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Volume 30
2018 CHAMPIONS Edition
CONSIDERATIONS AND DEPLOYMENT Here are some things to keep in mind for com-
mon scenarios.
SCENARIOS
Some key considerations that should be ad-
dressed in deciding what set of complemen-
tary tools to include in your deployment
strategy, include:
• Technologies: Tube-based or crystal-based
• Potential applications: Surveying, front-line,
or secondary confirmation
• Sensitivity: Monitoring or “search and find”
• Resolution: Separating malicious from benign
substances
• Reachback: Sending information back from
the front-line
• Field Ruggedness: Surviving
harsh environments
• Neutron Detection: Early
warning for malicious mate-
rials
One of the best ways to start
thinking through your de-
ployment plan is by review-
ing these considerations in
terms of the missions and
scenarios you expect to en-
counter.
Scenario #1: Monitoring pedestrian flow at
events, entrances, or other checkpoints, where
the mission is to locate, identify, and separate
innocent or benign sources (medical patients)
from potential threats.
Considerations:
• There is a control of flow and it can be stopped
or started as needed.
• Devices with smaller detectors will not over-
load if a medical patient passes through.
• Devices with smaller detectors will not detect
sources too distant to physically locate.
(FLIR identiFINDER R200 with neutron capability is an important early warning sys-
tem for responders, and a 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Award Winner.)
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