Is your PRD designed for field work?
The on-the-job challenges of the police officers, firemen and public health officials charged with detecting and dealing with radiation in the field change radically with every group, event, and location they’re charged with protecting.
The typical personal radiation detector (or PRD) hasn’t changed. When we perused the PRDs available on the market, we wondered if they’re adequate for responders in the field, leading us to think deeper about the form and function of a PRD. To give it the real-life, field-worthy thought it deserves.
We didn’t want to just make an iteration of a long-standing product – we wanted to make a next-generation PRD, purpose-built to meet emergency responder needs.
But how do we know what they need? We’re radiation experts, not emergency response professionals. So, we created a team of in-the-field experts who would lead the way and show us what it meant to create a world-class PRD.
The professionals we worked with helped us make our PRD as personal as possible. Through an in-depth prototyping program and dynamic conversation, we identified that a PRD must:
- - Stand up to the rough reality of work in the field;
- - Require little training and maintenance;
- - Be discreet in the field, to avoid drawing attention and causing alarm;
- Have batteries that last and are replaceable with commercially available batteries;- - Use directionality to quickly find the location of a radioactive source;
- - Be affordable without sacrificing quality; and
- - Have a comprehensive field support program.
The result of this revolutionary partnership: the AccuRad™ PRD. It’s the first PRD developed in close collaboration with first responders and state and federal law enforcement to fit seamlessly into their routines and address the most critical, in-the-field needs.
It’s designed by emergency responders, for emergency responders, at an affordable price point, so teams can equip more emergency responders and protect more people from the dangers of radiation.