Emergency service personnel

On-site Exposure of workers and emergency service personnel... 

It is hoped that this book will prove valuable to safety advisers, environmental health officers, emergency services personnel, safety representatives and those engaged in the transport or disposal of wastes — in fact, to anyone involved with chemicals in the field . 

The failnre to notify emergency service personnel promptly and accurately of the hazards... 

Miller, L. (1995). Tough guys Psychotherapeutic strategies with law enforcement and emergency services personnel. Psychotherapy 32 592-600. 

Also relevant is the Local Firefighter and Emergency Services Training Act of 1996, which authorizes the Department of Justice, in consultation with FEMA, to provide specialized training to state and local fire and emergency services personnel. 

At the scene of many radiation accidents, e.g., transport accident, first aid is provided by emergency services, such as police, civil defence, or other responders. There is no risk from exposure to those treating a contaminated or exposed individuals. However, there have been cases of emergency personnel refusing to treat contaminated individuals due to unrealistic fears of exposure or social pressures. Medical and emergency services personnel should therefore be trained to deal with a radiological emergency. 

The U.S. DOT has prepared a guidebook, from which a great deal of the information in earlier chapters has been extracted, for use by firefighters, police, and other emergency services personnel who may be the first to arrive at the scene of a hazardous materials incident. That guidebook, or in feet this publication, can be used to assist first responders in ... 

Emergency service personnel (undertaking their duties)... 

CHEMTREC s numba has been widely circulated in professional literature distributed to emergency service personnel, carriers, and the chonical industry, and has been further circulated in bulletins of governmental agencies, trade associations etc. 

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Terrorism is a covert and criminal act that provides problems for management and emergency service personnel. Many of these acts of terrorism deal with bomb incidents, bomb threats, and the taking of hostages. To be prepared, contact must be made with the local enforcement agencies, the FBI, and bomb disposal units. This allows for the assistance of more experienced personnel. 

The overall damage survey is typically carried out as part of the immediate response by emergency services personnel and local authority staff, as referred to under Rapid Physical Impact Assessment above. 

The Public Health Service in England defines them as all incidents representing an acute event in which there is, or could be, exposure of the public to chemical substances which cause, or have the potential to cause, iU health . All incidents with an ofif-site impact, as well as on-site incidents where members of the public are affected, are included in this definition and, for the purposes of the definition, hospital staff and emergency services personnel should be regarded as members of the public. 

Dealing with psychological problems in emergency services personnel... 

The key to the psychological management of exposed emergency services personnel is the occupational climate, and this responsibility... 

When we think of victims of road trauma, we tend to think of people like Jan and Noel, or Sam, or Abbey, people who (as we saw in Chapter 2) have been injured in crashes and who bear the physical and mental scars of their trauma. What we tend to overlook is that many more people are affected by each and every crash. In addition to family and friends, there are the unsung people who respond to road crashes, who are tasked with the job of telling parents that their child will never come home, or who try in vain to keep someone alive despite horrific injuries. For many emergency service personnel, despite it being part of the daily routine in their working life, they are deeply affected. Here are Richard and Kate s stories. 

Actually, Richard notes that it is not only the police and other emergency services personnel that can suffer at a difficult road crash scene members of the media who have turned out to cover the story can also find it very traumatic. Journalists have a tough job to do when covering crashes they are usually pretty respectful of the... 

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