In this Google Hangout, Fire Engineering Editor in Chief Bobby Halton discusses smoke toxicity with Rob Schnepp, Peter McBride, and Allen Rom of Fire-Dex.
ROB SCHNEPP is chief of special operations for the Alameda County (CA) Fire Department. He is the author of Hazardous Materials Awareness and Operations and an editorial advisory board member of Fire Engineering. He is a member of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Technical Committee on Hazardous Materials Response Personnel and a task force member charged with revising NFPA 473, Standard for Competencies for EMS Personnel Responding to Hazardous Materials. He is co-author and instructor of the Special Operations Program for the National Fire Academy and an instructor for the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency, providing hazmat and weapons of mass destruction training overseas. He is a founding member of the Cyanide Poisoning Treatment Coalition and a board member of the Fire Smoke Coalition.
PETER McBRIDE is a captain with the Ottawa (Canada) Fire Services. He has an extensive operational knowledge of the health and safety officer and the ISO positions and has assisted in developing numerous safety programs across North America. McBride recently sat on the Project Technical Panel, evaluating tactics for wind-driven fires, and on the NFPA 1521 Task Group. He has also contributed to NFPA 1500 and 1584.
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