Section D

Decontamination Natural & Terrorists CBR agent

Focus: Contractors Management

Forward

This module is paired with other sections to provide uniform expectations and expected results from all parties. The module identifies the special working parameters of decontamination, quality control clearance and describes procedures from inception to completion. This module compliments the technician section E which details the decontamination procedure.

9) Health & safety Legislation

a) Overview

b) Specific responsibilities

c) Necessity

10) Overview of CBR agents and effects

a) Overview of Risk & Hazard associated with CBR agents

i) Acute effects

ii) Chronic

iii) Routes of ingress

b) Prophylactic care

c) PPE Personal Protection Equipment. (Limitations & Use)

d) Site and Environmental problems/solutions

e) Working conditions and specific associated cost & safety elements

f) Site & personal decontamination procedures,

g) Accidental Exposure (outline only)

h) Emergency procedures (generic)

11) Incident & Command

i) Management tree

ii) Location

(i) Site office

(ii) Records

(iii) Security

(iv) Site information

iii) Emergency Procedures

a. Site-Area Closure

b. Re-location

(ii) On Call events

(iii) On Site Accidents

(iv) Pear Shape Planning

iv) Telephone contacts

v) Names & Addresses

vi) Written procedures

vii) Audit

b) Out of hours plan

i) Cascade notification

ii) Emergency action team

(i) Higher levels of protection

iii) Networking

iv) Suppliers

(i) Contact information (24 hour)

(ii) Audit

c) Secondary Events

i) Off site records

ii) Plans

iii) Networking potential

iv) Organised withdrawal

v) Secondary decontamination facility. (networking)

vi) Site Evacuation Notification method

vii) Muster Point

d) Audit

e) Logistics

i) Supply & delivery of materials

ii) Storage of materials

iii) Waste management

iv) Transport control & Safety

v) Waste disposal certification

vi) Routes to Disposal

vii) Storage facilities

f) Liaison

i) Blue light

ii) LA

iii) HSE

iv) GDS

v) Client

g) Welfare

i) Legal obligations

ii) Types of welfare

iii) Economies

iv) Necessity

v) Procedures

(i) Transit routes

(ii) Transit procedures

a.Protection

b. Controls

(iii) Decontamination

(iv) Short break procedure

12) Site Documentation

a) CDM

i) Designer

ii) Planning Supervisor

iii) Principle Contractor

b)Central location display (Availability)

c) Contractor details

d) Client details

e) Health & Safety Policy

f) COSHH Data

g) Risk & Hazard Assessments

h) Method statement

i) Equipment documentation

j) Personnel Records

k) Site attendance log (Personnel)

l) Emergency procedures

m) Emergency contact details

n) CDM documentation where applicable

o) Government or HSE special instructions/Notification

p) Details of nearest Medical assistance

q) Site safety officer & route to contact

r) Name & contact details of site first aid

s) Site medical cabinet (location) keys

13) Site Visitors

a) Appointment Requirements

b) Authorising authorities

c) Competence & Certification >

d) PPE & Suitability

e) Insurance & liability issues

f) Tool box talk

g) Escort rules

h) Waiver (legal)

14) Client Responsibilities

a) Clear objectives and contract terms

b) Provide all known hazard or risk information

c) Dispute resolution procedures

15) Response parameters

a) Emergency response

b) 24 seven

c) 7 day warning

d) Retainer

e) Support only

16) Day rate or Quotation

a) Pricing Schedules & variation orders

b) Shortfalls and benefits

c) Monitoring

d) Value for money

e) Contractor penalty and reward issues

f) Stage payment provision

g) Provision to authorise and signatory

17) Contracts & Specification

a) Type of contract

i) Isolated small incident

ii) Single building

iii) Complex

iv) Wide area (plume or swirl contamination)

b)Expectations

i) Client

ii) Insurer

iii) Local Authority (managing agent)

iv) HSE (GDS)

v) Contractor

vi) Building Occupants (employees)

vii) Freeholder (property owner)

