Goals and Objectives
- To prepare and support the industrial hygiene community by providing guidance, information, educational opportunities, and tools for all phases of an incident.
- To play a significant role in protecting the lives of our nation’s response personnel, its support staff, and the surrounding community before, during, and after an incident occurs.
Resources
- American Industrial Hygiene Association Industrial Hygienists’ Role and Responsibilities In Emergency Preparedness and Response
- IH Deployment Checklist
- IH Role in EPR
- EPR IH Reference (including links to other resources)
- Safety Officer Checklist
- Safety Officer Responsibilities
- Hazard Ladder
- Incident Action Plan Safety Analysis Instructions
- Safety Worksheet
- Specific Hazard Attachment
- ICS Compatible Site Safety and Health Plan
- ICS Compatible Site Safety and Health Plan Workfill
- Common Responses to Traumatic Events
- Dealing With Natural Disasters
- FEMA, When Disasters Strike
- OSHA Fact Sheet: Flood Clean Up
- Health and Safety Issues in Natural Disasters Guidance Document