Watervliet Arsenal Decision Tree Program for Evaluating Hazardous Spills (SPILL)

Abstract

This study devised the Decision Tree Program for Evaluating Hazardous Spills (SPILL), a computer tool designed to allow Army installation personnel to evaluate a material spill on installation property and, based on determining factors, to report the event in a proper and timely fashion to all appropriate authorities. The program accomplishes the determination by presenting the user with a series of "YES" and "NO" questions regarding the spill. On conclusion of the question/answer segment, the program lists instructions and required notifications for the specific type of spill in question. SPILL also contains editable notification and phone lists. While the SPILL program was created specifically to meet the needs of a single Army installation, it may help any installation that stores, handles, or uses hazardous materials to quickly and correctly evaluate and respond to hazardous materials spills.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA369834

Entities

People

  • Veda D. Scarpetta

Organizations

  • Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

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  • Human Systems

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  • Army Facilities
  • Basic Programming Language
  • Commerce
  • Computers
  • Database Management Systems
  • Databases
  • Department Of State
  • Electronic Mail
  • Emergency Response
  • Engineers
  • Hazardous Materials
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Instructions
  • Materials
  • New York
  • Relational Databases
  • Technology Transfer

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