standard operating procedure college station fire department

STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE
COLLEGE STATION FIRE DEPARTMENT
SUBJECT: HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REPORTING SOP: 800.4.10
CATEGORY: HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PAGE: 1 of 8
APPROVED BY:
Chief, Fire Department DATE: 04/01
SCOPE & PURPOSE
To provide guidelines for required reporting procedures, improve incident documentation and provide for
the immediate dissemination of the information.
Documentation pertaining to a response to a Hazardous Materials incident is extremely important for
several reasons including but limited to the following reasons:
1) It is required by law to keep incident information filed and accessible for possible litigation and
personnel health records requests.
2) It is required for billing purposes to reclaim expenses incurred at an incident.
3) It is required for chemical release, spill, or Hazardous Situation information for the Brazos
County Inter-jurisdictional Emergency Management plan.
REQUIRED HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REPORTS
In addition to the normal incident report, the following reports must be completed if applicable:
1) Brazos County Inter-jurisdictional Emergency Management Hazardous Reporting Form.
2) C.S.F.D.’s Hazardous Materials Incident Cost Recovery Reports.
3) Any checklist, injury reports, accident reports, damage reports, etc.
REQUIRED HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENT REPORTING INFORMATION
1) Hazardous Materials Incident Responses
A) Complete a detailed incident report.
Note! All associated incident paperwork must be kept and filed with report i.e. Safety report,
copies of injury reports, cost recovery reports, incident checklist, etc.
B) Brazos County Inter-jurisdictional Emergency Management Hazardous Reporting Form.(See
attached for specific reporting requirements.
Rev:02/00; re#’d 11/02