Guidebook for Conducting Local Hazardous Materials Commodity Flow Studies

This report presents a user-friendly guidebook to support risk assessment, emergency response preparedness, resource allocation, and analyses of hazardous commodity flows across jurisdictions. The guidebook, which updates the U.S. Department of Transportation's "Guidance for Conducting Hazardous Materials Flow Surveys," is targeted at transportation planning operations staff at the local and regional levels, as well as local and regional personnel involved in hazardous materials training and emergency response. All modes of transportation, all classes and divisions of hazardous materials, and the effects of seasonality on hazardous materials movements are discussed.

• Record URL:
  • https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/14559
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• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • The contractor's final report and appendices (unedited by TRB) are available electronically at http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1603. The final report documents the research supporting the development of the Guidebook.
• Authors:
  • Bierling, David H
  • Rogers, George O
  • Jasek, Deborah L
  • Protopapas, Annie A
  • Warner, Jeffery E
  • Olson, Leslie E
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 188p
• Serial:
  • HMCRP Report
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 2150-4849

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commodity flow; Disaster preparedness; Emergency management; Handbooks; Hazardous materials; Hazards and emergency operations; Local government; Regional government; Resource allocation; Risk assessment
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01343662
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309155601
• Report/Paper Numbers: Project HM-01
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 12 2011 7:49AM