Chemical emergency

NFPA 1991 Standard on Vapor-Protective Suits for Flazardous Chemical Emergencies, 1994 edition. National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA. 

Croner Publications Ltd (1986) Dangerous Chemicals Emergency First-aid Guide, 2nd edn. 

WaiTcn, P.J. (ed.) (1985) Dangerous Chemicals, Emergency Spillage Guide, Walters Samson (UK), New Malden, SuiTcy. 

Utah Hazardous Chemical Emergency Response Commission... 

Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office Environmental Protection Agency Attn Software List OS-120... 

The handbook additionally provides an extensive overview and comparison of commercially available computer systems and software for chemical emergency planning. This section provides technical guidance for hazard analysis and identification implementing regulatory requirements and descriptions of computer applications and systems applicable under SARA Title III. 

Each employer must address what actions employees are to take when there is an unwanted release of highly hazardous chemicals. Emergency preparedness is the employer s third line of defense that will be relied on along with the second line of defense, which is to control the release of chemicals. Control releases and emergency preparedness will take place when the first line of defense to operate and maintain the process and contain the chemicals fails to stop the release. In preparing for an emergency chemical release, employers will need to decide the following ... 

The description and scheduling of a training program to teach meUiods for responding to chemical emergencies... 

Chemical Emergency Preparedness Program Interim Guidance, Chemical Profiles, 2 vols., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 1985. 

EPCRA22 is intended to help communities prepare to respond in the event of a chemical emergency, and to increase the public s knowledge of the presence and threat of hazardous chemicals. To this end, EPCRA requires the establishment of state and local committees to prepare communities for potential chemical emergencies. The focus of the preparation is a community emergency response plan that must... 

CANUTEC Canadian Transport Emergency Center A twenty-four hour, government sponsored hot line for chemical emergencies. 

Level A Vapor protective suit for hazardous chemical emergencies. 

Liquid Splash-Protective Suits for Hazardous Chemical Emergencies - NFPA 1992. Quincy, MA National Fire Protection Association, 1994. 

Again, it is also important to remember that chemical emergency situations can easily reach beyond the boundaries of any industrial plant. This is to be expected, especially in this age of population explosion with its characteristic urban sprawl. It is not unusual to find, for example, a chemical industrial plant site or other industrial plant that originally was isolated from city dwellers but later became surrounded on all sides by neighbors. The point is that when a chemical spill or chemical disaster occurs in an isolated area there may be no cause for general alarm however, when such a deliberate disaster occurs in the plant site as described in the sugar plant incident, it should be clear that the purpose of PSM, RMP, the Patriot Act, Homeland Security directives, OSHA s Combustible Dust NEP, and other safety/security factors is far-reaching—and absolutely critical to the survival of a free society. 

Public health notification. In this case, the first indication that chemical contamination or a chemical emergency (e.g., chemical burns) has occurred is the appearance of victims in local emergency rooms and health clinics. Chemical facilities may therefore be notified, particularly if the cause is unknown or linked to chemicals. An incident triggered by a public health notification is unique in that at least a segment of the population has been exposed to a harmful substance. If this agent is a chemical (including biotoxins), then the time between exposure and onset of symptoms may be on the order of hours, and thus there is the potential that the contaminant is still present. 

A short synopsis of the overall emergency management structure, how other industrial emergency response, contingency, and risk management plans fit into the ERP for chemical emergencies, and applicable policies, procedures, actions plans, and reference documents should be cited. Policies should include interconnect agreements with adjacent communities and just how the ERP may affect them. 

Even though no single OSHA standard is dedicated specifically to the issue of planning for chemical emergencies, all OSHA standards are written for the purpose of promoting a safe, healthy, accident-free, and hence emergency-free workplace. Therefore, OSHA standards do play a role in emergency prevention. 

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