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?

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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. jetterbj@cinci.rr.com & Cynthia Striley, Ph.D. chs3@cdc.gov