Haz Mat Operational System Description

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Haz MatIncident Considerations

• Chapter 8
• Haz Mat Operational System Description

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Haz Mat Operational System Description

• Session Objectives
• Understand how the haz mat operational system is
  applied to a haz mat incident

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Hazardous Materials Group

• Provides organizational structure necessary to
  supervise and control functions at a haz mat
  incident
• Directed by the Haz Mat Group Supervisor

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Hazardous Materials Group

• Three primary functional positions
• Entry Leader
• Decontamination Leader
• Site Access Control Leader
• Other positions
• Assistant Safety Officer/Haz Mat
• Technical Specialist

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Unified Command

• Multiple agencies share scene management
  responsibility
• Agencies that have statutory functional
  responsibility include
• Fire
• Law Enforcement
• Health

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Modular Development

• ICS positions are filled based on the
• stage the incident is in
• size of the incident
• The following slides illustrate one example of
  expanding an incident

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Haz Mat Incident
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Haz Mat Incident - Initial Response
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Haz Mat Incident - Initial Response
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Haz Mat Incident - Reinforced Response
Decon
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Support Zone
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Haz Mat Incident - Reinforced Response
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Haz Mat Incident - Multi-Division Response