NFIRS HazMat

  1. Begin or open an Incident Report, and then access the Additional Reports section.

  2. Press HazMat....

    If more than one HazMat was involved, a Hazardous Material Release Detail report is completed for each HazMat released.

  3. To add a Hazardous Material Release Detail report, press Add at the bottom of the Materials section.
    1. Use the  standard chemical or trade name by which the hazardous material is commonly known for Chemical Name.

    2. Press Chem Lookup... to display a list of chemicals.

      Available chemical listings include the NFIRS Chemicals Table, the CAMEO Database, chemicals added from other HazMat Incident Reports, or FH Occupancy Chemical Inventories records.

    3. Select chemical, then press OK to add.
    4. The Release Amount and Release Unit are the amount of hazardous material released from a container expressed as a standard unit of measure. The quantity released is reported as two data elements. One is a numeric entry and expresses quantity and the other defines the unit of measure. Both must be reported for the data to be meaningful.
    5. Press Save, then Close.,
    6. Complete the remaining required information.
    1. The Cause of Release field in the Scene section is the situation present at the time and location of the incident that caused the release or threatened release of a hazardous material.
    2. The HazMat Disposition field in the Equipt, Mobile Prop & Disposition section describes whether the fire department completed the handling of the hazardous materials incident or, instead, it was released to another agency or to the property owner for completion.

 

Related topics: