Anti-terrorism vehicle goes on tour. (Tech Talk).A new vehicle for teams responding to nuclear, biological or chemical attacks is currently touring the country. The NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. Team Cruiser was developed by Life Safety Systems, of Santa Cruz, Calif.; Ford Trucks, of Dearborn, Mich.; SVI SVI Serveur Vocal Intéractif (French) SVI Sludge Volume Index (biological wastewater treatment - clarifiers) SVI Shareholder Value Index SVI Schweizerischer Verband der Informatikorganisationen Trucks, of Loveland, Cob.; Ford Credit Commercial Lending Services, of Orange, Calif., and NBC equipment manufacturers and suppliers. The truck comes with the necessary equipment for a team of four first responders. It provides protection, detection, decontamination decontamination /de·con·tam·i·na·tion/ (de?kon-tam-i-na´shun) the freeing of a person or object of some contaminating substance, e.g., war gas, radioactive material, etc. de·con·tam·i·na·tion n. and communication systems. Included in the vehicle are level A and B personal protective suits, boots and gloves; a self-contained breathing apparatus “SCBA” redirects here. For other uses, see SCBA (disambiguation). A self contained breathing apparatus, or SCBA, sometimes referred to as a Compressed Air Breaching Apparatus (CABA) or simply Breathing Apparatus (BA) ; powered air-purified respirator systems; basic life-support equipment; automatic external defibrillator automatic external defibrillator Smart defibrillator Cardiology A device designed to monitor the heart's electric activity and, if ventricular fibrillation is identified, deliver an electric shock. See Defibrillator, Ventricular fibrillation. and decontamination showers. The NBC Cruiser is a Ford F-550 four-wheel drive diesel truck with a four-door crew cab. Among the technologies installed are satellite communications, remote meteorological stations, downwind hazard computer connections and emergency warning light systems. |
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