High-Tech Wipes For Defence, Safety

High-Tech Wipes For Defence, Safety

- Seshadri Ramkumar

A flexible high-tech wipe that has defense, homeland security and industrial applications has been developed to protect soldiers, emergency personnel and civilians. Chantilly, VA-based First Line Technology is promoting “systems approach,” to combat threats from toxic chemicals. fibreTect ® technology, developed by First Line Technology, feeds exactly to the immediate needs of the United States’ Defense and Homeland Security community.

First responders face a wide range of chemical threats, including chemical warfare agents and toxic industrial chemicals. To deal with this largely unknown threat, responders require a flexible, inexpensive, and broad spectrum protective fabric system.