HAZMAT system

In the HAZMAT system, there is a priority in establishing a hot zone, which is the area where direct contact and contamination from the released chemical takes place. It is the task of the fire and rescue services to remove casualties from this zone as soon as possible. Access to the hot zone is restricted to trained personnel, equipped with the appropriate qualify of chemical protective clothing and, if necessary, self-contained breathing apparatus. If the nature of the released hazard has not been established, the fire service personnel usually enter the hot zone wearing level A protection with a self-contained breathing apparatus. 

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The individual in eharge (the ineident eommander) of the ICS is the senior HAZMAT offieial responding to the ineident. The ineident eommander has full authority to earry out his or her responsibilities and priorities, whieh inelude proteetion of personnel, property, and the environment at the emergeney seene. An ICS must ensure that an ineident eommander is appointed and a system is established to address the praetieal aspeets of on-seene response, responder safety, and return to normal operations. 

The ability to respond effectively to an event will require first responders and HAZMAT teams to coordinate thousands of details. Development of new materials for advanced telecommunications and radar could greatly improve the current response standard. Materials that can lead to faster computers, higher-density storage, and more efficient telecommunications are vital. One example of a basic area of research that could have an impact on our ability to respond to a threat is wide bandgap semiconductors, used, for instance, in phased-array radars. The development of shipboard phased-array radar systems over the past few decades has provided the military with a very high degree of situational awareness with respect to airborne targets. 

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Chemical emergencies may result from industrial explosions, transportation accidents, police actions involving tear gas, or the intentional use of chemicals as agents of war by terrorists. The reiease of a chemical into the environment creates a HAZMAT incident that poses unique challenges for the health care system and for those individuals who participate in the response. Victims who are chemically contaminated must be decontaminated, preferably before being brought to the hos-... 

Moles TM (1999). Emergency medical services systems and HAZMAT major incidents. Resuscitation, 42, 103-107. 

Combustible dusts may be present in many different types of facilities. Common places for combustible dusts to be found are in grain elevators, flour mills, woodworking shops, and dry-bulk transport trucks. Dusts in facilities have caused many explosions over the years that have killed and injured employees. An explosion occurred in a facility on the East Coast that had many hazardous materials on site. At first, it was thought that one of the chemicals had exploded. The hre department and the hazmat team were called to the scene. Investigation revealed that the explosion occurred in a dust-collection system it was a combustible-dust explosion. Dust explosions can be prevented by proper housekeeping and maintenance practices at facilities where these types of dusts are present. 

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