Hazardous Materials Incidents, 3E
Keeping hazardous materials
responders up-to-date with national concerns and emerging
technologies, Hazardous Materials Incidents, 3E continues to
provide practical knowledge of how to effectively and safely respond
to hazardous materials incidents.
This book has been updated to
cover the competencies of the 2008 Edition of NFPA 472
Standard including comprehensive coverage of Awareness, Operations
and Ops + levels.
Technical information is
translated through a reader-friendly straight-forward approach,
making this an essential manual for risk based response training.
Features:
- Conforms to current Occupational Safety and
Health Association (OSHA) standards, and the 2008 Edition
of NFPA Standard 472, including a Correlation Grid linking NFPA
Standard requirements with page numbers
- New case studies stress the importance of
learning from incidents and provide advice for preparing for the
unexpected
- Emphasizes safety throughout the book to
help prevent injuries and deaths related to response to hazardous
materials incidents
- Explores new air monitoring technology,
ensuring that emergency responders are equipped with the necessary
knowledge to accurately identify unknown substances
- Addresses terrorism, including a step by
step section for accessing terrorist threats, and new sections on
the threat of radiation helping responders prepare for these
events
- Suitable for fire service, law enforcement,
disaster management and terrorism training courses, as well as any
HazMat courses at the Awareness and Operations training levels
Contents:
Hazardous Materials: Laws, Regulations,
and Standards
Recognition and Identification
Information Resources
Protection
Protective Actions
Product Control and Air Monitoring
Terrorism Awareness
HazMat and Law Enforcement
Softcover
320 Pages -
8-1/2 x 11 in.
Copyright 2009
About the Author:
Chris Hawley is a Deputy Program
Manager for Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) and is responsible
for several WMD courses within the DOD/FBI/DHS International
Counterproliferation Program.
Previous to his international work, Chris
retired as a Fire Specialist with the Baltimore County Fire
Department and was responsible for the coordination of the Hazardous
Materials Response Team and the Advanced Technical Rescue Team along
with two team leaders.
Chris has designed innovative programs in
hazardous materials and anti-terrorism and has assisted in the
development of many other training programs provided by the National
Fire Academy, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and U.S. Secret
Service.
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Hazardous Materials (HazMat) / Hazardous
Locations
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