Re: 'Dirty Bomb' Was Major New Year's Worry

[John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>]

Valid comments.

By "First Responders" I mean those who first come to

the scene of the accident, such as the fire department

personnel.  A lot of units are getting (DOE surplus

equipment) or buying meters (because they have bucks).

 I know one local group have alpha meters in case of a

"nuclear weapon."    



The comment about "level of experts" goes to the heart

of my question.  What are people being trained for?  I

would assume "first responsers" will be engaged in

stopping the accident, e.g., fire, flooding, etc., and

rescuing the injured.



The article that started this thread concerned experts

going around major cities looking for radiological

weapons.  It was unclear to me who these "experts"

were.  Part of the NEST teams?  State or city

radiologial control personnel?  Local police?  



I would also ask what was the purpose of the article? 

To make the public feel confident that the government

was doing something useful?



--- LNMolino@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 1/8/2004 12:33:05 PM Central

> Standard Time, 

> crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM writes:

> 

> Can I assume that all of the first responders will

> have the technology and 

> expertise to properly determine the existence of a

> "dirty bomb?"  Or will we 

> have to wait for the experts to get here?

> 

> First define First Responder?

> 

> That definition in and of itself is mired in

> controversy. 

> 

> The get to "experts" again you have "levels of

> "experts"

> 

> Unless you asked that question in a specific

> scenario based vein I am not 

> sure of the validity of any answer to it?

> 

. . .



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-- John

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

e-mail:  crispy_bird@yahoo.com



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