In Toxi-triage, three technologies were developed or advanced in support of high-speed identification of chemical agents during early phases of the incident and rescue. In each of these, insertion of the analyzer into Hot or Warm zones for on-site measurements is accomplished on drones, or the emerging term- remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS).
D4.1 Stand-off detection payloads IMS for drone platforms includes the following technologies:
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The Environics ChemPro DM, as a drone mounted detector of chemical warfare agents (CWAs) and toxic industrial chemicals (TICs). It provides fast measurements of chemical vapours in ambient air at-mospheres in open air environments or in indoor spaces
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The T4i DoverTM on a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS). This instrument is a small portable gas chromatograph currently with a photoionization detector. The information provided allows proper choices on protection of first responders be-fore entering a hot or warm zone
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A mini-IMS for RPAS applications and embedded sensing developed at Leibniz University of Hannover. This ion mobility spectrometer is a small instrument with high performance and improves current fielded instruments for CWA and TIC determination
