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personal protective equipment
- Fonte1
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Airport services manual: part 1: rescue and firefighting. 4th ed. Montreal, 2015. (Doc. 9137 AN/898).
- Fonte2
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Hazards at aircraft accident sites. Montreal, 2007. (Cir. 315 AN/179).
- Nota adicional1
- Acronym in English: PPE.
- Nota adicional2
- Acronym in Portuguese: EPI.
- Contexto
- Fires and the air currents they create, and the use of foam, water or chemicals to suppress fire, can spread radioactive materials around the accident site. RFF personnel working at an aircraft incident scene or impact area should be utilizing the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) and receive the appropriate level of decontamination immediately after their duties are completed.
- Biological-hazard waste such as clothing and contaminated personal protective equipment should be disposed of appropriately according to local State requirements. Investigators should carefully pull off the outer work gloves first, then peel off the latex gloves and drop both pairs into a biological hazard disposal bag. Contaminated personal protective equipment should never be reused.
- Related Term
- confined space
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- Português
- equipamento de proteção individual