Intermodal Container Emergencies - Couverture souple

Hildebrand, Michael S.; Noll, Gregory G.; Hand, Bill

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1284112756 ISBN 13 : 9781284112757

Editeur : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2017

Synopsis

Intermodal Container Emergencies, Second Edition is designed to provide public safety and industry emergency response personnel with the background information, general procedures, and response guidelines to follow when operating at an incident involving intermodal containers. This information will assist the user in meeting the knowledge requirements of Chapter 7: Hazardous Materials Technician and certain sections will also meet the intent of NFPA 472, Chapter 14: Hazardous Materials Technician with an Intermodal Tank Specialty in National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 472: Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction. The terminology used throughout this text is based on the terms adopted by the United Nations in their text Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods--Model Regulations, Nineteenth Edition. Intermodal Container Emergencies, Second Edition contains comprehensive content covering: Intermodal container design and construction features The purpose of an intermodal container Codes, standards, and regulations related to intermodal containers Marking systems and hazardous materials placards Intermodal freight containers Non-pressure intermodal tank containers Intermodal tank containers for gases Railroad, marine, and fixed facility operations Responding to incidents involving intermodal containers Uprighting, product removal, and transfer operations Safety guidelines for transfer operations Intermodal Container Emergencies, Second Edition features include: Knowledge objectives correlated to NFPA 472, Chapter 14: Hazardous Materials Technician with an Intermodal Tank Specialty Detauled illustrations that show the inner workings of highway, railroad, and marine operations and transportation (c) 2018 112 pages

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Greg Noll and Mike Hildebrand have more than 40 years experience in industry and government. They have served as firefighters, hazardous materials technicians, incident commanders, and instructors. Greg and Mike are the co-founders of Hildebrand and Noll Associates, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in emergency planning and response. Their experience and expertise includes hazardous materials, weapons of mass destruction, and operations security (OPSEC). They are both Certified Safety Professionals and serve on the NFPA 472 Technical Committee on Hazardous Materials Response. In addition, they are recipients of the International Association of Fire Chiefs' (IAFC) John M. Eversole Lifetime Achievement Award for their leadership and contributions to further enhance the hazardous materials emergency response profession.

Captain Hand is a forty one year veteran of the Fire Service and is currently a Training Officer with the Harris County Texas Hazardous Materials Response Team in Houston Texas.' Prior to his employment with Harris County, he spent 31 years with the Houston Fire Department, retiring in September 2005.' He was a charter member of the Houston Fire Department Hazardous Materials Response Team with over twenty six years of service.' During his service with the Houston Fire Department and Harris County HMRT he has responded to over 7500 hazardous materials incidents involving hundreds of different types of chemicals and containers.' He has delivered thousands of hours of emergency response training to private, public and government sector emergency responders and executive personnel and is a frequent speaker at conferences around the country.'Captain Hand has received numerous awards in his field to include: the "Level A Award" and "John Eversole Lifetime Achievement Award" from the International Association of Fire Chief's International Hazmat Teams Conference, the "In the Zone Award" from the Hot Zone Conference, the "Red Adair Lifetime Achievement Award" from Industrial Fire World Conference, the "2006 Life Time Service Award" from the International Association of Hazardous Materials Technicians and was honored by a Proclamation from Mayor Bill White of the City of Houston, declaring March 16, 2006 "Bill Hand Day" in the City of Houston for lifetime achievement and service to the city as a founding member of the Houston Fire Department Hazardous Materials Response Team.'Captain Hand has authored several articles on Hazmat Containers and Case Studies in fire service journals.' As a Master Instructor he has also worked with the International Association of Fire Fighters for over twenty seven years in the development, writing and review of Hazardous Materials and Weapons of Mass Destruction training programs.' He has served as a subject matter expert for several Department of Homeland Security training programs.'Captain Hand was a principal in his own company for many years. His clients include Shell Oil Company, Phillips Petroleum, TEPPCO Pipeline Company, United Space Alliance, NASA Johnson Space Center, Albemarle Corporation, Kirby Inland Marine, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Dow Chemical, Lubrizol Corporation, Clean Channel Association, Emergency Film Group, Lyondell Petrochemical Corporation, Valero Petroleum Company, and Houston Marine Services. Numerous institutions of higher learning such as Lamar University, Texas A&M University, Houston Community College and the University of Houston have also been among his clients.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1284112756
• ISBN 13: 9781284112757
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 112
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible