Oklahoma Firefighter (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 7, Ed. 1 Monday, February 1, 1988 Page: 5 of 20
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FEBRUARY, 1988 Page 5
OKLAHOMA FIREFIGHTER
Information Exchange (HM1X).
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HEATING WITHOUT GETTING BURNED
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Don’t add fuel ’til
LEARN NOT TO BURN
let the
kerosene
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heater cool down
before refueling
Adding more fuel
to a hot heater
can result in a
very hot fire
it’s cool.
It your heater runs on liquid fuel like
I 'ut at least 36 inches of empty spat e
between your portable healer and everything
else walls turniture papers and maqaznes
and people' Things that burn houldn t be
close to things that heat
SPACE
HEATERS
NEED
SPACE
Space heaters
make terrible
babysitters.
Watch for frayed
or hot wires.
Have 2 ways out,
just in case.
iophers are smart They always have two ways
at ot their home Be like a gopher Know
twi esc ape routes from every room in
, our home iust in case a fire starts And make
sure you have
Add the right fuel
and only the
right fuel.
I hat means the fuel recommended by the
manufacturer Never use substitutes or lower
grade fuels And never ever use gasoline as
a heating fuel'
So don t leave
them alone with
children about In
fact space heaters
need babysitters
An adult should
always De present
when a space
heater is in use
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merits, emergency medical services,
and state and local emergency
management agencies, according to
Cynthia Douglas, of the Department
of Transportation. The ERG, which
lists 1600 chemicals and recom-
mended emergency actions has also
been translated and distributed in
Mexico, Sweden and Japan.
In all but three states, there is one
agency that handles distribution
throughout the state and, in most
cases, the state office of emergency
management will be the point of con-
tact. Texas, Arkansas and Rhode
Island have two coordinators and
each services different areas of the
emergency response community.
Names of state coordinators can be
obtained by calling DDT at
1-800-752-6367.
A record 900,000 copies of the
Guidebook will be shipped to states
in January 1988 for distribution to
their emergency units. The state
distributors should have a copy in
each emergency vehicle within 2-8
weeks of delivery. If copies are not
received by March 1988, depart-
ments may want to check with the
state coordinator.
Individuals and private organiza-
tions desiring copies of the ERG may
purchase them from one of several
commercial suppliers. Prices may
vary among suppliers with quantities
requested. The list of commercial
suppliers and the state distributors
can be obtained by calling DOI' at
1-800-782-6367 or through the
DOT/FEMA Hazardous Materials
EPA Denies Petition To
Remove Toxic
Chemicals Under SARA
The Environmental Protection
Agency is denying a petition by the
Hall Chemical Company to delete
three metals and metal compounds
categories; cobalt and compounds,
manganese and compounds, and
nickel and compounds, from the list
of toxic chemicals under Section 313
of Title III of the Superfund Amend-
ments and Reauthorization Act of
1986. Section 313(e) allows any per-
son to petition the agency to modify
the list of toxic chemicals for which
toxic chemical release reporting is
required.
EPA's basis for denial is, for each
of the chemical categories, all
criteria that Congress listed in Sec-
tion 313 must be met.
Substances on the list of toxic
chemicals are evaluated for listing or
delisting with regard to human
health effects and environmental ef-
fects.
For further information, contact
Edward A. Klein, Director, TSCA
Assistance Office (TS-779), Office of
Toxic Substances, EPA, Room E-542,
401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC
20460, (202) 554-1411.
Credit IAFC On Scene. Vol. Two, Number
One
Give space
heaters space.
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expected to be back in the bill when
it goes out of committee. The final
version of the Uniform Product Safe-
ty Act, which amends the Consumer
Product Safety Act, calls for signifi-
cant improvement in consumer pro-
tection by holding manufacturers
responsible for any products that do
not meet certain minimum standards
or are otherwise unsafe. The
manufacturing industry, which has
been working with Congress over the
past several months with the bill s
language, is generally in full support
of HR 1115.
The bill is expected to be acted
upon when Congress returns to work
this month.
The fire fighting equipment liabili-
ty amendment contains the language
of HR 2647, which was the bill that
was introduced earlier this year by
Ohio Congressman Edward Fieghan
and with support from the Interna-
tional Association of Firefighters. As
a result of this increased emphasis
on product liability, fire chiefs
need to be more attentive to ap-
plicable federal or state safety stan-
dards to ensure that the equipment
being purchased or used is in com-
pliance with those standards.
Update On Emergency
Response Guidebooks
The states. including the District of
Columbia and Puerto Rico, will have
responsibility for the distribution of
the Emergency Response Guidebook
(ERG) to all state and local police,
sheriff departments, fire depart-
FRR~ smoke detec
./< (•)‘al 'ors that are
( , ’ O A \= in good
__4 V working
——-A»k order so
a ■ Ves • that they
can warn
'■ it a fire
should start
h 3,
New FEMA Office of
Training Organization
To Be Unveiled
Reports indicate that the Federal
Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) plans to announce its new
Office of Training sometime after
the first of the year. The new
organization will include a restruc-
turing of the National Fire Academy
with the Emergency Management
Institute, and include other training
activities conducted in other FEMA
directorates.
For further information, contact
FEMA's Office of Public Affairs,
(202) 646-4600.
Amendment To
Consumer Product
Safety Act Proposed
Congressman Dennis Eckert (OH)
has introduced an amendment to the
Uniform Product Safety Act of 1987
(HR 1115) that would hold a
manufacturer liable for injuries
resulting from the use of equipment.
The manufacturer would be held
liable if the equipment did not comp-
ly with Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA) safe-
ty standards and if the manufacturer
is unable to prove the equipment was
not in a defective condition or
unreasonably dangerous to the fire
fighter.
Although this amendment was
temporarily suspended along with
other amendments to HR 1115, it is
Che Ck the cord 'i elt 1 ’•
heaters beti nt ind dot di
the heating seas n it the
11 ird ; trayed ' a splitting I
it the ' i ud get hot V 'd have
a problem’ Have the cord
replac ed by an appliance
repair person
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