Emergency Preparedness in the Washington Metropolitan Area: Oversight Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Government Operations and Metropolitan Affairs of the Committee on the District of Columbia, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session, on the Status of Emergency Preparedness in the Washington Metropolitan Area, and Suggestions to Improve this Region's Coordination in Times of Emergencies, February 2, and May 5, 1982 |
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... ambulances and helicopters . The crash of Palm 90 resulted in the deaths of 78 people , 4 of whom were in automobiles on the 14th Street Bridge . The National Transportation Safety Board is interviewing eyewitnesses of the rescue effort ...
... ambulances and helicopters . The crash of Palm 90 resulted in the deaths of 78 people , 4 of whom were in automobiles on the 14th Street Bridge . The National Transportation Safety Board is interviewing eyewitnesses of the rescue effort ...
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... ambulances and helicopters . The crash of Palm 90 resulted in the deaths of 78 people , four of whom were in automobiles on the 14th Street Bridge . The National Transportation Safety Board is interviewing eye witnesses of the rescue ...
... ambulances and helicopters . The crash of Palm 90 resulted in the deaths of 78 people , four of whom were in automobiles on the 14th Street Bridge . The National Transportation Safety Board is interviewing eye witnesses of the rescue ...
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... ambulance units . The experience of rescue units with respect to communications , operations , equipment or evacuation of passengers . The involvement of the District of Columbia Police Department . The experience of the hospitals ...
... ambulance units . The experience of rescue units with respect to communications , operations , equipment or evacuation of passengers . The involvement of the District of Columbia Police Department . The experience of the hospitals ...
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... ambulance units . The experience of rescue units with respect to communications , operations , equip- ment or evacuation of passengers . The involvement of the D.C. Police Department . The experience of the hospitals . Implementation of ...
... ambulance units . The experience of rescue units with respect to communications , operations , equip- ment or evacuation of passengers . The involvement of the D.C. Police Department . The experience of the hospitals . Implementation of ...
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... ambulance is maintained at each of the two airports . At Washington National , we have formal mutual aid pacts with the city of Alexandria and with the Arlington County Fire Depart- ments . At our Dulles operation , we have similar ...
... ambulance is maintained at each of the two airports . At Washington National , we have formal mutual aid pacts with the city of Alexandria and with the Arlington County Fire Depart- ments . At our Dulles operation , we have similar ...
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Page 472 - ... authority having jurisdiction and concerned with product evaluation that maintains periodic inspection of production of labeled equipment or materials and by whose labeling the manufacturer indicates compliance with appropriate standards or performance in a specified manner.
Page 528 - The logical systematic examination of a system to Identify and analyze the probability, causes and consequences of potential and real failure. FAILURE ASSESSMENT - The process by which the cause, effect, responsibility and cost of an Incident (reported problem) In the transit system Is determIned and reported.
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Page 473 - Means of egress shall be measured in units of exit width of 22 inches. Fractions of a unit shall not be counted, except that 12 inches added to one or more full units shall be counted as one-half a unit of exit width.
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Page 486 - ... existing equipment; see Standard for Screw Threads Gaskets for Fire Hose Couplings, NFPA No. 194-1968. (6) Nozzles. Nozzles shall be of an approved type. Size of nozzles for small hose shall be not larger than one-half inch. (7) Dry standpipe identification. Each hose connection on dry standpipes shall be provided with a conspicuous, durable, and permanently legible sign reading "Dry Standpipe for Fire Department Use Only.
Page 476 - General. 2411. Except as otherwise indicated in this Standard, a system shall be electrically supervised so that the occurrence of a break or a ground fault condition of its installationwiring circuits which prevents the required operation of the system, or failure of its main power supply source, will be indicated by a distinctive trouble signal. NOTE: (a) The provision of a double loop or other multiplepath conductor circuit to avoid electrical...
Page 447 - Where it is not possible to preclude the existence or occurrence of a known hazard, devices shall be employed for the timely detection of the condition and the generation of an adequate warning signal. Warning signals and their application shall be designed to minimize the probability of wrong signals or of improper personnel reaction to the signal.