ASTM F1011-86(1994)e1
(Guide)Standard Guide for Developing a Hazardous Materials Training Curriculum for Initial Response Personnel
Standard Guide for Developing a Hazardous Materials Training Curriculum for Initial Response Personnel
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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 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 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.
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Designation: F 1011 – 86 (Reapproved 1994)
Standard Guide for
Developing a Hazardous Materials Training Curriculum for
Initial Response Personnel
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 1011; 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 (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
e NOTE—Section 10 was added editorially in September 1994.
1. Scope 49 CFR 173—Shippers—General Requirements for Ship-
ments and Packagings
1.1 This guide covers a format for a hazardous materials
2.2 Other Documents:
spill initial response team training curriculum. This guide is
DOT-P5800.2—DOT Emergency Response Guide Book
designed to assist trainers of initial response personnel in
NIOSH/OSHA—Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
assessing the content of training curriculum by providing
Emergency Handling of Hazardous Materials in Surface
guidelines for subject content against which these curricula
Transportation
may be evaluated. The guide should be tailored by the trainer
OSHA 20 or Materials Safety Data Sheets
to fit specific circumstances that are present in the community
or industry where a spill may occur.
3. Summary of Guide
1.2 Sections 56789 of this guide identify those training
3.1 This guide covers the following areas:
areas that should be considered in a curriculum. The area of
3.1.1 Preplanning,
preplanning is listed and this topic should be seriously consid-
3.1.2 Initial Assessment,
ered by the user. Training is only a small part of an overall spill
3.1.3 Personal Safety Equipment,
response contingency plan. A properly equipped and trained
3.1.4 Training, and
spill response team cannot operate without a previously agreed
3.1.5 Implementation of Plan of Attack.
plan of attack.
3.2 Preplanning covers the aspects of pre-accident planning
1.3 Currently the Code of Federal Regulation 40 CFR 112,
that should be considered by the response team members. This
40 CFR 265, and 49 CFR 173 specify that producers, handlers,
includes identification of potential hazardous chemicals, spill
and shippers of hazardous materials shall plan and train for
locations, and resource identification.
hazardous spill response. The broad interpretation of these
3.3 Initial assessment outlines those assessments that should
regulations could include the requirement to train state and
be made when arriving at the accident location to assist in the
local response organizations who may be required to handle
development of a plan of attack.
hazardous materials in an emergency spill situation. Regardless
3.4 Personal Safety Equipment discusses those safety de-
of the above regulatory requirements, training is essential to a
vices and their limitations that are available to the response
proper response in an emergency.
team members.
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
3.5 Training describes the activities that could be conducted
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
by the team on a regular basis and the improvement of training
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
plans after training exercises are completed.
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
3.6 Implementation of plans describes how and in what
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
order the plan of attack should be implemented.
2. Referenced Documents
4. Significance and Use
2.1 Federal Regulations:
2 4.1 This guide summarizes the typical contents of a course
40 CFR 112—Oil Pollution Prevention
40 CFR 265—Interim Status Standards for Owners and
Operators of Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, and
Available from U. S. Department of Transportation, 400 7th Street, S.W.,
Disposal Facilities
Washington, DC 20590.
Available from U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, 200
Independence Ave, S.W., Washington, DC 20201. Or available from U. S.
This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F-20 on Hazardous Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20210.
Substances and Oil Spill Responseand is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee Available from the Association of American Railroads/Bureau of Explosives,
F20.21 on Initial Response Actions. 1920 L Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036.
Current edition approved June 27, 1986. Published August 1986. OSHA 20 or Materials Safety Data Sheets are available from the specific
Available from U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. chemical manufacturers.
Copyright © ASTM, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, United States.
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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.
5.7.2.2 Establish entry procedures.
5.1.1 Fixed facilities that store or produce hazardous mate-
rials. 5.7.3 Evaluate resources that could be made available at
final spill location (refer to 5.4).
5.1.2 Routes that are used by carriers to transport hazardous
materials. 5.8 Determine vapor dispersion path for the site or route as
follows:
5.2 Determine the type of hazardous material:
5.2.1 Stored or produced. 5.8.1 Obtain normal meteorological data for area.
5.8.2 Select a dispersion model.
5.2.2 Transported:
5.2.2.1 Contact truck companies. 5.8.3 Develop vapor hazard corridor estimation procedures.
5.8.4 Develop dispersion estimates for appropriate accident
5.2.2.2 Contact rail companies.
5.3 Identify physical, chemical, and hazardous characteris- scenarios.
5.8.5 Evaluate dispersion modeling results uncertainties.
tics of each material:
5.3.1 Obtain OSHA 20 or Materials Safety Data Sheets for 5.8.6 Utilize dispersion model data in conjunction with
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 Chemical handbooks; for example, Condensed
5.10 Determine spill reporting responsibilities for the fol-
Chemical Dictionary.
lowing:
5.3.2.2 DOT-P5800.2—DOT Emergency Response Guide
Book, U. S. Department of Transportation. 5.10.1 Local.
5.10.2 State.
5.3.2.3 NIOSH/OSHA Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards,
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, U. S. 5.10.3 Federal.
5.11 Develop a response plan with site or carrier manage-
Department of Labor.
5.3.2.4 Emergency Handling of Hazardous Materials in ment.
Surface Transportation, Bureau of Explosives/Association of
6. Initial Assessment of Incident
American Railroads.
6.1 Hazardous Substance Physical Identification:
5.4 Determine the mitigation resources available to respond.
6.1.1 Identify source of spill (that is, tanker truck, railcar,
5.4.1 A suggested reference is ASTM STP 825.
storage facility).
5.4.2 Determine the number, qualifications, and location of
6.1.2 Accurately identify substance spilled and its hazards:
knowledgeable personnel:
6.1.2.1 Substance Identification:
5.4.2.1 Local community.
Department of Transportation (DOT) Placards.
5.4.2.2 Privat
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