors.1 PROACT has focused on a collaboration with the San Francisco International Airport (SFIA) to determine how CURRENT GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO THE threat agent simulants2 released into the air in various airCHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL THREAT port spaces would spread and to assess what air-handling Many federal agencies are actively involved in both fund- and evacuation response strategies would be most effective ing and conducting research to develop defensive strategies in limiting exposures of airport patrons.3,4 As part of this and technologies for dealing with chemical/biological effort, a war-game-type exercise was held in November threats. Read the entire page →
From page 25... ... . Guidance is also available from a number of government In a previous report,10 this committee evaluated one of sources on steps that building owners or managers can take the technologies cited in Figure 4-2 -- mass spectrometry-to help protect occupants from airborne chemical, biologi- for its potential to improve on current capabilities to detect cal, or radiological attacks,7 and on how they can choose the trace quantities of explosives, chemical agents, and biologimost appropriate air filtration and/or cleaning systems.8 The cal agents that might adhere to potential terrorists or their Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Read the entire page →
From page 26... ... � Research International � US Army RDECOM / ECBC � Bruker Daltonics � Tetracore / Alexeter Technologies Systems � Camber � TSI � Luminex � Smiths Detection � Proengin � Dycor � DoE Oak Ridge National Lab � MIT Lincoln Laboratory � MesoSystems � Johns Hopkins University APL � Midwest Research Institute � Becton Dickenson � UTC Hamilton-Sundstrand � Applied Biosystems � Giat Industries � IGEN International � Navy Research Lab � Hach Ultra � General Dynamics � Cepheid � National Micrographics JBPDS JBPDS RAPID RAPID APDS APDS � Becton-Dickinson � Idaho Technology � Roche Applied Sciences � Agilent Technologies � Siemens Dematic � Pacific Scientific Instruments 1-3Year Near-term � Micro Fluidic Systems � Constellation Technology � DTRA � Naval Medical Research Center � EAI Corp � TSWG Technologies � SRI � Texas Instruments � Aclara BioSciences � Battelle � Affymetrix � AppliedBiosystems � DoE Sandia National Labs � DoE Pacific Northwest National Lab � BioVigilant � Nanosphere � SAIC � Fibertek � Echo Technologies � DoE Argonne National Lab � Innovatek � OraSure Technologies � Charles Stark Draper Lab � Science & Engineering Services LLNL Smiths SRI � DARPA SPO � SensIR Technologies � Strategene HANAA Bio-Seeq UC Phosphor � NSWC Dahlgren � MicroBioSystems � Micro Coating Technologies � DARPA DSO �Physical Sciences Inc � LaSys � Osborn Scientific � US Army Research Laboratory �QTL Biosystems � Matrix Instruments � Zaromb Research 4+Years Far-term � DoE Los Alamos National Lab �Radix BioSolutions � Sienna Biotech � Southwest Bioscience Labs � NuGen Technologies �Response Equipment � SKC � Commonwealth Technologies � Nanosys �General Dynamics - Veridian � Southern Research Institute Biotechnologies � Corbett Research � Molecular Tools �Molecular Nanosystems � Surface Logix � NIST �Nanofluidics � Universal Detection Technology � CuraGen Corporation � Advalytix �Agilent Technologies � Xoetronics � Digene DNA / RNA � BioForce Nanosciences �Affymetrix � Aclara Biosciences � DuPont � BioPraxis �Pacific-Sierra Research � GeneTrace Systems � Thermo Hybrid � BioRad �Advanced Diamond Technologies � Nanogen � MJ Research � GeneFluidics �Caliper Technologies � NASA Ames Research Center � Osborn Scientific � IatroQuest �Centrex � Integrated Nanotechnologies � Coherent Technologies � Ionian Technologies � Microgen Systems �ChemImage � BioTraces � CombiMatrix �Luna Innovations FIGURE 4-1 Partial list of chemical/biological detection system developers. NOTE: JBPDS, Joint Biological Point Detection System; RAPID, Ruggedized Advanced Pathogen Identification Device; APDS, Autonomous Pathogen Detection System; LLNL, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; HANAA, Handheld Advanced Nucleic Acid Analyzer; SRI, SRI International; UC, Upconverting. Read the entire page →
From page 27... ... air trans- Recommendation 2: The Transportation Security Adportation system against chemical/biological attacks. ministration, in collaboration with other appropriate entities within the Department of Homeland Security,14 The Department of Homeland Security has funded pre- should create a high-level task force to perform the folliminary studies to elaborate specific chemical/biological lowing functions: threat vectors and to increase understanding of airflows in � Create a validated threat assessment document for several terminals and boarding areas of San Francisco Inter- air transportation spaces and keep it updated; national Airport and Albuquerque Airport. Read the entire page →
From page 28... ... DHS to help airports develop an effective concept of opera- Rather, it should seek to leverage the research programs tions for a threat defense strategy, including contingency of other agencies, and it should consider supporting a plans for the following: scenarios involving the release of vendor-independent testing capability in order to verify various threat agents, plans for limiting the spread of agents performance claims made for chemical/biological deteconce released, plans for the evacuation of personnel to safe tion systems. areas, plans for the isolation of contaminated areas, strategies for the early notification and treatment of potentially The TSA has been concerned with the deployment of exposed individuals, and timely remediation of affected ar- technologies for the detection of small arms and explosives; eas. Read the entire page →
From page 29... ... Using experimental testing of the disnario of an attack with a delayed- or slow-acting agent. persion of released agent simulants, TSA should also work Videocamera surveillance of air transportation spaces, which with the facilities to explore methods for limiting the spread can be considered a kind of functional detection technology of chemical/biological agents once they are released, such as for attacks with fast-acting agents, is available today. Read the entire page →
From page 30... ... that indicate the effects of any fast-acting toxic chemical agents would be beneficial in some attack scenarios, and these systems could be deployed in a CONCLUSION complementary way with non-detection-based defensive It appears that, given the need to maintain convenient strategies. Thus, the overall impact of such an attack may public access to an efficient transportation system, a terrorist depend less on the development of technologies for the deattack on the system with chemical/biological agents would tection of threat agents than on prudent protective measures be difficult to prevent and would likely result in a significant that can be implemented before the attack ever takes place. Read the entire page →

