ASTM F1011-07(2013)

Standard Guide for Developing a Hazardous Materials Training Curriculum for Initial Response Personnel

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
4.1 This guide summarizes the typical contents of a course to aid emergency response team training organizations in selecting important subjects for inclusion in existing or new training programs.
SCOPE
1.1 This guide covers a format for a hazardous materials spill initial response team training curriculum. This guide is designed to assist trainers of initial response personnel in assessing the content of training curriculum by providing guidelines for subject content against which these curricula may be evaluated. The guide should be tailored by the trainer to fit specific circumstances that are present in the community or industry where a spill may occur.  
1.2 Sections 56789 of this guide identify those training areas that should be considered in a curriculum. The area of preplanning is listed and this topic should be seriously considered by the user. Training is only a small part of an overall spill response contingency plan. A properly equipped and trained spill response team cannot operate without a previously agreed plan of attack.  
1.3 Currently the Code of Federal Regulation 40 CFR 112, 40 CFR 265, and 49 CFR 173 specify that producers, handlers, and shippers of hazardous materials shall plan and train for hazardous spill response. The broad interpretation of these regulations could include the requirement to train state and local response organizations who may be required to handle hazardous materials in an emergency spill situation. Regardless of the above regulatory requirements, training is essential to a proper response in an emergency.  
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 31-Mar-2013
• ICS: 13.300 - Protection against dangerous goods
• Technical Committee: F20 - Hazardous Substances and Oil Spill Response
• Drafting Committee: F20.21 - Initial Response Actions

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: F1011 − 07 (Reapproved 2013)
Standard Guide for
Developing a Hazardous Materials Training Curriculum for
Initial Response Personnel
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F1011; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 2. Referenced Documents
2.1 Federal Regulations:
1.1 This guide covers a format for a hazardous materials
40 CFR 112—Oil Pollution Prevention
spill initial response team training curriculum. This guide is
40 CFR 265—Interim Status Standards for Owners and
designed to assist trainers of initial response personnel in
Operators of Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, and
assessing the content of training curriculum by providing
Disposal Facilities
guidelines for subject content against which these curricula
49 CFR 173—Shippers—General Requirements for Ship-
may be evaluated. The guide should be tailored by the trainer
ments and Packagings
to fit specific circumstances that are present in the community
2.2 Other Documents:
or industry where a spill may occur.
2004 Emergency Response Guide Book
1.2 Sections 56789 of this guide identify those training
NIOSH Pub#2005–149,
areas that should be considered in a curriculum. The area of
NIOSH/OSHA—Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards,
preplanning is listed and this topic should be seriously consid- 4
(September 2005)
ered by the user.Training is only a small part of an overall spill
Emergency Handling of Hazardous Materials in Surface
response contingency plan. A properly equipped and trained 5
Transportation
spill response team cannot operate without a previously agreed
Materials Safety Data Sheets
plan of attack.
National Response Plan, Release Number: FNF-07–032,
1.3 Currently the Code of Federal Regulation 40 CFR 112,
Department of Homeland Security
40 CFR 265, and 49 CFR 173 specify that producers, handlers,
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and shippers of hazardous materials shall plan and train for
in Safety, Health, and Environmental Training
hazardous spill response. The broad interpretation of these
3. Summary of Guide
regulations could include the requirement to train state and
3.1 This guide covers the following areas:
local response organizations who may be required to handle
3.1.1 Preplanning,
hazardousmaterialsinanemergencyspillsituation.Regardless
3.1.2 Initial Assessment,
of the above regulatory requirements, training is essential to a
proper response in an emergency.
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Substances and Oil Spill Responseand is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee chemical manufacturers.
F20.21 on Initial Response Actions. Available from the Department of Homeland Security at http://www.dhs.gov/
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3.1.3 Personal Safety Equipment, 5.4.1 A suggested reference is ASTM STP 825.
3.1.4 Training, and 5.4.2 Determine the number, qualifications, and location of
knowledgeable personnel:
3.1.5 Implementation of Plan of Attack.
5.4.2.1 Local community.
3.2 Preplanning covers the aspects of pre-accident planning
5.4.2.2 Private industry.
that should be considered by the response team members. This
5.4.3 Determine type and quantity of mitigation equipment
includes identification of potential hazardous chemicals, spill
available:
locations, and resource identification.
5.4.3.1 Neutralizer.
3.3 Initialassessmentoutlinesthoseassessmentsthatshould
5.4.3.2 Foams.
be made when arriving at the accident location to assist in the
5.4.3.3 Water sources.
development of a plan of attack.
5.4.3.4 Sorbents.
5.4.3.5 Dispensing equipment.
3.4 Personal Safety Equipment discusses those safety de-
5.4.3.6 Containment equipment.
vices and their limitations that are available to the response
5.4.4 Determine the type, location, and method of activation
team members.
of all automatic response systems at the potential spill site.
3.5 Training describes the activities that could be conducted
5.5 Identify critical population and environment areas adja-
by the team on a regular basis and the improvement of training
cent to hazardous material sites or routes:
plans after training exercises are completed.
5.5.1 Schools, hospitals, shopping centers, etc.
3.6 Implementation of plans describes how and in what
5.5.2 Water supplies, soil conditions, recreational areas, etc.
order the plan of attack should be implemented.
5.6 Estimate the volume of the potential spill as follows:
5.6.1 Obtain potential spill volume estimates from storer,
4. Significance and Use
producer, or carrier.
4.1 This guide summarizes the typical contents of a course
5.6.2 Calculate spill volume from tankage sizes.
to aid emergency response team training organizations in
5.7 Determine spill drainage path for site or route as
selecting important subjects for inclusion in existing or new
follows:
training programs.
5.7.1 Attempt to determine the final spill location.
5.7.2 Determine accessibility to the spill location.
5. Preplanning
5.7.2.1 Establish travel route, including alternates, to the
5.1 Identify all areas subject to hazardous materials spills:
location.
5.1.1 Fixed facilities that store or produce hazardous mate-
5.7.2.2 Establish entry procedures.
rials.
5.7.3 Evaluate resources that could be made available at
5.1.2 Routes that are used by carriers to transport hazardous final spill location (refer to 5.4).
materials.
5.8 Determine vapor dispersion path for the site or route as
follows:
5.2 Determine the type of hazardous material:
5.8.1 Obtain normal meteorological data for area.
5.2.1 Stored or produced.
5.8.2 Select a dispersion model.
5.2.2 Transported:
5.8.3 Develop vapor hazard corridor estimation procedures.
5.2.2.1 Contact truck companies.
5.8.4 Develop dispersion estimates for appropriate accident
5.2.2.2 Contact rail companies.
scenarios.
5.3 Identify physical, chemical, and hazardous characteris-
5.8.5 Evaluate dispersion modeling results uncertainties.
tics of each material:
5.8.6 Utilize dispersion model data in conjunction with
5.3.1 Obtain OSHA 20 or Materials Safety Data Sheets for
population data to estimate exposure potential.
each hazardous material identified.
5.8.7 Consider specific chemical health impacts to identify
5.3.2 Suggested reference documents for data include the
population risk.
following:
5.9 Establish an evacuation plan.
5.3.2.1 American National Standard Criteria for Accep
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