Characteristics of the Incident Command System: Part 2 (USFA)
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How NOT to handle an emergency (NOX release over major highway) Video
The company in this incident is WORLD-CLASS, but even that does not exempt them from a proper and TIMELY RESPONSE. This is a “lesson to be learned” event! The company is still dealing with the fallout 3 years later. You do not want to be in their shoes!!! When the 911 Dispatch is calling you
NH3 Suppression Tarp – HIGHLY EFFECTIVE (video)
Another great video showing the HIGHLY EFFECTIVE use of a plastic tarp over a release point of Anhydrous Ammonia. Something so simple, cheap, and easy to use that can have that kind of impact makes a PLASTIC TARP a MUST HAVE in all NH3 emergency response trailers. Just MAKE SURE the tarp is 100% clean
PART II – Scene Management is a function of IC (20 Ton NH3 Release)
AMAZINGLY POOR DECISION? And I am not referring to the media team, although I question their understanding of the risks they were taking! I am talking about the IC and the decision to permit a news crew to set up lights and camera in the HOT ZONE of an active release. This is the 2nd
Standpipe Systems: Standpipe Hose Connection Clearance (USFA)
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Baltimore Derailment crossing Impact and Explosion (Video – 5/2013)
The explosion is just below and below that video is the actual crossing impact with the Gargbage truck.
National Academies Press Releases New Volume of AEGLs Publication
The National Academies Press has released the fourteenth volume ofAcute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals, a publication that covers the acute exposure guideline levels (AEGLs) for seven of the approximately 400 extremely hazardous substances that have been identified by EPA. AEGLs are exposure levels below which adverse health effects are not likely to
Employers CHOICES differ between EPA and OSHA with Emergency Response decisions
Does a PSM/RMP facility have to have an emergency response team? One of the most frequent questions I have gotten over the past several years so here is my official response: No and Yes. Thanks for reading and send donations to ….. LOL! A little consulting humor there. Seriously, the employer has choices, but ULTIMATELY
Infamous video of FF blown off Ladder Truck in Pasadena, TX
WARNING! This video may be upsetting to some viewers. Viewer discreation is advised.