First Responders

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First Responders
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What is an "EVENT"?
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Commons and Typicals

• Petroleum product releases
• Usually occur in fixed facilities
• Abandonment or intentional
• Typical exposure is inhalation
• Typical problem is

Poor response management
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What is your role?
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First Responders at the Awareness Level are
expected to recognize the presence of hazardous
materials, protect themselves appropriately, call
for help, and secure the area.
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Approach

• Upwind
• Uphill
• Upstream

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Hands Off!

• Until the nature of the incident is clearly
  determined.
• Personal Protection is Ensured.

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Identify

• Vapor clouds
• Smoke
• Injured persons
• Surrounding populations
• Dispersion pathways
• Environmental damage

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Always think of Multiple hazards
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Look for Labels Signs Placards
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Communicate

• It is imperative to communicate information
  gathered during approach and initial scene survey
  to the dispatcher to ensure actions are taken.

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Provide as much information as can be gathered

• Chemical names
• Chemical numbers
• Site conditions
• Leaks, fires, fumes
• Describe involved area
• Are there victims

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Secure the area

• Direct all non-essential personnel and general
  public away from the area.
• Establish a secure zone around the incident scene
  and set-up an access point.
• Use warning sirens if necessary

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Brief Incident Commander of scene accessment and
all actions taken
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Know Your Limits. Respond Accordingly
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Hazardous Materials Recognition and Safety
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S.I.N.

• Safety
• Isolation
• Notification

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First Operational Thought -

• Safety
• -first
• -last
• -always

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The DOs of Safety

• think safety and consider it a big deal!!!
• notify and request assistance early
• report your location
• evacuate and warn public early
• stay uphill, upgrade and upwind
• recognize your limits
• weigh risk against benefits
• remember possibility of multiple hazards
• isolate and deny entry
• communicate and coordinate
• ensure the safety of all on-scene personnel

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The DO NOTs of Safety

• DONT be overly aggressive
• DONT touch, breath or swallow it
• DONT act without a plan
• DONT act on emotion
• DONT confuse rescue with evacuation
• DONT key in on one hazard
• DONT take victims to the incident
• DONT let small amounts fool you
• DONT be lulled into a false sense of security
• DONT lose sight of your mission
• DONT get coaxed into a bad situation
• DONT have a negative safety attitude

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First Operational Priority

• Isolate
• Deny Entry

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Isolation and Deny EntryObjectives

• Control all entry points
• Control Area around Hazard
• Control Access Inside Perimeter

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Awareness vs. Operations

• Awareness
• - witness or discover a release
• - initiate and emergency response
• - notify the authorities of the release
• Operations
• - respond in a defensive fashion
• - protect persons, property environment
• - contain the release from a safe distance

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The Incident Command System (ICS)

• Is a customized, standardized response tool that
  meets the jurisdictional needs, resources and
  realities of an incident. It must be used in a
  response.
• First Responders at the Awareness Level should
  be familiar with some basic ICS operations.

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ICS (Cont.)

• Incident Commander (boss)
• First responder
• Campus Police
• Fire Department
• HAZMAT
• Orange County Health

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ICS (Cont.)

• Other Command Functions
• Safety Officer
• Public Information Officer
• Other Support Personnel

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ICS (Cont.)

• Other Support Functions
• Operations (doers)
• Logistics (getters)
• Planning Intelligence (thinkers)
• Finance Administration (payers)

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IdentificationHazard Assessment (IDHA)

• Our Goal To protect life, property and the
  environment.

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IDHA (Cont.)

• Identification and Hazard Assessment can be a
  complex long process.
• 1) Identify the material.
• 2) Assess all hazards the substance presents.
• 3) Assess physical chemical properties.
• 4) Assess variables and modifiers.
• 5) Assess behavior and outcomes.

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The Action Plan

• Required for all Hazmat events.
• Identifies the Problem.
• Identifies the Resources.
• Think/Plan before you act!

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Fitting this all Together

• Know your limitations
• Make a positive difference
• Be a part of the solution Not part of the
  problem!
• and dont forget