"Lessons Learned from Graniteville" DVD

描述(由申请人提供) 拟议研究的长期目标是更好地使应急人员做好准备，以便更安全、更有效地应对涉及危险材料的铁路事故。每天大约有800,000批危险物质在美国各地运输，经常经过人口稠密的地区，在这些地区，严重泄漏的后果可能会导致环境破坏、严重伤害或死亡。元媒体培训已经与铁路工人危险材料培训计划合作，研究使用名为“从Graniteville学到的教训”的交互式DVD培训工具的有效性。该DVD将为同行教员提供一个互动工具，以促进小组练习如何应对涉及危险材料的货运列车脱轨。DVD将以2005年1月发生在南卡罗来纳州格兰尼特维尔的诺福克南部铁路脱轨为基础。这次碰撞释放了超过11000加仑的氯气，造成9人死亡，数百人受伤。这张DVD将在教室里重现这场灾难性的事故，作为促进的小组训练练习的一部分。交互式DVD代表了相对于传统培训媒体的一项技术创新。它提供了一种在课堂上提供交互式视频模拟的低成本方法。提议的产品的商业应用非常广泛。《从Graniteville吸取的教训》DVD的观众很多。它包括可能参与救援和清理行动的所有急救人员、熟练的支持人员和铁路工人。为急救人员购买培训材料的资金现在在地方和州一级广泛可用，目前还没有解决危险铁路事故的产品。拟议的研究与公共卫生有关，因为通过铁路运输的危险材料越来越多，而且目前缺乏对此类事件作出反应的应急人员的适当培训材料。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) The long-term objective of the proposed research is to better prepare emergency personnel to more safely and effectively respond to rail accidents involving hazardous materials. Approximately 800,000 shipments of hazardous substances travel daily throughout the United States, frequently through densely populated areas where the consequences of an acute release could result in environmental damage, severe injury, or death. MetaMedia Training has teamed with the Rail Workers Hazardous Materials Training Program to research the effectiveness of using an interactive DVD training tool entitled "Lessons Learned from Graniteville." The DVD will provide peer instructors with an interactive tool to facilitate small group exercises on responding to a freight train derailment involving hazardous materials. The DVD will be based on the Norfolk Southern railroad derailment that occurred in Graniteville, SC in January, 2005. The collision released over 11,000 gallons of chlorine gas, causing nine deaths and injuring hundreds. The DVD will bring this catastrophic accident to life in the classroom as part of a facilitated small group training exercise. Interactive DVD represents a technological innovation over traditional training media. It provides a low-cost approach to providing interactive video simulations in the classroom. The commercial applications for the proposed product are widespread. The audience for the "Lessons Learned from Graniteville" DVD is large. It includes all first responders, skilled support personnel, and rail workers who may be involved in rescue and clean-up operations. Funding for procuring training materials for first responders is now widely available at the local and state level, and there is currently no product that addresses hazmat rail incidents. The proposed research is relevant to public health due to the increasing level of hazardous materials being transported via rail, and the current lack of adequate training materials for emergency personnel responding to such incidents.