Author: Dottie BoydPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2
Book Description
Asbestos Information for Fire Departments
Author: Dottie BoydAsbestos and Fire
Author: Rachel MainesPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813570239
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
For much of the industrial era, asbestos was a widely acclaimed benchmark material. During its heyday, it was manufactured into nearly three thousand different products, most of which protected life and property from heat, flame, and electricity. It was used in virtually every industry from hotel keeping to military technology to chemical manufacturing, and was integral to building construction from shacks to skyscrapers in every community across the United States. Beginning in the mid-1960s, however, this once popular mineral began a rapid fall from grace as growing attention to the serious health risks associated with it began to overshadow the protections and benefits it provided. In this thought-provoking and controversial book, Rachel Maines challenges the recent vilification of asbestos by providing a historical perspective on Americans’ changing perceptions about risk. She suggests that the very success of asbestos and other fire-prevention technologies in containing deadly blazes has led to a sort of historical amnesia about the very risks they were supposed to reduce. Asbestos and Fire is not only the most thoroughly researched and balanced look at the history of asbestos, it is also an important contribution to a larger debate that considers how the risks of technological solutions should be evaluated. As technology offers us ever-increasing opportunities to protect and prevent, Maines urges that learning to accept and effectively address the unintended consequences of technological innovations is a growing part of our collective responsibility.
Asbestos-related Fibrosis Among Long-term Fire Fighters
Author: Steven MarkowitzPublisher:
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Category : Asbestos in building
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Evaluating Asbestos Exposure, Testing, and Decontamination Within the Orange County Fire Authority
Author: Kirk B. WellsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
This research has enabled the Orange County Fire Authority to develop new procedures for internal sampling, with local and out-of-state decontamination options identified. Results from this research may be found useful to other fire departments and industries facing similar concerns. Recommended were offered for the implementation of the new procedures and for future work to continue to improve firefighter safety and survival.
International Fire Fighter
Author: EPA's Asbestos Regulations
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and InvestigationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative procedure
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
Guidance for Controlling Asbestos-Containing Materials in Buildings
Author: Dale KeyesPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 078814314X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
Provides guidance on controlling asbestos-containing materials (ACM) found in buildings. Provides a current summary of data on exposure to airborne asbestos; gives survey procedures for determining if ACM is present in buildings; explains how to establish a special operations and maintenance program in a building found to contain asbestos; reviews technical issues confronted when assessing the potential for exposure to airborne asbestos, in particular indoor settings; suggests a structured process for selecting a particular course of action, and much more. Commonly referred to as the Blue Book.
Control of Asbestos in Public Buildings in the State of California
Author: California. Asbestos Assessment Task ForcePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asbestos
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Asbestos Use in Buildings
Author: Fire Protection Association StaffPublisher:
ISBN: 9780902167452
Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Author: