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An introduction to hazardous materials
- 1. An Introduction to Hazardous Materials The Brentwood Fire Department’s Citizen Fire Academy Class of 2004
- 2. Your Instructor LT Scott Ellis Hazardous Materials Technician
- 7. Explosives
- 9. Flammable and Combustible Liquids
- 10. Flammable Solids
- 11. Oxidizers
- 12. Poisons
- 13. Radioactive
- 14. Corrosives
- 15. ORM’s
- 32. Isolation is Scene Control!!!
- 33. Initial Isolation Distances … are found in the North American Emergency Response Guidebook
- 34. Rule of Thumb Initial Isolation Distance is at least 150 feet…
- 35. THE NAERG A practical exercise…
- 41. Notification Who you gonna call?
- 43. Identification What is that stuff?
- 46. Container Shape
- 47. Markings/Colors
- 48. Placards/Labels
- 49. Shipping Papers
- 52. Protection “ Time, distance, and shielding…”
- 54. Personal Protective Equipment “ Asta lasagna, don’t get any onya”
- 58. Level C
- 59. Level D
- 60. Accountability
- 61. Decontamination
- 62. Medical Surveillance and Monitoring
- 63. Spill and Leak Control “ Damming and Diking…”
- 64. Containment
- 65. Confinement
- 66. Fire Control “ Hot stuff…”
- 67. Recovery
- 68. Termination “ All good things must come to an end…”