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The Department of Homeland Security is designed to be comprised of four main divisions Border and Transportation Security Emergency Preparedness and Response Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Countermeasures and Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection. In addition to the responsibilities described above, the new department is intended to ... [Pg.26]

Kalnins, R. V., Emergency Preparedness and Response, Symposium on the Characterization of Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Polymer Systems, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, New York, 1986. [Pg.176]

Onsite and Offsite Emergency Preparedness for Chemical Facilities and Chemical Transportation... [Pg.1959]

Scandinavia External verification (100%) Prosecutions and fines (75%) Transport effect (75%) Fatalities (75%) Reply card (25%) Transport incidents (25%) Emergency preparedness (25%)... [Pg.13]

Europe Water consumption (65%) Emergency preparedness (65%) Site coverage (65%) Occupational illness (60%) Triple bottom line (5%) Transport effect (20%) Prosecutions and fines (20%) Reply card (30%)... [Pg.13]

The subject of health and safety is reported in all under five parameters - fatalities (43%), lost time accidents (86%), occupational illnesses (51%), transport incidents (49%) and emergency preparedness (63%). This suggests a fair coverage of health and safety is building in chemicals CERs, which no doubt has been assisted by the inclusion of this aspect in the CEFIC environmental reporting guidelines. [Pg.15]

Lost time accidents Occupational illness Transport incidents Emergency preparedness... [Pg.124]

Emergency preparedness although safety issues and transportation incidents are discussed, no specific mention is made of any group-wide strategy for ensuring an appropriate level of emergency preparedness. [Pg.167]

The Office of Emergency Preparedness provides other emergency response teams, such as Disaster Mortuary Teams. Additionally, it has established special National Medical Response Teams to provide treatment, decontamination, and special pharmacenticals to treat np to 1,000 patients. The Metropolitan Medical Strike Teams, also established nnder this office, ensnre the continned viabihty of a jurisdiction s existing health system given the added bnrden of a WMD incident. The Metropolitan Medical Response System consists of parts of existing local systems that can be called in to provide triage, treatment, and patient decontamination. This system transports patients who have been decontaminated at the scene to other facilities as appropriate for continned care. The System also assists medical facilities in developing procednres that ensnre patients are decontaminated before they enter a facility. ... [Pg.420]

Personnel involved in chemical management activities such as transportation, emergency preparedness/response, and waste disposal in various divisions take specialized training. This training is tailored to their job function and responsibilities and meets the requirements of any applicable Federal (EPA, OSHA, DOT) laws, DOE directives, and the State of South Carolina regulations. [Pg.122]

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