Fire Engineering's Handbook for Hazardous Materials Response

Fire Engineering’s 2019 Handbook for Hazardous Materials Response provides education on the following:

• Introduction to Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction
• Hazmat laws and regulations
• Managing hazmat/WMD incidents
• Safety considerations
• Awareness Response to Hazardous Materials
• Recognition and identification
• Initiate protective actions
• Facility and transportation Markings
• Operations Response to Hazardous Materials
• Container breaches
• Health hazards
• Incident Command System
• Mission Specific: Response to Hazardous Materials
• Types of PPE
• Testing, maintenance, and inspection
• Training
• Medical monitoring
• Victim and rescue recovery
• Response to illicit laboratories
• Incidents Involving Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction
• Chemicals and Their Properties
• Basic chemistry concepts
• Toxic materials