Simulation meets reality: Chemical hazard models in real world use

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:5350062

Newsom, D E

In 1989 the US Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a set of models for analysis of chemical hazards on personal computers. The models, known collectively as ARCHIE (Automated Resource for Chemical Hazard Incident Evaluation), have been distributed free of charge to thousands of emergency planners and analysts in state governments, Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs), and industry. Under DOT and FEMA sponsorship Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) conducted workshops in 1990 and 1991 to train federal state local government, and industry personnel, both end users and other trainers, in the use of the models. As a result of these distribution and training efforts ARCHIE has received substantial use by state, local and industrial emergency management personnel.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: FEMA; DOT; Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC (United States); Department of Transportation, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 5350062
• Report Number(s): ANL/CP-75316; CONF-920428-4; ON: DE92010905
• Resource Relation: Conference: Annual international nuclear power plant simulators conference, Orlando, FL (United States), 6-9 Apr 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
EMERGENCY PLANS
A CODES
ACCIDENTS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
PERSONAL COMPUTERS
COMPUTER CODES
COMPUTERS
DIGITAL COMPUTERS
MATERIALS
MICROCOMPUTERS
SIMULATION
990200* - Mathematics & Computers
570000 - Health & Safety