Drone Applications for Preventing and Responding HAZMAT Disaster

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Introduction: This article describes some possibilities of drone applications for pre-venting and responding hazardous materials disasters. Methods: Apart from reviewing the little professional literature available, the author relied on his own practical expe-rience and adopted other researchers’ related findings. He also applied logical reason-ing, systematization as well as adopting an economic approach—to assess efficiency. Results: There are two basic possibilities for the use of drones in the field of chemical disasters: one is for prevention to support the work of authorities, while the other is connected to the response to accidents or disasters. To summarize the research find-ings, the author explored the typical possibilities for use, illustrating with actual exam-ples to prove their usefulness, identified certain risks and made recommendations on further researches.

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Restas, A. (2016) Drone Applications for Preventing and Responding HAZMAT Disaster. World Journal of Engineering and Technology, 4, 76-84. doi: 10.4236/wjet.2016.43C010.

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