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Author
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Title
Firefighter Safety Study: Review of Adequacy of Response Information on Hazardous Materials. Preliminary Report. Firefighter Safety Study Act Working Group.
Coporate
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC
Report
FA-139, October 1993, 55 p.
Distribution
AVAILABLE FROM: U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), 16825 South Seton Ave., Emmitsburg, MD 21727. Telephone: 301-447-1000. Website: http://www.usfa.fema.gov
Keywords
fire fighters | fire safety | hazardous materials | information dissemination | emergencies | training
Identifiers
evolution of public concern; emergency response problem
Abstract
This preliminary report is the result of the efforts of a group of experienced professionals from federal, state, and local governments and from the private sector who volunteered their time and experience over a 2-year period. The report focuses on the recommendations from the Technical and Field Applications Committees - the two principal working committees - with additional insight from the Coordinating Committee. This report is not intended as a scientific analysis in the traditional sense. Instead, it largely represents the collective judgment of the experts who servied on the three committees, backed by a review of literature and collection of data.