CWS Attends HazMat Conference

Last week the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s office held their Regional HazMat Emergency Response Team Conference. Nader and Martha were honored to attend. 

Beginning in 2005, the OSFM has outfitted HazMat teams with portable and vehicle-mount weather stations from CWS. 

The conference was held in Sunriver, Oregon

Over the past few years, the teams have been upgraded to the latest Magellan MX weather stations with their new apparatus through Hughes Fire Equipment. In addition to immediate situational awareness, met data from the weather stations is integrated with PEAC software for plume modeling and incident reporting. 

Having fun at the "HazMat Olympics"

CWS President Nader Khoury with Aristatek rep Renée Soriano 

BNSF Railway's HazMat trailer

Aristatek rep Renée Soriano presented the PEAC software integration.  

Justin Piper, of BNSF (CWS customer) presented on Rail Hazardous Material Response. A key point was Start Gathering Information: What are your wind and weather conditions?


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