1072 Flashcards
As a first responder arriving on scene you should be aware of:
Types of hazardous materials transported and stored in your community.
How terrorist activities can affect those locations
How to assess the likelihood of the presence of hazardous materials
How to identify unknown hazardous materials when encountered
Where and how to obtain expert help to assist in abatement of hazardous conditions caused by an incident.
Module 1 Roles and Responsibilities
Where are high visibility targets usually located that pose potential CBRNE risk?
Usually situated along routes with high transportation and access potential.
Many have manufacturing and testing facilities.
Module 1 Roles and Responsibilities
What are examples of high visibility CBRNE targets ?
- Public buildings or locations with large numbers of peole.
- Mass transit systems such as subways or airports.
- Places with high economic impact.
- Telecommunication facilities.
- Places with historical, symbolic or religous significance.
Module 1 Responsibilities
Transport Canada
Hazardous Materials Responsibilities
Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act
Module 1 Responsibilities
Environment Canada
Hazardous Materials Responsibilities
Canadian Environmental Protection Act
Toxic Substance: A substance that if it is entering or may enter the environment in quantitity or concentration or under conditions that it may have an immediate or long-term harmful effect on the environment or biological diversity.
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Health Canada
Hazardous Materials Responsibilities
**Hazardous Products Act **– Controls the sale, advertising, and importation of hazardous products used by consumers in the workplace that are not covered by other acts and listed as prohibited or restricted products. The Act covers consumer products that are poisonous, toxic, flammable, explosive, corrosive, infectious, oxidizing, and reactive.
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Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
(CNSC)
The watchdog over the use of nuclear energy and materials in Canada.
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Ontario Ministry of Labour
Issues legislation regarding worker safety, and defines hazardous materials as chemicals that would be a risk to employees if exposed in the workplace.
Hazardous material
Any substance or form that may pose an unreasonable risk to health, safety or property. In Canada, the term dangerous goods” is used to describe hazardous materials in transport and/or storage.
Dangerous Good
Dangerous goods/hazardous materials are any substances that pose an unreasonable risk to life, the environment or property when not properly contained.
Awareness personnel Reponsibilities
Awareness trained personnel are those persons who, in the document of their normal duties, could be the first on the scene of an emergency involving hazardous material. Awareness trained personnel at the awareness level are expected to recognize the presence of hazardous materials, protect themselves, call for trained personnel and secure the area.
Anti-Terrorism Act
he Anti-Terrorism Act defines terrorist activity “as an act or omission, in or outside Canada,
In whole or in part for a political, religious or ideological purpose, objective or cause and
In whole or in part with the intention of intimidating the public, or a segment of the public, with regard to its security, or compelling a person, a government or a domestic or an international organization to do or to refrain from doing any act, whether the public or the person, government or organization is inside or outside Canada
Terrorist Activity
A. Causes death or serious bodily harm to a person by the use of violence,
B. Endangers a person’s life,
C. Causes a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or any segment of the public,
D. Causes substantial property damage, whether to public or private property, if causing such damage is likely to result in the conduct or harm referred to in any of the clauses (A) to (C), or
E. Causes serious interference with or serious disruption of an essential service, facility or system, whether public or private, other than as a result of advocacy, protest, dissent or stoppage of work that is not intended to result in the conduct or harm referred to in any of clauses
Types of Hazardous Materials
TRACEM
Thermal Hazards
Radiolgoical Hazards
Asphyxiation Hazards
Chemcial Hazards
Etiological/Biological Hazards
Mechanical Hazards
BLEVE
Boiling Liquid Expanding Explosion
When a pressure cylinder containing a flammable liquid that vaporizes at normal pressure is released, the liquid expands, vaporizes and mixes with oxygen and then explodes violently, creating intense radiant heat, flame, shock wave and shrapnel.
Hazmat Sequence of Actions
Awareness Level
Identify the hazard
Evacuate the area
Quantify the hot zone
Establish and isolation zone
Begin mitigation strategies
ERG
The Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) is intended to be used in conjunction with placards and labels found on transport vehicles and containers (which are discussed in this module). This guidebook provides valuable initial information concerning hazardous materials and assists awareness level awareness trained personnel in the recognition of hazardous materials.
Three methods for determining the correct guide page for a hazardous material are:
The numerical index for ID number (yellow-bordered pages)
Alphabetical listing of chemical names (blue-bordered pages)
Table of placards (white pages)
CANUTEC
The Canadian Transport Emergency Centre. This 24 hour emergency information service located in Ottawa, Ontario, is operated by Transport Canada to assist emergency response personnel in handling dangerous goods emergencies. This service utilizes a 10-digit collect-call number, allowing awareness trained personnel to access information about specific chemicals and linking them to shippers and manufacturers.
When must CANUTEC be notified ?
Lost, stolen or misplaced infectious substances
An incident involving infectious substances
An accidental release from a cylinder that has suffered a catastrophic failure
An incident where the shipping documents display CANUTEC’s telephone number as the emergency telephone number, or
A dangerous goods incident in which a railway vehicle, a ship, an aircraft, an aerodrome or an air cargo facility is involved (ERG, p.9).
Clues to Indentifying a Hazardous Materials Incident
Senses
Location and Occupancy
Container Type and Shape
Transportation placards, labels and markings
Other markings and colors (non-transportaion)
Written resources
Monitoring and Detection Devices
Gasoline Tank Truck
This is the most common tank truck on the road today. These trucks usually carry 5000 to 10,000 gallons. Along with making a large number of shipments, these tank trucks suffer the most accidents.
Chemical Hauler
These tanks usually hold between 2000 to 7000 gallons, lower amounts than the 406/306 because most of the products they carry are heavier than petroleum products. They may or may not be insulated. Tanks that are not insulated are round and have stiffening rings around the tank. The insulated tank is simply a covered version of the non-insulated tank, although in some cases it has a slightly smaller inner tank. The DOT-407/MC-307 tankers are the workhorses of the chemical industry.
Corrosive Tanker
These tankers carry a wide variety of corrosives, both acids and bases and are constructed of a single tank that carries up to 7000 gallons. The potential hazard when dealing with these tankers is predominantly environmental, but at times these tankers contain toxic materials.
