First responders and their initial behavior in hazardous chemical transportation accidents.

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Gray, Jane

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Subject: The response of first responders to in-transit emergencies is characterized by significant uncertainty about the nature of the chemical hazard and a tendancy to initially underestimate the severity of the chemical hazard. Difficulties and problems are compounded by a variety of different impact and situational contingencies that can signficantly and adversely affect the initial response pattern.

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Paper presented at: Recent advances in hazardous materials transportation research: an international exchange: the conference conducted by the Transportation Research Board, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, November 10-13, 1985

Recent advances in hazardous materials transportation research: an international exchange

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The response of first responders to in-transit emergencies is characterized by significant uncertainty about the nature of the chemical hazard and a tendancy to initially underestimate the severity of the chemical hazard. Difficulties and problems are compounded by a variety of different impact and situational contingencies that can signficantly and adversely affect the initial response pattern.

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