ASTM_E_2739_-_10.pdf

Designation:E273910Standard Specification forPersonnel Decontamination System to be Used During aChemical Event1This standard is issued under the fixed designation E2739;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 This specification is used to standardize the personneldecontamination systems used by the Homeland DefenseCommunity to ensure the system characteristics are matched tothe Homeland Defense Community needs.These personneldecontamination systems are not intended to be used for thedecontamination for any other surface or material.1.2 Also,these personnel decontamination systems are in-tended to be portable and easy to use by the Homeland DefenseCommunity during a chemical event.1.3 This specification is based on those issues associatedwith a chemical event only.It is recognized that personneldecontamination associated with a radiological or a biologicalevent,or both,will be similar,those events have not beenconsidered and issues that may differ with respect to chemicaldecontamination are outside the scope of this standard speci-fication.1.4 Personnel processed through decontamination systemscertified under this standard may still require medical treatmentbecause of the chemical exposure.1.5 The amount of processing that personnel will be re-quired to undergo while being decontaminated will be specifiedby the manufacturers operating instructions.1.6 Within the U.S.Homeland Defense Community,thefamiliarity and use of English units currently prevails.Equip-ment manufactured under this standard for use in the UnitedStates should consider English units for control panels,connections,system interfaces,etc.For this standardspecification,the English units are provided as standard withthe equivalent SI units in paraentheses.1.7 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2E1799 Practice for Visual Inspections of Photovoltaic Mod-ulesE2202 Practice for Measurement of Equipment-GeneratedContinuous Noise for Assessment of Health HazardsE2411 Specification for Chemical Warfare Vapor Detector(CWVD)E2542 Specification for Portable Water Heaters Used atPersonnel Decontamination StationsE2543 Specification for Portable Air Heaters Used at Per-sonnel Decontamination Stations and Shelters2.2 NFPA Standards:3NFPA 70 National Electrical Code2.3 NIST Standards:4NIST SP-960-12 Stopwatch and Timer Calibrations2.4 EPA Standards:5Acute Exposure Guideline Levels(AEGLs)3.Terminology3.1 Definitions:3.1.1 decontamination,nprocess of reducing or eliminat-ing the hazards associated with chemical contamination forpersonnel to include absorption,neutralization,and physicalremoval of the chemical contaminant.3.1.2 decontamination system,nall of the equipment re-quired to reduce the chemical contamination on personnelleaving the contaminated area to below levels that could causeharm to themselves,others,or the environment.1This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E54 onHomeland Security Applications and is the direct responsibility of SubcommitteeE54.03 on Decontamination.Current edition approved Dec.15,2010.Published January 2011.DOI:10.1520/E2739-10.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.3Available from National Fire Protection Association(NFPA),1 BatterymarchPark,Quincy,MA 02169-7471,http:/www.nfpa.org.4Available from National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST),100Bureau Dr.,Stop 1070,Gaithersburg,MD 20899-1070,http:/www.nist.gov.5Available from United States Environmental Protection Agency(EPA),ArielRios Bldg.,1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,NW,Washington,DC 20460,http:/www.epa.gov.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 4.Significance and Use4.1 This specification describes the information for manu-facture and deployment of a personnel decontamination systemthat is intended to be portable and easy to use during achemical event recovery.4.2 The decontamination system based on this specificationwill meet the requirements for processing personnel at aminimum required rate.4.3 The decontamination system that addresses the require-ments of this specification will be compatible with the medicalrequirements that may by associated with treatment for chemi-cal exposures.5.Classification5.1 Personnel decontamination systems shall be c