The Public Safety Core provides security and police services as well as access and audit systems management for the NEIDL. This core is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week including supervisory personnel that support Public Safety, Environmental Heath and Safety, Emergency Planning and Response, Facilities and Administrative Core services. The primary purpose of this core is to ensure the safe and secure operation of the facility and to minimize the opportunity for the loss of assets and to mitigate and minimize risk as discovered, reported or documenting in existing risk assessment documents. The Public Safety Core will provide staffing for the following locations: a. Command and Control Center b. Site pedestrian entrance c. Site vehicular entrance d. NEIDL entrance lobby e. NEIDL loading dock f. Building and site patrols.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Type
National Biocontainment Laboratory Operation Cooperative Agreement (UC7)
Project #
3UC7AI070088-05S3
Application #
8709536
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZAI1-RCG-M (M1))
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2010-05-01
Budget End
2014-04-30
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
2013
Total Cost
$416,609
Indirect Cost
Name
Boston University
Department
Type
DUNS #
604483045
City
Boston
State
MA
Country
United States
Zip Code
02118
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