dearborn fire department response to haz-mat incidents & how to request the haz-mat team
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Dearborn Fire Department
Response to Haz-Mat Incidents & How to Request the Haz-Mat Team.
Objectives
• To be able to respond to Hazardous Material Incident and have a general idea of how to handle the incident in a safe way.
• To be able to gather the needed information and request the Haz-Mat team.
• To learn what will be needed from the department’s firefighters and command once the Haz-Mat Team is on scene.
This Presentation will be broken down into 3 sections
• 1st Engine’s response to a Haz-Mat Incident.
• Proper way to request the Haz-Mat Team and the information needed when requesting the Team.
• What the Hazmat Team needs from YOU.
1st Engine’s response to a Haz-Mat Incident.
• Dispatch information• Arriving on scene• Information gathering• Initial Decisions• Difference between an Incident at a fixed
site versus a rail or over road incident.
Dispatch Information • Haz-Mat calls may not always come in
a Haz-Mat or WMD call.• Look for Red Flags that may indicate a
Haz-Mat run.• “DON’T RUSH IN”• If you think it might be a Haz-Mat or
WMD incident upon arrival take a cautious approach.
Dispatch Information
• Size up- check wind direction via dispatch or flag
• Apparatus positioning – if possible approach up wind, stream, and up hill.
• Keep a safe distance!
Arriving on scene
• Try to find out what happened, when it happened, and is the problem still happening.
Find out as much as you can before entering a hazardous area.
Arriving on scene
Arriving on scene
• Occupancy and/or location
• Container/vehicle shape (size and configuration)
• Markings and colors
• Placards and labels
• Papers (shipping papers, materials safety data sheets)
First Information to obtain and Initial Decisions
• What is the Chemical name
• Are there any special instructions about that chemical.
• Use your ERG ( Emergency Response Guidebook) to get the info needed to make your initial decisions on zones and scene safety
Where to find the Information you need
• Fixed sites – employees, MSDS’s, and NFPA 704 Hazard ID system
• Over the road or Rail – DOT Placarding and Rail & Road Trailer Identifification system.
• Shipping papers and Rail consist.
WMD Type Incidents
It could be a chemical or a bomb release or both. The release could be NERVE AGENTS , VESICANTS (blister agent), BLOOD AGENTS , CHOKING, IRRITANTS, or BIOLOGICAL.
Responder Actions on a WMD incident would include the
following – Notification– Security– Secondary device search**– Medical assistance– Decontamination– Documentation
• DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MOVE OR DISARM
Requesting the Hazmat Team
• What information to have before requesting.
• Who can request the Hazmat Team.
• What are the levels of response from the Hazmat Team.
• How to request the Hazmat Team.
What information to have before requesting.
• First there is no minimum amount of information needed before the Hazmat Team will respond.
• Get as much info as can be done safely and continue to get info while Team is responding.
• Information needed : Brief description of what happened, Staging area and direction to respond in from.
Who can request the Hazmat Team.
• The Engine company will notify the duty B.C. of a Incident that involves or could involve Hazardous Materials, Suspicious powder and/or WMD.
• The B.C. will respond and he will determine if the Hazmat Team will respond.
What are the levels of response from the Hazmat
Team.• A Consult
• A TAG response
• Full Team response
• The level of response can grow from a lesser level up to the level needed or can start Full Team response.
Hazmat Consult
• This is the first and minimum level response.
• With this level the B.C. can call HEMS request that they page out for a Hazmat Teamleader to call to answer questions.
• The B.C. will need to give a brief explanation of what is happening and a phone number he can be reached at.
• Example: Dearborn requesting a Consult for a White powder at a school. Call B.C ______ at 313-943-1234
Hazmat TAG Response
• The next level up in a response would be a TAG response.
• This type of response would a physical, but a limited response from the Hazmat team.
• The B.C. would do the same as for a consult but say TAG instead.
Hazmat FULL Team Response
• The last level of response would be a FULL TEAM response.
• This type of response is for a Major event that will be long in duration or large in scope.
What the Hazmat Team needs from YOU.
• Secure the Scene.
• Set up zones.
• Determine if there are any people exposed and/or contaminated.
• Gather as much information as can be done safely.
What the Hazmat Team needs from YOU.
• Occupancy and/or location
• Container/vehicle shape (size and configuration)
• Markings and colors
• Placards and labels
• Papers (shipping papers, materials safety data sheets)
Secure the Scene
• Restrict entry and exit.
• Secure any paperwork that would be relevant.
Set up zones
• Zones will be different for each incident.
• Zones can be changed as more information is obtained.
• First zones can be physical boundaries.
• Air monitoring can be used with Full PPE to assist in setting up zones.
Determine if there are any people exposed and/or contaminated
• Exposed – In the area where a release happened.
• Contaminated – Actually got the release on them.
Determine if there are any people exposed and/or contaminated
• For Contaminated victims – start thinking about DECON.
• For Exposed victims – confine them until it is determined if they are contaminated.
• If victims are in distress DECON per the information you have at hand then render aid.
Mass DECON problems
• Controlling large numbers of people.
• Using handlines for Mass DECON
• Clothing and shelter after Mass DECON
Gather as much information as can be done safely
• MSDS’s
• Paperwork of any type.
• Contact people and phone numbers
• Always when collecting information only collect what you can with the protection you have.
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