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2 Hazmat Identification Flashcards

1
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Number of on scene decisions can be reduced by performing

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Pre incident surveys

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Pre incident surveys I’d the following

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Exposures
Type, quantity and location of hazmat
Building features, fire suppression
Site characteristics 
Egress access difficulties
Limitations of hazmat incident control
Contact information for owners and personnel
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Terrorist attack def of harm

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Killing or injuring
Panic or disruption
Economic damage
Destroying property
Demoralizing populace
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Potential terrorist targets

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Mass transit
Critical infastructure
Public assembly or recreation
High profile buildings or locations
Industrial sites
Educational site
Medical and science facilities
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Packaging

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Dot term to describe shipping containers and markings or placards

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Type of containers categorized in following ways

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Bulk and non bulk
Pressure and non pressure
Bulk capacity fixed facility containment systems and transport packaging

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Bulk packaging

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Packaging other than a vessel or barge where material is loaded in no intermediate for of containment. Portable tank, rail car, cargo tank. For liquid greater than 119 gal capacity. Max net mass greater than 882 lbs, and 119 gal for solids. Water capacity 1001 lbs or greater as receptacle for gas

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Bulk capacity fixed facility container types

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Buildings, machinery, above ground tanks, underground tanks, pipelines, reactors, open piles or bins, vats, storage cabinets, other fixed storage

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Above Ground storage tanks divided into two categories

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Non pressure tanks (atmospheric tanks)

Pressure tanks

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Non pressure tanks(atmospheric tanks)

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While storing, Amy have a little pressure inside up to 0.5 psi

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Pressure tanks

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Two categories
Low pressure, 0.5-15 psi
Pressure vessels above 15 psi

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12
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Cryogenic liquid storage tanks

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Heavily insulated vacuum jacketed storing Cryo liquid with relief valves and rupture disks

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Common types of atmospheric or non pressure tanks

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Horizontal, ordinary cone roof, floating roof, lifter roof, vapor dome roof tanks

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Intermodal container

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Freight container designed for use interchangeably in two or more modes of transport

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15
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Three types of bulk transport containers

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Tank cars (railroad)
Cargo tank trucks (highway)
Intermodal (marine, rail, road)

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16
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Some railroad bulk cars have capacities in excess of

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30,000 gal

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17
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Pressure tanks are generally shaped how

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With rounded tops or ends, domed or spherical

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18
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Tank car three main categories

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Low pressure general service (aka non Pressure cars)
Pressure cars
Cryo liquid tank

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19
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Other types of rail cars

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Hopper cars
Box cars
Flat cars with hazmat on top
Special service or specialized

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20
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Low pressure tank car, aka non pressure or general service cars

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Vapor pressure below 25 psi at 105-115 F
Tank test pressures at 60 and 100 psi
Capacities 4,000-45,000 gal

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Low pressure cars are shaped

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Cylindrical with rounded ends (heads) and at least one man way to access interior
Fittings for loading and unloading, pressure etc visible at top and bottom.

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22
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Low pressure tanks may be divided up to

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Six compartments each with potentially different materials at different volume and pressure with own tank fittings

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23
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Pressure tanks

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25 psi or more at 68F
Flammable liquid, gas and poisons
Tank test pressures from 100-600 psi
Capacity 4,000-45,000 gal

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Pressure tank appearance and config

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Cylindrical, rounded ends or heads, top loading, fittings located inside single protective housing or manway

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Cryo liquid tank car

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Low pressure, below 25 psi, refrigerated liquids -130F and below
Fittings are in ground level cabinets on side or ends of cars

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Cryo containers can insulate and transport the material for how many days using tank inside tank and vacuum insulated space between tanks.

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30 days

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27
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Covered hopper cars may carry

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gain, calcium carbide, ammonium nitrate, cement

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28
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Uncovered or open hopper cars may carry

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Coal, gravel, sand, rocks

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29
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Pneumatically unloaded hopper cars

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Use air pressure to unload materials. Pressure ranges from 20-80 psi
Can carry ammonium nitrate, dry caustic soda, plastic pellets, cement

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30
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Misc cars

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Box cars and gondolas, can include mixed cargos in a variety of packaging.

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31
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Ring stiffener

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Circumferential tank shell stiffener helps maintain tank cross section

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32
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Two specific government standards for Carl tank trucks

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Motor carrier MC

DOT

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33
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Non pressure liquid tank

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Dot 406, tc406, sct-306 (mc 306, tc306)
Pressure Less than 4 psig
Max capacity 9,000 gal
Oval shape
Recessed manways
Bottom valves
Vapor recovery on right or rear
Carries gasoline, fuel, alcohol, fuel combustible liquids
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Low pressure chemical tank

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Dot 407, tc 407, sct 307 (mc307, tc307)
Pressure under 40 psi
Max capacity 7,000 gal
Rubber lined or steel, double shell
Stiffening rings visible or covered
Single or multiple compartments
Single or double flash box manway
Single discharge mid or rear
Fusible plugs, frangible disks, vents on top outside flash box
Carries flam, combustible liquid, acid, caustics, poison
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Corrosive liquid tank

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Dot412, tc412, sct-412 (mc 312, tc312)
Less than 75 psi
Max cap 7000 gal
Rubber lines or steel
Single compartment, small diameter round shape
Stiffening rings visible on uninsulated
Rear or middle top loading
Flange type rupture disk on splash guard 
Carries corrosive liquids, usually acid
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High pressure tank

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Mc331, tc 331, sct331
Pressure over 100 psi 
Max cap 11500 gal
Single steel non insulated compartment 
Bolted manway at front or rear. 
Internal and rear outlet valves
Hemispherical ends or heads
White or reflective
Guard cage around loading unloading piping
Carries pressurized gas and liquid, propane butane, anhydrous ammon
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Cryogenic liquid tank

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Mc338, tc338, sct338 (tc341, cga341)
Pressure less than 22 psi well insulated steel
Possible discharging vapor from relief valves
Round tank, flat ends
Heavy insulated
Doghouse/ loading unloading covered front or rear
Carries liquid oxygen, nitrogen, co2, hydrogen

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38
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Compressed gas tube trailer

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Pressures 3,000-5000 psi
Individual steel cylinders stacked and banded together
Over pressure device for each cylinder
Bolted manway, front or rear
Protected or covered valves at rear
Carries helium, hydrogen, methane, oxygen

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39
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Dry bulk cargo container

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Pressure less than 22 psi
Typically not under pressure
Bottom valves
V shaped bottom unloading compartments
Rear mounted compressor 
Air assist loading and unloading pipes on bottom 
Top manway
Carries calcium carbid, oxidizers, corrosive solids, cement, plastic pellets, fertilizers
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40
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Seven clues to hazmat presence

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Occupancy types and pre incident planning
Container shapes
Placards, labels, markings
Other markings and colors, non transport
Written resources
Senses 
Monitoring and sensing devices
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41
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Two Intermodal types

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Freight containers

Tank containers

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42
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Freight container intermodal

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Common sizes 20, 40, 45, 53'
Dry van intermodal (aka box containers)
Refrigerated (refers)
Open top
Flat intermodal
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43
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Tank container intermodal

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Aka intermodal tanks
Low pressure (non pressure)
Pressure
Specialized such as Cryo and tube models
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44
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Intermodal container tanks are framed to protect it and stack it and are generally not larger than what capacity

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6340 gal

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45
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Most common intermodal tank

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Low pressure

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46
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Low pressure intermodals have a pressure as high as

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100 psi

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47
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Low pressure or non pressure intermodals are aka

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Intermodal portable tanks or IM portable tanks

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48
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Two types of low pressure non pressure intermodals

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IM 101 portable tanks

IM 102 portable tanks

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IM 101 portable tank

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Withstand working pressure of 25.4-100 psi
5,000-6,300 gal
Carries toxins, corrosives and flammable a with flash below 32F

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IM 102 portable tanks

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Max allowable pressures 14.5 to 25.4 psi
5,000-6300 gal
Carries solvents, alcohols, resins, insecticides, flammable with flash points from 32-140f

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51
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Pressure intermodal

dot spec 51

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Less common
Pressures 100-500psi
Pressurized liquid gas

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52
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Specialized intermodal tank or container

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Several types
Cryo refered liquid gas are IMO type 7
Tube module gas pressure 3,000-5,000 psi
Dry bulk containers carry fertilizer etc
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53
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Over 90 percent or work cargo is transported how

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By ship or vessel

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54
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Tanker

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Vessel that exclusively carries liquids in bulk

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55
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Tanker type categories

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Petroleum carriers
Chemical carriers
Liquified flammable gas carriers

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Petroleum carrier tankers

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Crude of finished petroleum products
Range: 200’ 15,000 barrel coastal tanker 2,000 tons dead weight
To: 1,200’ 3,680,000 barrel ultra large carriers 480,000 deadweight tons

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57
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Chemical carriers

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Aka floating drugstores
Can carry oils, solvents, gasoline, sulphur and other hazmat in 30-58 separate containers.
3,000 in operation worldwide.
Not placarded

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Liquified flammable gas carrier tankers

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Carry LNG and LPG

Large number of pressure vessels and piping on deck

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In U.S. ports lng and lpg tankers, the captain of the port is required to maintain vessel management and

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Emergency contingency plans

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60
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Cargo vessel

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500-900’ long
50-130’ wide
40-60’ deep

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61
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Four types of cargo vessels

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Bulk carrier
Break bulk carrier
Container vessel
Roll on/off vessel

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Bulk carrier vessel

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Liquid or dry bulk
Coal, metals, grain, soil and stone
Loaded directly into a hold without packing

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63
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Two primary liquid bulk vessels

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Chemical and liquid hydrocarbon

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64
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Break bulk carrier

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Large holds to accommodate different products, cars, ore, metal pieces, drums, crates

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Container vessel

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Shipping container cargo standard 8’ wide by various lengths or intermodal tanks

66
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Roll on/off vessel

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Side level ramps or lifts for automobile transport. Large floating parking garages

67
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Barges

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Box shaped flat deck vessels for transporting cargo. Garbage barges, usually not self propelled and need tug boats to move

68
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Unit loading devices ULDs

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Containers and aircraft pallets to consolidate cargo on sings unit for airplanes.

69
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DOT Intermediate bulk containers IBC

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Rigid or flexible portable packaging, other than tank or cylinder, designed for mechanical handling like fork lift.

70
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For intermediate bulk containers IBCs there is no weight limit on

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Solid products

71
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IBCs can carry

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Aviation fuel, gasoline, methanol, hydrochloric acid, toluene, corrosive liquids, solids in granular flake or powder form.

72
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IBCs are divided into two groups

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Flexible IBC (FIBC)
Rigid IBC (RIBC)
73
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Both types of IBC are often called totes but what type is only the true tote

A

Flexible IBC. FIBC

74
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Flexible IBC FIBC

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Sometimes called bulk bags, bulk sacks, supersacks, big bags, tote bags, totes.
Flexible collapsible bags that carry solids and fluids
Common size carries 5, 55 gallon drums in volume.

75
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Rigid IBC. RIBC

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Made of steel, aluminum, wood, plastic, fiberboard, stackable
Capacities up to 400 gal and 100 psi

76
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Tom containers

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Appx 2000 lbs, stored on sides, round with concave or convex ends, two valves in the end, one in vapor space other in liquid
Fusible pressure relief plugs
Commonly carry chlorine, anhydrous ammonia, freon

77
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Types of non bulk packaging

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Bags, 
Car boys and jerry cans
Cylinders pressures higher than 40psi
Drums
Dewar flasks (Cryo)
78
Q

Five types of packaging of radioactive material from lowest to highest

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Excepted
Industrial
Type a
Type b
Type c
79
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Excepted radioactive packaging

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Limited radioactivity, like depleted uranium. No risk to public or environment not marked or labeled

80
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Industrial radioactive packaging

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Retains and protects article for shipping, not marked, limited public and environmental hazard.
Slightly contaminated clothing
Lab samples
Smoke detectors

81
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Type a radioactive packaging

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Withstands series of test without releasing contents and properly shielded. Packed and papers with type a written. Relatively high specific activity levels
Radiopharmaceuticals
Certain regulatory qualified industrial products

82
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Type b radioactive packaging

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Withstand normal shipping wear and severe accidental conditions without releasing contents. Package and papers identified type b.
Small containers to 100 tons
items exceed type a radioactivity
Hazard to public or environment
High radioactivity, spent fuel from plants

83
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Type c radioactive packaging

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Very rare for high activity materials like plutonium, transported by aircraft.
Designed to withstand sever accident ink air travel

84
Q

Usa Canada and Mexico have all adopted what for identifying transported hazmat

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Transport of dangerous goods model regulation

