Includes index. "Validated by the International Fire Service Training Association."

Introduction to hazardous materials -- Hazardous materials identification -- Awareness-level actions at hazardous materials incidents -- Chemical properties and hazardous materials behavior -- Incident management -- Strategic goals and tactical objectives -- Terrorist attacks, criminal activities, and disasters -- Personal protective equipment -- Decontamination -- Product Control -- Air monitoring and sampling -- Victim rescue and recovery -- Evidence preservation and sampling -- Illicit laboratories -- Appendix: NFPA 472 competencies with chapter and page references -- OSHA plan states -- Sample standard operating guidelines -- UN class placards and labels -- Hazardous materials incident commander checklist -- Typical haz mat problems with potential mitigating strategies and tactics -- Emergency plans -- U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives: List of explosive materials -- Emergency response involving ethanol and gasoline fuel mixtures.