DECONTAMINATION SYSTEMS (ACD&P)
Abstract
This Project supports the development of Contamination Mitigation (ConMit) systems utilizing solutions that will remove and/or detoxify contaminated material without damaging combat equipment, personnel, or the environment. ConMit systems provide a force restoration capability for units that become contaminated. Development efforts will provide systems that reduce operational impact and logistics burden, reduce sustainment costs, increase safety, and minimize environmental effects associated with decontamination and contamination mitigation operations. Experimentation and demonstration will be used in this phase to reduce risk and inform supporting materiel solutions, CONOPS and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs). The programs supported under this Project include (1) Contaminated Human Remains System (CHRS), (2) Tactical Disablement System (TACDS), and (3) Mass Personnel Decontamination (MPD). The Contaminated Human Remains System (CHRS) Program is based on capability gaps identified within both the Contamination Mitigation Initial Capabilities Document (ICD), dated March 2011, and the Mortuary Affairs ICD, dated October 2008. The program consists of two capabilities that will allow for the mitigation of chemical, biological and radiological contaminants in order to safely repatriate DOD-affiliated personnel back to the United States for final interment. The two capabilities identified within the Contamination Mitigation (ConMit) Initial Capabilities Document: a Contaminated Human Remains Transfer Case (CHRT) packaging solution to safely repatriate chemical, biological, or radiological contaminated human remains to the Continental United States and a sustainable Contaminated Remains Mitigation System (CRMS) to reduce the hazard to warfighters by decontaminating chemical, biological, or radiological contaminated human remains. CRMS was previously known as Contaminated Human Remains Decontamination System (CHRDS). The CHRT is a containment system that will protect personnel from the hazards associated with transporting human remains that are potentially contaminated with chemical, biological or radiological agents and Toxic Industrial Materials (TIM) without posing additional risk to the handlers or the environment in accordance with federal and international transportation standards. The CRMS is a system of tents, plumbing, generators, and medical equipment necessary to establish a decontamination site to perform decontamination, identification, and packaging of contaminated human remains for further disposition. The CRMS will reduce the hazards associated with contaminated human remains through decontamination of remains and enable positive identification of remains for the Armed Forces Medical Examiner before packaging in a CHRT. The TACDS will provide the tactical capability to disable (delay, disrupt, degrade) and / or defeat (destroy) small quantities of chemical warfare materials and biological warfare materials in bulk containers and munitions in an hostile operational environment. DoD's Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Strategy enables early action through pathway defeat, shaping the environment to dissuade actors from pursuing WMD. The strategy also asserts the Department must respond effectively to WMD crises when called upon. The Mass Personnel Decontamination (MPD) program is an FY19 new start intended to correct capability gaps identified within the Consequence Management Initial Capabilities Document. The program will develop an array of rugged and reliable best-of-breed hardware in a manageably sized, easy to erect, modular system that can be quickly tailored to different Mass Casualty events in order to support decontamination of both ambulatory and non-ambulatory patients.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2019
- Source ID
- DE4_0603884BP_4_0400_PB_2019
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- Root: CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE (ACD&P)
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