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Safe Buildings Monitoring and Detection
From 2003 to 2004, this effort verified the performance of technologies that monitor and detect chemical and biological agents in buildings and public places. Resulting data can be used by
- facility managers,
- first responders, and other
- technology buyers and users.
These technologies were verified through a contract with Battelle.
In 2004, testing of these types of technologies was transferred to EPA’s National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC) under its Technology Testing and Evaluation program.
The Safe Buildings Monitoring and Detection effort verified technologies include the following:
Ion Mobility Spectrometers
| Company/Technology Name | Verification Report and Statement |
Test/Quality Assurance Plan |
Verification Protocol |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruker Daltonics, Inc. RAID-M Ion Mobility Spectrometer |
Report (PDF) (55 pp, 1.17 MB)April 2004 Statement (PDF) (6 pp, 164 KB) |
Portable Ion Mobility Spectrometers for Detection of Chemicals and Chemical Agents in Buildings (PDF) (74 pp, 584 KB) July 2003 | Not applicable. |
| Environics USA, Inc. M90-D1-C Chemical Warfare Agent Detector |
Report (PDF) (47 pp, 1.16 MB)December 2004 Appx. A (PDF) (10 pp, 144 KB) Statement (PDF) (5 pp, 128 KB) |
Surface Acoustic Wave Detectors
| Company/Technology Name | Verification Report and Statement |
Test/Quality Assurance Plan |
Verification Protocol |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsensor Systems, Inc. HAZMATCAD Plus Surface Acoustic Wave/Electrochemical Detector |
Report (PDF) (56 pp, 1.14 MB) November 2004 Appx. A (PDF) (30 pp, 552 KB) Statement (PDF) (5 pp, 140 KB) |
Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) and Combined SAW/Electrochemical Detectors for Detection of Chemicals and Chemical Agents in Buildings (PDF) (72 pp, 888 KB)April 2004 | Not Applicable. |