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Greater Cincinnati Hazardous Materials Unit Prof. BJ Jetter, Ph.D and Cynthia Striley, Ph.D.
USING UAVS FOR HAZMAT INCIDENTS!
The findings and conclusions in this presentation are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Greater Cincinnati Hazardous Materials Unit (GCHMU). Mention of any company or product does not constitute endorsement by GCHMU.
Mission Statement The mission of the Greater Cincinnati Hazardous Materials Unit, Inc. is to protect life, property and the environment. We provide specialized services
and resources in response to releases of hazardous materials and weapons of mass destruction to the
Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana metropolitan area, in cooperation with their emergency responders.
GCHMU RESPONSE VEHICLES Hazmat 300 Primary Response Unit
Hazmat 301 Analytical Response Unit
Hazmat 302 Secondary Response Unit
Hazmat 304 Tertiary Response Unit
Hazmat 305 Absorbent Trailer
Foam 300 AR-AFFF Foam
Foam 301 AR-AFFF Foam
Command 400 Communications Van
Hazmat 300-02, 300-03 Duty Officer Trucks
Someday HAZMAT UAV-300 ???
Analytical Response Unit Multi RAE-plus Cl2, SO2, O2 H2S, LEL, VOC AreaRAEs Perimeter monitoring ppbRAE VOCs 1 ppb-10,000 ppm
HAZMAT ID, IR Spectroscopy
AHURA First Defender Raman Spectroscopy
Flir Identifinder 2 Detect, Locate & ID Radioactive materials
Drager Tubes , colorometric Chem detection papers M8/KI/pH Ludlum Survey Meter Lumex Mercury Meter Personal RAD Dosimeter/pagers Thermal Cam Search Link Entry Cam Evidence & sample collecting kit Weather Station
Mobile Analytical Laboratory
TOOLS
HAZMAT
WHY SHOULD WE USE UAVS DURING HAZMAT INCIDENTS?
?
WE RESPOND TO UNKNOWN ENVIRONMENTS
WE NEED TO MANAGE RISK SO THAT WE ARE ALWAYS IN A SAFE
ENVIRONMENT
UAV RECONNOAISSANCE OF AN UNFOLDING INCIDENT KEEPS
COMMAND & RESEARCH INFORMED
Assess the scene for safe staging of personnel and equipment.
Determine close is too close. Define safe entry and escape corridor
View placards/signs to determine what chemicals are being transported Situational Awareness; surveillance of entry team progress. Visualize releases with optical or thermal cameras. Develop SOPs
UAVS CAN SHOW THE WAY
Railroads Highway /Transportation incidents Large chemical facilities Refineries Rural settings difficult to get to Increased use of LPG & LNPG for vehicles (garbage trucks, busses) Pipelines are being constructed
Types of Hazardous Material Release locations Where Drones would be invaluable..
Columbus Ohio 7/11/2013 2:00am 83 Car Train 13 Cars Derail
The morning after...
Derailments 2012 2013 2014 2015
Nationwide 1294 1310 1320 1345
Ohio 19 18 30 -
Hamilton County 6 9 12 -
FALMOUTH KENTUCKY TODAY THIS INCIDENT HAPPEN WHILE OUR CONFERENCE WAS TAKING PLACE
SHELTER IN PLACE ISSUED, 24 CARS DERAILED, 4 CONTAINING SULFURIC ACID.
August 11, 10:30am
FALMOUTH KENTUCKY TODAY 4 CARS CARRYING SULFURIC ACID
August 11, 10:30am
FALMOUTH KENTUCKY TODAY
August 11, 10:30am
LITERATURE REVIEW?
Where is the leak?
Benzene Butane Ethane Ethylbenzene Ethylene Heptane Hexane Isoprene Methylethyl Ketone
Methane Methanol Octane Pentane 1-Pentane Propane Propylene Toluene Xylene
FLIR CAMERAS can detect 19 gases that are
commonly found in the petrochemical industries
Indium Antimonide (InSb) infrared detector . Thermal imaging & optical gas imaging via absorption of electro-magnetic radiation in the infrared wavelength by gases.
The goal of hyperspectral imaging is to obtain the spectrum across many electromagnetic wavelengths for each pixel in the image of a scene This imaging sensor shows a release of ammonia and a co release of ammonia and sulfur hexafluoride (Long-Wave Infrared)
Ammonia (NH3) yellow
Ammonia (NH3) yellow and Sulfur Hexafluoride SF6
hyperspectral imaging
Literature Review
Oil & GAS Industry. Remote Inspections Thermal Structural Emission monitoring Land Surveying Live Flare Inspection Natural Gas use at all time high More fire service runs due to Natural Gas
MASS SPECTROMETRY NASA Flies Dragon Eye Unmanned Aircraft Into Volcanic Plume
Literature Review
LIght Detection And Ranging
LIDAR.
Used by USGS to map terrain Polution monitoring. Chem/bio agent detection & tracking
LIDAR technique can be adapted To detect biological aerosol plumes (BIO-LIDAR) Uses infrared elastic backscatter and Depolarization LIDAR.
Literature Review
RADIATION MONITORING.
RADIATION IS ALWAYS TO BE RULED OUT UAVS CAN ELIMINATE RADIOACTIVITY WITHOUT ANY RISK TO PERSONNEL
Literature Review
Plume TRACKING & ANALYSIS Literature Review
Plume TRACKING & ANALYSIS
Second-order Closure Integrated Puff Literature Review
Forest fires Literature Review
OBSTACLES REGULATORY FACTORS TO OVERCOME JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES PRIVACY ISSUES FUNDING SOURCES INFORMATICS ISSUES
UAVS are a GREAT NEW TOOL FOR OUR TOOLBOX
CDC/NIOSH OSHA USEPA & OHIO EPA UC Engineering US AIR FORCE
PARTNERS
HAZMAT
QUESTIONS & DISCUSSION
Greater Cincinnati Hazardous Materials Unit Prof. BJ Jetter, Ph.D. [email protected] & Cynthia Striley, Ph.D. [email protected]