tailieunhanh - EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS - CHAPTER 7

Nhà nước và đội Haz khu vực đáp ứng Mat LOS ANGELES COUNTY NGUY HẠI TÀI LIỆU ỨNG PHÓ TEAM Trong Los Angeles County, một sự cố vật liệu nguy hiểm xảy ra mỗi ngày. Hai phần ba số các sự cố có liên quan đến sản xuất công nghiệp và xử lý trong khi khoảng 1 / 3 xảy ra trong giao thông vận tải. Chuyển động của hơn 11 triệu tấn vật liệu nguy hiểm xảy ra mỗi năm. Những vật liệu được vận chuyển hơn 900 dặm đường cao tốc nhà nước, dặm đường phố động mạch, và. | 7 State and Regional Haz Mat Response Teams LOS ANGELES COUNTY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSE TEAM In Los Angeles County one hazardous materials incident occurs each day. Two thirds of these incidents are related to industrial production and handling while approximately one third occur in transportation. Movement of over 11 million tons of hazardous materials occurs each year. These materials are transported over 900 miles of state highways 18 500 miles of arterial streets and 580 miles of railroads. The Los Angeles County Fire Department protects over million people within 50 cities and unincorporated areas of the county. Eighty-five major hazardous substance-producing facilities plus thousands of smaller industries that use or store such materials are inside county lines. In order to assess the hazard notify proper agencies and provide necessary interim measures to minimize the effect of hazardous materials releases the Los Angeles County Fire Department and its three HMRTs utilize the Incident Command System ICS which allows multi-agency or jurisdictional management of such events. A 1979 report to the county board of supervisors developed by members of 26 state local and private agencies defined a need for specialized hazardous materials response teams within the fire department. Hazardous Materials Squad 105 located in the Carson Dominguez area became operational on March 1 1982 and Squad 43 based in the City of Industry area was instituted the same year. Hazardous Materials Squad 76 became operational on December 1 1985 in Valencia. Each unit was staffed by a fire captain and four firefighters on a 24-hour basis. Every Haz Mat response requires two squads leaving one unit available for a second incident. In 1991 the . County Fire Department changed its Haz Mat emergency response operations to a task force system that required a 4-person engine company housed with the 5-person squads to be trained to the same level as the Haz Mat squads. The squad is .