On-Scene Response and Personnel Protection for Hazardous Material Incidents.

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Plan Element

Plan Reference

7.10 On-Scene Response and Personnel Protection for

Hazardous Material Incidents.

For emergencies involving the actual or potential release of

hazardous materials, the plan should provide that:

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Role of Incident Commander. The senior emergency

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response official responding to an emergency should

(q)(3);

become the individual in charge of a site-specific

40 CFR

Incident Command System (ICS) (i.e. the Incident

300.150(a);

EMG-PA

Commander). All emergency responders and their

C.5.b;

communications should be coordinated and controlled

EMG-FE E.3.c

through the Incident Commander. The Incident

Commander should be responsible for implementing

response operations and for protection of response

personnel.

Note: The "senior official" at an emergency response is

the most senior official on the scene who has the

responsibility for controlling the operations at the scene.

Initially it is the senior officer on the first-due piece of

responding emergency apparatus to arrive on the incident

scene. As more senior officers arrive (e.g., battalion

chief, fire chief, emergency coordinator, etc.) the position

is passed up the line of authority which has been

previously established.

b. On-Scene Personnel Protection.

The plan should include methods for management and

minimization of exposure to hazardous materials on the

part of emergency responders, including the following: