Lessons learned in responding to and recovering from a fire incident.
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.
Wang
Wei-Hsung
WH
Radiation Safety Office, Louisiana State University, 125 Nuclear Science Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-5820, USA. weihsung@lsu.edu
Matthews
Kenneth L
KL
Scott
L Max
LM
D005390:Fires; D008145:Louisiana; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods*; D011850:Radioactive Waste
D011850:Radioactive Waste