HazCommand: HazMat Incident Command Training

描述（由申请人提供）： 在应对危险品紧急情况时，实践不仅能使完美，还能拯救生命。在SBIR第一阶段的资助下，Amethyst Research开发了一个名为HazCommand的软件模拟工具。我们的第二阶段目标是创建一个模型平台，用于认证应对危险物质事件的初始公司官员的运营能力。该证书将反映响应者证明符合当地操作程序和NIMS/ICS和NFPA标准的操作能力的能力。通过为费城消防局创建这样一个危险品事件指挥系统认证组件，我们将为其他组织创建自己的基于标准的认证计划制定一个具体的路线图。Amethyst Research将通过以下方式实现这一目标：1）创建一套全面的HazMat事件场景，2）开发可靠的评估指标和能力评估认证流程，3）开发对指标捕获和报告的支持，以及4）对代表性样本进行认证流程评估。该项目旨在成熟一个名为HazCommand的软件模拟工具，用于培训应急响应人员的指挥和控制，战略，战术和通信，成为一个成熟的学习平台。该项目应通过改善消防员对危险物质事件的反应来影响公共卫生。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In responding to HazMat emergencies, practice not only makes perfect, it also saves lives. Under the Phase I SBIR grant, Amethyst Research developed a software simulation tool called HazCommand. Our Phase II goal is to create a model platform for credentialing operational competency of initial company officers responding to HazMat incidents. The credential will reflect the responder's ability to demonstrate operational competency that meets local operating procedures and NIMS/ICS and NFPA standards. By creating such a HazMat Incident Command System credentialing component for the Philadelphia Fire Department, we will have produced a concrete roadmap for other organizations to create their own standards-based credentialing program. Amethyst Research will accomplish this goal by 1) creating a comprehensive set of HazMat incident scenarios, 2) developing reliable evaluation metrics and competency- assessment credentialing processes, 3) developing support for metrics capture and reporting, and 4) evaluating the credentialing processes on representative sample. This project aims to mature a software simulation tool called HazCommand for training emergency responders in command and control, strategy, tactics, and communication, into a full-fledged learning platform. This project should impact public health by improving response by firefighters to HazMat incidents.