Part of the HazChem Series.
Provides training to emergency response personnel who may be called upon to respond to a leak, spill or a fire involving ammonium nitrate, calcium hypochlorite or nitric acid. This program covers:
- Basic hazard properties of liquid and solid oxidizers
- Safety techniques for handling an emergency involving inorganic oxidizers
- Where oxidizers might be found
- What hazards are specific to each chemical
- Symptoms of exposure
- How to assist victims who have been contaminated by oxidizers
- Safe storage and handling procedures
- Incompatibility issues
- First response, size-up, protective clothing and breathing apparatus for incidents
- Isolating the scene
- Controlling vapors, containing the spill, and evacuation
- Containers, DOT placarding, NFPA markings
- Protecting water supplies
- Fire fighting, decontamination and cleaning up spills.
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HZ9610-DVD Training Film, "Inorganic Oxidizers"
HZ9610-VHS Training Film, "Inorganic Oxidizers"
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