viii) Third party interest

ix) Press & public

c) Clearance issues

i) Specific areas

ii) Whole site

iii) External problems

18) Recontamination problems

a) Primary aerosols

b) Secondary aerosols

c) Secondary events

d) Traffic & visitors

e) Malicious act

f) Resolution

19) Scientific assessment and clearance limitations

a) Guarantees & limitation acceptance

b) Extras & unexpected costs

c) Scope drift

d) Stage Payments & responsibilities

e) Authorisation & Responsibility issues

f) Failure and abort contingency

g) Non Compliance Dismissal procedure

h) Fast Track Resolution terms

20) Contractor responsibilities

a) Compliance with all legislative requirements

b) Site Safety & induction

c) Dynamic-Rolling Risk & Hazard Assessments

d) Site Control Procedures

e) Triage assessments

f) Salvage - Disposal assessments

g) Project viability and contingency plans

h) Mitigation Techniques

i) Competent approach

j) Efficiency & Economy of work

k) Effective documented and provable decontamination

l) Cooperation and assistance to third parties

m) Long Tail Claim liability issues

n) Prevention of unauthorised entry to site (security)

o) Control access and ensure safety of authorised visitors

p) Tool Box Talks (Tailgate Talks)

21) Health & Safety

a) Civil & Criminal Liability issues

b) CDM compliance

c) Legal Requirements H&SW MHSW Acts COSHH

d) Duty of Care

e) Employee safety

f) Visitor safety

g) Public safety

h) Records & Documentation

22) PPE

a) Types of PPE explained

i) Level A GTCPS (gas tight chemical protection suite)

(i) SCBA types safety, working limitations

(ii) Heat stress

(iii)Re-Breathers

(iv) Cooling procedures and equipment

(v) Supply air and filtration

ii) Level B

iii) Level C

iv) Level D

b) Respirators Types

i) Full face

ii) Powered (PAPR)

iii) Piggy

iv) Disposable

v) Filter types

vi) Protection factors

c) Maintenance

i) Fit Testing

ii) Inspection procedures

iii) Maintenance

iv) Records

d) Don & Doffing equipment

i) Use of tape or sealing aids

a. Usefulness

b. Dangers

ii) Working limitations of equipment

iii)Working limitations of operator

(i) Desk top exercise

(ii) Live roll play

23) Employee Safety

a) Selection of employees

i) Physical fitness and suitability

ii) Medicals

iii)Psychological testing

b) Team selection & leadership skills

c) Heat stress

d) Dehydration

e) Working parameters

i) Live stress testing in PPE

ii) Production rate in and out of PPE

iii) Breaks and procedures

24) Confined Space & Isolated work

a) Legal obligations

b) Safety & common sense

c) Accident or Emergency

d) Notification

e) Confined space working procedures

f) Buddy Buddy systems

i)123 Rule

ii) Extraction procedures

25) Daily employee Inspection/medical

a) Procedure

b) Notification

26) Incident Emergency Call out Protocol

a) Gathering information by (senior permanent competent employees)

i) Police

ii) Fire Service

iii) GDS

iv) Client

v) Obtaining Passes/Entry Permits

b) Nominated Advice sources

c) Risk & Hazard assessments

d) Choice of PPE

e) Establishing Decontamination procedure

f) Medical support issues

g) Buddy Buddy procedures

h) Communication procedures

i) Inspection

j) Mitigating controls assessments

k) Triage assessments Pre Inspection details

l) Report to client & develop plan

27) Initial Works protocol

a) Install decontamination procedures

b) Make safe

c) Establish emergency controls

d) Undertake Triage procedures

28) Evaluate & report

29) Viability & Risk

a) Time line & Cost estimation

b) Balance decontamination cost against property value

c) Assess criticality of installation

d) Recommend alternative economic solutions where uneconomic

e) Recommend control and containment factors where necessary

f) Assess the potential need for competent assistance.

g) Cross contamination issues

h) Re contamination issues

i) Payment and accountability

30) Quality Control Protocols

a) Typical applications and necessity

i) Examples of failure

ii) List benefits

iii) Domino effect (explanation)

b) Identification of Q/C parameters

i) Importance

ii) Significance

c) Measurement techniques

d) Accountability

e) Monitoring and compilation

f) Record keeping

g) Audit records

h) Proof

31) Quality control Accountability

a) Duty Holder

b) Frequency Issues

c) Check list parameters

d) Non Compliance

i) Procedures

ii) Rectification

e) Documentation and Notification

i) Client reports (frequency)

ii) RIDDOR

iii) Procedures for major failures

(i) Identification of parameters

f) Record Holding

g) Requirement to store records safely (period)

