Chemical Protective Suits: A Fire Chief's Followup
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
On August 12,1983, a tank car loaded with dimethylamine* (DMA) located on an industrial railroad track at A. J. Chemicals (AJCHEM) in Benicia, CA, began leaking vapor from its sample line. The Benicia Fire Department was summoned four hours after the initial discovery. Of the many lessons that we were to experience during the mitigation process, the most frustrating and dangerous was the failure of the four chemical protective suits (CPS) that were used by the Benicia and San Francisco Fire Departments.
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