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IESO Presenting at 2010 KY Governor’s Safety Conference
Dr. Scott Harris has been accepted to present at the 2010 Governor’s Safety and Health Conference in Louisville, KY. On May 5 Scott will present “Macdona, TX Derailment and Chlorine Release.” Our web visitors can download an exclusive copy of Scott’s presentation, including audio from 911 and emergency dispatch calls.
So, what happened in Macdona? On June 28, 2004 a predawn train collision and derailment just outside of San Antonio released 60 tons of chlorine in less than three minutes. Misunderstood initial 911 calls sent responders on a “smoke run,” nearly killing the first arriving units. Misinformation, fatalities,
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Outbreaks and Getting Back Online
It seems the news these days often 
carries stories about viral, bacterial and related disease outbreaks. We all hear and worry about the “usual suspects” such as Norwalk Virus on cruise ships (“cruise ship virus”) or whether we can catch TB, flu or other diseases on an airplane (yes). Even hospitals are not safe from these threats. Johns Hopkins Hospital had a Norwalk outbreak in 2004, described as “one of at least 24” in Maryland in just the first half of that year. That incident lasted three months, sent 13 employees to the emergency room or the hospital, and cost JHH over $650,000. Across the country hospitalized patients are contracting clostridium difficile (c. diff), with up to 438 patients dying every day.
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Tagged "antibiotic resistant", "clean up", "cleanup office", "cleanup school", "cruise ship virus", "Dr. Scott Harris", "ieso llc", "iesollc", "kenneth Harris", "Kenneth Scott Harris", "national decon team", "norwalk virus", "outbreak coverage", "return to service", "Scott Harris PHD", "Scott Harris", "staph infection", "super bugs", anthrax, biohazard, cleanup, decon, decontamination, disease, disinfect, disinfection, flu, FOSC, FOSCs, germs, hospital, IESO, mdr-tb, mrsa, ndt, norwalk, office, osc, OSCs, outbreak, outbreaks, school, staph, tb, who, xdr-tb
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Guidance on the Use of Chemical Countermeasures on Inland Oil Spills
Guidance on the Use of Chemical Countermeasures on Inland Oil Spills
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) recognizes the major role of local government responders, such as firefighters, as the first line of defense for mitigating threats to public health and the environment from spills of oil and hazardous substances, and tries to provide them with the tools necessary to safely and effectively mitigate such incidents. Chemical countermeasures (CCMs) are one of those tools, but their use must be authorized and carefully managed. This article describes that process where countermeasures are proposed for use on inland events such as fuel spills that may affect navigable waters. These may include surface waters and conduits to them, including road ditches and storm drains, though the exact definition remains in flux.
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Tagged "chemical countermeasure", "Chemical Countermeasures", "Dr. Scott Harris", "first responder liability", "fuel spill", "fuel spills", "iesollc", "inland oil spill", "inland oil spills", "kenneth Harris", "Kenneth Scott Harris", "navigable waters", "oil spills", "product schedule", "Scott Harris PHD", "Scott Harris", "subpart j", CCM, CCMs, dispersant, dispersants, EPA, IESO, ncp, nrc, osc, rrt
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On Being an EPA Superfund PRP
On Being an EPA Superfund PRP
CERCLA, more commonly known as Superfund, allows EPA’s Emergency Response Program to take or compel action by others at sites contaminated or potentially contaminated by hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants, and then recover costs associated with those activities. Whether an emergency response or a longer-term investigation and cleanup, EPA uses an Enforcement First Policy (EFP) to identify potentially responsible parties (PRPs) to cover the cost of any action underway or anticipated. The hunt for you will be thorough, and there is a specific 381-page manual to guide it. There is even a directory of Agency experts (PRP Search Enhancement Team) available to support the effort.
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