This book is a glossary of terms and abbreviations used in the Hazardous Materials Response World. It contains definitions for everything from various government and hazardous materials management agencies to WMDs and Terrorist tools to chemical terms to Medical terminology for the effects of exposure to chemicals.
This book is a glossary of terms and abbreviations used in the Hazardous Materials Response World. It contains definitions for everything from various...
Response to Hazardous Materials incidents has changed over the years. If one was a First Responder 20-30 years ago, one had to be concerned about transportation accidents involving hazardous cargoes, fires and hazardous materials and wastes at fixed sites. While many of us were trained in the basics of Weapons of Mass Destruction, it was generally theory and few expected to have to actually respond to an incident involving these materials. Responses to Clandestine Laboratories were not as common and terrorism was something that happened elsewhere and not in the United States. Today the world...
Response to Hazardous Materials incidents has changed over the years. If one was a First Responder 20-30 years ago, one had to be concerned about tran...
