Methods and Principles of Unified Personal Protective Equipment During Chemical Industrial Catastrophes
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Abstract
The chemical industry plays a key role amongst the industries in the economic powers that make the world turn. The future of developing countries ― taking current issues into account ― is based on their chemical industry, and so it has been undergoing a development at a substantial pace. However, in these countries security is not interpreted similarly to developed countries, and cases have shown that there might be problems (Venezuela, Amuay refinery fire, caused by a lack of maintenance). In a domestic context, a good example is the red sludge disaster that happened on October 4 in 2010. The civilian population of the affected area had to be evacuated and a number of civilian organization, non–professional and professional rescue organizations participated in the damage control. During the implementation of damage control, civilian organizations had to be equipped personally and protectively. The aim of this article is to show the criteria that determine the level of necessary personal protection in terms of efficiency.