A friend has shared some info regarding a new fixed foam system for tank fire! The video is amazing to watch, especially if you have spent anytime on a hose line at a large diamater tank fire! This company is apparently very new and is focusing their efforts in Europe for now, but man is […]
ERPG Emergency Response Planning Guidelines (ERPG) are developed by the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA). ERPG-1 (mild effects), ERPG-2 (serious effects), and ERPG-3 (life-threatening effects) ERPGs are intended to protect “nearly all individuals” from each effect level. In establishing ERPGs, acute toxicity data as well as possible long-term effects from a single acute exposure are
Take five seconds (THATS ALL) and tell me the first thing that comes to your mind that you feel is ODD about this photo? This was NOT a drill, but an actual release of CHLORINE at a WWTP. The photo is from the article regarding the CL2 release published by the local ABC News Affiliate.
Consider this scenario A chemical facility has a processed covered by OSHA Process Safety Management standard. The facility has extensive in-house response capabilities with a well staffed and equipped HAZMAT team, which trains all of the responders to the Technician level and supervisors are trained as Incident Commanders. But is this all the training from
This is one of the most asked questions when I do HAZMAT training in the public sector. Many fire departments know when OSHA regulates them and when they do not, but those professional fire fighters and volunteer firefighters who respond to chemical releases ARE IN FACT covered by the SAME EXACT rule as private HAZMAT
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Data is derived from NIOSH’s Emergency Response Safety and Health Database PHOSGENE (CG) CAS #: 75-44-5 RTECS #: SY560000 UN #: 1076 (Guide 125) Common Names: Carbonic dichloride Carbonyl chloride Chloroformyl chloride Agent Characteristics APPEARANCE: Colorless gas above 47°F (8.2°C). Fog-like when concentrated. Colorless, fuming liquid below 47°F (8.2°C). May have the appearance of a
Data is derived from NIOSH’s Emergency Response Safety and Health Database METHANOL (UN 1230) CAS #: 67-56-1 RTECS #: PC1400000 UN #: 1230 (Guide 131) Common Names: Carbinol Methyl alcohol Wood alcohol Agent Characteristics APPEARANCE: Colorless watery liquid. DESCRIPTION: Methanol is a toxic alcohol that is used industrially as a solvent, pesticide, and alternative fuel
Data is derived from NIOSH’s Emergency Response Safety and Health Database HYDROGEN FLUORIDE/ HYDROFLUORIC ACID (UN 1052) CAS #: 7664-39-3 RTECS #: MW7875000 UN #: 1052 (hydrogen fluoride, anhydrous) (Guide 125) 1790 (hydrofluoric acid) (Guide 157) Common Names: Fluoric acid HF Fluorhydric acid Agent Characteristics APPEARANCE: Hydrogen fluoride is a colorless fuming liquid below 67°F
Data is derived from NIOSH’s Emergency Response Safety and Health Database CHLORINE (UN 1017) CAS #: 7782-50-5 RTECS #: FO2100000 UN #: 1017 (Guide 124) Common Names: Molecular chlorine Agent Characteristics APPEARANCE: Greenish-yellow gas at room temperature; clear, amber-colored liquid under increased pressure or at temperatures below -30°F (-34°C). DESCRIPTION: Chlorine is a toxic gas
Data is derived from NIOSH’s Emergency Response Safety and Health Database AMMONIA SOLUTION (UN 3318); AMMONIA, ANHYDROUS (UN 1005) CAS #: 7664-41-7 RTECS #: BO0875000 UN #: 3318 and 1005 (Guide 125) Common Names: Nitro-Sil AM-Fol Agent Characteristics APPEARANCE: Clear, colorless, gas. Clear, colorless liquid under pressure. DESCRIPTION: For the purposes of this card, ammonia refers to
A few weeks ago I had the privilege of attending a training course and working with the world famous Garden City Ammonia Program in Garden City, KS. While I was out there Jeremy Williams asked if I would participate in a podcast discussing the difference in an “emergency response” and an “incidental response” as it
