Releases of toxic materials present first responders with an immediate challenge – determining what actions need to be taken to protect nearby populations. They must answer a number of questions:

• Where is the toxic plume headed, and in what concentration?

• What areas need to be evacuated?

• Who should shelter in place?

• What roads should be closed?

• How do we prioritize actions with limited resources available?

Industry leaders RAE Systems, SAFER Systems and Coastal Environmental Systems have teamed to create PlumeRAE - a unique, turn-key solution that allows rapid monitoring and assessment of situations involving the release of hazardous substances. PlumeRAE gives first responders information to make crucial decisions.

Plume Measurement

• GPS-equipped AreaRAE wireless monitors placed in strategic locations measure the levels of critical toxic chemicals and communicate their measurements to a ProRAE Remote Base Station.

• ProRAE Remote, running on a standard laptop computer, feeds this information to the Plume Measurement Software that is running on the same PC.

• Weather data transmitted by a Coastal Environmental Systems WEATHERPAK® completes the information package needed for analysis.

• The Plume Measurement Software, developed by SAFER Systems, integrates the information and shows users a picture of the toxic plume, the speed at which it is spreading, and the concentration of the toxic compound.

Decision Support

• Track and validate plume impact

• Employ intelligent placement tactics for safely locating responders

• Evaluate the toxicological effect on responders and the community

• Create emergency response strategy

• Understand how long the event will persist

• Save the event for post-event analysis

• RAE Systems Rapid Deployment Kit 

• Four AreaRAE Wireless Detectors with GPS

• ProRAE Remote Software preloaded in a PC

• Complete package for charging

• Carrying case for easy transportation

• RAE Systems Rapid Deployment Kit 

• SAFER Systems powered Plume Measurement Software complete with GIS mapping data covering a single county (U.S. only; additional countries available)
  Non-U.S. customer pricing subject to local GIS data availability.

• Coastal Environmental Systems WEATHERPAK® solid-state weather station monitoring wind speed, direction, temperature, solar radiation, and humidity

• Municipal first responder

• Large event emergency planning

• Crisis management