The Texas Engineering Extension Service offers a highly effective, federally funded Spanish for Emergency Responders course at no charge to qualified...
Greg, Is this course delivered on line, there is no mention in the link on a specific class schedule which leads me to believe it is on-line. Just wondering ...
State and Local Guide (SLG) 101: Guide for All-Hazard Emergency Operations Planning This State and Local Guide (SLG) provides emergency managers and other ...
The Hazards U.S. Multi-Hazard (HAZUS-MH), is a nationally applicable standardized methodology and software program that that estimates potential losses from...
From the (draft) report ... Top ten dioxin emitting sources for the years 2000 in the US (grams/year, percent) ... Backyard barrel burning of refuse: 498.53,...
Dear Mr. Banner: I offer the OSHA 1910.120 HAZWOPER 8, 24, 40 hour course in person with fluent technical Spanish , as well as the OSHA LOTTO, OSHA Permit...
No. It is a resident course. The link got cut off in the message. If you copy then paste you will see the class schedule. Gregory T. Banner, M.S., C.E.M. ...
Source: (USA) Federal Register: December 1, 2006 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Railroad Administration Safety Advisory 2006-05 AGENCY: Federal Railroad...
Soure: (USA) Federal Register: November 30, 2006 Double Hull Standards for Vessels Carrying Oil in Bulk; U.S. Position on International Standards for Tank...
Hi list mates, One of my dangerous goods friends passed this question (see below) on to me - and I can not answer it since I have not got any experience with...
You don't necessarily need acid. Aluminum shavings and water will do it too. We had an aluminum scrap briquette plant at Boeing's Auburn, Washington [USA]...
Alton Lanier
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Dec 3, 2006 9:43 pm
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The recent assassination of the Russian Alexander Letvinyenko with Polonium 210 should have been very covert and swift action. The result so far published is...
With a scrap container it could be almost anything. I was involved in one that was caused by a cylinder of Sodium metal leaking in a container, and coming in...
We've always considered the management of scrap metal to be a potential hazmat "weak link." Scrap metal processors can often be small operations with limited...
curt.c.schmidt@...
Dec 4, 2006 4:52 pm
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Thanks, Lee. That was helpful. It appears that the term originated with MARPOL and IMO (International Maritime Organization). They changed the classification...
Terrorism and Other Public Health Emergencies: A Field Guide for Media. US Dpt of Health and Human Services. http://www.hhs.gov/emergency/mediaguide/field/ ...
Hi Alton, I knew about aluminum and water causing problems when brought into an oven, but I did not know this could happen outside the oven too. Thanks for the...
How come we have never heard of this before??? We must all band together to get the word out....<G> dave ... From: "PC" <pcjr101@...> Is this for real or...
A question for the group: The Texas Commission on Fire Protection has added to the HAZMAT Technician Curriculum: The technician trainee shall describe the heat...
... As "john kimball" john_kimball8@... noted, it's a joke. It is a send-up of the chemo-phobia that appears in the media and elsewhere from time to...
I have been to this web site before. It is a parody website where one can go, "JAYWALKING", with one you would wish to play a practical joke on. It is a trip...
Robert Latsch
Robert.Latsch@...
Dec 5, 2006 5:51 pm
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Forwarded by Dr. Sandy Bogucki. Radiation Incidents, "Manual for First Responders to a Radiological Emergency" International Atomic Energy Agency. Oct 2006. ...
It is real, but when you break it down its just water. Which can cause soil erosion, is a major component of acid rain, etc. ________________________________ ...
Heine, Craig
Craig.Heine@...
Dec 5, 2006 5:57 pm
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"Assessing Your Disaster Public Awareness Program, A guide to strengthening public education <http://www.emaponline.org/?299> ," EMAP. Oct 2006. "A...
Never heard of the Texas Commission, etc., but one has to guess they want the technician to understand the major features of heat transfer in the situation....
I must disagree with Mr. Hickman. The expansion of a cryogenic liquid as it evaporates is crucial for hazmat responders to understand, in order to be aware of...
Hmmm. evaporation is not thermal expansion and Ideal Gas Law is not heat transfer process, but please cite some examples of of asphyxiation of "hazmat"...