TM 10--3510--221--10
0013 00--5
LAUNDRY ADVANCED SYSTEM
OPERATION UNDER UNUSUAL CONDITIONS -- Continued
0013 00
BIOLOGICAL DECONTAMINATION:
BIOLOGICAL DECONTAMINATION MUST BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE
BIOLOGICAL AGENT. FM 3--5 MUST BE USED TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC
PROCEDURES.
CHEMICAL DETECTION AND DECONTAMINATION:
DO NOT USE DECONTAMINATION SPRAY ON
PERSONNEL: IT COULD CAUSE PERSONAL
INJURY.
WARNING
USE THE CHEMICAL AGENT MONITOR (CAM) TO DETECT THE CHEMICAL
AGENT. ALSO THE M8 PAPER FROM THE M256 CHEMICAL AGENT
DETECTOR KIT OR M9 PAPER MAY BE USED TO DETERMINE IF LIQUID IS
PRESENT ON THE VEHICLE SURFACE.
IF EXPOSURE TO LIQUID AGENT IS KNOWN OR SUSPECTED, CLEAN
EXPOSED SKIN, CLOTHING, AND PERSONAL GEAR, IN THAT ORDER,
USING M258A1 KIT. USE THE BUDDY SYSTEM. WASH EXPOSED SKIN
AND THOROUGHLY DECONTAMINATE AS SOON AS TACTICAL SITUATION
PERMITS.
IF THE M8 OR M9 PAPER INDICATES THAT LIQUID CHEMICAL AGENT IS
PRESENT ON THE VEHICLE SURFACE USE THE M--13 DECON
APPARATUS FOR OPERATIONAL DECON OF THE SERVICING UNIT.
AVOID GETTING LIQUID AGENT INTO THE SEALED SYSTEM. SPRAY
ONLY SURFACES THAT WILL BE TOUCHED BY THE CREW OR
OPERATOR.
DECON PROCEDURES
TAKE TIME. DO AS MUCH
AS YOU CAN BASED ON
THE TACTICAL SITUATION.
