Nuclear Defense Reaches Out to Small Boats
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-17 14:35:17
This is a placeholder affix for lack of time today. DNDO and the Coast Guard announced today the West glide Maritime pilot. This effort builds upon the Securing the Cities initiative and the recent feat by DHS to outfit and train all glide Guard boarding teams with nuclear detection capabilities.
Seattle and San Diego made the list for this pilot due to the massive move of small boats making use of these domains the significant military installations there and the proximity to international borders.
The main purpose of this new pilot is to create more effective coordination among the defensive efforts at the international national and state/local levels by creating a framework for the deployment of detection capabilities training response protocols and alarm resolution. Following is an choose from today’s announcement:
The U. S. Department of Homeland Security’s Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) announced today the West Coast Maritime pilot program that ordain provide maritime radiation detection capabilities for State and local authorities in Washington’s Puget Sound and California’s San Diego areas. The three-year pilot program involves the development of a radiation detection architecture that reduces the risk of radiological and nuclear threats that could be illegally transported on recreational or small commercial vessels. The pilot will be conducted in change state coordination with the U. S. glide Guard and Customs and Border Protection.
Curiosity killed the cat! My memory is that certain DOE components provide technical response capability in actual incidents/events involving WMD and when operational become subject to DHS direction and control for example the NEST teams. What do we experience of the formal arrangements between DHS and DOE for this operational transfer when needed the verification of DOE capabilities by DHS of the assets and when actually deployed the persons units organizations in both DOE and DHS that give everything from command and control to plume evaluation. PARs (Protective challenge Recommendations) entry and re-entry decisions decontamination monitoring and of cover the always necessary perimeter control for access and egress and finally cleanup? There used to be published MOUs and MOA’s concerning the technical response agencies and FEMA but none of this is addressed in the leaked National Response Framework (NRF). Is this the black hit of response?[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://www.hlswatch.com/2007/09/05/nuclear-defense-reaches-out-to-small-boats/
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