IEEE
TO UPDATE COMMUNICATION STANDARD FOR TRAFFIC EMERGENCIES INVOLVING
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Contact:
Karen McCabe, IEEE Senior Marketing Manager
+1 732 562 3824, k.mccabe@ieee.org
For Release:
Immediate
PISCATAWAY,
N.J., USA, 18 November 2004 The IEEE has announced the start
of work to revise the communication standard for transportation
emergencies that involve hazardous materials. The revision will
align the standard, IEEE 1512.3™, with changes in federal
regulations since the standard was first approved in 2002 and
make it easier for police, fire, transportation departments, emergency
medical groups and other parties to implement.
IEEE 1512.3,
"Standard for Hazardous Material Incident Management Message
Sets for Use by Emergency Management Centers," creates a
uniform message content so emergency responders can better control
and confine hazardous materials during and after an incident.
The updated version will meet current U.S. Department of Transportation
mandates and accommodate the widely used XML language.
The standard
helps responders access timely and accurate information from multiple
sources so they make critical decisions more easily and reduce
traffic congestion and incident severity. This information includes
shipper and safety data on the materials involved in an incident,
the routes involved, the need to evacuate and much more. The standard
also seeks to enhance interoperability and data exchange among
all agencies called
upon in traffic incidents.
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