Guidance Hazardous materials Developed and maintained by the NFCC Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 6 Relevant knowledge .............................................................................................................................. 7 Initial operational response (IOR) ...................................................................................................... 9 Specialist operational response (SOR) ............................................................................................ 10 Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive: CBRN(e) ........................................ 10 Foundation material .......................................................................................................................... 13 Legislation ............................................................................................................................................ 13 Responsibility of fire and rescue services ....................................................................................... 16 Risk management plan ...................................................................................................................... 17 Hazard - Inaccurate situational awareness: Hazardous materials ............................................. 17 Control measure - Site-Specific Risk Information (SSRI) ............................................................... 19 Control measure - Emergency response plans .............................................................................. 22 Control measure - Weather information: Hazardous materials ................................................ 23 Control measure - Safe and controlled approach: Hazardous materials ................................ 27 Control measure - Signs and symptoms of exposure .................................................................. 30 Control measure - Scene survey: Hazardous materials ............................................................... 32 Control measure - Responsible person: Hazardous materials ................................................... 36 Control measure - Multi-agency working: Hazardous materials ............................................... 37 Control measure - Deliberate reconnaissance .............................................................................. 38 Control measure - Deliberate reconnaissance: National resilience ........................................... 40 Control measure - Request National Resilience resources for detection, identification and monitoring (DIM) ......................................................................................................................... 41 Control measure - Detection, identification and monitoring (DIM) deployment ..................... 44 Control measure - Provide ongoing detection and monitoring .................................................. 46 Control measure - Detection, identification and monitoring (DIM) decontamination ........... 47 Hazard - Insufficient resources: Hazardous materials ................................................................... 48 Control measure - Additional resources: Hazardous materials ................................................. 49 Control measure - Specialist resources: Hazardous materials ................................................... 50 Control measure - Specialist advice: Hazardous materials ........................................................ 52 Control measure - Rendezvous points and marshalling areas .................................................. 56 Control measure - Request National Resilience resources for mass decontamination (MD) ......................................................................................................................................................... 58 Hazard - Exposure of responders to hazardous materials ........................................................... 60 Control measure - Safe and controlled approach: Hazardous materials ................................ 61 Control measure - Cordon controls: Hazardous materials ......................................................... 64 This content is only valid at the time of download - 24-09-2021 12:07 2 of 225 Control measure - Carry out atmospheric monitoring ................................................................ 68 Control measure - Downwind protection zones ............................................................................ 69 Control measure - Highlight avoidance routes .............................................................................. 73 Control measure - Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Hazardous Materials ..................... 74 Control measure - Respiratory protective equipment (RPE) ....................................................... 78 Control measure - Emergency exposure procedures ................................................................... 80 Control measure - Arrangements to deal with firefighter emergencies .................................... 81 Control measure - Welfare ................................................................................................................ 83 Hazard - Inaccurate situational awareness: Release or spill of a hazardous material .......... 84 Control measure - Specialist advice: Hazardous materials ........................................................ 85 Control measure - Substance identification .................................................................................. 89 Control measure - Identify substance: National resilience ......................................................... 92 Control measure - Identify cause of release or spill ..................................................................... 94 Control measure - Estimate quantity of release or spill .............................................................. 96 Control measure - Assess impact of release or spill ..................................................................... 97 Control measure - Hazardous materials assessment .................................................................. 98 Control measure - Effective communication: Hazardous materials ....................................... 100 Hazard - Release or spill of hazardous material ............................................................................ 102 Control measure - Safe and controlled approach: Hazardous materials .............................. 102 Control measure - Highlight avoidance routes ........................................................................... 105 Control measure - Cordon controls: Hazardous materials ....................................................... 106 Control measure - Downwind protection zones ......................................................................... 110 Control measure - Containment: Hazardous Materials ............................................................ 114 Control measure - Absorption: Hazardous materials ................................................................ 116 Control measure - Dilution: Hazardous materials ..................................................................... 117 Control measure - Treatment: Hazardous materials ................................................................. 118 Control measure - Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Hazardous Materials .................. 119 Control measure - Respiratory protective equipment (RPE) ..................................................... 123 Hazard - Contaminated members of the public ............................................................................ 125 Control measure - Life-saving actions .......................................................................................... 127 Control measure - Warn, inform, instruct and update people ................................................. 128 Control measure - Controlled evacuation of contaminated casualties .................................. 130 Control measure - Establish a triage sieve (adult and paediatric) .......................................... 131 Control measure - Rescue: Hazardous materials ....................................................................... 135 Control measure - Disrobe .............................................................................................................. 137 Control measure - Disrobe: Mass decontamination .................................................................. 138 Control measure - Improvised decontamination ....................................................................... 139 This content is only valid at the time of download - 24-09-2021 12:07 3 of 225 Control measure - Interim decontamination .............................................................................. 141 Control measure - Provide treatment to burns casualties ........................................................ 142 Control measure - Set up decontamination structures ............................................................. 143 Control measure - Decontaminating members of the public ................................................... 144 Control measure - Re-robing and handover of decontaminated casualties ......................... 147 Control measure - Environmental considerations for mass decontamination (MD) ........... 149 Control measure - Closing down a mass decontamination (MD)