Bioterrorism

Defense Department starts first responder tech center at Pitt

Published in Physician Law Weekly, June 30th, 2004

The Defense Department has chosen a University of Pittsburgh business laboratory to market technology that could benefit law enforcement, firefighters and emergency medical personnel responding to a terrorist attack.

Pitt officials and U.S. Representative John Murtha, D-Pa., hope the National Center of Excellence for First Responder Technologies, announced June 7, 2004, will tap into the projected $98 billion that the Council on Foreign Relations estimates the nation must spend to prepare for potential attacks. That doesn't count millions more that local first responders will spend on communications equipment and other devices so they can join any national response to...

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Source: Physician Law Weekly (2004-06-30)

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