METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING SAFE HAVENS FOR HAZARDOUS TRANSPORTS
First Claim
1. A method for identifying safe havens for hazardous material transports, the method comprising:
- gathering context sensitive information associated with at least one linear corridor;
assessing security risks of the at least one linear corridor using at least a portion of the context sensitive information; and
identifying one or more locations along the at least one linear corridor as one or more safe havens for hazardous material transports based at least in part on the assessed security risks of the at least one linear corridor.
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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.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for identifying safe havens for hazardous material transports, the method comprising:
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gathering context sensitive information associated with at least one linear corridor;
assessing security risks of the at least one linear corridor using at least a portion of the context sensitive information; and
identifying one or more locations along the at least one linear corridor as one or more safe havens for hazardous material transports based at least in part on the assessed security risks of the at least one linear corridor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for providing a safe haven for a hazardous material transport in response to an event, the method comprising:
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providing a data store including data representative of one or more safe havens, the data including, for each safe haven, one or more characteristics of the safe haven including a location of the safe haven;
determining a location of the hazardous material transport;
selecting one of the one or more safe havens based at least in part on the location of the hazardous material transport; and
moving the hazardous material transport to the selected safe haven. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for providing a safe haven for a hazardous material transport in response to an event, the method comprising:
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determining a location of the hazardous material transport;
accessing information associated with one or more linear corridors, wherein the information includes context sensitive information associated with the one or more linear corridors;
assessing security risks associated with the one or more linear corridors using at least a portion of the context sensitive information;
identifying a location along the one or more linear corridors as a safe haven for the hazardous material transport, wherein the location is identified as a safe haven based at least in part on the assessed security risks associated with the one or more linear corridors and the location of the hazardous material transport; and
moving the hazardous material transport to the identified safe haven. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computerized system for facilitating moving hazardous material transports to safe havens in response to an event, the system comprising:
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one or more data stores including data representative of one or more safe havens, the data including one or more characteristics of the one or more safe havens including a location for each of the safe havens;
a hazardous material transport location component for determining the location of at least one hazardous material transport; and
a safe haven selection component for selecting a safe haven from the one or more safe havens for the at least one hazardous material transport based at least in part on the location of the hazardous material transport and at least one characteristic of the one or more safe havens. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. One or more computer-readable media having a data structure embodied thereon, the data structure for facilitating the determination of a safe haven for a hazardous material transport, the data structure comprising:
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a first data field containing data representative of an identification of a safe haven; and
a second data field containing data representative of at least one characteristic of the safe haven.
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