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A First Responder Tool for Rapic, Efficient, and Effective Response to Hazardous Material Incidents

Award Information
Agency: Department of Transportation
Branch: N/A
Contract: DTRT57-08-C-10020
Agency Tracking Number: DTRT57-08-C-10020
Amount: $100,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: 07-PH2
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2007
Award Year: 2008
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2008-01-08
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2008-07-09
Small Business Information
4 West 4th Ave suite A
San Mateo, CA 94402-1616
United States
DUNS: 111210790
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: Yes
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Robert Dourandish
 CTO
 (650) 342-3337
 bob@quimba.com
Business Contact
 Robert Dourandish
Title: CTO
Phone: (650) 342-3337
Email: bob@quimba.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

The nightmare scenario in HAZMAT transport (or storage) is an incident in the proximity of a densely populated area. This issue is so critical that Congress has, on a number of occasions, considered restricting HAZMAT transportation, routing it around metropolitan areas. While so far such restrictions have not been implemented, the HAZMAT transportation industry faces mounting legal and insurance challenges since in addition to normal issues with traffic incidents, it is also viewed as a prime target for terrorism. The focus of this effort is HAZMAT incident response. Here we propose to create a system to facilitate timely, efficient, and cost-effective delivery of sophisticated plume or spill dispersion models to HAZMAT response teams in a way that is easily understood, and is therefore usable, by professional responders with no additional specialized training.

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