What type of equipment is available to local governments from DNS?
A. DNS provides local governments, who attend mandatory training, a standard Radiological Hazardous Materials Preparedness Program Kit (RadHMPP Kit). The RadHMPP Kit and its components include two Geiger-Mueller style detection instruments, two direct-read dosimeters, one direct-read dosimeter charger, batteries, Radiation Exposure/Instruction Record Card, instruction manual, and radiological incident reporting forms. RadHMPP Kits are issued on a 36-48 month cycle and assigned to local governments either directly or through the County Emergency Services and Disaster/Emergency Management Agencies. All instrumentation remains the property of the State of Illinois. Each local government that receives a RadHMPP Kit must have at least one individual attend training presented by DNS prior to issue, and designate a point-of-contact. DNS handles the calibration and maintenance of all instrumentation during the normal exchange process. In addition, local governments that received the RadHMPP Ki
