Guidelines for Managing Suspected Chemical and Biological Agent Incidents in Rail Tunnel Systems

Details

• Creators:
  Policastro, Anthony ; O'Hare, Frank ; Brown, David ; Lazaro, Michael ; Filer, Scott
• Corporate Creators:
  Argonne National Laboratory
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Railroad tunnels
  • Subways
  • Biological and chemical weapons
  • Guidelines
  • Detection and identification systems
  • Security
  • Disasters and emergency operations
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Dept. of Energy ; United States. Dept. of Transportation
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-Rail Safety ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY
• Description:
  These emergency management guidelines are designed to help transit managers (1) prepare and implement standard operating procedures (SOPs) for handling potential and actual chemical or biological agent attacks in their rail tunnel system and (2) understand the rationale for the recommended emergency actions. This document can also serve as a background reference guide for the emergency manager to use in developing SOPs, which should incorporate the recommendations presented in this document, together with site-specific operational methods used in the rail tunnel system.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34869/dot_34869_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.62 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8cc767dbcb4f00d4a2edb256e713d69c22ebd380b6926178688519ff4acf28bf