Hazardous materials response definition

Hazardous materials response means any response to an event involving any chemical, substance, compound, mixture, or other material defined as, designated as, listed as, or having the same characteristics as any substance, compound, mixture, or material defined as, designated as, or listed as hazardous under federal or state law or regulation.
Hazardous materials response means a response to an incident involving the presence, spillage, containment or other involvement in the response of hazardous materials as defined by the Federal government or State Department of Health and Environmental Control, including but not limited to gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel, industrial chemicals, explosives, radioactive materials, poisons, biologic agent, flammables, corrosives, or other material requiring the use of specialized equipment to contain, neutralize, or remove.
Hazardous materials response means qualified members of the District of Lantzville Fire Department who provide a level of response as per the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 472 - “Hazardous Materials Awareness” only;

Examples of Hazardous materials response in a sentence

  • Standard operating guidelines for use on scene during a response shall be developed by, and for the use of, the individual Hazardous materials response teams and/or Chemical assessment teams.


More Definitions of Hazardous materials response

Hazardous materials response means the response by Fire Fighters to the discharge of a product, substance or organism included by its nature or by the Transport of Dangerous Goods regulations in any of the classes listed in the schedule of the Transport of Dangerous Goods Act.