Title:
Hazardous materials : awareness and operations / Rob Schnepp.
Author:
Schnepp, Rob, 1961- author.
Publication Information:
Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2019]
Call Number:
FSC/FSC RESERVE
Abstract:
"Hazardous Materials Awareness and Operations, Third Edition has been completely updated to meet the competencies in the 2017 Edition of NFPA 1072: Standard for Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Emergency Response Personnel Professional Qualifications. A crosswalk has also been developed to help correlate the JPR's from the 2018 Edition of NFPA 472"-- Provided by publisher.
Edition:
Third edition.
ISBN:
9781284140705
Physical Description:
xiv, 482 pages ; 28 cm
General Note:
Revised edition of: Hazardous materials : awareness and operations. [Second edition]. 2015.
Subject Term:
Contents:
Regulations, standards, and laws -- Recognizing and identifying the hazards -- Properties and effects -- Understanding the hazards -- Estimating potential harm and planning a response -- Implementing the planned response -- Responder health and safety -- Personal protective equipment -- Technical decontamination -- Mass decontamination -- Evidence preservation and sampling -- Product control -- Victim rescue and recovery -- Response to illicit laboratories -- Operating detection, monitoring, and sampling equipment.
Personal Author:
