Protecting Building Occupants and Operations from Biological and Chemical Airborne Threats A Framework for Decision Making (2007) / Chapter Skim
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7 Conclusions and Recommendations
7 Conclusions and Recommendations
Pages 104-111
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Recommendation 1: Clear and realistic building protection goals and objectives should be defined prior to deploying protection systems. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
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An effective building protection system requires proper integration of security technologies with building architecture and proper use of the system by building occupants. Integrating a protection system at the time of construction is typically less expensive and more efficient than retrofitting.
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Whether the protection system is active or passive, it needs to be evaluated periodically to ensure that protection goals are met. Recommendation 4: Because goals and objectives for protection drive the choice of building protection system for each installation, metrics for a building protection system should be based on these same well-under stood, clear goals and objectives.
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Thus, the ability of different metrics to accurately measure or estimate performance of a building protection system should also be considered in metric selection. For example, even though FOE might be a preferred metric to fraction of building exposed (FBE)
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analyzing costs and benefits using appropriate metrics and modeling and simulation tools as needed. The complexity of the steps in the framework and the time required for each step will depend upon the program and building protection objectives.
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Thus, the effectiveness of current concepts of building protection accomplishing a mission is uncertain. Although models have been developed to assess the impact of threat types, they could be strengthened with broad application, as well as testing and feedback, because existing models do not cover many scenarios.
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that allows for installation of new protection components as they become available. Although building protection has to be developed on a case-by-case basis, generic principles can be applied to many buildings and situations.
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To sustain the performance of a deployed building protection system or the framework to support its deployment, deployed building protection systems and their corresponding deployment processes should be reviewed periodically to assess whether they align with changing building conditions, building design methods, sensor and protection technologies, and threat types.
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