Patent ID: 8360781
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. A method comprising determining, as part of a response to a hazardous material emergency involving at least one hazardous material, a chemical name of the at least one hazardous material; obtaining information relating to the at least one hazardous material from a representation separating a first group of elements and a second group of elements listed on the representation and separated by a line, the representation being provided in fixed medium, the first group comprising two or more elements or chemical moieties selected from lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, scandium, yttrium, lanthanum, titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, nobelium, tantalum, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, technetium, rhenium, iron, ruthenium, osmium, cobalt, rhodium, iridium, nickel, palladium, platinum, copper, silver, gold, zinc, cadmium, mercury, aluminum, gallium, indium, thallium, germanium, tin, lead, antimony, bismuth, and polonium nitride, carbide, hydride and phosphide, the second group comprising group and two or more elements selected from hydrogen, boron, carbon, silicon, nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine, helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon; determining whether a first word in the chemical name appears in the first group on the representation, whether a second word in the chemical name appears in the first group, or whether the first word in the chemical name appears in the second group on the representation; responding to the hazardous material emergency according to a first method when the first word appears in the first group or the second word appears in the first group, the first method comprising outfitting a responder to the hazardous material emergency with protective equipment comprising a totally-encapsulating chemical-protective suit; and responding to the hazardous material emergency according to a second method when the first word does not appear in the first group, the second word does not appear in the first group, or the first word appears in the second group, the second method comprising outfitting a responder to the hazardous material emergency with protective equipment comprising hooded chemical-resistant clothing.