We are a fire department haz mat response team in the DC area. We have transportation, fixed site lab and irradiation facilities, research reactors, and hoax/threat response concerns. Our mission could include locating a source, contaminated person surveys, establishing contamination boundaries, ruling out radiation involvement when dealing with other chemical and powder incidents, and investigating a point source threat.
My questions:
Which items are compatible with a Ludlum 3A or Eberline FH40G-L or our other survey meters?
Does each probe need to be calibrated with the survey meter? (If so the cost of all this calibration would kill us.)
Which items should be filed in a desk drawer? (A preliminary decision was made to no longer use the Canberra UDR 13A but I have found it to be useful especially since our only other dosimeter is the SE International and Ludlum Pen Dosimeters which measures R nor mrR.)
My haz mat unit has:
Ludlum Model 3A with a Model 43-5 and 44-9 probes,
International Medcom Radalert 50
Canberra UDR-13A (removed from service)
Eberline FH40G-L but with no attachments.
Our big sister haz mat vehicle has:
Eberline FH40G-L kit w/telescoping probe, FHZ 672 scintillator, FHZ 612, FHZ 742, FHZ 732 probes.
Victoreen 290 w/pancake probe and beta probe, and Victoreen 450-B.
Ludlum Model 3A with 43-5 probe
Met One GT521 Particle Counter
Ludlum Pen Dosimeters (measurers R nor mrR)
I have taken a few rad emergency response courses and realize we need additional equipment.
Mind you, most of this stuff was bought years ago and the troops have had little input in putting together a good survey meter kit.
I placed my first order through the HDER program and received:
Ludlum 44-9, 43-1, 43-5, 43-65, 44-40, 43-90, probes, 44-62 Sodium Iodide probe
Eberline HP210L, 260, 360 probes
Bicron PGM pancake probe, PGM pancake probe 24" extension, SPA3 Sodium Iodide probe, TPGM shielded probe
"Unknown shielded probe"
"Unknown sidewall probe"
"Unknown pancake probe"
"Unknown Sodium Iodide probe"
Victoreen 489-55 Sodium Iodide probe
Victoreen 490 Thyac III survey meter
Ludlum MHV to BNC cable
Ludlum MHV to MHV cable
This week I placed a request for the following items:
NE Technology DP6BD/E dual probe
Ludlum SPA3 Sodium Iodide probe
Ludlum C to C coaxal cable
The equipment is free to public service agencies so I requested things that I thought would work. I can send photos of the "unknown items" to help me identify them.
Thanks for looking over my list and providing your input.
Carl