INL Equipment to Aid Regional Response Team

DOE-ID is transferring equipment to the Idaho Falls Police Department's Hazardous Materials Response Team for their use in responding to suspected hazardous devices. The new IFPD Team will be the Regional Response Team covering the I-15 corridor from Utah/Idaho border to the Montana/Idaho border. The IFPD Team will respond to the INL if/when we need them.

Helping to outfit the IFPD Team will allow much more timely response on this side of the state. Currently response comes from Twin Falls, Mountain Home or Hill Air Force Bases

INL does not currently have DOE certified bomb response technicians for response at the INL. The equipment being transferred was purchased in the late 1990s.

Examples of some of the items being transferred are a Crossley Custom Bomb Trailer for transporting suspect devices to a safe location, and a 3500 GVWR trailer for transporting equipment.

Editorial Date November 28, 2007
By Sharon Barnes