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Emergency Spill Response Management

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Emergency Spill Response Management The discussion hereafter will concern a hypothetical scenario in which a tanker is leading corrosive material into an unstable environment. It is incumbent upon us to navigate this scenario in order to bring stability to the emergency response task at hand. First, with respect to the release of a hazardous substance, we must not that "conventional management systems frequently do not adequately address the unique behavior of materials that may react to cause excessive temperature or pressure changes or toxic or corrosive byproducts. EPA and other public and private organizations developed processes to help address these reactive chemical hazards." (EPA, p. 1) These procedures are what inform the decision-outcomes that drive the discussion. Using the Decision Tree provided to us by the primary text, we can see that the first step upon arriving at the scene of the accident is to ask a series of quick situational inquiries that will allow us to take immediate but appropriate action. The decision tree requires us to pose a set of inquiries for which a 'yes' answer or a 'no' answer will provoke different courses of emergency response action. First, we must inquire into the conditions at the scene of the accident. Here, the first inquiry asks if the corrosive material has been released. If the answer had been 'no' to this inquiry, we would be inclined to take steps to carefully remove the wreckage. However, because the scenario indicates

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