RespondFast^® WMD Wide Area Monitoring

The RespondFast^® WMD Wide Area Monitoring system was designed by WESTON as an area-wide perimeter, in-facility or site system to detect and report weapons of mass destruction (WMD) compounds and selected airborne industrial chemicals. The RespondFast^® WMD Wide Area Monitoring system can also detect and report meteorological and environmental data and video images to support a wide variety of command and control, emergency management, plume modeling, and other applications that support incident management and recovery efforts. The RespondFast^® WMD Wide Area Monitoring system incorporates proven instrumentation for the measurement of WMD-related and other types of airborne contaminants, communication systems based on current computer networking protocols, and a simple intuitive interactive user interface for real-time display of data.

Typical RespondFast^® WMD Wide Area Monitoring instrumentation includes the following:

• Chemical agent detectors used to screen ambient air entering federal buildings.

• Radiation monitoring applications used at many nuclear facilities.

• Meteorological sensors used by the military to provide current weather conditions.

• Aerosol samplers used to monitor air quality at hazardous waste remediation sites.

• Industrial chemical sensors used to detect specific chemicals produced by local industry.

• WebCams for “real-time” photographs of monitored area.

• Global Positioning System (GPS) Units integrated into the system, providing auto locating.

The system's flexibility allows for nearly any sensor identified to be integrated into the client-specific application.