Chemical Facilities

The National Strategy for Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructure and Key Assets identifies industries that use chemicals and hazardous materials as one of 17 critical infrastructure sectors. The National Strategy has also identified the existence of more than 15,000 chemical plants developing and storing chemicals and hazardous material, which are basically stationary weapons of mass destruction spread across the US.

Chemicals such as fertilizers, chlorine, plastics and cleaning solvents are utilized daily throughout American society. Additionally, the chemical sector of the US economy produces ten cents of every dollar of the country's Gross Domestic Product.

Securing Chemical Manufacturing
Producers of chemical and hazardous materials have no standard regulatory framework defining security requirements users that they must follow. A terrorism prevention system is vital, and Shafran USA is the premier company capable of preventing a terrorist attack on the chemical industry.

Shafran USA develops counterterrorism systems to protect against the intentional and malicious use and release of chemical and hazardous materials. To design and implement counterterrorism systems for the Chemical industry, Shafran USA:

• Conducts a vulnerability threat assessments of current facilities

• Identifies and improves detection technologies

• Creates security screening barriers at entry points

• Evaluates training and education programs for security personnel and how to use behavioral pattern recognition to spot a potential terrorist

• Designs and implements an counterterrorism security systems that have a layered defense components

• Evaluates current contingency plans

• Develops exercises to test the new counterterrorism systems

Any contamination or release of chemicals would impact a wide range of industries and public health. Businesses in the chemical industry can reduce this  risk with Shafran USA’s world-class counterterrorism systems.