Last week I wrote about taking 10 minutes and calling your local fire department to review your response needs. Last night’s incident alerts had an incident that demonstrates EXACTLY what can happen when “Pre-Planning” is not done or done poorly!… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member?...
PERFECT Example of a “Pre-Planning” lapse! Read More »
In this economy, we should take 10 minutes and call our local Fire Department (FD) and discuss any changes that have been made that could impact our business. FACT: All fire departments have been forced to make cuts in recent years; some more than others, but all have had to cut their budgets. The first…...
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This week I had the pleasure of conducting an Incident Command course and in my 1-Day IC Basics course I like to challenge the students to put themselves into scenarios and to think through what needs to be done, who will be doing it, if they have been trained, if they have adequate back-up’s, etc. …...
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Hands-On Railcars – Anhydrous Ammonia (Video) Read More »
Online training program will target emergency response to anhydrous ammonia incidents…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
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Next to preventing accidents, my second love is an efficiently and safe run HAZMAT incident! Although I am no longer allowed to wear LEVEL A’s anymore (Boss thinks I do not need to engage in this level risk!!!) I still do a lot of responses each year as a HAZMAT Specialist and man do I…...
Off-Site Emergency Response Training Limitations Read More »
What is a fire door and how they are designed to work…… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
Far from it! You can find exit signs in all shapes, sizes, and colors and this is often the problem…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
Are all EXIT signs created equal? Read More »
FIRE EXTINGUISHER FATALITY Youth killed while demonstrating safe use of fire extinguisher…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...
FIRE EXTINGUISHER FATALITY and inspections Read More »
Over the years, I have had opportunities to work with some of the best HAZMAT Teams in North and South America on some really large scale incidents and through these experiences I have learned more than I could ever teach. But one thing that causes so many teams so many problems is their on-scene medical…...
SIMPLE and CHEAP methods for on-scene medical monitoring Read More »
To get a more clear answer we turn to OSHA’s Compliance Directive for HAZWOPER Enforcement (CPL-02-073-2007). But first, let’s look at how the standard defines “emergency response”… “Emergency response” is defined in 29 CFR 1910.120(a)(3) as follows: “Emergency response . . . means a response effort by employees from outside the immediate release area or…...
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HAZMAT Teams will fall under 1910.120(q), but there are sections of section(q) that direct us to other sections of 1910.120. One of these sections is the medical monitoring requirements for the team members. In this article, I will try and layout exactly what OSHA requires for each team member. NOTE: Text from the 1910.120 and…...
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