32) Site Control & Mitigation techniques

a) Perimeter controls

b) Building encapsulation principles

c) Location of security access and egress points to Hot Zone

d) Location of waste storage and equipment, parking etc

e) Marking out visitor routes

i) Authority to enter /DD>

ii) Tool box talk

f) Location of Decontamination Units

g) Identification of contaminate transit routes and contractor controls

h) Emergency Management systems First Aid –Uncontrolled exposure leaks etc

i) Man down procedures

ii) Medical assistance procedures

iii) Breech in security

iv) Breech in enclosure or failure of controls

(i) Desk top Exercise

(ii) Live Roll Play

33) Standard of works

a) Clear objectives

b) Written instructions

c) Site induction

d) Procedure training

e) Monitoring

f) Quality control Inspections

34) Improvements & Suggestions

a) Procedures

b) Joint Benefits

c) Management route

d) Acceptance notification

35) 24 Hour (Continuous Working)

a) Quality control problems

i) Improving procedures

ii) Accountability failures

iii) Recommendations

b) Shift change requirements

i) Transferring information

ii) Overlap requirement

iii) Managing information

iv) Accountability

c) Isolating or encapsulation of external envelope

i) General mitigation techniques

(i) Boarding

(ii) Weathering

(iii) Trespassers

(iv) Sealing ingress & egress points

(v) Controlling run off

ii) Shrink wrapping

iii) Encapsulating sprays

iv) Sacrificial coatings

d) Zone isolation

i) Physical barriers

ii) Pneumatic devices

iii) Security management

iv) Temperature use

v) Laminar Air Flow

vi) Air Locks

vii) Air curtains

36) Emergency Lock Down

a) Mitigation Techniques

i) Absorption

ii) Adsorption

iii) Sealing

(i) Temporary

(ii) Semi Permanent

iv) Covering and encapsulation

v) Wide area solutions

vi) Localised events

b) Development of containment “Safety Air Locks”

i) Theory of utilising positive and negative pressure

ii) Measurement of pressure “Pascal’s”

iii) Erecting enclosures

(i) Practical hands on sessions

1. Building enclosures

2. 3 Stage Air Locks

3. Measuring leakage

4. Collapse issues

Clearance Working Site

c) Air Filtration-Scrubbing

i) Methods of filtration

ii) Types of filtration

(i) Hepa

(ii) UHepa

(iii) Electrostatic

(iv) Carbon

(v) Normal installed

iii) Types of equipment and limitations

iv) Utilising existing engineering controls

37) Contamination Behaviour

a) Adsorption

b) Absorption

c) Entrapment (fibres)

i) Demonstration

d) Cavities

e) Smooth surfaces

f) Rough surfaces

g) Aerosolisation

i) Secondary aerosols

ii) Brownian Motion

iii) eutralising Brownian

h) Electrostatic attraction

i) Benefits & problems

i) Stack Effect

j) Laminar Air flow

k) Turbulent air flow

l) Temperature influences

m) Lift pressure differentials (control)

