Hazardous Materials Technician

Features

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For courses in the handling of hazardous materials ranging from 24 to 240 hour hazardous materials technician programs for emergency  responders including firefighters, law enforcement, EMS, and the military.  Also can be used in air monitoring and sample identification programs.

 

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TECHNICIAN is the only dedicated, up-to-date text to cover all key concepts, principles, and hands-on techniques associated with effective hazardous materials response. Organized to follow the logical progression of a hazmat response, it offers detailed explanations and examples addressing regulations and standards, toxicology, chemistry, information resources, PPE, air monitoring, sample identification, containers, damage assessment, product control, decontamination, ICS, response organization, and much more. Detailed step-by-step procedures are provided throughout, and complemented with online visual walkthrough guides to performing complex procedures. Historical incidents are presented for context, and response considerations for commonly encountered incidents are thoroughly discussed. Solved exercises show students how concepts are applied in realistic response scenarios, and review questions enable students to test their knowledge of each key technique.

 

Hallmark Features

 

Thoroughly covers every facet of hazmat response. Covers key hazmat concepts; operational and legal issues; biological, epidemiological, chemical, physical, and environmental concerns; materials identification and air monitoring; solid, liquid, and gas sampling; containers; damage assessment; product control options; decontamination procedures; incident command systems, and much more.

 

Gives students reliable, step-by-step response procedures for the key tasks they will encounter as hazmat technicians. Presents authoritative step-by-step procedures in each chapter, plus complementary Visual Guides online.

 

Helps students protect their personal safety as they respond to hazmat incidents. Includes a full chapter on the proper use of personal protective equipment, including chemical protective clothing and respiratory protection.

 

Shows how individual elements come together in an integrated hazardous materials response process. Ties all key concepts and techniques together in a final chapter that describes a complete process and organization for effective hazmat response.

 

Provides the historical and contextual context students need. Includes Hazmat History sections discussing events that have shaped the evolution of hazmat response.

 

Helps students drill more deeply into key topics. Contains Hazmat Handle boxes to reinforce crucial information, as well as extensive Internet resources for further exploration.

 

Helps students understand hazmat response tactics as well as techniques. Includes Hazmat Tactics sections describing response considerations for commonly encountered hazmat incidents.

 

Shows students how the information they are learning is actually applied. Presents solved exercises that demonstrate how each chapter’s information is used in actual response scenarios.

 

Gives students “hands-on” practice to test and build their mastery. Includes realistic review questions at the end of every chapter, plus additional problem-solving activities online.

 

Supports instructors in hazmat courses of any length, for any audience. Organized and designed to support hazmat classes ranging from 24 to 240 hours.

Text only. This product does NOT include a Resource Central Access Code Card. To purchase the text with a Resource Central Access Code Card, please use ISBN: 0-13-295618-7 

 

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TECHNICIAN is the only dedicated, up-to-date text to cover all key concepts, principles, and hands-on techniques associated with effective hazardous materials response. Organized to follow the logical progression of a hazmat response, it offers detailed explanations and examples addressing regulations and standards, toxicology, chemistry, information resources, PPE, air monitoring, sample identification, containers, damage assessment, product control, decontamination, ICS, response organization, and much more. Detailed step-by-step procedures are provided throughout, and complemented with online visual walkthrough guides to performing complex procedures. Historical incidents are presented for context, and response considerations for commonly encountered incidents are thoroughly discussed. Solved exercises show students how concepts are applied in realistic response scenarios, and review questions enable students to test their knowledge of each key technique.

 

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Regulations and Standards

3. Toxicology

4. Chemistry

5. Chemical and Physical Properties

6. Information Resources

7. Personal Protective Equipment

8. Detection and Air Monitoring

9. Sample Collection and Identification

10. Containers and Damage Assessment

11. Product Control

12. Decontamination

13. Incident Command System

14. Response Organization