From page 24...

... underground stations have been outfitted with chemical sen sors.1 PROACT has focused on a collaboration with the San Francisco International Airport (SFIA) to determine how CURRENT GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO THE threat agent simulants2 released into the air in various airCHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL THREAT port spaces would spread and to assess what air-handling Many federal agencies are actively involved in both fund- and evacuation response strategies would be most effective ing and conducting research to develop defensive strategies in limiting exposures of airport patrons.3,4 As part of this and technologies for dealing with chemical/biological effort, a war-game-type exercise was held in November threats.

Read the entire page →

From page 25...

... . Guidance is also available from a number of government In a previous report,10 this committee evaluated one of sources on steps that building owners or managers can take the technologies cited in Figure 4-2 -- mass spectrometry-to help protect occupants from airborne chemical, biologi- for its potential to improve on current capabilities to detect cal, or radiological attacks,7 and on how they can choose the trace quantities of explosives, chemical agents, and biologimost appropriate air filtration and/or cleaning systems.8 The cal agents that might adhere to potential terrorists or their Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Read the entire page →

From page 26...

... � Research International � US Army RDECOM / ECBC � Bruker Daltonics � Tetracore / Alexeter Technologies Systems � Camber � TSI � Luminex � Smiths Detection � Proengin � Dycor � DoE Oak Ridge National Lab � MIT Lincoln Laboratory � MesoSystems � Johns Hopkins University APL � Midwest Research Institute � Becton Dickenson � UTC Hamilton-Sundstrand � Applied Biosystems � Giat Industries � IGEN International � Navy Research Lab � Hach Ultra � General Dynamics � Cepheid � National Micrographics JBPDS JBPDS RAPID RAPID APDS APDS � Becton-Dickinson � Idaho Technology � Roche Applied Sciences � Agilent Technologies � Siemens Dematic � Pacific Scientific Instruments 1-3Year Near-term � Micro Fluidic Systems � Constellation Technology � DTRA � Naval Medical Research Center � EAI Corp � TSWG Technologies � SRI � Texas Instruments � Aclara BioSciences � Battelle � Affymetrix � AppliedBiosystems � DoE Sandia National Labs � DoE Pacific Northwest National Lab � BioVigilant � Nanosphere � SAIC � Fibertek � Echo Technologies � DoE Argonne National Lab � Innovatek � OraSure Technologies � Charles Stark Draper Lab � Science & Engineering Services LLNL Smiths SRI � DARPA SPO � SensIR Technologies � Strategene HANAA Bio-Seeq UC Phosphor � NSWC Dahlgren � MicroBioSystems � Micro Coating Technologies � DARPA DSO �Physical Sciences Inc � LaSys � Osborn Scientific � US Army Research Laboratory �QTL Biosystems � Matrix Instruments � Zaromb Research 4+Years Far-term � DoE Los Alamos National Lab �Radix BioSolutions � Sienna Biotech � Southwest Bioscience Labs � NuGen Technologies �Response Equipment � SKC � Commonwealth Technologies � Nanosys �General Dynamics - Veridian � Southern Research Institute Biotechnologies � Corbett Research � Molecular Tools �Molecular Nanosystems � Surface Logix � NIST �Nanofluidics � Universal Detection Technology � CuraGen Corporation � Advalytix �Agilent Technologies � Xoetronics � Digene DNA / RNA � BioForce Nanosciences �Affymetrix � Aclara Biosciences � DuPont � BioPraxis �Pacific-Sierra Research � GeneTrace Systems � Thermo Hybrid � BioRad �Advanced Diamond Technologies � Nanogen � MJ Research � GeneFluidics �Caliper Technologies � NASA Ames