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A Measure of Domestic Security: Economic Benefits of NISTs Support of Public Safety and Security
Published
Author(s)
David P. Leech
Abstract
There are many types of first-responder equipment; sophisticated system-of-systems technologies that pervade the contemporary public safety environment and engage NISTs measurement scientists and technologists in some of their most challenging and beneficial work. NISTs participation in Standards Development Organizations (SDOs), most often early, and behind the scenes, is the subject of this report. Six priority areas are explored where NISTs collaboration with industry, universities, international partners, trade associations, responders, standard development organizations and Federal, State and local agencies has led to important enhancements of public safety: Blast Resistant Trash Receptacles; Personal Protective Equipment; Explosives Trace Detection; X-Ray Standards for Bulk Explosives Detection; Biothreat Agents (White Powder); and Emergency Response Robots.
Leech, D.
(2015),
A Measure of Domestic Security: Economic Benefits of NIST’s Support of Public Safety and Security, Grant/Contract Reports (NISTGCR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.GCR.15-995
(Accessed December 6, 2024)