Several emerging telematics technologies allow a new definition of the risk caused by the transport on road of hazardous material (hazmat), which can be more related to space and time varying factors. Since there are many varying factors (for example, the state of the road, of the weather, of the driver, of the hazardous material) which affects its degree, hazmat transport risk is by definition...

Risk and cost are important factors in Hazmat routing problem. While the local authorities try to minimize risk, transport companies plan to reduce cost. In emergency situation, time is an important issue and should be minimized to carry vital substances of Hazmat. This is a serious concern when petrol and other fuels should be transported to the areas which are probably affected by heavy rain ...

This study aimed to determine whether the Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service (HMCAS) personnel fulfil pre-hospital readiness requirements for hazardous material and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear (HazMat-CBRN) incidents. cross-sectional performed an online assessment of non-specialist paramedics’ behaviour knowledge about HazMat-CBRN incident management, followed by a ‘Haz...

The consequences of a hazmat accident can be catastrophic due to the characteristics hazardous materials. Different from models, which are constructed perspective “government-carrier”, this paper considers three objectives risk, cost, and compensation cost “government-carrier-public” perspective, so as construct route optimization model transportation considering risk equity. Moreover, that dif...

Large-scale evacuation is called for when a natural (such as hurricane) or man-made (such as hazmat release or even dirty bomb) extreme event strikes a populated area so that the population is exposed to immediate or foreseeable life-threatening danger. Evacuating a large population is an extremely complicated and difficult task, which primarily relies on efficient utilization of intermodal tra...

INTRODUCTION The concept of Environmental Information System (EIS) emerged from the concerns and the efforts carried on by world wide private and official organisations in order to promote an effective use of the environmental data. These data are of various natures such as statistics, thematic maps, or documents describing the identification and the quantification of the environmental resource...

Today the demand for Carriage of Dangerous Goods is experiencing significant increase on Moroccan market. Each year, more than 15 million tons of dangerous goods are transported by road in Morocco. The transport of dangerous goods is regulated by a legal framework in line with international standards; including the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by R...

The recent expansion in the production of shale petroleum crude oil, combined with the lack of new pipeline construction, has placed the railroads at the center stage for safe and efficient transport of very large volumes of this commodity. Petroleum crude oil poses fire risk in the event of train accidents. The consequence modeling based on the US DOT Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) or ALOH...