February 28, 2018
Control measure - Cordon controls: Toxic materials
New guidance approved for publication December 2017 NIF
February 26, 2018
Strategic Action - Assess the foreseeable storage, use and transportation of toxic substances within their response ...
Control measure - Cordon controls: Toxic materials
New guidance approved for publication December 2017 NIF
Tactical Action - Establish exclusion zones, inner and outer cordons based on level of risk from toxic material
Strategic Action - Have procedures and support arrangements with regard to recognising toxic substances and how to protect people from acute health effects
Tactical Action - Extend the initial cordon downwind for airborne toxic materials
Tactical Action - Consider additional post-incident monitoring of responders who may have been exposed to toxic/harmful material as effects may be delayed
Strategic Action - Provide processes and systems to enable emergency responders to identify toxic substances