Aka UN recommendations

85
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9 UN hazard classes

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Class 1 explosives
Class 2 gasses
Class 3 flammable liquids
Class 4 flammable solids, can spontaneously combust, flammable gas emission when contact with water
Class 5 oxidizers and organic peroxides
Class 6 toxic and infectious substances
Class 7 radioactive material
Class 8 corrosive substances
Class 9 misc dangerous substances and articles
86
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4 digit placard number must be displayed on bulk containers on the following containers and packages

A

Rail tank cars
Cargo tank trucks
Portable tanks
Bulk packages
Vehicle containers carrying at least 8820 lbs of hazmat
Certain non bulk materials like poison gasses in certain amounts

87
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On orange panels, the UN preceding the four digit number means

A

United Nations, accepted for international travel

88
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Emergency response guide provides key to four digit code in what section

A

Yellow section.

89
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Dot regulations cover additional categories of substances of the UN recommendations they are

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Other regulated materials, materials of trade, and fumigated loads

90
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Dimensions and lay out of dot placard

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10.8 inches per side
Hazard class number on bottom corner 
4 digit Id number in middle
Hazard symbol above that
Background color
91
Q

Placards are required for all hazmat when it weighs over

A

1001 lbs

92
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Placard required for these types in any quantity

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Explosives 1.1-1.3
2.3 poison gas
4.3 dangerous when wet
5.2 organic peroxide
6.1 poison inhalation hazard
7 radioactive
93
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A placard is not required for

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Infectious substances, other regulated materials (ORMD), materials of trade MOT, limited or small quantity packages, certain radioactive so, and non bulk combustible liquids.

94
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Some private agriculture and military vehicles don’t have placards because

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It may be transported between sites on the same property

95
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Other than class 7 or dangerous placard, Text on the placard may be omitted if

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Specific Id number is listed

96
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Who is responsible for providing placards for the shipping material

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The shipper.

97
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Placard colors and meanings

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Orange, explosive
Yellow, oxidizer, reactive
Red, flammable
White, health hazard, poison corrosive
Blue, water reactive
Green, non flammable gas
98
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Explosives division 1.1

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Mass explosion hazard, affects entire load almost instantly

Ex- dynamite, mines, wetter Mercury fulminate

99
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Explosives division 1.2

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Have projection hazard but not mass explosive hazard

Ex- det cord, rockets, flares, fireworks

100
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Explosives division 1.3

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Fire hazard and either minor blast hazard or projection hazard or both but not mass explosion
Ex- smokeless powder, liquid rockets, practice grenades, aerial flares

101
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Explosives 1.4

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Minor explosion hazard, mostly confined to package, low projection hazard, exterior fire not cause explosion of entire package
Ex- fireworks, primers, fuse cord, signal cartridges

102
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Explosives 1.5

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mass explosive hazard but insensitive so little probability of ignition from flame
Ex- anfo, blasting agents,

103
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Explosives 1.6

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Extremely insensitive, no mass explosion hazard

104
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Dot label

A

A label formed as a placard 3.9”

105
Q

Dot label That always requires text

A

Class 7 radioactive

106
Q

Dot marking

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Descriptive name, Id number, weight, specification, instructions, cautions, UN marks

107
Q

Vehicle ID markings, specifications

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Info about standards to which the container or tank was built, typically found on roadside/driver side

108
Q

Different railroad tank car markings

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Initials and numbers, reporting marks
Capacity stencil
Specification marking

109
Q

Dedicated railway cars transporting a single material must have

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Material name painted on car

110
Q

More than 259 hazmats transported by rail are required to

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Have their name stenciled on the side of the car in 4” letters

111
Q

Reporting marks

A

Aka initials and numbers.

Used to get info on contents from railroad’s computer or shipper

112
Q

Reporting marks are located where on the railway car

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Both sides of the car to the left side of that face

Both ends, upper center

113
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Capacity stencil

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Stencil of capacity in gallons, under initials and number

114
Q

Intermodal container/ tank initials and numbers/ reporting marks are located

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On the right side of both sides to the tank or on the frame

115
Q

Nfpa 704

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Standard system for the ID of hazmats for emergency response

Blue red yellow white

116
Q

Color meaning and order for nfpa 704

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Left middle clockwise
Blue health
Red flammability
Yellow instability
White related hazards, oxidizers/water reactive
117
Q

