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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Willis, Henry H
• Sloss, Elizabeth M
• Bartis, James T
• Castle, Nicholas G

Titel

Protecting Emergency Responders, Volume 4 : Personal Protective Equipment Guidelines for Structural Collapse Events

Ort / Verlag

Santa Monica : RAND

Erscheinungsjahr

2006

Link zum Volltext

• JSTOR - Open Access E-Books (ZDB-39-JOA)

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Preliminaries; Preface; Contents; Summary; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Introduction; The Need for PPE Guidelines Learning from the WTC Tragedy; Characterization of Post Structural Collapse Hazards; Physical Hazards; Emergency Response to Structural Collapses; Guidelines for Emergency Responders PPE Ensembles; Logistics Use and Maintenance Issues at a Structural Collapse; Remaining Challenges for Protecting Emergency; Appendix; References
• 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). The partial or complete collapse of a multistory building creates an array of physical, chemical, and biological hazards. The most significant uncertainties are the composition and magnitude of the hazards present in the postcollapse e