Evaluation of the Resucue Services' preparedness for Chemical Accidents : User's manual for the evaluation instrument MA/CASPER

FOA has developed a computer-based instrument for evaluation of the Rescue Services´ preparedness for chemical accidents. The instrument is intended for the studying of the preparedness for accidents involving hazardous materials. The obtained results are meant to serve as basis for discussions to improve the mentioned preparedness. This document is a user´s manual for this instrument, which is based on the method Morphological Analysis (MA) and the computer program CASPER (Computer Aided Scenario and Problem Evaluation Routine).