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Hazardous materials handbook for emergency responders
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New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1996
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9780442021047
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A reference based on Surviving Hazmat, OnGUARD's comprehensive First Responder Awareness and Operations video course distributed in the US and Canada. Like the video, the handbook breaks down the hazards and response priorities according to the nine classes of hazardous chemicals as defined by the UN and the US Dept. of Transportation. It also treats all three levels of response--awareness, operational, and technical--as defined by OSHA, and helps users to comply with the latest OSHA and National Fire Protection Association training and operating requirements for hazmat responders. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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This handbook is designed and written in plain language for anyone involved in emergency response work. It could easily serve as a workbook and manual (with space allowed for student margin notes) in a hands-on training course for emergency responders, from volunteer firefighters to industrial workers. The nine classes of hazardous materials, from explosives to corrosives to radioactive materials (as defined by EPA and DOT), are outlined and discussed. The National Fire Protection Association system of diamond labels and the DOT system of placards, packaging, and transport rules are clearly reviewed. Most importantly, step-by-step instructions are given for accidents encountered for each type of hazard classification. There are also tables of physical and chemical properties of common hazardous chemicals, as well as how they impact health and safety during accidental spills or leaks. A glossary of useful terms and definitions is included in the appendix. Compared with another recently published, excellent book in the field C.B. Strong and T.R. Irvin's Emergency Response and Hazardous Chemical Management (CH, May'96), this book is a longer presentation, emphasizes the more practical and hands-on details of emergency situations, and assumes little or no background in chemistry or physical science. General; professionals; two-year technical program students. A. S. Casparian Wentworth Institute of Technology