The new Emergency Kit “C” Instructional Video is now available for viewing via online streaming. This new version of the video includes how to apply the C-Kit on traditional valve systems and the newer dual-valve systems. A physical DVD, with both the full-length and segmented videos, can be purchased from the CI bookstore. … Membership...
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I will encourage each of you to go pull the “owners manual” for your LEVEL A suits and spend 30 minutes reading this critical document. My days in Level A’s are nearly behind me at this stage of my career, but I just can’t let it go fully, so recently I received my new LEVEL…...
Are you maintaining your LEVEL A suits “by the book”? Read More »
Scott Safety introduced the Scott Extended Life (SEL) 30-year Cylinder into its range of cylinder options for the Air-Pak product. Offering a service life of up to 30 years and approved with both the Air-Pak 75 and Air-Pak X3 SCBA, this cylinder offering will provide customers with the opportunity to extend service life beyond that…...
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The Emergency Preparedness Issue Team has released the latest versions of: Instruction Booklet: Chlorine Institute Emergency Kit “B” for Chlorine Ton Containers (IB/B). Instruction Booklet: Chlorine Institute Emergency Kit “C” for Chlorine Tank Cars & Tank Trucks. Instructions on how to apply both the current and previous kit devices of Emergency Kit “B” and “C”…...
OSHA’s HAZWOPER (1910.120) divides emergency response into three separate areas. First, OSHA is regulating emergency response by employees at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. Second, OSHA is regulating emergency response at RCRA facilities. Third, OSHA is regulating emergency response to hazardous substance releases by employees not covered by paragraphs (l) and (p)(8) in paragraph (q). …...
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The Incident Command System (ICS) is an organized way to respond to emergencies using standard job roles, forms, and terminology. This method of organizing an emergency response is used across the government, industry, and private sector, both within the U.S. and internationally, to create a common structure that everyone understands to ensure fast and efficient…...
Electronic Incident Command System (ICS) Forms from USCG and NOAA Read More »
MEMBERS UPDATE on 4/12/14 from Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA)… On October 31, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. while anhydrous ammonia (ammonia) field application assembly was making a turn at the end of the field, the hitch connection between the application/toolbar unit and the nurse tank failed. The break-away coupling device failed to disengage, causing the threaded…...
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WARNING! Some harsh language in a very small part of the video. Hazmat teams worked to investigate a 4000-pound ammonia leak after a roof collapse at a cold storage warehouse. Take a walk with two firefighters investigating the NH3 release. Watch, listen and see if you see or hear anything that we can learn from…....
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I teach around 20 HAZMAT courses each year for industrial response teams and fire departments and the differences in how these two groups conduct their DECON can be HUGE. Almost everyone who has been through a 24-hr or 40-hr HAZMAT course has seen a 6 stage DECON up to a 20 stage DECON; but are…...
The difference in DECON Read More »
2014 is a big year for changes in the EPCRA Tier II Reporting, which by the way is due by March 1st. This year, OH EPA (and I am sure OH is not the only state) is now requiring the person responsible for the Tier II forms to obtain an “approval signature” from the responding…...
Most of us know that reporting in a “timely manner” is critical in regards to compliance with EPA reporting expectation. Most everyone can agree that 30 minutes is about as large of buffer we can expect in defining “timely”. But we are seeing a trend in our Emergency Response assessments for those facilities that sit…...
EPCRA Reporting of Releases Read More »
“Sh_t happens” is what I was told when I inquired about a recent training accident at a State Fire Academy. Professional firefighters were running a scenario involving an aircraft prop. What they ended up doing was spaying jet fuel/water mixture onto the fire via an emergency shutdown system and hand lines, causing two minor injuries…...
