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JANUARY 3, 2002???? ? ??????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????? ?????????? ?202/307-0703
PUBLICATION ADVISORY
Publication Provides First Responders
Information on Biological Agent Detectors
A new guide book released today by the Justice Department?s National
Institute of Justice (NIJ) will provide emergency first responders information
on the types, functions, availability, limitations and complexities of
biological agent detection equipment.
The new publication, An Introduction to Biological Agent Detection
Equipment for Emergency First Responders: NIJ Guide 101-00 (NCJ 190747), is
one of a series of guides on emergency first responder equipment.??
The guide provides an overview of a number of different detection
system technologies.? It also reviews
the four major types of biological agents (bacterial, viral, rickettsiae and
biological toxins), some of the challenges in biological agent detection, and
components of biological agent detection systems.
NIJ, a component of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), previously
released a Guide for the Selection of Chemical Agent and Toxic Industrial
Material Detection Equipment for Emergency First Responders and a Guide
for the Selection of Chemical and Biological Decontamination Equipment for
Emergency First Responders.
For a copy of this publication or other guides, contact NIJ?s Website
at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij and click on
?What?s New,? or call the National Criminal Justice Reference Service at
1-800/851-3420.? For additional
information regarding OJP bureaus and program offices visit http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/.
Media should contact OJP?s Office of Congressional and Public Affairs at
202/307-0703.
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