| Continuing Challenge. The
16th Annual Continuing Challenge - Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Workshop will
once again provide the most prominent and skilled presenters from the haz-mat emergency
response field. Featured are exciting classroom sessions and outdoor workshops in sunny
California. CHRIS Manual. US Coast Guard CHRIS (Chemical Hazards Response Information
System) on line.
Chemlinks. Chemlinks is an online, searchable
database containing links to Websites in a variety of categories that are related in some
way to industrial chemical safety. In most cases there is also a brief description of what
the Website offers.
US EPA. EPA's mission is to protect human health
and to safeguard the natural environment — air, water, and land — upon which
life depends. For 30 years, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for
the American people.
EPA Chemical Emergency
Preparedness and Prevention Office. EPA's CEPPO provides leadership, advocacy, and assistance to: 1)
Prevent and prepare for chemical emergencies; 2) Respond to environmental crises; and 3)
Inform the public about chemical hazards in their community.
US DOT Office of Hazardous
Materials Safety. The
Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, which is within the United States Department of
Transportation's Research and Special Programs Administration, is responsible for
coordinating a national safety program for the transportation of hazardous materials by
air, rail, highway and water.
NAERG 2000. Download the North American Emergency
Response Guidebook 2000 from the US DOT web site.
ATSDR. US Department of Public Heath and Human
Services Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).
US NRT. US National Response Team. National
oil and hazardous substance preparedness and response. |
CDC. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC serves as the
national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental
health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of
the people of the United States. NIOSH. The National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the Federal agency responsible for conducting research and
making recommendations for the prevention of work-related disease and injury. The
Institute is part of the CDC.
FEMA. Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Firehouse.com.
Free training page from
Firehouse magazine.
MSU ORCBS.
Michigan State University
Office of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Safety. Collection of MSDS and other
resources from several universities and manufacturers.
HAZWOPER.
Hazardous waste operations
and emergency response. - 1910.120 from the US Department of Labor, Occupational Safety
and Health Administration
CAMEO, Aloha and MARPLOT.
US EPA Computer Aided
Management of Emergency Operations.
US DOT Research and Special Programs
Administration. As
one of nine major agencies of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT), the
Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) provides vital services to America's
dynamic multimodal transportation system. Its safety and research programs strengthen the
nation's industrial competitiveness, especially in a global economy where intermodal
transportation is essential. |
