Areas covered in the program include safe work practices, engineering controls, levels of personal protection, heat stress, the need for decontamination, the Contamination Reduction Corridor (CRC), and more. The Videotape Program comes with a comprehensive Leader's Guide, reproducible Scheduling & Attendance Form, Employee Quiz, Training Log and Training Certificate. The Program can be used as the basis for approximately two hours of classroom training.

Personal Protective Equipment and Decontamination Procedures Video and DVD Excerpt: Working around hazardous materials is a lot like war. You have to be on the offensive to prevent dangerous chemicals from escaping to the environment. You are also on the defensive, keeping yourself safe from contamination and exposure, and as in any other kind of war you make use of defensive weapons. Now in ancient times the primary defensive weapons were shields. In modern warfare soldiers use radar and surface to air missiles to knock out incoming threats. In the war that you fight, personal protective equipment and decontamination procedures are the weapons that will carry you through the day. So let's be clear about what these terms mean. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is a broad category. It covers protective clothing or CPC as it is often called. Respirators and a more common item such as hardhats, face shields, and work boots. You wear this stuff to protect yourself from things that can hurt you, such as vapors that can burn your skin, gasses that might make you choke and falling or protruding objects. Decontamination procedures (DECON) deal with contaminants that might have accumulated on your protective clothing or your equipment. If these contaminants are not taken care of they can transfer to you, or even your coworkers. The goal of decontamination procedures is to remove these unwanted substances or make them harmless before they can affect anyone.