A guide to the selection of personal protective equipment for use in responding to a release of chemical warfare agents
Recognition by the US Army that a potential threat to the public from continued storage was potentially as great a threat as from transportation and the final demilitarization of chemical agents gave rise to the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP). CSEPP is a civilian community emergency preparedness program complementing the Department of Defense`s initiative to destroy domestic stockpiles of aged chemical warface munitions. An incident involving chemical warfare agents requires a unique hazardous materials (HAZMAT) response. As with any HAZMAT event, federal regulations prescribe that responders must be protected from exposure to the chemical agents. But unlike other HAZMAT events, special considerations govern the selection of personal protective equipment (PPE). PPE includes all clothing, respirators and detection equipment used to respond to a chemical release. PPE can differ depending on whether responders are military or civilian personnel. FEMA requested that ORNL create training materials for CSEPP participants. These training materials were to provide information on a variety of topics and answer questions that a typical CSEPP participant might ask, including the following: how did the Army select the CSEPP recommended ensemble (i.e., protective clothing, respiratory equipment, and detection equipment); how does the CSEPP participant know this ensemble is the right PPE for chemical warfare agents and will actually protect him; what are the concept of operations and work rules? Does one need to know what the CSEPP concept of operations and work rules include? This report describes the training document ORNL created.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., Energy Div., TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-96OR22464
- OSTI ID:
- 663335
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/CP-94552; CONF-9710104-; ON: DE98000692; BR: 42WB10601; TRN: AHC29818%%172
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 11. annual academy of certified hazardous materials managers national conference, Atlantic City, NJ (United States), 5-8 Oct 1997; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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