Research Center � Osborn Scientific � IatroQuest �Centrex � Integrated Nanotechnologies � Coherent Technologies � Ionian Technologies � Microgen Systems �ChemImage � BioTraces � CombiMatrix �Luna Innovations FIGURE 4-1 Partial list of chemical/biological detection system developers. NOTE: JBPDS, Joint Biological Point Detection System; RAPID, Ruggedized Advanced Pathogen Identification Device; APDS, Autonomous Pathogen Detection System; LLNL, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; HANAA, Handheld Advanced Nucleic Acid Analyzer; SRI, SRI International; UC, Upconverting.

Read the entire page →

From page 27...

... air trans- Recommendation 2: The Transportation Security Adportation system against chemical/biological attacks. ministration, in collaboration with other appropriate entities within the Department of Homeland Security,14 The Department of Homeland Security has funded pre- should create a high-level task force to perform the folliminary studies to elaborate specific chemical/biological lowing functions: threat vectors and to increase understanding of airflows in � Create a validated threat assessment document for several terminals and boarding areas of San Francisco Inter- air transportation spaces and keep it updated; national Airport and Albuquerque Airport.

Read the entire page →

From page 28...

... DHS to help airports develop an effective concept of opera- Rather, it should seek to leverage the research programs tions for a threat defense strategy, including contingency of other agencies, and it should consider supporting a plans for the following: scenarios involving the release of vendor-independent testing capability in order to verify various threat agents, plans for limiting the spread of agents performance claims made for chemical/biological deteconce released, plans for the evacuation of personnel to safe tion systems. areas, plans for the isolation of contaminated areas, strategies for the early notification and treatment of potentially The TSA has been concerned with the deployment of exposed individuals, and timely remediation of affected ar- technologies for the detection of small arms and explosives; eas.

Read the entire page →

From page 29...

... Using experimental testing of the disnario of an attack with a delayed- or slow-acting agent. persion of released agent simulants, TSA should also work Videocamera surveillance of air transportation spaces, which with the facilities to explore methods for limiting the spread can be considered a kind of functional detection technology of chemical/biological agents once they are released, such as for attacks with fast-acting agents, is available today.

Read the entire page →

From page 30...

... that indicate the effects of any fast-acting toxic chemical agents would be beneficial in some attack scenarios, and these systems could be deployed in a CONCLUSION complementary way with non-detection-based defensive It appears that, given the need to maintain convenient strategies. Thus, the overall impact of such an attack may public access to an efficient transportation system, a terrorist depend less on the development of technologies for the deattack on the system with chemical/biological agents would tection of threat agents than on prudent protective measures be difficult to prevent and would likely result in a significant that can be implemented before the attack ever takes place.

Read the entire page →

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4 Implementation of Defensive Strategies: The Role of the Transportation Security Administration Pages 24-30

4 Implementation of Defensive Strategies: The Role of the Transportation Security Administration
Pages 24-30