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Understanding 1910.120 as it applies to a HAZMAT team

If your facility has a HAZMAT team (e.g. they respond to chemical spills and releases) then your facility, and more specifically your response team fall under Section (q) if 1910.120…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

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BLEVE Training Video Part 1 – EXCELLENT Info

This is a MUST SEE series of videos for ALL Emergency Responders!!!  This means HAZMAT, Rescue, EMS, etc.  Even if you are not on an ERT, but your facility has pressure vessels on site – this is a MUST SEE training video series on BLEVEs.  Engineers who install and maintain pressure vessels NEED to see…...

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BLEVE Training Video Part 2 – EXCELLENT info

This is a MUST SEE series of videos for ALL Emergency Responders!!!  This means HAZMAT, Rescue, EMS, etc.  Even if you are not on an ERT, but your facility has pressure vessels on site – this is a MUST SEE training video series on BLEVEs.  Engineers who install and maintain pressure vessels NEED to see…...

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Standpipe Systems…What is required?

If you have ever walked the stairs of a highrise building or the halls of a large hotel you have seen a “Standpipe System”. Many industrial facilities have these systems in place as well.  In fact some state fire and building codes REQUIRE these systems be “installed”.  Notice I emphasised “installed”, as most were installed,…...

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Fire Hoses on Standpipe Systems…To connect or not to connect!

Does your facility have a standpipe system?  Does the facility test the hoses and nozzles on these systems annually?  Does the facility inspect them montly? BEFORE I even say anything, let me say my DISCLAIMER…check with your local fire department(s) AND your property conservation insurer BEFORE you remove the first hose or nozzle!  Now that…...

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The OLD and NEW IDLH and a little history about the MOST important term for any HAZMAT Technician

What has changed in the definition of an IDLH atmosphere? NIOSH has removed the mention of the 30 minute time period, based on intraspecies variation factors. There is no mention of the 30-minutes in the new definition.  A little history about the IDLH designation… The concept of using respirators to protect workers in situations that…...

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Dangerous misunderstanding around a B.L.E.V.E.

A bit of info that many emergency responders do not know! A Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion (BLEVE) can occur with non-flammable materials such as cryogenics like liquid Oxygen, Nitorgen, etc. All we need to have in place for a BLEVE to occur is a material with a high vapor pressure (thus a low BP),…...

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