38) Waste Water Filtration-Treatment

a) Controlling run off

b) Containment techniques

i) Bund walls

ii) Solidification

iii) Collection

c) Filtration methods

d) Neutralisation

e) Water Authorities

39) Waste Management

a) Legal requirements

b) Site waste storage facility and clearance procedures

i) Collection responsibility

ii) Bagging

iii) Signage

iv) Record keeping

c) Waste carriers licence

d) Chain of Custody

e) Government Notification requirements

f) Identified waste disposal site

g) Route Planning

h) Transportation Criteria

i) Type of vehicle

ii) Training of driver for emergencies

iii) On board response equipment

iv) Vehicle Display boards

i) Certification

j) Records

k) Interstitial leakage

i) Visual inspection techniques

ii) Pressure differentials

iii) Measurement techniques

iv) Leak detection

l) Ventilation systems

i) Overview of HVAC systems

ii) Supply & return issues

iii) Plenums

iv) Inspection techniques

v) Triage assessments

vi) Viability alternatives

vii) Isolating controls

viii) Cleaning methods

(i) Air & Skipper balls

(ii) Rotary brushes

(iii) Dry Ice

(iv) Manual

40) Envelope leakage

a) Reverse flow toilets and kitchen extracts

b) Physical barriers

c) Air scrubbing techniques

d) Site ingress and egress routes

e) Placement of Decontamination units

f) Site perimeter controls

g) Visitor controls and

h) Internal Waste storage and control

41) Personal & Personnel Decontamination

a) Emergency decontamination

b) Water & Temperature

c) Surfactants

d) Collection techniques

e) PPE decontamination & storage

42) Personnel Site Decontamination Procedure

a) Site of Decontamination Unit

b) Travelling to decontamination unit

c) Route In - Out

d) Construction parameters

i) Storage

ii) Charging facilities

iii) Pressure differentials

iv) Testing & certification

v) Heating & water temperature

vi) Self assessments (injury)

vii) Don & Doffing procedures

viii) Soap & towels

ix) Underwear

x) Cooling jackets

xi) Waste Collection

43) Site Decontamination Unit

a) Description

i) 3 stage air lock

b) Procedures

44) Storage & Use of PPE

a) Face Fit Testing

b) Filter type

i) Inspection

ii) Loading

iii) Change regime

c) PAPR

i) Battery charging

ii) Flow rates

d) Cleaning

i) Decontamination procedures

e) Storage

f) Daily Inspection

i) Training

g) Weekly inspection

i) Training

h) Monthly inspection

i) Training

i) Records

j) Accountability

45) Re Breathers Specific

a) Decontaminating units end of shift

b) Ice

c) Cooling jackets

46) Type of Suit

a) Cleaning or disposal procedures

b) Colours used and code

c) Material specification

d) Type protection factor(specification)

47) Types of Glove

a) ID

b) Gauntlet

c) Glove

i) Type

d) Material

e) Sizes

f) Safety procedures

i) Under gloves

ii) Latex issues

48) Boots

a) ID

b) Colour

c) Type

d) Material

e) Overshoes

i) Transit procedures

49) Decontamination Procedures

Overview of benefits and limitations of systems:

a) Source removal

i) Vacuum

ii) Collection

(i) Solidification

(ii) Isolation

iii) Washing

iv) Jetting

(i) Hot & Cold

(ii) Steam

(iii) Surfactant in stream

(iv) Application of Surfactant

1. In Line

2. Pre jetting

(v) Foaming agents & application

1. Control & collection

(vi) Types of Surfactants

1. Cationic

2. Ionic

3. Non Ionic

4. Amphoteric

v) Heat & Evaporation (VOCs)

(i) Direct destruction

(ii) Gas & Oil

(iii) Air enhancement

b) Dilution

c) Transformation

d) Neutralisation

e) Decay

50) Techniques for decontamination

a) Chemical

i) Gas

ii) Thermal fogging

(i) Specific safety & hazards

iii) Wet fogging

iv) Micro fogging (Static Charge)

v) Broadcast application

vi) Direct application (swabbing-washing)

vii) Reaction and neutralisation

b) Environmental controls

i) Containment

ii) Temperature & Humidity controls

iii) Measurement

c) Mechanical

i) Non abrasive blasting

ii) Low and high pressure blasting

(i) Wet-dry and vacuum techniques

(ii) Recoverable media

(iii) Soluble media

(iv) Dust control techniques

(v) Dry ice option

d) Vacuum

i) Mass negative pressure installed as control

ii) Agitation and collection

iii) Containment and Isolar panels

iv) General Extraction techniques

(i) Types of vacuum cleaner

(ii) Extraction techniques

(iii) Truck mounts

v) Types of pump

(i) Puddle pumps

(ii) Float pumps

51) Sub Surface Contamination

a) Prevention

b) Mitigation

c) Control

d) Removal techniques

52) Electronic Decontamination

a) Types of equipment

b) Safety issues

c) Removal issues

d) Ultrasonic

e) Chlorides- corrosion

f) Drying

53) Application systems

a) UV Photo activated (strobe)

b) Ozone Generators & Hydrogen peroxide

c) Nebulae curtain

d) Foams and foaming agents etc

e) Air curtain & collection

f) Gas generators (chlorine dioxide)

