Intermodal Container Emergencies: Edition 2
Jan 2017 · Jones & Bartlett Learning
Ebook
112
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About this ebook
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 © 2018 | 112 pages
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