Re: New Jersey school incident

[Johannes Strydom <js165@prism.gatech.edu>]

(Zack Clayton ) wrote:
> 
> Last  -  Once a hazmat team is activated, they will (have to) work under the
> assumption of an unknown material that is worst case until they find out
> otherwise.   This keeps them alive to respond to other unknowns.  If I had been
> their boss I would have considered discipline or remedial training for any
> emergency responder that walked into a room and picked up an unknown with
> their bare hands without doing some classification.  They probably responded
> appropriately for their training.

I would think that if a hazmat team had ANY training in radiation, they
would have been taught that you should use a survey meter to see what
the radiation levels are.  Obviously, I wouldn't suggest going into an
unknown situation without a meter.

							Fritz Strydom
							Georgia Tech