An incident response unit (IRU) is a government-supplied decontamination vehicle that was introduced in the wake of the September 11 attacks as part of the New Dimension scheme for equipping UK brigades with extensive disaster response vehicles for any major catastrophe or terrorist attack.
A forklift truck is mounted on the rear of the lorry, and is used to remove the equipment cages from the curtain-side.
Equipment includes disrobe and rerobe packs for before and after casualty decontamination; 48 gastight suits; tent structures raised by hot-air blowers; decontamination showers powered by a water boiler and supplied by a submersible pump (decontaminated water is dammed); a telescopic lighting unit; mobile data transmission; GPS mapping and radiation monitoring devices.
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