Author: U.S. Department of Transportation Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1626363765 Category : House & Home Languages : en Pages : 352
Book Description
Does the identification number 60 indicate a toxic substance or a flammable solid, in the molten state at an elevated temperature? Does the identification number 1035 indicate ethane or butane? What is the difference between natural gas transmission pipelines and natural gas distribution pipelines? If you came upon an overturned truck on the highway that was leaking, would you be able to identify if it was hazardous and know what steps to take? Questions like these and more are answered in the Emergency Response Guidebook. Learn how to identify symbols for and vehicles carrying toxic, flammable, explosive, radioactive, or otherwise harmful substances and how to respond once an incident involving those substances has been identified. Always be prepared in situations that are unfamiliar and dangerous and know how to rectify them. Keeping this guide around at all times will ensure that, if you were to come upon a transportation situation involving hazardous substances or dangerous goods, you will be able to help keep others and yourself out of danger. With color-coded pages for quick and easy reference, this is the official manual used by first responders in the United States and Canada for transportation incidents involving dangerous goods or hazardous materials.
Author: Berne Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing ISBN: 1627178996 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 36
Book Description
Hazmat teams are responsible for cleaning up hazardous materials. Dressed in body-covering suits with hoods and visors, they protect us from liquids or gases that are harmful to people or the environment. Learn about the training, techniques, and equipment these brave men and women use, as well as when the first hazmat teams were formed and who the individuals that work on a hazmat team are. Different, real-life examples of actual hazmat clean-up missions are also discussed. This book will allow students to determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.
Author: Phillip L. Currance Publisher: Mosby/JEMS ISBN: Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 908
Book Description
This Revised Third Edition is now updated to reflect the 2005 emergency cardiac care guidelines. The need for hazardous materials emergency response has grown with the increased use of chemicals and the threat of terrorism. Designed for both the EMS field provider and first receivers in the hospital setting, this important resource provides field recognition and management guidelines for hazardous materials exposures and associated medical emergencies, including emergency care of exposed and contaminated patients. The 3rd edition has been expanded to provide responders with the information necessary to identify the scene of a terrorist act involving the use of hazardous materials, as well as triage procedures for chemical exposure and the management of a mass casualty incident. A total of 140 guidelines, cross-referenced to indexes, provide essential information on hazard classes and specific chemicals with initial hospital considerations. Descriptions of procedures, scene operations and support, medical surveillance, and suggested emergency equipment. Extensive indexes supply multiple ways to access important information to save critical time in the field. Content is updated to reflect the 2005 emergency cardiac care guidelines. Over 30 new WMD agent guidelines provide concise, consistent information on managing exposure to high-risk substances. Expanded size includes over 150 pages of new material. An expanded index and updated treatment guidelines are included. The treatment protocol section, drug protocol section, and EMS/hazardous materials operating procedures are updated and expanded. How to identify the scene of a terrorist act involving the use of hazardous materials. Information on mass casualty decontamination and crime scene identification will help reader formulate a plan before beginning to work.
Author: Robert Burke Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 1420032305 Category : House & Home Languages : en Pages : 458
Book Description
The second edition of a bestseller, Hazardous Materials Chemistry for Emergency Responders continues to provide the fundamentals of "street chemistry" required by emergency response personnel. The information presented will assist you in responding to specific chemical spills, including identifying the exact chemicals involved and their individual
Author: Dwight A. Veasey Publisher: Wiley-Interscience ISBN: Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 658
Book Description
The most comprehensive hazmat emergency response training manual following NFPA and OSHA competency criteria The choice of firefighters and other rapid response personnel for years, this user friendly manual helps first responders build their skills step-by-step to professionally handle any hazmat emergency. Organized to enhance understanding and retention—and reinforced with copious illustrations, photographs, learning exercises, and case studies—this book takes the reader from preplanning to dispatch to the stabilization of an incident, and on to post-incident critique and follow-up. New material addresses advances in protective clothing, new products for confinement and containment, and changes in the OSHA Respiratory Protection Standard, plus much more. Additional chapters cover WMDs, with sections specific to WMD response including site control, personal protective equipment, and decontamination.
Author: Rick Houghton Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 0849379695 Category : House & Home Languages : zh-CN Pages : 326
Book Description
Deliberately, accidentally, or consequentially, first responders and waste site workers handle unknown substances of varying degrees of danger every day. Unidentified chemicals involved with clandestine production of WMD agents or drugs, explosive materials, unlabeled waste, and forensic samples all pose a threat to the worker and those they prote
Author: Frank Fire, Sr. Publisher: Fire Engineering Books ISBN: 1593701942 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 625
Book Description
This book includes the HM-181 standards and new government regulations. Its focus is on the basic aspects of chemistry with regard to the specific fire theories and classes of hazardous materials that the responder is likely to face.
Author: Clyde B. Strong Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 1482256401 Category : House & Home Languages : en Pages : 247
Book Description
Management of hazardous chemicals and materials-particularly during emergency release situations-is a critical part of routine training required for workers and professionals in the chemical, petroleum and manufacturing industries. Proper storage of highly reactive chemical agents, correct choice of protective clothing and safety issues in confined
Author: Transportation Dept (U S ) Publisher: Government Printing Office ISBN: 9780160915352 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 56
Book Description
NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT-- OVERSTOCK SALE -- Signficantly reduced list price In the U.S., the response to an incident is regulated under many statues and many government agencies. It is important for responders to at least understand the basis of these regulations because they dictate everything, from how they manage a spill to the disposal of the spilt material. These regulations stipulate who should be notified and when it is not necessary, as well as what resources or assistance are available to local and state entities if the containment of a spill is beyond their capabilities. Other related products: Traffic Incident Managment Systems can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/node/38666/edit Hazard Mitigation Field Book: Roadways --Spiralbound format can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/064-000-00052-7 --ePub eBook format is available from the Apple iBookstore. "Please use the 9780160915611 to search for this product in their platform." National Traffic Incident Management Responder Training Program: Train-the-Trainer Guide is avaialble here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/050-001-00347-3 Public Roads print magazine subscription is available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/750-005-00000-4 Transportation Security resources collection can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/security-defense-law-enforcement/trans... Roads & Highways product collection can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/transportation-navigation/roads-highways"
Author: U.S. Department of Transportation
Author: National Response Team (U.S.)
Author: Berne
Author: Phillip L. Currance
Author: Robert Burke
Author: Dwight A. Veasey
Author: Rick Houghton
Author: Frank Fire, Sr.
Author: Clyde B. Strong
Author: Transportation Dept (U S )