risk management information system a spatial planning tool for chemical disaster management
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Risk Management Information System A Spatial Planning Tool for Chemical Disaster Management. International Conference on Environmental Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi May 10, 2011. SENES Consultants India. The Concern. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Risk Management Information SystemA Spatial Planning Tool for Chemical Disaster ManagementInternational Conference on Environmental Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction
Vigyan Bhavan, New DelhiMay 10, 2011
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The ConcernThe worst industrial accident occurred in Bhopal in December 1984;Exposure to Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) leaking from Union Carbide Plant caused significant number of deaths and injuries;World wide rethink on chemical risk from hazardous installations;Iconic photograph titled Burial of an unknown child -by Raghu Rai, Bhopal 1984
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The ConcernNo information available from Union Carbide on the nature of hazards present within premises;People unaware on how to react to be able to minimize exposure to MIC;Hospitals & medical professionals did not know what gas was released and how to treat victims;There was no immediate notification of the accident to the Administration;There was no Emergency Response Plan & the Administration could not respond to accident on time;
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Key issues in managing chemical risk;Need for GIS-enabled integrated information systems and modelling tools;The Risk Management Information System (RMIS);Presentation Flow
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Technological risk events typically unfold in matter of hours short response timeRequires updated information from diverse sources to assess damagePrediction needs solving of complex algorithms and spatial analysisThe Issues
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Management of a chemical risk scenario is information intensive;Models require high processing power;Strong spatial dimension;
Why we require information system support?
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Provide end point effect distances for different incidents;Hazard footprints displayed for better visualization;Risk maps shown as contours;But, not closely coupled with GIS;
Gaps in existing tools
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Key Features:Aggregate information on industries, chemicals, hazards, vulnerability, emergency responders in a single database;Provides for spatial analysis and better understanding of chemical risks;Transparent mechanism for sharing risk related information;Integrated with QRA based consequence analysis models for providing decision support to risk management actors;Risk Management Information System (RMIS)
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RMIS Key BenefitsHigh scale of Maps better representation of hazards and vulnerabilities;
Hazard Data and Maps can be updated / managed in a distributed manner or centrally;
[ Active ] Modeling of accident scenarios MCLS or any quantity of chemical;
Live Meteorology Information while the risk event is unfolding;
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Building the RMISIndustrial town of Haldia in West Bengal;
Identifying and mapping chemical hazards;
Mapping elements at risk;
Appending information in a central database;
Integrating Risk Analysis Models for prediction of accident scenarios;
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RMIS InterfaceNavigation ToolsSpatial Data ToolsMap AreaScale BarLayers, Search and Legend TabsInfo ToolMeteorology Data FeedWind RoseHazard ModelerCustom Built User Controls integrated with the web interface
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RMIS Interface (contd)Layer Management
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RMIS Interface Search FunctionSearch ResultsSearch by Chemical Nature & Quantity
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RMIS Interface MeteorologyDaily and Seasonal Wind Patterns
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RMIS Interface Hazard ModelerSetting up atmospheric data
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RMIS Interface Hazard Modeler (contd)Preparing the hazard model
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RMIS Interface Hazard Modeler (contd)3522152617Vulnerability DataHazard FootprintAffected roads and intersections
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ConclusionThe RMIS has been developed as a versatile and integrated information system that can assist decision makers to effectively plan for and manage a chemical risk event
It will help in reducing the odds of another Bhopal!
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Nilanjan Paul Email: [email protected]
Debanjan Bandyopadhyay Email: [email protected]
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