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 Mostimportantly,theyprovideaccurateinformationonwhattheymaybefacing.
Thefirstteamsonscenewouldoutfitwitharmbandsforhazmat.Thesedeviceswilchangevisualyfrom a solidcolortobicolorifexposedtowhattheyweresensitiveto,providingavisualindicationofhazard.Atthat point,everyonewouldbedirectedtobackof,evacuateifnecessary,andcalinaspecialunitequippedand trainedtodeterminetheseverityofthethreatanddealwithit.InformationgatheredbytheChameleonTM unit couldalsobeusedtohelpdeterminewhatPPEwasappropriatefortheresponderswiththenextlevelof equipment,nottomentionwhatprotectivemeasuresareappropriatetotakewhilewaitingtheirarivalon
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In th e c a s e o f m y frie n d a t th e O E M , it c o u ld a l lo w h im to p ro v id e th e s a m e le v e l o f s a fe ty to h is c o u n ty , w h ile a t a s u b s ta n tia l ly lo w e r a c q u is itio n c o s t th a n th e e q u ip m e n t h e h a d , n o t to m e n tio n m a in te n a n c e a n d calibrationcosts.TheChameleonTM hasanun-refrigeratedshelflifeoftwoyears.Youreusethearmband andsimplyreplacethecassetes.TrainingissimplerandthedetectioncassetesfortheChameleonTM can beordered“àlacarte”,tofityourneeds.Specialcassetesdesignedfordetecting“ClandestineMethLabs”, “SuicidebyChemical”andevenakittoprovidewarningofexposuretocarcinogenicby-productsfrom arson andfiresareavailable.
Oncethecassetesareusedup,theusercanalsoorderastandardrefilkitwhichisfarlessexpensivein thatitonlyreplacestheconsumables.Thisalsoalowstheusertoexpandcapabilitiesbyorderingcassetes toworkwithwhatmaybeuniquerequirementsforyourneeds.Thearmbandsworkwithalthecassetes,so youcanselectwhatyouaretryingtodetect.
Incaseswheretheremaybe“whitepowder”thatneedstobeevaluated,theTraceXTM comesinhandy.It hasaswabthatiswetedandtheneitherdabbedorswipedacrosstheareatobesampled,dependingon surfacetypeandamountofmaterialbeingsampled.Thentheswabisplacedinthekit,theampulesof reagentarecrushed,andtheresultsareeasytoreadonthetopofthekit.
Bothsystems(ChameleonTM&TraceXTM)havealsobeenusedsuccessfulybysendinginarobottodo thesampling.Neverriskapersonwhenyoucandothejobwithagadget.ItisfarsaferthanusingFTIR d e v ic e s o n u n k n o w n a n d p o te n tia l ly e x p lo s iv e o r fla m m a b le m a te ria ls w h e re e x p o s u re to IR la s e rs c a n becometheignitionsource.Also,bothofthesesystemsarelessexpensivetopurchase,havenocostof ownership,maintenance,calibrationorsoftwarelicensefees.Theproducts,whentheshelflifeoftwoyears hasbeenexceeded,canbeutilizedfortraining.
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