g) Sprays and broadcast systems

h) Electrostatics as a tool

i) Electrostatic precipitation

i) Benefits & shortfalls of each system

54) Heat & Ventilation

a) VOCs

b) Stack effect

c) Evaporation

d) Movement generally

55) Protocol for decontamination

a) Planning and start point /DD>

b) Horizontal surfaces

c) Vertical surfaces

d) Soft furnishings

e) Hard surfaces

f) Electronic equipment

i) Internal contamination

ii) Decontamination Techniques

g) Salvage or disposal

i) Viability

ii) Time

iii) Storage

h) Floor covering assessments

i) Return air plenums

j) Raised deck flooring

k) Cable trays

l) Chased cavities

56) Secondary Aerosols

a) Prevention

b) Mitigation

c) Control /DD>

57) Vehicle decontamination

a) Urgency & Viability

b) Strip outs

c) Cavities

d) Specific concerns

i) Ventilation systems

ii) Functionality

e) Chemical compatibility

f) Corrosion & electric circuits

g) Fast track approach & results

58) Transportation of contaminated materials

a) Containment techniques

b) Types of vehicle

c) Receptacles

d) Emergency procedures

59) Maximising Decontamination Performance

a) Temperature and Humidity

b) Dwell time & Production

c) Pressure/Flow

d) Air speed/volume

e) Volume and compartmentalisation/DD>

f) Concentration or strength

g) Velocity /DD>

h) Identification of combination problems and solutions

i) Grid lines

j) Post clean Protection >

k) Quality Control

i) Accountability

ii) Records

60) Controlling Environmental conditions

a) Introducing heat

i) Direct

ii) Indirect

(i) Infrared

(ii) Convection

(iii) Conduction

(iv) External sources

61) Temperature Gradients

a)Use & Benefits

b) Control issues

c) Controlling humidity

i) Specific humidity

ii) Relative humidity Measuring humidity

iii) Humidifiers

iv) De-humidifiers

v) Measuring humidity

(i) Psychometric charts

(ii) Dew Point

d) Record keeping

e) Drying Parameters

i) Bound & Free water

ii) Evaporation

iii) Collection

iv) Advection

v) Air movement

f) Mould

i) Health issues

ii) Prevention

iii) Control /DD>

iv) Remediation

v) Clearance & Measurement

62) Inspection & monitoring techniques

a) Final Clearance inspection parameters & Goal

b) Quality control techniques

i) Dynamic assessments

ii) Third party confirmation

iii) Monitoring techniques

63) Sampling as QC Requirement

a) Sampling Frequency

b) Recording environmental conditions

c) Training for sampling role

d) Sample types

i) Tape lifts

ii) Culture plates

iii) Aero –cassettes

iv) Bulk

v) Swab

vi) Wipes

vii) Zumo canisters

e) Enhanced sampling approach

i) Acid, Base or solvent release

ii) Surfactant

iii) Extraction techniques

64) Equipment Specification and Choice

a) Breathing apparatus

b) PPE

c) Jetting equipment

d) Blasting equipment

e) Vacuum and Air pressure devices

f) Monitoring equipment

g) Training & maintenance requirements

 

65) Work Completion

a) Total or sectional

b) Independently and in Unison

i) Benefits and Shortfalls

c) Third Party inspection

d) Review of documentation

e) Review of quality control procedures for compliance

f) Independent Clearance

g) Types of clearance criteria agreed prior to work commencement

i) 1^st

ii) 2^nd Clearance Remval of Negative pressure

iii) 3^rd clearance Removal of barriers containment

iv) 4^th clearance Equipment removal or disposal

v) 5^th Final Clearance Third Party Certification

66) Practical Section (hands on & roll play)

a) Use of equipment

b) PPE Don & Doffing

c) Working in simulated decontamination scenario

d) Decontamination units

e) Temperature stress

67) Secondary sub sequential damage

a) Types of expected damage

b) Prevention

c) Mitigating controls

d) Acceptance or route to satisfaction

68) Pear shape Procedures

a) What If?

69) Records & Audit

a) Template forms

b) Management systems

c) Procedures

d) Timelines and agreements

 

70) Your Day in Court

a) Defending your actions

b) Proving your defence

71) Written Examination (Closed Book)