What equipment does the ERT use?
The ERT maintains a wide range of low- and high-tech devices allowing for hazard identification, air monitoring and field analysis. Equipment includes: Personal Protective Equipment • Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (1-hour air supply) • Level A Suit (totally encapsulated), Level B Suit, Level C Gear • Field Decontamination Capability Reconnaissance, Detection, Sampling Gear • Digital still and video cameras • Portable gas chromatographs and infrared spectrometers • Photo-Ionization Detectors (PID) for combustible and volatile gases • Sampling Kits for downrange collection of a wide range of liquids and solids • Colorimetric Tubes detection of volatile organic compounds • Hazard Categorization Kits for field analysis of collected samples Computer Modeling and Response Database Systems • Access to GIS data from the Florida Marine Spill Analysis System maintained by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commissions Wildlife Research Institute Communications Capability • Cellular Telephones •
