Information for first responders from the National Fire Protection Association. (Environmental Health-'Net).http://www.nfpa.org/Codes/codesandstandards/hazmat/hazmat.asp This site provides free access to a number of National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) codes and documents that address hazardous materials issues affecting first responders first responder First response personnel Emergency medicine A person employed in the public sector–EMT, fire fighter, police, volunteer EMS–whose duties include provision of immediate medical care in the event of an emergency; FRs have basic emergency : * National Fire Codes documents describe recommended practices, professional-competence codes, and codes for protective ensembles. * Supplements from NFPA's best-selling best·sell·er also best seller n. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers. best Hazardous Materials Response Handbook look at the hazard analysis A hazard analysis is a process used to characterize the elements of risk. The results of a hazard analysis is the identification of unacceptable risks and the selection of means of controlling or eliminating them. process, the decontamination decontamination /de·con·tam·i·na·tion/ (de?kon-tam-i-na´shun) the freeing of a person or object of some contaminating substance, e.g., war gas, radioactive material, etc. de·con·tam·i·na·tion n. of firefighters and equipment, and emergency response to chemical or biological incidents. Users also can purchase copies of NFPA standards from this site. |
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