Protecting emergency responders. Vol. 4, Personal protective equipment guidelines for structural collapse events / Henry H. Willis... [et al.].

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2006.Description: xxvii, 83 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:

0833039075

Other title:

Personal protective equipment guidelines for structural collapse events

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

363.3481 22

LOC classification:

HD7395.C5 P76 2006

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	363.3481 WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		900167231

Browsing Australian Emergency Management Library shelves, Collection: BOOK Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous		No cover image available No cover image available	No cover image available No cover image available			No cover image available No cover image available	No cover image available No cover image available	Next
Previous	363.3481 PRO Protecting emergency responders. safety management in disaster and terrorism response / Vol. 3 :	363.3481 SLO Report on overseas study tour 1977, to the Honourable, the Minister of Health and the Honourable, the Minister of Water Supply.	363.3481 SOC The Social organization of search and rescue : evidence from the Guadalajara gasoline explosion.	363.3481 WIL Protecting emergency responders. Vol. 4, Personal protective equipment guidelines for structural collapse events /	363.34810113 PED Pedestrian and evacuation dynamics 2005 : proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics, Vienna, Austria, 28-30 September 2005 /	363.34810284 IMP Improving the response.	363.348106073 AFT After the wind : the emergent multiorganizational search and rescue network following the Cheyenne, Wyoming tornado of July 1979.	Next

Prepared for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-83)

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.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.