DECONTAMINATION SYSTEMS (ACD&P)
Abstract
This project supports the development of Contamination Mitigation (ConMit) systems that reduce operational impact and logistics burden, reduce sustainment costs, increase safety, and minimize environmental effects associated with decontamination and contamination mitigation operations. Efforts included in this Project are: (1) Contaminated Human Remains System (CHRS) (2) Tactical Disablement System (TACDS) (3) Mass Personnel Decontamination (MPD). The 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 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 CRMS efforts will continue in FY19 under the MPD funding line. The TacDS, to be developed as a Family of Systems (FoS), will provide a tactical commander a suite of products to disable (delay, disrupt, and/or degrade) or defeat (destroy) small quantities of chemical or biological materials of concern (C/BMOC) contained in munitions and bulk containers in a hostile operational environment. C/BMOC consists of Chemical Warfare Agents (CWA), Biological Warfare Agents (BWA), Non-Traditional Agents (NTA), as well as precursors. The TacDS will operate in locations both remote and accessible, during hostile and non-hostile conditions, and within time periods of minutes to hours, to reduce the employability of C/BMOC against the joint force and/or prevent proliferation to other actors of concern. TacDS is a new capability for the Department of Defense addressing multiple capability gaps. The MPD program is an FY19 new start intended to correct capability gaps identified within the Consequence Management ICD, dated 14 October 2010. 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 ambulatory and non-ambulatory patients, and allow for the processing of contaminated human remains.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Source ID
- DE4_0603884BP_4_0400_PB_2020
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