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Overview
The only training manual of its kind, this reference provides step-by-step guidance for training your facility and on-site commanders to respond to a hazardous materials spill in accordance with OSHA's HAZWOPER standard. Based on the author's successful two-day course, this book explains the Incident Command System, a hazardous materials management system that can be customized for the unique needs of each facility and each emergency. Incident commanders will learn how to manage an emergency response team, how to develop facility emergency response plans, and how to develop a facility incident command structure. Special features include a list of emergency response planning resources, sample forms for reporting and recording training, and sample decontamination plans.
Synopsis
The only training manual of its kind, this reference provides step-by-step guidance for training your facility and on-site commanders to respond to a hazardous materials spill in accordance with OSHA's HAZWOPER standard. Based on the author's successful two-day course, this book explains the Incident Command System, a hazardous materials management system that can be customized for the unique needs of each facility and each emergency. Incident commanders will learn how to manage an emergency response team, how to develop facility emergency response plans, and how to develop a facility incident command structure. Special features include a list of emergency response planning resources, sample forms for reporting and recording training, and sample decontamination plans.
Booknews
Provides step-by-step guidelines for training industrial facilities' emergency responders under OSHA's HAZWOPER standard. Explains the Incident Command System and tells incident commanders how to manage an emergency response team, and how to develop emergency response plans and an incident command structure. Contains practical information on auditing, local and federal response systems, decontamination, spill prevention, and personal protective equipment. Includes a list of resources, sample forms and plans, lists of regulated substances, examples of exercises, and local and state planning requirements. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.