title: Lessons learned in responding to and recovering from a fire incident.
abstract: A review is presented of the response by emergency personnel, including radiation safety staff, to a fire incident in an academic radiation facility. The handling of the incident during the incident itself as well as during post-fire cleanup and recovery efforts are described. The preparation of a variety of written notification reports and the physical and procedural corrective actions taken as a result of the fire are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Radiation Safety Office, Louisiana State University, 125 Nuclear Science Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-5820, USA. weihsung@lsu.edu
authors.forename: Wei-Hsung
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Kenneth L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Matthews
authors.forename: L Max
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D005390:Fires; D008145:Louisiana; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods*; D011850:Radioactive Waste
chemical_list: D011850:Radioactive Waste