1

Hazardous Materials: Overview

2

2

Hazardous Materials: Properties and Effects

18

3

Recognizing and Identifying the Hazards

44

4

Estimating Potential Harm and Planning a Response

80

5

Implementing the Planned Response

108

6

Terrorism

132

7

Mission-Specific Competencies: Personal Protective Equipment

156

8

Mission-Specific Competencies: Technical Decontamination

184

9

Mission-Specific Competencies: Mass Decontamination

200

10

Mission-Specific Competencies: Evidence Preservation and Sampling

218

11

Mission-Specific Competencies: Product Control

240

12

Mission-Specific Competencies: Victim Rescue and Recovery

262

13

Mission-Specific Competencies: Response to Illicit Laboratories

290

14

Mission-Specific Competencies: Air Monitoring and Sampling

304

Appendix A

An Extract From: Nfpa^®472, Standard for Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents

324

Appendix B

An Extract From: Nfpa^®473, Standard for Competencies for EMS Personnel Responding to Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction in Cidents

346

Appendix C

O5ha 1910.120, Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response

360

Appendix D

NFPA 472 Correlation Guide

402

Glossary

406

Index

419

Credits

427