Protecting emergency responders, Volume 2: Community views of safety and health risks and personal protection needs

Firefighters, law enforcement officers, and emergency medical service responders play a critical role in protecting people and property in the event of fires, medical emergencies, terrorist acts, and numerous other emergencies. The authors examine the hazards that responders face and the personal pr...

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Main Author: LaTourrette, Tom
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA Rand, Science and Technology Policy Institute 2003, 2003
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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505 0 |a Introduction -- Overview of the emergency responder community -- Protecting firefighters -- Protecting emergency medical service responders -- Protecting law enforcement responders -- Protecting hazmat and anti-terrorism responders -- Systems-level protection issues -- Procurement and logistics -- Putting community views to work 
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520 |a Firefighters, law enforcement officers, and emergency medical service responders play a critical role in protecting people and property in the event of fires, medical emergencies, terrorist acts, and numerous other emergencies. The authors examine the hazards that responders face and the personal protective technology needed to contend with those hazards. The findings are based on in-depth discussions with 190 members of the emergency responder community and are intended to help define the protective technology needs of responders and develop a comprehensive personal protective technology re