Re: Fire Department Permit and Radioactive Material

["Ron Amoling" <AMOLINGR@JOSLAB.HARVARD.EDU>]

I did not mean to imply that we try exclude the fire department from 
our emergency preparedness trainining simply because we (our facility 
and the fire department) both acknowledge other regulatory agencies 
"regulate"  the radioactive material.  On the contrary, we both 
realize that the BFD is the first responder to most all emergencies 
and do involve them fully with our radiation safety and industrial 
hygiene programs.

BFD inspectors regularly tour our facilities and are kept quite 
current with what hazards lie where.  We also periodically meet with 
their HAZMAT teams and train them on how to deal with situations 
involving radioactivity.  So we do have a very cooperative 
relationship with the fire department, even though they aren't 
necessarily the regulators.

Ron Amoling
amolingr@joslab.harvard.edu