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personal protective equipment
Term Source:
JP 3-11
(Operations in Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Environments)
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1.) The protective clothing and equipment provided to shield or isolate a person from the chemical, physical, and thermal hazards that can be encountered at a hazardous materials incident.
In the United States, military vocabulary is standardized by the Department of Defence. These terms are used by the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
Term Classification: operations
Source:
Department of Defence, Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
Term sourced from JP 3-11: Operations in Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Environments, updated October 2013
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This term is marked as active and was last updated in 2015
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