Radiation in Fire/Police Stations and Sports Stadium

Works Cited

"RadTown USA Neighborhoods." EPA. Environmental Protection Agency, n.d. Web. 05 Nov. 2014.

Police/Fire Stations

Types of Radiation

Radiation Emergencies

Unintentional Acts

Nuclear Power Plant Accident

Fallout Facilities

Transportation Accident

Nonionizing Radiation

Radio and TV signals

Microwaves

Laser light

Ionizing Radiation

Xrays

Gamma rays

Alpha and Beta Particles

Intentional acts designed to hurt others, like a terrorist attack

Accidents that occur when using radioactive material

Police and Fire Stations respond to these emergencies

Radiation Emergencies

Intentional Acts

Improvised Nuclear Devices (IND)

Nuclear Weapons

Dirty Bombs

Radiological Dispersal Device

What is Radiation?

Rules and Guidance

Safety

National Response Framework's Nuclear/Radiological Incident Annex (Nuc/Rad Annex)

State and Local Responders

The emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as a moving subatomic particles.

Lasers

Be smart and safe

Never point a laser at a plane in flight

Educate yourself and know the rules

*Laser lights can cause severe skin burns and permanent eye damage, but can not cause cancer or gentic damage

UV Radiation and Sun Exposure

*Always check your skin

for skin abnormalities

Limit time in the mid day sun

Do not burn

Seek shade

Use caution near water, snow, and sand

Avoid sun tanning and tanning beds

Wear protective clothing

Always use sunscreen

Watch the UV Index

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Safety

Get inside

Stay inside

Stay tuned

Laser Dangers

Lasers are used in many workplaces, including construction, surveying and medicine

High-powered laser light can cause severe skin burns and permanent eye damage

Hand-held laser pointers are not toys. They should not be used by children.

Stadium

Rules and Guidance

UV Radiation and Sun Exposure Dangers

Too much ultraviolet radiation (UV) from sunlight is dangerous

Nearly half of UV radiation is received between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., when the sun's rays are the strongest.

Even on a cloudy day, you can be sunburned by UV radiation.

Laser

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Department of Labor (DOL), Occupational Safety Administration (OSHA)

Lasers- an intense, focused beam of visible light radiation

UV Radiation and Sun Exposure- tanning is your body's attempt to protect itself from being damaged by ultraviolet radiation

*People are exposed in a stadium to the Sun and all the laser lights

UV Radiation and Sun Exposure

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

World Health Organization (WHO)

U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Radiation in Fire/Police Stations and Stadiums