The Incident Command System (ICS) is a standardized approach typically structured into five functional areas: command, operations, planning, logistics, and finance. The system allows for the integration of personnel, facilities, equipment, procedures, and communications within an organizational structure. It is a mature system and has been used by industries for a long time to aid in the proper mitigation of industrial incidents. The course named “Hazardous Materials Incident Management” is taught in the Department of Fire Protection & Safety at Oklahoma State University, which is designed to prepare students to manage hazardous materials emergencies through extensive hands‐on trainings. This article shows three design scenarios and how the ICS procedures are applied by student teams during the field trainings. Emergency response can be safely and effectively accomplished only when procedures are established and standardized through appropriate training. The discussion will help the academia and industry to well prepare/train the next generation of both public and private sector emergencyresponse personnel. © 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Process Saf Prog, 2012

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Prepared for the U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY under Contract W-31-109-Eng-38 0F m DCT ls mmm FOREWORD This is the tenth Annual Report on our Section's work on the physics and chemistry of atoms, ions, and molecules-especially their interactions with external agents such as photons and electrons. As will be seen, this year has been one of vigorous activity. Our main programs address themselves to some basic-science problems fundamental to the needs of DOE and other government agencies. For instance, the cross-section data for photoabsorption and photoionization, as well as for electron collisions, are indispensable to a sound modeling of the action of all ionizing radiations on matter, including biological substances. Further, the spectroscopic data for some molecules and clusters of molecules are crucial for the modeling of atmospheric chemistry of pollutants. Work in the above areas is supported by the Office of Health and Environmental Research, DOE. Another program concerns atomic physics essential to fusion-energy technology. This program is being supported by the Office of Magnetic Fusion. More recently, new programs have been initiated in molecular spectroscopy by the use of lasers as well as synchrotron radiation. Some of the work in these areas is conducted under financial support from the Office of Naval Research, Department of Defense, and other work is carried out in collaboration with the National Bureau of Standards, U.S. Department of Commerce. We take this opportunity to thank these agencies for their generous help which has made possible a great expansion of the scope of our work. The articles in the present report are loosely arranged according to the subject matter they treat. Papers 1-20 concern photoabsorption and its consequences. Note paper 20, which describes a new activity, i.e., studies on multiphoton processes. Papers 21-28 concern electron collisions with atoms and molecules and closely related topics. Papers 29-34 pertain to theoretical atomic physics related to radiation physics, and papers 35-37 treat fusion-related atomic physics.

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