Browsing by Subject "emergency response"
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(2019-01-11)When it comes to saving lives after a destructive and catastrophic crisis, urban search and res-cue (USAR) dogs are an essential emergency response component, where each dog can perform the equivalent work of 20 to 30 ...
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(2016-07-01)The emergency actions following an accidental or intentional release of a hazardous material (HazMat) are strongly influenced by what is known of the HazMat event and its evolution (e.g. mass flowrate of the release, ...
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(2012-02-14)With the outbreak of the 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) comes the need to evaluate the preparedness level of government entities that had preparedness plans. This study looks at the preparedness level for pandemic influenza ...
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(2020-07-21)In the event that control of process safety risk is lost, the effectiveness of mitigation barriers is paramount in reducing the consequences. When it results in an event such as a toxic gas release, a mitigation barrier ...
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(2021-04-26)At the onset of the disasters, incident management teams (IMTs) are established to direct and support on-scene tactical activities in the field. IMTs cope with challenges of disasters such as constantly changing situations, ...
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(2016-05-23)The Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University currently supports emergency response exercises at Disaster City, a mock community used for emergency response training that features full-scale, collapsible ...
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(2012-02-14)The introduction of FMD into the US would have serious economic and societal effects on the livelihoods and sustainability of affected livestock producers. Livestock producers serve as an important line of defense in both ...