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Homeland Security

DTRA, DHS Want to Test Decontaminants and Application Devices

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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

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The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Seattle Urban Area Security Initiative have begun the Interagency Biological Restoration Initiative (IBRD) to develop policies, methods, plans and applied technologies to restore large urban areas, military installations, and critical infrastructures following the release of a biological agent. To meet program goals the IBRD is sponsoring a series of technical tests and demonstrations to evaluate candidate decontaminants and application devices. The planning scenario involves the release…

Budget

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