Lub sij hawm uas cov neeg tua hluav taws feem ntau siv los xa mus rau lawv lub tsheb tua hluav taws tuaj yeem sib txawv nyob ntawm thaj chaw thiab lub chaw tua hluav taws tshwj xeeb cov kev cai lossis kev nyiam. Feem ntau, lub tsheb tua hluav taws tsuas yog hu ua "lub cav hluav taws" lossis "tsim hluav taws". Txawm li cas los xij, cov npe thiab hom tsheb tua hluav taws tuaj yeem sib txawv, thiab tsis muaj lub npe thoob ntiaj teb rau lawv.
Cov tsheb tua hluav taws, lossis cov cuab yeej hluav taws xob, yog cov tsheb tshwj xeeb tsim los pab cov neeg tua hluav taws hauv ntau yam ntawm lawv txoj haujlwm. Cov tsheb no tau nruab nrog ntau yam cuab yeej thiab cov cuab yeej siv los teb rau ntau hom kev kub ntxhov, suav nrog hluav taws kub, xwm txheej kho mob, cawm, thiab cov khoom siv phom sij. Cov lus tshwj xeeb thiab cov npe ntawm cov tsheb no tuaj yeem sib txawv, tab sis peb yuav npog qee yam ntawm cov tsheb tua hluav taws thiab lawv txoj haujlwm.
Cov tshuab hluav taws xob, feem ntau hu ua cov twj tso kua mis, yog cov khoom siv hluav taws xob pom zoo tshaj plaws. Lawv nqa lub twj tso kua mis dej thiab lub tank dej loj, ua rau cov neeg tua hluav taws tua hluav taws siv dej. Cov tshuab hluav taws kub kuj muaj cov hoses, lub taub hau, thiab lwm yam khoom siv tsim nyog rau kev tua hluav taws.
Aerial ladder tsheb thauj khoom, qee zaum hu ua tiller tsheb thauj khoom, muaj cov ntaiv ntev ntev nrog lub thoob rau saum. Cov tsheb thauj khoom no yog siv rau kev cawm, mus txog qhov chaw siab, thiab muab lub platform rau kev tua hluav taws.
Cov tsheb cawm siav tau nruab nrog cov cuab yeej tshwj xeeb thiab cov cuab yeej siv rau extricating tib neeg los ntawm lub tsheb lossis lub tsev thaum muaj xwm txheej ceev thiab xwm txheej ceev. Lawv feem ntau nqa cov cuab yeej cawm siav, cov cuab yeej txiav, thiab cov khoom siv shoring.
Cov tsheb tua hluav taws no yog tsim los rau kev tua hluav taws hauv cov chaw nyob deb nroog thiab hav zoov. Lawv feem ntau muaj plaub-log tsav thiab nqa dej, hoses, thiab cov cuab yeej siv rau kev tua hluav taws.
Tankers lossis kev sib tw yog siv los thauj cov dej ntau mus rau qhov chaw ntawm qhov hluav taws kub hauv cov cheeb tsam uas tsis muaj dej tsis muaj dej. Lawv yog ib qho tseem ceeb rau kev tua hluav taws nyob deb nroog thiab tej thaj chaw deb.
Cov khoom siv phom sij (hazmat) cov tsheb thauj khoom tau nruab los daws cov tshuaj lom neeg, xau, thiab lwm yam khoom siv phom sij. Lawv nqa cov cuab yeej tiv thaiv tshwj xeeb thiab cov khoom siv decontamination.
Cov tsheb thauj mus los tau siv los ntawm cov tub ceev xwm tua hluav taws los saib xyuas thiab sib koom ua haujlwm xwm txheej ceev. Lawv tau nruab nrog cov kab ke sib txuas lus thiab ua haujlwm raws li cov chaw ua haujlwm mobile.
Hauv cov cheeb tsam sib txawv, cov chaw tua hluav taws yuav siv ntau lub npe thiab cov lus siv rau lawv cov tsheb tua hluav taws. Piv txwv li, hauv qee qhov chaw, lub tshuab hluav taws xob feem ntau hu ua "pumper," thaum lwm tus, nws tsuas yog hu ua "lub tsheb tua hluav taws." Cov kev cai naming kuj tuaj yeem cuam tshuam los ntawm cov chaw tsim khoom ntawm cov cuab yeej.
Tsis tas li ntawd, qee lub tuam tsev tua hluav taws tau txais cov npe tshwj xeeb lossis cov npe rau lawv cov tsheb tua hluav taws. Cov npe no yuav cuam tshuam txog kev coj noj coj ua hauv zos, cov ntaub ntawv keeb kwm yav dhau los, lossis cov haujlwm tshwj xeeb ntawm lub tsheb.
