Re: Response beyond the reality?

[BLHamrick@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 7/11/2003 8:07:22 AM Pacific Standard Time, 

Clayton.Bradt@LABOR.STATE.NY.US writes:



> I haven't heard anything from the NC radiation control program on this

> incident, so I speak purely from conjecture, but it sounds as though the

> State radiation control people were out of the loop on this one.  The

> ridiculous over-reaction is typical of what one expects from first

> responders, who have only minimal training in radiological incident

> response, jumping in with both feet without asking for advice. 

> 



I'd like to add that with respect to the event I related, the decision to 

evacuate was not based on the decision of any professional radiation control 

program health physicists in California.



And, as Clayton points out, expect to see a lot more of this.  Putting 

radiation monitoring devices in the hands of all our first responders nationwide, 

most of whom will never come across a licensable source of radiation in their 

entire careers is a recipe for lots of false alarms, freeway closures and 

unnecessary evacuations.



Barbara



Barbara