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.
Books 
- Hazardous materials incidents by Hawley, Christopher. - Citation
- The first responder's pocket guide to hazardous materials emergency response, by Levy, Jill Meryl. - Citation
- Hazardous materials guide for first responders - Citation
- NIOSH pocket guide to chemical hazards - Citation
- Emergency response handbook for chemical and biological agents and weapons – by Cashman, John R. - Citation
- Hazardous materials: strategies and tactics – by Lesak, David M. - Citation
- Hazardous materials/weapons of mass destruction response handbook - Citation
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Magazine Articles
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- “Tactical ventilation in hazmat responses” Peterson, David F. FIREHOUSE, (April 2009) - Citation
- “A new approach to hazardous materials transportation risk analysis” by Clark, Renee M. RISK ANALYSIS, (March 2009) - Citation
- “The effect of evacuation on the number of victims following hazardous chemical release”. Preston, Robert J. PREHOSPITAL EMERGENCY CARE, (January-March 2008) - Citation
- “Hazmat response decontamination”. HEALTH & SAFETY, (September 2008) - Citation
- “Introduction to chemical warfare agents”. Fire, Frank L. FIRE ENGINEERING, (November 2007) - Citation
- “Chlorine emergencies”. Reiner, Frank. CRISIS RESPONSE JOURNAL, (April 3, 2003) - Citation
- “CBRNE: the challenges and solutions”. Philpott, Don. HOMELAND DEFENSE JOURNAL, (August 2007) - Citation
- “An evolving paradigm for managing hazardous materials transportation risk”. Abkowitz, Mark D. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES, (2007) - Citation
- “Analyzing suspect powders”. Zona, Charles A. FIRE ENGINEERING, (July 2007) - Citation
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Online reports/documents/guides
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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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Multimedia Resources
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- Chemical Safety Board safety videos 2005-2008 ( 2008) [dvd] - Citation
- Anatomy of a disaster: explosion at BP Texas City refinery, March 23, 2005 (March 2008) [dvd] - Citation
- Hazardous material defensive options and objectives (2005) [dvd] - Citation
- Introduction to hazardous chemicalsBay Area (2005) [dvd] - Citation
- Mercury spill (2007) WORKING FIRE, [video journal] - Citation
- Know when to use chemical and radiological detection equipment. Part 1 (2007) HOMELAND RESPONDER [video journal] - Citation
- HazMat: EMS response (Fourth quarter 2006) 24-7 EMS [video journal] - Citation
- Hazardous materials for first responders, 3rd edition (2006) [cd-rom] - Citation
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