Dry decontamination techniques could be beneficial in cold areas where water and other liquids may freeze, such as in arctic regions. There would also be benefits in austere environments when water is not readily available in large quantities. This report summarizes several recent studies into dry decontamination. This includes commercial-off-the-shelf technologies that have been assessed for their effectiveness on several chemical warfare agents (CWAs) and basic research done on hydrogen peroxide to neutralized CWAs.
Dry Decontamination Operational Procedures
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (March 1, 2022) Marines assigned to Bravo Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, based out of Naval Support Facility Indian Head, Maryland, remove simulated radioactive particles from a notional casualty during dry decontamination training as part of Exercise Arctic Eagle-Patriot 22 at the Anchorage Fire Training Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 1, 2022. Joint Exercise Arctic Eagle-Patriot 2022 increases the National Guard’s capacity to operate in austere, extreme cold-weather environments across Alaska and the Arctic region. AEP22 enhances the ability of military and civilian inter-agency partners to respond to a variety of emergency and homeland security missions across Alaska and the Arctic. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael H. Lehman)
Posted on January 21, 2025 | Completed on April 9, 2024
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