16- HazMat- Illicit Laboratory Incidents Flashcards
A successful response to an illicit laboratory incident requires establishment of ________ and developing an IAP accounting for potential hazards and jurisdictional responsibilities.
Unified Command
According to the DEA and the ATF, the most common locations for illicit (or clandestine) labs include:
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-Private residences
-Motel and hotel rooms
-Campers/RV’s
-Vehicles
-Rental storage facilities
-Commercial establishments
-Rural outbuildings, barns, and other structures that may appear uninhabitable
According to the DEA and the ATF, the most common laboratory waste dumpsites are:
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-Campgrounds
-Vacant lots
-Creek beds
-Dumpsters
-Residential parks
Responders may encounter booby traps at illicit labs. They can be inside or outside of the lab, and they may include any of the following:
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-Explosives
-Weapons tied to doors
-Bottles that will break, mixing their chemical contents to create toxic fumes
-Holes in floors (trap doors)
-Exposed wiring, electrified door handles
-Motion triggered devices
____ labs represent the most common type of clandestine lab.
Drug
“NPS” stand for:
The most common varieties of NPS available and abused in the US are:
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NPS=New Psychoactive Substances
Most common varieties:
-Synthetic cannabinoids (Spice, K2)
-Synthetic cathinones (bath salts)
-Hallucinogens (LSD, ecstasy, MDMA)
Illicitly produced fentanyl gets synthesized in clandestine laboratories and typically distributed in a ____ ____ form, to be mixed into heroin, or pressed into counterfeit opioid pills.
White powder
Cannabinoids, including THC, are extracted from marijuana plant material in a variety of ways. One of the most common and dangerous methods of extraction involves the use of ____ ____ that dissolve the cannabinoids, allowing them to separate from the other plant material.
Flammable solvents
The rise in the designer drug ______ (BHO) has led to explosions and structure fires. The production of BHO, a potent form of concentrated cannabis, presents hazards because it uses butane gas.
Butane Hash Oil (BHO)
The “Red P” method of cooking meth produces a byproduct, ______ gas, a highly toxic flammable gas. Some other byproducts include oxidizers.
Phosphine
____ is perhaps the most serious hazard associated with meth labs.
Flammability
CWA’s produce incapacitation, serious injury, and death. What does CWA stand for?
Chemical Warfare Agent
Illicit biological agent manufacture falls under THREE categories:
-Bacteria
-Viruses
-Biological Toxins
_____ labs will have equipment that may include microscopes, petri dishes, growth media, autoclaves, gloveboxes, incubators, and refrigerators.
Biological
After drug labs, _____ labs are the second most common type of lab encountered. They are often mistaken for meth labs since common household chemicals appear in both.
Explosives
Recipes for explosives are easily available online and tend to use chemicals readily available at drugstores and hardware stores. Basic ingredients include a ___ and a ____, making these products very unstable.
A fuel and an oxidizer
All explosives are sensitive to _____ charge, friction, heat, pressure, and ____; therefore, bomb makers sometimes manufacture the more sensitive ones in a cold environment, such as an ice bath, to prevent explosion.
Electrostatic charge, friction, heat, pressure, and shock
Manufacturers can use common chemicals to make HME’s. What does HME stand for?
Homemade Explosives
Radiological labs may not look like a traditional lab. They may resemble explosives labs with additional radiological hazards. Manufacturers may use radiological materials to create _____(RDD), _____(RED), or _____(IND).
RDD=Radiological Dispersal Devices
RED=Radiological Exposure Devices
IND=Improvised Nuclear Devices
Specially trained personnel and equipment mitigate and detect the hazards in radiological laboratories. This equipment must include a ____ ____ meter and a ____ ____ meter.
Dose Rate Meter and a Contamination Survey Meter
The ________ having jurisdiction will direct all on-site activities at an illicit laboratory.
Law Enforcement Agency
As part of the site risk-assessment process at illicit labs, responders will need to assess atmospheric hazards. Monitoring and detection equipment may include:
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-LEL sensor
-Multigas meter
-PID
-TIC or temperature gun
-Reagent papers
-Radiological monitoring equipment that can detect alpha, beta, and gamma radiation
Agencies should write a ________ after each incident, with input from all involved, and a copy furnished to all participating agencies/departments.
After Action Report (AAR)
