SHELTER PROTECTION AGAINIST CHEM BIOLOGICAL WAREFARE AGENTS

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Subject: SHELTER PROTECTION AGAINIST CHEM BIOLOGICAL WAREFARE AGENTS     

Unit: OTSG        

Parent Organization: HSC         

Box  ID: BX003201

Folder Title: INCREASING SHELTER PROTECTION AGAINST CBW AGENTS                                                

Document Number:       1001

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     THE PROTECTIVE FACTOR OF SHELTERS (GENERAL PURPOSE (6P) TENTS, TEMPER

     TENTS AND ISOIS) TO ENSURE THAT PATIENTS AND STAFF ARE PROVIDED

     ADDITIONAL PROTECTION BESIDES INDIVIDUAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. IN

     ADDITIONI THIS MEASURE WILL MINIMIZE THE CONTAMINATION OF MEDICAL

     EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES.

     3. DU6WAY PROVING GROUND DESERT SHELTER TEST (REF B) SHOWED THAT BY

     USING FIELD TECHNIQUES, THESE SHELTERS CAN PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT

     PROTECTION AGAINST CHEMICAL VAPOR PENETRATION (GENERAL PURPOSE

     (GP'S), 20; 6P'S WITH COTTON LINERI 50, TEMPER TENTSI 60@ ISO'SI

     GREATER THAN 60). THESE PROTECTIVE NUMBERS MEAN THAT BY PROPER

     HARDENING OF THE SHELTERS, THE LIKELIHOOD OF AGENTS 6ETTIN6 INTO THE

     SHELTER IS REDUCED. FOR EXAMPLE, FOR PROPERLY HARDENED GP SHELTERS

     WITH INTERNAL COTTON LINER, ONLY 1/50TH Of THE CHEM AGENT OUTSIDE THE

     SHELTER WILL GET INSIDE THE SHELTER. FOR PROPERLY HARDENED TEMPER

     TENTSI ONLY 1/60TH OF THE CHEM AGENTS OUTSIDE WILL GET INSIDE. THESE

     PROTECTION FACTORS SHOULD ALSO APPLY TO BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS.

     4. PROTECTIVE PROCEDURES CONSIST OF SEALING ALL POTENTIAL ENTRANCES

     AND CRACKS ON THE SHELTER AS FOLLOWS:

         A. SEALING BASE OF THE SHELTER WITH EARTH.

         B. SEALING THE DOINTS AND FABRIC OVERLAP AREASI STOVE EXHAUST












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File Room = sep96_declassified
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Box ID = BX003201
Unit = OTSG
Parent Organization = HSC
Folder Title = INCREASING SHELTER PROTECTION AGAINST CBW AGENTS
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Subject = SHELTER PROTECTION AGAINIST CHEM BIOLOGICAL WARE
Document Seq # = 1001
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 24-DEC-1996