Re: A "dirty bomb" question

[LNMolino@AOL.COM]

Ted in the here and now of emergency response any reading above local 

background will bring a MAJOR response that has been discussed on this list to the 

point of ridicule by some on this list towards emergency responders. I am trying 

to change that BUT i am but one lone non RAD emergency services instructors. 

I understand your point about health effects BUT you will see panic in the 

streets as it were if a meter goes whacky at a bombing. Since my first class 

under FEMA as a RAD monitor using the God awful CDV 700 series monitors I have 

been taught and later I taught that above background was cause for alarm. I NOW 

know that si not true but you have a responder mind set that is just as I 

describe.



In a message dated 10/25/2003 9:00:48 AM Central Daylight Time, 

tedrock@starpower.net writes:

I think it's important not to imply that anything above local background is 

an "effective weapon."  I believe the criterion should be a level high enough 

to cause a significant health problem if exposed for say an hour or less.  That 

would require thousands of smoke detectors on a theoretical basis, and 

millions on a practical basis.



Ted Rockwell



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