Other Categories of Emergency Responder Training
Other categories of emergency responders identified in the standard include the "skilled support person," and "specialist employee."
The specialist employee is an expert who may assist, counsel, or advise the incident commander. They may also occasionally assist the incident commander by operating cranes, back hoes, or trucks.
Since many of these workers do not expect to help in such incidents and do not have even minimal awareness training, attention must be given to their proper safety and health protection at the scene before they participate in the incident. This can be accomplished by an on-site briefing that includes a discussion of the hazards present, the personal protective clothing and equipment to be used, how the equipment is used, and the exact task they are expected to perform.
Specialist employees may provide technical assistance in operations such as servicing specific valves on a tank car, or in similarly skilled areas, in addition to offering advice. Specialist employees could also be medical or environmental experts.
Even though specialist employees are experts in their respective areas, they must be trained in how to interact within the incident command structure, and how to follow the operating procedures established by their employer. Their required training also is to inform them of the hazards that may be present at an emergency site.
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