Chemical Disasters Pathfinder: A Guide to the Literature

This guide will introduce some of the titles available in the LRC on Chemical Disasters. The various types of library materials useful in research are listed along with some examples of each type. This guide is not a comprehensive listing of sources, but is intended to be a starting point ffrom which you can begin your research.


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  • Fire and community evacuation in Apex, North Carolina, Environmental Quality Company- Full report - PDF
  • Derailment of Norfolk Southern Railway Company train 68QB119 with release of hazardous materials and fire New Brighton, Pennsylvania October 20, 2006- Full report - PDF
  • Municipal regulation of hazardous materials due to the threat of terrorism and its effect on the rail industry - Full report - PDF
  • Security threat assessments for hazmat drivers - Full report - PDF
  • Collision of Union Pacific Railroad train MHOTU-23 with BNSF Railway Company train MEAP-TUL-126-D with subsequent derailment and hazardous materials release, Macdona, Texas, June 28, 2004 - Full report - PDF
  • Chemical security 101: what you don't have can't leak, or be blown up by terrorists - Full report - PDF
  • Effectiveness of urban shelter-in-place II: residential districts-Full report - PDF
  • Chemical terrorism: US policies to reduce the chemical terror threat- Full report - PDF
  • Methanol tank explosion and fire (2 dead, 1 critically injured) Bethune Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, City of Daytona Beach, Florida, January 11, 2006 - Full report - PDF
  • Terrorism and the chemical infrastructure: protecting people and reducing vulnerabilities - Full report - PDF
  • Guidance on initial responses to suspicious letter/container with a potential biological threat - Full report - PDF
  • Guidelines to improve airport preparedness against chemical and biological terrorism - Full report - PDF

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"chemical exposures"
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"CBRN response"
 contamination
 hazmat

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  • CHEMISTRY
  • DECONTAMINATION
  • DISASTER PLANNING
  • EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE
  • EMERGENCY RESPONSE
  • ETHANOL
  • HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS
  • HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ACCIDENTS
  • HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IDENTIFICATION
  • HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSE
  • HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSE TEAMS
  • LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
  • METHANOL
  • PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
  • PUBLIC SAFETY
  • REGULATIONS
  • RISK EVALUATION
  • TERRORISM
  • TOXIC CHEMICALS
  • VAPORS

Call Numbers

  • T 55.3
  • TH 9151

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