1 st Responder CBRNE Protective Equipment Standards Development Program

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1 1 st Responder CBRNE Protective Equipment Standards Development Program presented by Philip J. Mattson Program Manager, Critical Incident Technologies National Institute of Standards and Technology Office of Law Enforcement Standards

2 OLES Mission Performance Standards Compliance Testing Programs Technical Reports User Guides Homeland Security: Collaboration, Innovation and Standardization Slide 2

3 NIJ Body Armor Standard NIJ Standard Ballistic Resistance of Personal Body Armor NIJ Standard Stab Resistance of Personal Body Armor Homeland Security: Collaboration, Innovation and Standardization Slide 3

4 NIJ Body Armor Standard Homeland Security: Collaboration, Innovation and Standardization Slide 4

5 NIJ Body Armor Standard Homeland Security: Collaboration, Innovation and Standardization Slide 5

6 A handful of OLES programs are specifically Homeland Security programs but all OLES programs have potential to enhance Homeland Security. Lines between Law Enforcement/Public Safety Technologies and Homeland Security Technologies are largely imaginary Homeland Security: Collaboration, Innovation and Standardization Slide 6

7 Homeland Security: Collaboration, Innovation and Standardization Slide 7

8 Performance Standards How well it has to work Design Standards How it has to be built

9 CBRNE Standards Development Program Program has been in place since 1999 $24 million invested in program to date Standards have been developed with testing currently on going Additional standards very close to implementation Program recognized and collaborating with IAB, EPA, OSHA, DoD, DHS and others Homeland Security: Collaboration, Innovation and Standardization Slide 9

10 1 st Responder Standards Threat Areas Chemical (Warfare Agents & TICs) Biological Warfare Agents Radiological Agents (RDD) Nuclear (IND, Weapon) Conventional Explosives/Incendiaries Homeland Security: Collaboration, Innovation and Standardization Slide 10

11 1 st Responder CBRNE Protective Equipment Program Areas CBRN Respiratory Protection Equipment Standards CBRNE Protective Clothing Standards 1 st Responder CBRNE Detection Equipment Standards 1 st Responder CBRN Decontamination Standards 1 st Responder CBRNE Communication Equipment Interfaces 1 st Responder CBRNE Operational Equipment Standards 1 st Responder CBRNE Equipment Compendia Homeland Security: Collaboration, Innovation and Standardization Slide 11

12 The Interagency Board for Equipment Standardization and Interoperability (IAB) Standardized Equipment List (SEL) Items essential for responding to CBRNE incidents Homeland Security: Collaboration, Innovation and Standardization Slide 12

13 Most commodity SubGroups have realized that equipment that falls in the individual equipment categories will not provide suitable levels of field performance IAB Annual Report "It is critical that compatibility issues of equipment are addressed now, through nationally recognized standards, before the advent of multi-agency, multijurisdictional WMD incidents IAB Annual Report Homeland Security: Collaboration, Innovation and Standardization Slide 13

14 Team Formed to Tackle Top Priority TSWG FBI SBCCOM STANDARDS FOR CBRNE RESPIRATORY DEVICES Homeland Security: Collaboration, Innovation and Standardization Slide 14

15 Technical Issues Insufficient knowledge about threats and acceptable exposure limits Existing military equipment not suited for First Responder mission Existing commercial equipment untested against WMD agents Urgency Homeland Security: Collaboration, Innovation and Standardization Slide 15

16 CBRNE Equipment Standards Hazards/Vulnerability Assessment Standards Development Analyze Hazards Determine Exposure Limits (PPE) Airborne Monitoring Values (Detectors) Search Existing Standards and Test Methods Establish Equipment Performance Levels Revise & Issue Standard Review &Validate Test Standard & Available Test Methods Equipment Test Method Validation Draft Test Methods & Standard Establish Conduct Lab Certification Pgm. Compliance Testing 3 rd Party Compliance Testing Program Develop User Selection Guides Maintain/Update Standard & Database Public Comment

17 Achievements Identified types of threats and expected exposures Developed computerbased modeling tool Identified and analyzed related equipment standards Completed CBRN Standards for SCBA and APR Assisted NIOSH in establishing state-of-the-art testing lab Certification testing ongoing Homeland Security: Collaboration, Innovation and Standardization Slide 17

18 Achievements Equipment Guides Chemical Agent Detection Equipment Biological Agent Detection Equipment Personal Protective Equipment Guide Chemical & Biological Decontamination Equipment Communications Equipment Homeland Security: Collaboration, Innovation and Standardization Slide 18

19 The Bottom Line NIST/OLES CBRNE Program is well established, recognized and is producing results Coordinating and facilitating standards development efforts between NIST and DHS Greater safety for first responders More effective technologies Raise performance bar for industry Homeland Security: Collaboration, Innovation and Standardization Slide 19