Real-Time Emergency Response: Oil Spill Responders Share Information Through Regional Pilot Programs
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 14:01
in Mathematics & Economics
The April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico reminded emergency managers just how critical it is to share up-to-date information in a disaster. When the oil washed up on beaches and threatened lives and property, many agencies had to coordinate rapidly to contain the threat.