Protecting emergency responders : personal protective equipment guidelines for structural collapse events Volume 4
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Henry H Willis; Rand Corporation.; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.; Rand Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment (Organization)
- ناشر : Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2006
- شابک / ISBN : 9780833039071
Description
Introduction -- The need for PPE guidelines : learning from the WTC tragedy -- Characterization of post-structural collapse hazards -- Emergency response to structural collapse -- Guidelines for emergency responders' PPE ensembles -- Logistics, use, and maintenance issues at a structural collapse -- Remaining challenges for protecting emergency responders at multistory-building collapse events.
This monograph serves as a technical source for National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) incident commander guidelines for emergency response immediately following large structural collapse events. It characterizes response activities and expected hazards, and develops guidelines for selecting appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE). -- Pg. 4 of cover.
