Boys in the Hood

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DHS ST Program Manager Jalal Mapar with the Avon EH-15 - a hood that offers protection for 15 minutes from chemical and biological particulates. Credit: Paul Wedig
DHS S&T Program Manager Jalal Mapar with the Avon EH-15 - a hood that offers protection for 15 minutes from chemical and biological particulates. Credit: Paul Wedig

When first responders and security guards came to the DHS Science and Technology Directorate’s “Tell Us What You Need” table, heading their list was an emergency escape hood worthy of James Bond: a “one size fits all” concealable hood weighing under a pound, folding to the dimensions of a DVD case, and donnable in ten seconds.


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