Real-Time Emergency Communication System for HazMat Incidents (REaCH) – Phase II

The goal of this project to develop a system to help minimize the impact to first responders’ health during a transportation related hazardous materials (HAZMAT) incident. The research team will develop a dashboard prototype that integrates health and environmental data that is collected using IoT sensors. This data will allow the Incident Commander and Safety Officer make strategic decisions to protect first responders and transportation workers. The prototype system is called REaCH – Real-Time Emergency Communication System for HAZMAT Incidents. REaCH will include real-time health monitoring of first responders and transportation workers through wearable devices that monitor exposure to hazardous materials.

• Record URL:
  http://matc.unl.edu/research/research_project.php?researchID=555

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $221658
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747107

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Mid-America Transportation Center

  University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  2200 Vine Street, PO Box 830851
  Lincoln, NE  United States  68583-0851
• Managing Organizations:

  Mid-America Transportation Center

  University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  2200 Vine Street, PO Box 830851
  Lincoln, NE  United States  68583-0851
• Project Managers:

  Stearns, Amy

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Nebraska Omaha

  6001 Dodge Street
  Omaha, Nebraska  United States  68182

  University of Nebraska Medical Center

  42nd and Emile
  Omaha, Nebraska  United States  68198
• Principal Investigators:

  Fruhling, Ann

  Medcalf, Sharon

  Achutan, Chandran

• Start Date: 20181005
• Expected Completion Date: 20200630
• Actual Completion Date: 20181218
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program
• Source Data: 91994-34

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communication systems; Decision making; Emergency management; Hazardous materials; Health hazards; Incident management; Occupational safety; Personnel; Real time information; Sensors
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01692387
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Mid-America Transportation Center
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747107
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Feb 7 2019 11:02AM