Environmental Hazard 1 : "A condition capable of posing an unreasonable risk to air, water, or soil quality and to plants or wildlife". (NFPA 471, 1997, p. 8)
B. Wayne Blanchard, Guide To Emergency Management and Related Terms, Definitions, Concepts, Acronyms, Organizations, Programs, Guidance, Executive Orders & Legislation, A Tutorial on Emergency Management, Broadly Defined, Past and Present, B. Wayne Blanchard, USA 2007 (Last Modified 2008). http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/docs/terms%20a nd%20definitions/Terms%20and%20Definitions.pdf, (Emr Mgt/ ND and Other Dzstr - Amer) {11}
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}