P.D. Hazmat

[BillKaneEMT]

A buddy of mine who works in Chicago now sent me this. He found it on an ambulance crew's Facebook site and decided to share it around. Gave me a chuckle. Enjoy

[Vorenus]

LOL.

I haven`t heard of the thumb rule so far. Makes sense.

[Bernhard]

"Never pass the first downed officer on scene".

[Richard B the EMT]

Rule of Thumb: If you are unable to block the view of a scene with the thumb at full arm extension, you're too damn close. Retreat further back, while remaining uphill, upstream, and upwind of any liquids or vapors both visible or invisible, eminating from the incident.

[cprted]

In BC, most cities have policing services provided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Our rule of thumb is: vertical yellow stripe=safe scene, horizontal yellow stripe=dangerous scene.

[DoccRobb]

You should be able to view the whole scene through the hole in your doughnut, the glaze shouldn't be blowing in your face (upwind) throw it in the river and it should float toward the scene (upstream) throw it on the ground and it should roll toward the scene (uphill)

Pd hazmat 101

[Chief1C]

Unless of course you have a police agency who doesn't respond until you arrive and determine that their assistance is needed. Then you're pretty well screwed.

[DFIB]

Cover this with your thumb.

[Richard B the EMT]

I admit that DoccRobb and my postings of positioning at a HazMat is not cookie cutter in nature. Train tank cars are a way different category than, say, a double-bottom tanker trailer (2 or more trailers pulled by one truck)

[DFIB]

I thought the policeman did good. He wasn't in the blast radius. I remembered that video from training and decided I would share.

Edited October 9, 2012 by DFIB