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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2006
Charles H. Quandel, Chicago, IL (US);
Douglas Wayne Morrison, Cameron, MO (US);
Jeffrey L. Siegel, Chicago, IL (US);
W. Robert Moore, Naperville, IL (US);
Glen Arthur Herman, Olathe, KS (US);
Robert J. Marros, Chicago, IL (US);
Alex Kavanagh, Chicago, IL (US);
Charles H. Quandel, Chicago, IL (US);
Douglas Wayne Morrison, Cameron, MO (US);
Jeffrey L. Siegel, Chicago, IL (US);
W. Robert Moore, Naperville, IL (US);
Glen Arthur Herman, Olathe, KS (US);
Robert J. Marros, Chicago, IL (US);
Alex Kavanagh, Chicago, IL (US);
HNTB Holdings Ltd, Kansas City, MO (US);
Abstract
The identification of safe havens for hazardous material transports is provided. Safe havens include locations at which a hazardous material transport is less susceptible to an event that may result in a hazardous material release and/or a location at which the impact of a hazardous material release is reduced. When an event occurs indicating that hazardous material transports should be moved to safe havens, the locations of hazardous material transports are determined. Safe havens may then be determined for each hazardous material transport. In some cases, safe havens may be selected from a group of predetermined locations designated as safe havens. In some cases, locations may be dynamically designated as safe havens for hazardous material transports after the occurrence of an event. The hazardous material transports are then moved to the selected safe havens, thereby reducing their susceptibility to events and/or minimizing the impact of an event that involves a hazardous material transport.