Dihydrogen Monoxide Vapor Cloud Emergencies:
A Railroad Worker's Handbook (7th Edition)
By Chief Patrick Fitzpatrick, Mystic Seaport Fire Department
Forward by Dr. D. Pawaters, HAZMAT Response Team, Chesapeake Aqueduct Railroad
The seminal volume in the Hazardous Materials Incident Response series by Overwrought Press, this edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the new challenges facing first responders in the post-9/11 era. The authors brilliantly describe the hair-raising dampness and terrifying loss of vision that accompany dihydrogen monoxide vapor clouds. Nevertheless, they reassure emergency workers by demonstrating that knowledge, teamwork, effective use of truck-mounted dehumidification equipment, and timely application of desiccants can greatly reduce the threat to life and limb.
Chief Fitzpatrick's experience and flowing, reader-friendly style, combined with Dr. Pawater's deep technical knowledge, ensure that Dihydrogen Monoxide Vapor Cloud Emergencies will remain a timeless classic. A must for the library of every HAZMAT professional!
Reviewers laud Dihydrogen Monoxide Vapor Cloud Emergencies!
Dennis Smith, Editor, Firehouse magazine, and author of Report From Engine Co. 82: "Essential information for the brave men and women in the Fire Service. It will have impact from the Chief's office to the apparatus floor."
George Will, syndicated columnist: "Although the term 'fog of war' is often ascribed to Prussian military analyst Carl von Clausewitz, we should reflect that, far from the metaphorical impact on rational calculation implied by the conservative Clausewitz dialectic, fog, once condensed, has direct deleterious effects, such as the obliteration, in a mere 25 million years, of 40 billion cubic meters of what would become the State of Arizona. (Ironically, we call the results the "Grand" Canyon.) Fitzpatrick and Pawaters' handbook is a potent reminder of the potential dangers of our miasmatic environment. "
Gene Shalit, The Today Show: "I cried a river of tears.... It will change your feelings about saunas forever!"