Assisting First Responders
First responders like firefighters, police, and other emergency responders who are often the first to arrive at a transportation incident involving dangerous goods.
There are many Disaster and Emergency Apps in the mobile platforms like The Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) app from NLM for the U.S. Department of Transportation provides first responders with a go-to resource to help deal with hazmat accidents during the critical first 30 minutes and the CAMEO Chemicals tool is designed for people involved in hazardous material and incident response and planning, to help first responders on site.
In a scenario where an accident happened during transporting chemical substance, SAFEKIT has been developed to help first responders with its decision support tools of Information Management for Earlyt Responders (IMER), ERG, ATP-3.8.1 Chemical & Biological Warfare Information Library, Route Planning and Triage.
SAFEKIT will help first responders to:
- identify hazards based on the material involved in a transportation incident
- protect themselves and the public during the initial response to an incident
- define the specific or general hazards, physiological effects, protection and decontamination methods of the Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents involved in the incident according to STANAG 2521 ATP 3.8.1 (A) VOL I CBRN Defence on Operations.
- identify unknown hazardous chemicals at the scene by looking for a combination of symptoms and physical characteristics (colour, smell, etc.) of chemical substance.
- to plan the route by finding the most appropriate way to travel between two locations in the contaminated area where the incident occurred, taking into account terrain elevation and contamination levels. The optimized route is automatically calculated within user-defined altitude and pollution threshold limits
- help care providers determine the order of priority for providing treatment to injured individuals.
SAFEKIT is useful for early responders, firefighters, emergency personnel and civil defence offices to analyze and respond to CBRN incidents and their effects on victims and environment.
