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Abstract
The U.S. DOE’s Use of GIS for Nuclear Emergency Response SupportTrack: EMS, Fire, Disaster Management
Author(s): Albert L Guber
Bechtel Nevada’s Remote Sensing Laboratory-Nellis (RSL-Nellis) provides GIS support to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) during nuclear emergency response activities. As directed by the DOE, the RSL GIS staff maintains databases and equipment for rapid field deployment during an emergency response. When on location, GIS operators provide information products to on-site emergency managers as well as to emergency managers at the DOE Headquarters (HQ) Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in Washington, D.C. Data products are derived from multiple information sources in the field including radiological prediction models, field measurements taken on the ground and from the air, and pertinent information researched on the Internet. The GIS functions as a central hub and supplies the information transmitted among response elements in the field, as well as to oversight managers at DOE/HQ during emergency response activities.
Albert L Guber
Bechtel Nevada-Remote Sensing Lab
PO Box 98521 M/S RSL-23
Las Vegas, NV 89193-8521
USA
Phone: (702) 295-8622
Fax: (702) 295-8716
E-mail: guberal@nv.doe.gov