FOR USE BY FIREMEN AND OTHER EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WHO MAY HAVE TO DEAL WITH FIRES OR SIMILAR EMERGENCIES INVOLVING RADIATION HAZARDS, THIS MANUAL IS CORRELATED WITH THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE 15-HOUR COURSE -- (1) AN INSTRUCTOR'S GUIDE (VT 002 117), (2) A STUDENT STUDY GUIDE (VT 001 878), AND (3) A SET OF TWENTY-TWO 20- BY 28-INCH CHARTS (OE 84002). CONTENT INCLUDES -- (1) BENEFICIAL USES OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, (2) LOCATING NUCLEAR ENERGY HAZARDS, (3) BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ATOMIC STRUCTURE AND RADIATION, (4) PROBLEMS OF RADIATION, (5) EXTERNAL RADIATION, (6) PROTECTION FROM EXTERNAL RADIATION, (7) PRINCIPLES OF RADIATION MEASUREMENT, (8) INTERNAL RADIATION AND PROTECTION, (9) CONTAMINATION, (10) FISSION PROCESS AND NUCLEAR REACTOR PRINCIPLES, (11) FIRE SERVICE PROBLEMS, AND (12) FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE NUCLEAR AGE. A BIBLIOGRAPHY AND A GLOSSARY ARE INCLUDED. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE AS GPO NUMBER FS 5.284--84019 FOR $1.00 FROM SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402. (PS)