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…...
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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...
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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…...
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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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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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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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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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