New Jersey State Police receives new HazMatID Elite chemical identifier

The New Jersey State Police has taken delivery of Smiths Detection’s new HazMatID Elite handheld units to quickly identify unknown substances such as explosives, chemical warfare agents, toxic industrials and narcotics.

Designed to provide on-scene capability to quickly identify unknown substances for emergency response teams, the next generation of Smiths Detection’s HazMatID device is also used as field-portable fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) solid and liquid identifier.

Smiths Detection US Critical Infrastructure and Emergency Response vice president James Viscardi said that the HazMatID Elite system can be relied on to inform response decisions and serves as easy-to-use chemical analysis tools.

"Smiths Detection designed HazMatID Elite specifically to help emergency responders like the New Jersey State Police protect lives and secure assets from a broad range of evolving threats," Viscardi added.

The innovative sampling techniques enable the Elite chemical identifier units to determine suspicious powders as well as direct surface contaminant analysis and robotics integration.

"Our technology is backed by a commitment to training and service that has made Smiths Detection the world’s leading provider of advanced technologies to identify constantly evolving CBRNE threats and contraband," Viscardi said.

Certified to the military standard for use in the most extreme climates, the HazMatID Elite features intuitive interface and self-guided software as well as encrypted wireless communications that supports mobile response operations.