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Hazardous Materials
Incidents, Third Edition - $68.95
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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
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