DEVELOPMENT of an ALL HAZARDS RECEIPT

FACILITY (AHRF)

Ms. Monica J. HeylMobile Laboratories & Kits Team

Edgewood Chemical Biological Center

Background

Formal Start of Project15 April 2005

DHS Release of funds to ECBC – Mobile Labs and Kits Team as Lead Integrators

March 2005

EPA – Meeting on Interim Procedures02 February 2005

FBI Letter on Explosives Screening Endorsing LLNL Wet Chemical Approval and Adding “Thermal Susceptibility Test”

26 January 2005

DHS-ORD Program Execution PlanDecember 2004

DHS Triage Meeting - Agreed to pursue JPEO-BIO Proposal on Bio Screening

08 November 2004

First Interagency Meeting on All Hazards Receipt Facility (AHRF)

August 2004

DHS Assigned TaskMarch 2004

LRN Request for DHS LeadJanuary 2004

APHL Report - “ Ready or Not,” Findings and Recommendations of the APHL

July 2003

APHL Chemical Terrorism ProjectJanuary 2003

Major deficiencies exist in our current capability for laboratory analysis of chemical threatsMajor deficiencies exist in our current capability for laboratory analysis of chemical threats

National laboratory infrastructure not organized for effective response

Insufficient capacity to support the analysis of surety agents (CWAs)

No laboratory validation/accreditation process

Insufficient forensic analytical capability

No capability to process large evidence

Lack of safe and uniform analytical protocols for unknown samples

Existing clinical laboratory response network does not present arobust analysis capability against all chemical threats

SWGFACT Lab Assessment and APHL publication “Ready or Not?” July 2003SWGFACT Lab Assessment and APHL publication “Ready or Not?” July 2003

Every Laboratory Manager who receives unknowns has the responsibility to ask:

Can my lab take this sample?• Protection of lab personnel• Protection of lab infrastructure• Preserve evidentiary value of samples• Protection of surrounding population

and environment

2 Key Questions:

• What information is available?

• Do you trust that information?

Trust of Information depends on:

• Who gave you the information?• Did they have:

– Training– Properly Calibrated Equipment– Proven Proficiency– Validated Procedures

Fundamental Question:What is the Purpose of the All Hazards Receipt Facility?

Tentative Identification?OR

Provide Data for Risk Assessments and Perform Limited Risk Mitigation?

Primary Role of the All Hazards Receipt Facility

Protection of:•Personnel• Infrastructure•Environment

With focused procedures for screening materials NOT typically received by recipient laboratory

The ProcessEstablish Interagency CommitteesEstablish Subcommittees for:• Design• Chem• Bio• Rad/Nuc• Explosives

Standardize Procedures / TrainingDevelop TrainingDevelop AHRF Design / IntegrateValidate System

Peer Reviewed

Informal SubcommitteesPrior to Funding

Chem (TICs)• EPA• ECBC•DHS• CDC• FDA• LRN / State

Bio/Bio Toxins• OSTP• CDC• JPEO-Bio• ECBC• EPA• LRN / State• DHS

Design Criteria Development• ECBC• CDC • DHS• EPA• LRN / State

Rad/Nuc•DHS – IEEE Standards

• CSTs• EPA• FBI

Explosives• LLNL• ECBC• FBI• DHS

Kick-off Meeting – 15 April 2005Attendees

DHS:Dennis Reutter

CDC:Rich Meyer

EPA:Rob RothmanRob Maxfield

FBI HMRU:Jarrad WagnerDione Mazzolini

DCLS; Richmond:Jim Pearson

Albany State Health Lab/Wadsworth:Nick CirinoBeth Mahoney

Richmond & Associates:Jonathan Richmond(Third Party Review)

Morehouse School of Medicine:Stan Duarte

ML&K Team:Monica HeylCharles HenryGeorge NoyaEnrique FaureCarrie PooreEric StevensBeth Hood

AHRF ModuleTailored Function for Specific Laboratory Screening

Rule Out:Energetics

RADTIC/TIM

CWA

Rule Out:Energetics

RADCWA

Bio Agents

Rule Out:Bio Agents (goal)

EnergeticsCWA

TIC/TIM RAD

Triage Module

Complete Validated Screening

Procedures for all threats with

focused areas based on potential recipients

Public Health

Lab

Environmental Chemistry Lab

Local Forensic

Lab

Refer to Federal Authorities

DHS Task to ECBC, Mobile Labs & Kits Team

Lead Effort to Establish Design Criteria for the AHRF:

DesignEngineering ControlsSupporting InfrastructureEquipmentTest ProtocolsTraining Requirements

Deliver:Two Prototypes for ValidationPublish report and design specifications

Design ConfigurationHigh ContainmentLab ( -.25" wg) Receiving/

Log-in (-.10"wg)

Triage Facility 48' x14'

Anti-room (+.10"wg)Change Room (-.10"wg)

HVAC/FiltrationRoom

Summary of AHRF Effort

Deliverables2 Prototype UnitsValidated/Peer Reviewed Procedures

Time Lines12 Months from the receipt of funds

DEVELOPMENT of an ALL HAZARDS RECEIPT

FACILITY (AHRF)

Ms. Monica J. HeylMobile Laboratories & Kits Team

Edgewood Chemical Biological Center