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A program to develop a regional hazardous materials spills plan for the San Francisco Bay Area is described and early results in the area of response to toxic gas emergencies are documented. The Bay Area program involves the formation of a spills task force that is composed of representatives from a broad cross section of spill response agencies and concerned organizations. The task force has four supporting subcommittees to deal with (a) risk assessment and toxic gases, (b) spill prevention, (c) training of spill prevention and response personnel, and (d) response planning. The principal problem posed by the release of toxic gas is that of evacuating the public from the danger zone. Numerous methods, ranging from simple tables of precalculated dimensions to sophisticated computer models of atmospheric dispersion, are currently employed to identify this evacuation area. None of these methods has been subjected to performance verification or sensitivity analysis, and one of the recommendations is that these studies be conducted. For the Bay Area a two-tiered system is recommended: First, a simple guidebook of intermediate sophistication should be developed and distributed to initial response agencies (e.g., police and fire departments); second, a computer-assisted system to be shared regionally should be implemented for use during major spill events. (Author)

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Transportation Research Record

62nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

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Air pollution; Contingency planning; Emergencies; Gases; Hazardous materials; Hazards; Manuals; Prevention; Regional planning; Risk assessment; Spills (Pollution); Toxicity; Training

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies

TRIS, TRB

Dec 30 1983 12:00AM

• AEROMETRIC INSTRUMENTATION FOR REAL-TIME MONITORING AT HAZARDOUS SPILL SITES: OVERVIEW OF NEEDS AND RESOURCES
• APPLICATIONS OF REMOTE SENSING TO HAZARDOUS SPILL INCIDENTS
• CALCULATION OF EVACUATION DISTANCES DURING TOXIC AIR POLLUTION INCIDENTS
• ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES: PREPARING FOR CRITICAL HOURS
• INTEGRATED MODELING OF THE RELEASE AND DISPERSION OF HAZARDOUS GASES IN THE ATMOSPHERE
• NATIONAL OVERVIEW OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE UNDER SUPERFUND
• RADIATION HAZARDS ANALYSIS IN TRANSPORT OF LOW SPECIFIC ACTIVITY WASTE MATERIAL
• TOXIC CORRIDOR PREDICTION PROGRAMS
• TOXIC CORRIDOR PROJECTION MODELS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE
• U.S. AIR FORCE AIR WEATHER SERVICE METHODOLOGIES FOR CALCULATING TOXIC CORRIDORS