| Possibilities of Detection and Early Warning in Case of Terrorist Chemical Attacks in Subways |
SEP 2001 |
4 pages |
| Authors:
Jiri Kadloak; Jiri Matousek; Pavel Dubina; Ivan Ungermann; MILITARY TECHNICAL INST OF PROTECTION BRNO (CZECHOSLOVAKIA)
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 | As a result of evaluating the experience from the chemical terrorist attack in the Tokyo subway, responsible authorities of the City of Prague decided to equip the Prague METRO with a detection and monitoring system to enable early warning and adopting immediate protection and rescue measures in case of possible terrorist attack. After experimental analysis of airflows and other conditions including modeling within the system of underground stations and assessment ... |
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| Personal Protection of Decontamination and Rescue Teams Engaged Following to Terrorist Chemical and Biological Strikes |
SEP 2001 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Jiri Matousek; Jiri Slabotinsky; Vladimir Obsel; BRNO UNIV OF TECHNOLOGY (CZECHHOSLOVAKIA) INST OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY/TECH
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| Contemporary Czech protective means, suitable for equipment of rescue teams engaged following the terrorist CB attacks are presented. They include in the first line respirators (protective masks) originally designated for aimed forces (M-lOM, OM-90) and for civil protection and industrial uses (CM-4, CM-4M, CM-4K, CM-5, CM-5M). They are further represented by air-permeable suits for lower risk level (POO) produced in several modifications (as for the properties of the cover fabric ... |
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| Role of International Organisations in Combatting Terrorism |
SEP 2001 |
4 pages |
| Authors:
Jiri Matousek; BRNO UNIV OF TECHNOLOGY (CZECHHOSLOVAKIA) INST OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY/TECH
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| Roots and developments to present UN system for combating terrorism starting long before existence of UN are reviewed. Various forms of international crime as a base for terrorism are shown, inter alia illicit trafficking with drugs and weapons, money laundering, corruption, trafficking with human beings and like and response in build-up the UN system, headed by the UN Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP), its Centre for International ... |
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| PROTECTIVE PROPERTIES OF THE FIELD CLOTHING AGAINST THE CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION OF THE BODY SURFACE. |
08 JUN 1992 |
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| Authors:
Jiri Matousek
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 | FOLLOWING A CHEMICAL ATTACK OR CONTACT WITH CONTAMINATED OBJECTS, CONTAMINATION OF CLOTHING POSES A RISK OF SECONDARY RESPIRATORY INTOXICATION DUE TO EVAPORATION OF THE TOXIC AGENT FROM THE CLOTHING AND OF PERCUTANEOUS INTOXICATION DUE TO THE PENETRATION OF THE AGENT ONTO THE BODY SURFACE. ANY CLOTHING LAYER POSSESSES A BARRIER FUNCTION AGAINST CONTAMINATION OF THE BODY SURFACE. THE VALUE OF THIS BARRIER FUNCTION WAS DETERMINED FOR A SET OF STANDARD ... |
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| USE OF THE SORPTION-MECHANICAL PRINCIPLE IN THE PERSONAL SKIN DECONTAMINATION. |
08 JUN 1992 |
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| Authors:
Jiri Matousek
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| HIGH RISK CONNECTED WITH THE CONTAMINATION OF PERSONNEL FOLLOWING A CHEMICAL ATTACK NEEDS THE DECENTRALIZATION OF THE PROTECTIVE AND RESCUE MEASURES TO THE LOWEST LEVEL, I.E,, TO THE INDIVIDUAL DUE TO HIGH POTENCY, LOW THRESHOLD OF ACTION AND SPEEDY OCCURRENCE OF THE FIRST SYMPTOMS OF CONTEMPORARY NERVE AGENTS. DANGER OF CONTAMINATION OF NON-PROTECTED SKIN MAKES THE PRIMARY DECONTAMINATION ONE OF THE MOST URGENT RESCUE MEASURES AND POSES HIGH REQUIREMENTS FOR ... |
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| NEW MEAN FOR THE PERSONAL WATER DISINFECTION. |
08 JUN 1992 |
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| Authors:
Jiri Matousek
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| FOR THE INDIVIDUAL PREPARATION OF DRINKING WATER UNDER THE BATTLEFIELD CONDITIONS SPECIAL TABLETS ARE CURRENTLY USED. STANDARD MEAN FOR THIS PURPOSE, USED IN ALL FORMER ARMIES OF THE WTO WAS PANTOCID, WHICH CONTAINS THE SAME SUBSTANCE WITH ACTIVE CHLORINE, I.E., N,N-DICHLORO-4-SULPHONAMIDBENZOIC ACID AS HELAZON, INTRODUCED WORLDWIDE AFTER THE END OF THE 1940S, WHILE THE US USED ANOTHER MEAN, GLOBALINE, WHICH CONTAINS ACTIVE IODINE. THE DISADVANTAGE OF MEANS, CONTAINING THE SAME ... |
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