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12、f Mass Destruction Response Program 2017 Edition This edition of NFPA 475, Recommended Practice for Organizing, Managing, and Sustaining a Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Response Program, was prepared by the Technical Committee on Hazardous Materials Response Personnel. It was issue
13、d by the Standards Council on November 11, 2016, with an effective date of December 1, 2016, and supersedes all previous editions. This edition of NFPA 475 was approved as an American National Standard on December 1, 2016. Origin and Development of NFPA 475 The 2017 edition is the rst edition of NFP
14、A 475. The initial request for a document focusing on hazardous materials/weapons of mass destruction (WMD) response programs was submitted by the Technical Committee for Hazardous Materials Response Personnel. This recommended practice addresses the organizing, managing, and sustaining of a hazardo
15、us materials/WMD response program, which includes laws, regulations, consensus standards, and guidance documents; risk analysis; planning; resource management; stafng; training; health and medical considerations; nancial management; program inuences; and developing relationships.ORGANIZING, MANAGING
16、, AND SUSTAINING A HAZARDOUS MATERIALS/WMD RESPONSE PROGRAM 475-2 2017 Edition Technical Committee on Hazardous Materials Response Personnel Gregory G. Noll, Chair Hildebrand & Noll Associates Inc., PA SE Christina M. Baxter, U.S. Department of Defense, VA E Armando S. Bevelacqua, Lake County Techni
17、cal College, FL SE H. K. Carr, H. K. Carr & Associates Inc., NJ U Rep. International Society of Fire Service Instructors Jorge A. Carrasco, Suatrans, Brazil SE Tom Clawson, Technical Resources Group, Inc., ID SE William R. Coffey, WRC Safety and Risk Consultants, PA SE Rep. American Society of Safet
18、y Engineers K. Wade Collins, Virginia Department of Emergency Management, VA C Cris DOnofrio, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, NJ E Richard C. Edinger, Chestereld County Fire & Emergency Medical Services, VA E Rep. International Association of Fire Chiefs Richard B. Emery, Emery & Associates, I
19、nc., IL SE Steven Hergenreter, Fort Dodge Fire Fighters, IAFF Local 622, IA L Rep. International Association of Fire Fighters Robert J. Ingram, Fire Department City of New York, NY E Rep. Fire Department City of New York Kristina Kreutzer, The DuPont Company, Inc., DE U Rep. CHEMTREC Troy Lilley, Ho
20、uston Fire Department, TX U Carl Makins, Jr., Charleston County Sheriffs Ofce, SC U Rep. The InterAgency Board Wayne McNett, Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation, MI U Rep. NFPA Industrial Fire Protection Section Leslie A. Miller, Fire Protection Publications, OK M Rep. International Fire Service Train
21、ing Association Thomas D. Miller, Sissonville Volunteer Fire Department, WV C Rep. National Volunteer Fire Council Ryan K. Miller, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, VA E Matthew Minson, Critical Management Programs, TX SE John F. Porter, Louisiana State Police, LA C Lawrence L. Preston, Maryland
22、 Fire and Rescue Institute, MD U Rep. North American Fire Training Directors Timothy R. Rehak, National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health, PA E Robert W. Royall, Jr., Harris County Fire Marshals Ofce, TX E Rob Schnepp, Alameda County Fire Department, CA C Danny G. Simpson, CN Railway, IL U
23、Robert Stenner, Pacic Northwest National Laboratory, WA RT Matthew E. Swingholm, Seminole Sheriffs Ofce, FL E Rep. National Tactical Ofcers Association Fred C. Terryn, U.S. Department of the Air Force, FL U Christopher Tracy, Faireld Fire Department, CT C Rep. Faireld County Hazardous Incident Respo
24、nse Team Kenneth W. Uzeloc, Calgary Fire Department, Canada E Rep. Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs Charles J. Wright, Omaha, NE SE Alternates Albert C. Bassett, Jr., Faireld County Hazardous Incident Response Team, CT C (Alt. to Christopher Tracy) Jeff Beeson, EPAB Fort Worth, TX SE (Alt. to Mat
25、thew Minson) Marcel Borlenghi, Suatrans, Brazil SE (Alt. to Jorge A. Carrasco) Hugh Connor, Utah Fire and Rescue Academy, UT U (Alt. to Lawrence L. Preston) Charles Cordova, Seattle Fire Department, WA E (Alt. to Richard C. Edinger) Travis Day, Louisiana State Police, LA C (Alt. to John F. Porter) C
26、hristopher T. Gallo, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, NJ E (Alt. to Cris DOnofrio) William E. Haskell, III, National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health, MA E (Alt. to Timothy R. Rehak) Christopher D. Hawley, Cecil County Department of Emergency Services, MD C (Alt. to Rob Schnepp) Butch
27、 Hayes, Houston Fire Department, TX U (Alt. to Troy Lilley) Christian W. Hays, Orange County Sheriffs Department, CA E (Alt. to Matthew E. Swingholm) Susan Elizabeth Henry, Calgary Fire Department, Canada E (Alt. to Kenneth W. Uzeloc) Michael S. Hildebrand, Hildebrand & Noll Associates, Inc., MD SE
28、(Alt. to Gregory G. Noll) Richard Hopkins, International Association of Fire Fighters, DC L (Alt. to Steven Hergenreter) Anthony Ippolito, CN Railway, IN U (Alt. to Danny G. Simpson) Thomas C. Jordan, Virginia Department of Emergency Management, VA C (Alt. to K. Wade Collins) Barry Lindley, The Chem
29、ours Company, WV U (Alt. to Kristina Kreutzer) Mark E. Linsley, Technical Resources Group, Inc., IA SE (Alt. to Tom Clawson) Mike Montgomery, Harris County Fire Marshals Ofce, TX E (Alt. to Robert W. Royall, Jr.) Tony J. Mussorti, Pacic Northwest National Laboratory, NY RT (Alt. to Robert Stenner) J
30、im Perkins, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations, VA E (Alt. to Ryan K. Miller) James E. Podolske, Jr., U.S. Department of the Air Force, FL U (Alt. to Fred C. Terryn) Kevin D. Quinn, Union Fire District, RI C (Alt. to Thomas D. Miller) Timothy Rice, Fire Department City of New York, NY E (Alt. to
31、Robert J. Ingram) Glen D. Rudner, Technology Test Center, CO SE (Alt. to Richard B. Emery)COMMITTEE PERSONNEL 475-3 2017 Edition John Scrivani, U.S. Department of Defense, VA E (Alt. to Christina M. Baxter) Daniel Gary Snell, Houston Fire Department, TX SE (Alt. to Charles J. Wright) Libby Snyder, F
32、ire Protection Publications, OK M (Alt. to Leslie A. Miller) Tim Topolinski, Hemlock Semiconductor, TN U (Alt. to Wayne McNett) Nonvoting Timothy P. Butters, U.S. Department of Transportation, DC E Janis M. McCarroll, US Department of Homeland Security, DC E Rep. U.S. Department of Homeland Security
33、/CBRNE Wayne E. Yoder, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, MD SE Thomas McGowan, NFPA Staff Liaison This list represents the membership at the time the Committee was balloted on the nal text of this edition. Since that time, changes in the membership may have occurred. A key to classications is fo
34、und at the back of the document. NOTE: Membership on a committee shall not in and of itself constitute an endorsement of the Association or any document developed by the committee on which the member serves. Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on the requirements for professional qualications, professional competence, training, procedures, and equipment for emergency responders to hazardous materials/weapons of mass destruction incidents.
