Hazardous Material Reporting
For the sake of the environment, local wildlife, and public health and safety, hazardous materials must be properly handled and disposed of, wherever they are discovered.
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Whether it's a chemical spill, asbestos, medical waste, a gas leak, gasoline, paint, or cleaning supplies in the home, our Hazardous Material Reporting use case can help. Users can make use of our platform's suite of hyperautomation tools to:
- Report a hazardous material, a leak, or a spill.
- Request the removal of asbestos.
- Ask questions about lethal substances in the home.
- Report instances of suspected poisoning.
The Features:
- Schedule and personalize alerts that keep residents up to date on hazardous substances in their area. These alerts are compatible with multiple communication channels (text, phone, fax, and online).
- Digital forms let members of the public report hazardous materials in their area, and can also have residents consent to receive alerts and notifications via their preferred communication channel(s).
- A central landing page provides access to the various forms and resources residents will need to report hazardous materials and stay informed. This landing page can be accessed via QR code or online.
- Reports are automatically sorted based on your chosen criteria and are sent directly to the right department.
- In the event of an incident like a chemical spill or a gas leak, our live survey technology lets you receive updates from residents and first responders in the area.
Members of the public can sign up online or with a QR code to receive hazardous substance notifications and alerts. Because our data security technology integrates with your pre-existing systems, whatever data users submit during sign-up is provided an extra layer of protection.
By streamlining the management of hazardous materials and offering easy access to educational resources, Smart Governments facilitate the responsible treatment of harmful waste and protect both their residents and the environment.
The Benefits:
- Improve communications with residents regarding hazardous materials, and keep them informed regarding public health emergencies.
- By streamlining the hazardous material reporting process, Smart Governments expedite their reactions to (and minimize the impact of) harmful events like chemical spills.
- Keep the public informed with regular alerts and easy access to informative resources.
- Provide easy to follow instructions in the event that the discovery of a hazardous material becomes an evacuation order.
- Multiple communication channels keep information fully accessible, even when some services are disrupted.
- Our versatile platform integrates fully with your existing hardware and requires no coding experience.
Actions for Success
For Hazardous Substances Alerts
- Create a 360 campaign that uses a landing page, form, and welcome communication.
- Create a landing page where residents can access resources and sign up for alerts.
- Create a digital consent form residents can complete to receive alerts regarding hazardous materials and lethal substances.
- Make the landing page accessible to the public online or by QR code.
- Have residents text, go online, or scan a QR code to acess the form and subscribe to hazardous materials alerts.
- Create an emergency response sequence with scheduled alert templates. These should provide easy to follow instructions, like to shelter in place, or how to evacuate.
- When a hazardous material is discovered, launch an SMS or voice message in response:
- Launch evacuation alerts or shelter-in-place alerts depending on the incident.
- Make sure to alert only people within the specific neighborhood, city, or region.
- Use live surveys to gather information from residents, responders, and others in the area. This ensures incident managers are kept up to date.
For Lethal Substances Reporting
- Create a sequence for reporting lethal substances.
- Create a landing page with the necessary informational resources and forms.
- Make the landing page available to the public online and by QR code.
- Let residents how they can request assistance or report a lethal substance online, by text, or over the phone.
Frequently Asked Questions
Our Hazardous Material Reporting use case provides the public with a user-friendly way to report dangerous materials. Using their personal devices, residents can complete digital forms to report the location and the severity of the material, or sign up to receive useful information about hazardous materials and substances, thereby increasing community awareness.
Of the many challenges governments face regarding hazardous material incidents, some common ones include:
- A limited ability to share information with residents.
- Incorrectly filed or missing reports.
- Public health being unaware of incidents until much later.
- Members of the public not knowing how to make a report.
That is, the complications that result from an imperfect communication system and the need for hyperautomation. Think your processes could use improvement? SimplyCast’s Hazardous Material Reporting use case harnesses our expertise in email marketing automation and emergency communications to provide the perfect framework!
Smart Governments can benefit from our Hazardous Material Reporting use case in many ways, with some notable examples:
- Report from anywhere: Members of the public can use their personal mobile devices to report hazardous materials with ease.
- Improved public awareness: By allowing residents to sign up for information on hazardous materials, Smart Governments can provide accessible education regarding common materials and best practices. This lessens the risk of materials being overlooked or mishandled.
- A safer community: A convenient reporting system and accessible educational resources combine to keep your community safe from hazardous materials. By keeping your residents informed, you encourage responsible reactions that preserve the environment, avoid accidents, and reduce the need for emergency medical attention.
- Instant updates: In the event that a hazardous material is discovered, Smart Governments can schedule alerts that keep residents up to date. These alerts should be templated ahead of the emergency, and might provide information such as the nature of the material, the location of the discovery, an all clear, or even evacuation instructions. Stay in control, whatever the situation calls for.
By employing our Hazardous Material Reporting use case, your Smart Government can provide residents with regular information on what hazardous materials are common in their area, how to recogize them, and appropriate responses. All they have to do is sign up.
Just by making this content available, Smart Governments improve public safety practices and minimize the need for emergency medical intervention.
Our Hazardous Material Reporting use case boasts many technological features by employing the SimplyCast 360 tool.
SimplyCast’s 360 campaigns provide a centralized dashboard for your landing pages, forms, alerts, and anything else residents will need when making a report.
As well as SimplyCast 360, our Hazardous Material Reporting use case utilizes digital forms. Using these, members of the public can sign up for notifications and create reports, all from their own devices.