Emergency Response

FIRE EXTINGUISHER FATALITY Youth killed while demonstrating safe use of fire extinguisher.

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

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

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

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.

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

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