Decontamination (Contamination Reduction) : The physical and/or chemical process of reducing and preventing the spread of contamination from persons and equipment used at a hazardous materials incident
NFPA 472 Standard for Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials/ Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents, 2008 ed. http://www.dps.state.ak.us/afsc/docs/Certification /HazMatAwarenessSkillSheets.pdf, (Std: Competence of Resp to Haz Mtrl/ Weapons of Mass Destruction Incid - Amer) {318 NFC}