Hazardous Materials Emergencies

From the IntroductionThis book is mostly structured around first-person interviews with nationally and locally recognized experts who have been in hazardous materials response for a number of years. To aid networking the addresses and telephone numbers of all persons interviewed are listed at the end of each interview.The central narrative theme of the book has been to detail the actual methods procedures techniques tactics and lessons learned of specific hazardous materials response teams (HMRT) drawn from a number of different categories. The object is to have readers find a ready source to provide knowledge of what a teamed trained and equipped HMRT uses for methods tactics procedures tools vehicles instruments equipment strategies leak/fire/spill control prevention remedial actions decision making incidents containment or hazards. This book answers many questions for emergency responders that they may need to know tostay alive.