ABSTRACT
CONTENTS Introduction ...................................................................................................................493 Selecting Personal Protective Equipment ....................................................................... 494 Risk Assessment ............................................................................................................. 494 Doctrine .........................................................................................................................495 Available Technologies ................................................................................................... 496
Respiratory Protection .......................................................................................... 497 Air-Purifying Respirators ............................................................................. 497 Atmosphere-Supplying Respirators ...............................................................498 Respirator Design ........................................................................................ 499
Dermal Protection .................................................................................................501 Chemical Protection ..............................................................................................501 Biological Protection ............................................................................................. 504 Radiological Protection......................................................................................... 505 ermal Protection ............................................................................................... 505 Blast Protection .................................................................................................... 505
Emerging Technologies .................................................................................................. 506 Conclusions ................................................................................................................... 507 Bibliography .................................................................................................................. 507
Introduction Personal protective equipment (PPE) is the clothing and other protective gear that workers wear to protect themselves from the environmental hazards associated with a task or job. e “worker” in the case of terrorism response is most often either a warrior (military troop) or a fi rst responder
(fi refi ghter, emergency medical worker, and law enforcement offi cer). Although these two types of responders have markedly diff erent jobs, they face similar environmental hazards while responding to terrorist or potential terrorist activities. Because these environmental hazards are similar, the technologies most often utilized to protect the responder are also very similar.
