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City upgrading stockpile of nerve agent antidote :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State
by dc0de at 4:51 pm EST, Nov 29, 2007 |
The city has issued a "request for qualifications" from companies interested in supplying "duodote auto injection nerve agent antidotes" needed to increase the "chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive preparedness" for Chicago's first responders. The kits would be used if "nerve agent or other weapons of mass destruction" were used in an attack on the city, the bid documents state. Kevin Smith, of the city's Office of Emergency Management and Communications, refused to say how many antidotes the city was seeking to buy with federal funds. He would only say they'll be an improvement over the current version.
This is just me speculating, but "what does Chicago know that we don't" comes to mind... It's either they are the "hotbed" of terrorist targets, or some other driver is causing Chicago to run out and spend their taxpayer dollars on Nerve Agent Antidote. (which, by the way, is an oxymoron. Nerve Agent effects are permanent.) |
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RE: City upgrading stockpile of nerve agent antidote :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State
by Decius at 5:10 pm EST, Nov 29, 2007 |
dc0de wrote:
This is just me speculating, but "what does Chicago know that we don't" comes to mind... It's either they are the "hotbed" of terrorist targets, or some other driver is causing Chicago to run out and spend their taxpayer dollars on Nerve Agent Antidote. (which, by the way, is an oxymoron. Nerve Agent effects are permanent.)
I'd guess they don't know anything. Every city has been asked to have a NBC attack preparedness plan in place. This involves buying things like nerve agent antidotes. It sounds like they are just upgrading to a new version. They won't tell you how many they are buying because the answer is probably only a few. They aren't for victims. They are for first responders. All part of the post 9/11 risk management. Unfortunately, as New Orleans demonstrated, we aren't very good at risk management in general. Its far easier to buy things like nerve agent antidotes than it is to actually be prepared to deal with a real chemical weapon attack. |
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RE: City upgrading stockpile of nerve agent antidote :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State
by dc0de at 6:28 pm EST, Nov 29, 2007 |
Decius wrote: dc0de wrote:
This is just me speculating, but "what does Chicago know that we don't" comes to mind... It's either they are the "hotbed" of terrorist targets, or some other driver is causing Chicago to run out and spend their taxpayer dollars on Nerve Agent Antidote. (which, by the way, is an oxymoron. Nerve Agent effects are permanent.)
I'd guess they don't know anything. Every city has been asked to have a NBC attack preparedness plan in place. This involves buying things like nerve agent antidotes. It sounds like they are just upgrading to a new version. They won't tell you how many they are buying because the answer is probably only a few. They aren't for victims. They are for first responders. All part of the post 9/11 risk management. Unfortunately, as New Orleans demonstrated, we aren't very good at risk management in general. Its far easier to buy things like nerve agent antidotes than it is to actually be prepared to deal with a real chemical weapon attack.
I know... sad... truly sad. |
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