LESSONS LEARNED FROM 11 JULY BLAST

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Subject: LESSONS LEARNED FROM 11 JULY BLAST                              

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Folder Title: FINAL AFTER ACTION REPORTS  OCT-NOV                                                             

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            mechanism. Instead of tentage, more 'iso containers could be used
            which would provide faster setup and greater protection. Beds and
            other equipment could be built into the walls, etc. for use as
            needed. Presently, the tents provide little and inadequate
            protection against munitions, NBC agents, and even dust from our
            experience. Sealed iso containers would provide significantly
            greater protection. If electrical generators and air conditioning
            units with adequate nuclear, chemical and biological filters were
            built into the iso units, there would be much greater personnel
            protection and much less set       up time for use. It takes
            significant time for set up of a DEPMEDS now and is manpower
            intensive. To try to clean the tentage if significant NBC
            contamination occurred would be prohibitive and probably nearly
            impossible. Cleaning of the metal iso containers would be
            feasible and probably practical, depending on the nature and
            magnitude of the contaminant. Even in our conventional munitions
            accident, the tentage was a total loss and parts caught on fire,
            and this was accidental.

            5. In summary, the DEPMEDS hospital suffered significant damage
            in this large munitions accident but primarily to the tentage
            areas. The metal iso containers were the least damaged, provided
            the best personnel protection and much was salvageable that was
            inside them. There is much that could be built into them such as
            in many of our self contained motor homes. A hospital made up of
            many of these units with good air tight connectors would be more
            rapidly set up, provide better personnel protection against
            conventional and NBC weapons, and also environmental hazards.



















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