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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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...
