HazMat Technician
Commonly Used Abbreviations
ACGIH / American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygenists
ANSI / Americal National Standards Institute
API / American Petroleum Institute
APR / Air Purifying Respirator
ATSDR / Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
BLEVE / Boiling Liquid Expansion Vapor Explosion
CAA / Clean Air Act
CAER / Community Awareness and Emergency Response
CAMEO / Computer Aided Management of Emergency Operations
CANUTEC / Canadian Transport Emergency Center
CAS Number / Chemical Abstract Service Number
CDC / Center for Disease Control
CERCLA / Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
CFR / Code of Federal Regulations
CGI / Combustible Gas Indicator
CHEMTREC / Chemical Transportation Emergency Center
CHLOREP / Chlorine Emergency Plan
CMA / Chemical Manufacturers Association
COFC / Container on Flat Car
COLIWASA / Combined Liquid Waste Sampler
CP / Command Post
CPC / Chemical Protective Clothing
CT/NS / Computerized Telephone Notfication System
CWA / Clean Water Act
Decon / Decontamination
EBA / Emergency Breathing Apparatus
EBS / Emergency Broadcast System
EHS / Extremely Hazardous Substances
EMS / Emergency Medical Services
EOC / Emergency Operations Center
EPA / Environmental Protection Agency
ERPG-2 / Emergency Response Planning Guidelines
ERT / Emergency Response Team
FID / Flame Iionization Detector
GHMBMO / Hazardous Materials General Behavior Model
HAZCOM / Hazard Communication
HazMat / Hazardous Materials
HAZWOPER / OSHA Hazardous Wastes Operations and Emergency Response
HMRT / Hazardous Materials Response Team
IC / Incident Command
IDLH / Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health
IMS / Incident Mangement System
LC50 / Lethal Concentration, 50% Kill
LCLow / Lethal Concentration Low
LD50 / Lethal Dose, 50% Kill
LDL / Lower Detection Limit
LDLow / Lethal Dose Low
LEPC / Local Emergency Planning Committee
MDPR / Minimum Detectable Permeation Rate
MSDS / Material Safety Data Sheet
NCP / National Contingency Plan
NFPA / National Fire Protection Association
NIIMS / National Interagency Incident Management System
NIOSH / National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NOS / Not Otherwise Specified
NRC / National Response Center
NRT / National Response Team
NTSB / National Transportation Safety Board
OPA / Oil Pollution Act
ORM-D / Other Regulated Materials
OSC / On Scene Coordinator
OSHA / Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PCB / Polychlorinated Biphenyls
PEL / Permissible Exposure Limit
pH / Percent of Hydrogen
PID / Photoionization Detector
PIO / Public Information Officer
PPE / Personal Protective Equipment
PSM / Process Safety Management
RCRA / Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Rehab / Rehabilitation
REL / Recommended Exposure Level
REM / Roentgens Equivalent Man
RP / Responsible Party
RQ / Reportable Quantity
RRT / Regional Response Team
SADT / Self Accelerating Decomposition Temperature
SAR / Supplied Air Respirator
SARA / Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
SARA / State Emergency Response Commission
SCBA / Self Contained Breathing
SDL / System Detection Limit
STC / Single Trip Container
STCC / Standard Transportation Commodity Code
TI / Transportation Index
TLV-C / Threshold Limit Value-Ceiling
TLV-Odor / Threshold Limit Value-Odor
TLV-Skin / Threshold Limit Value-Skin
TLV-STEL / Threshold Limit Value-Short Term Exposure Limit
TLW-TWA / Threshold Limit Value-Time Weighted Average
TPQ / Threshold Planning Quantity