Morphix Technologies renamed its Arson Investigation Kit to be the Fire Investigator Safety Kit. This configuration of Morphix Technologies’ Chameleon Chemical Detection Armband provides responders, law enforcement, and fire scene investigators with an easy-to-use, low-cost tool to identify dangerous levels of toxic chemicals in the investigation after a fire. In today's modern world where plastics and chemicals are a part of almost everything made, it is important to protect oneself from unseen hazards during and after a fire.
Whether a fire occurs in a residence, business or industrial facility, combustion creates a cocktail of toxic gases in the fire smoke. After a fire has been resolved, fire officials, fire investigators, and law enforcement are called to ascertain whether a fire was criminal or accidental in nature. Even with the fire extinguished, the burn site still produces unseen toxic chemicals. The Chameleon Fire Investigator Safety Kit alerts the investigating team to the potential of toxic gases allowing them to leave the area or take other precautions before an injury can occur.
The Chameleon Fire Investigator Safety Kit can be used alone or in addition to chemical protective suits and masks to identify dangerous levels of a variety of hazardous chemicals. The Kit is an easy-to-use, inexpensive, wearable, reusable armband that can hold up to 10 cassettes, each of which detects a particular toxic chemical and changes color upon detection. The Kit includes one cassette each of the following: ammonia, hydrogen, cyanide, hydrogen, fluoride, hydrogen sulfide, low pH (acid), nitrogen dioxide, phosgene, and sulfur dioxide. Two colors appear in the window when a toxic gas is present and requires no power source or calibration. Unlike current colorimetric, the Chameleon is designed to military standards for use in a wide variety of operating environments including desert heat, arctic cold, tropical conditions, and immersion in salt or fresh water. Morphix Technologies has prioritized its product development based on the advice of the U.S. military and law enforcement agencies, so the Chameleon Chemical Detection Armband cassettes are available for many of the high-risk Toxic Industrial Chemicals (TICs) identified by the U.S. government.
It has also been approved by the U.S. SAFETY Act of the Department of Homeland Security as an anti-terrorist technology.
