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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 41021 |
| CIS number |
84-97 |
| ISBN(s) |
87762-324-4 |
| Year |
1983 |
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| Author(s) |
Cashman J.R. |
| Title |
Hazardous materials emergencies, response and control |
| Bibliographic information |
Technomics Publishing Co., Inc., 851 New Holland Ave., Box 3535, Lancaster, Pa. 17604, USA, 1983. 397p. Illus. Bibl. Price: US-$45.00. |
| Abstract |
The information presented in this manual refers mostly to experience and organisations in the USA. Topics covered are: structure and duties of a hazardous materials team; description of a typical emergency involving the explosion of a propane tank-car; public safety agency response organisations, industrial response teams; strike teams; commercial response organisations; training and instruction in hazardous materials response and control; research sources and resources; impact of hazardous materials concerns on selected communities; tools of the hazardous materials trade, equipment, materials and references used by incident response teams; case histories concerning stationary plant, highway, rail, marine, pipeline, and air transport; strategies, techniques and methods of response; bibliography of reference texts. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
dangerous substances; explosive substances; emergency organization; transport of materials; flammable substances |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
USA; piping; tankers; tank wagons; tank trucks; air transport; accident descriptions; manuals; rail transport; road transport; sea transport; explosions |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
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Transport of materials
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