COMPUTER AIDED MANAGEMENT OF EMERGENCY OPERATIONS
CAMEO®, or Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations, is a
software tool to assist chemical emergency planners and responders, and has
been since the late 1980's as a means of managing information for chemical
emergency preparedness and prevention at local levels. The software was
developed by EPA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to
make best use of data made available under the Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act.
CAMEO is actually a suite of
three separate integrated software applications:
CAMEO's
chemical database contains response recommendations for about 6,000 chemicals.
It also contains 80,000 chemical synonyms and identification numbers, which you
can quickly search to identify unknown substances during an incident. Once a
chemical is identified, CAMEO provides firefighting and spill response
recommendations, physical properties, health hazards, and first aid guidance.
The ALOHA air dispersion model predicts the downwind
dispersion of a chemical cloud. Graphical outputs include estimates of the
cloud footprint (representing the area where hazardous gas concentrations may
reach a level of concern), the rate and duration of release of the chemical to
the atmosphere, and chemical concentration over time at locations of particular
concern.
MARPLOT, the mapping program, can display an ALOHA
footprint on an electronic map. You can add information to MARPLOT maps, such
as the locations of facilities storing hazardous materials and populations of
special concern (these could be hospitals, daycare centers, and schools). You
can keep more information about these locations (such as addresses, hours of
opening, and phone numbers for emergency contacts) in other CAMEO databases.
Using MARPLOT's search feature, you can quickly
access and view this information to assess the degree of hazard posed by an
incident and decide how to respond to it.
The CAMEO software is provided free of charge to Local Emergency
Planning Committees (LEPCs) in
Hazardous Materials Program Manager
Tennessee Emergency Management Agency
1-800-262-3402 (Toll-Free in TN)
615-242-9635 (Fax)
CAMEO Downloads and Information Links
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CAMEO Software (for IBM PC) |
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NOAA's CAMEO Web Site
(Good source of technical and background info) |
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