Nfpa 704 is not designed for these situations or hazards

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Transportation
General public use
Non emergency occupational exposures
Explosives, blasting agents, 
Chronic health hazards
Bio agents or similar
118
Q

0-4 health hazard

A 
0 minimal
1 slight
2 moderate
3 serious
4 severe
119
Q

0-4 flammability 704

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0 won't burn
1 preheat to burn
2 ignites w/ moderate heating
3 ignites at ambient temp
4 flammable gas/ volatile liquid
120
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Instability 0-4 704

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0 normally stable
1 becomes unstable if heated
2 violent chem change possible at elevated temp/ pressure
3 detonation or explosion w/ strong initiator
4 detonation or explosion at ambient conditions

121
Q

Osha hazard communication standard HCS requires

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Employer to Id hazards and label them and train employees to recognize them

122
Q

Under Federal hazardous substances act, FHSA, require labels on household products with what word written on it

A

Signal word

123
Q

4 signal words

A

Caution
Warning
Danger
Poison

124
Q

Caution signal word meaning

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Minor health effects like skin irritation

125
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Warning signal word meaning

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Moderate hazards like significant health effect or flammability

126
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Danger signal word meaning

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Highest degree of hazard, severe or deadly, explode with heat

127
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Poison signal word meaning

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Required in addition to danger, highly toxic, pesticides

128
Q

FHSA also requires other information on labels such as

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Manufacturer contact info
Common chem name of each ingredient 
Specific effect or situation of hazard, flammable, harmful if swallowed
Precautions for use
First aid instruction 
Handling or storage instructions
Statement, keep out of children reach
129
Q

Cas number

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Chemical abstract service, unique numbers for substance Id

130
Q

Anything containing PCBs, polychlorinated biphenyl, requires what

A

A warning label because it’s cancerous

131
Q

ISO 3864 defines

A

Design criteria for international safety signs

132
Q

Extremely flammable is displayed on pesticides when

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Contents have flash point below 80F

133
Q

ANSI z535.1 color coding

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Red- danger or stop
Orange- warning
Yellow- caution
Green-marks safety equip like 1st aid
Blue- safety info signage, like required ppe
134
Q

Bill of lading

A

Indicates origin, route, destination and product, kept in cab of truck.
Waybill

135
Q

Hazardous waste shipments must be accompanied by

A

Uniform hazardous waste manifest document

136
Q

Instructions for describing hazmats provided in DOT/ TC emulations are

A

Proper shipping name
Hazard class
Packing group
Quantity

137
Q

Where are shipping papers located

A

Near driver or pilot for trucks and planes

In wheelhouse, pilot house or bridge for boats and controlling tugboats

138
Q

Train crew members should carry what indicating cargo

A

Train consists, train list, wheel reports

139
Q

Most trains count their cars in what order

A

Front of train to back

140
Q

Sds or msds are prepared by who

A

The manufacturer or importer

141
Q

Minimum info on SDS based on globally harmonized standard GHS

A 
Identification.                                              
Hazards.    
Composition, ingredients
First aid
Firefighting
Accidental release measures
Handling, storage
Exposure control, personal protection
Physical/ Chem properties
Stability/ reactivity
Toxicological info
Ecological info
Disposal
Transport
Regulatory
Other
142
Q

Erg is primarily misfired for use where

A

On roadways

143
Q

Safest of five senses to detect hazmat incident

A

Vision

144
Q

Olfactory fatigue

A

Gradual inability to detect order after initial exposure. Common with hydrogen sulfide

145
Q

Visual cues

A 
Vapor cloud or smoke
Unusual colored smoke
Flames
Melting gloves
Changes in vegetation 
Container deterioration
Bulging containers
Sick people 
Dying wildlife
Dis colored valves or pipes
146
Q

Physical actions are processes that don’t change the elemental structure of materials. They include

A 
Rainbow sheen
Wavy vapors
Frost or ice build up near leak
Activated pressure relief devices
Pinging or popping of heated vessels
147
Q

Exothermic

A

Produces heat energy

148
Q

Endothermic

A

Absorbs heat energy

149
Q

Chemical reactions convert

A

One substance into another

150
Q

Indicators of chemical rxn

A

Exothermic or endothermic
Extraordinary fire conditions
Peeling or discoloration of container finish
Spattering or boiling of unheated materials
Colored vapor clouds
Smoking or self ignition
Equipment deterioration
Peculiar smells
Unexplained changes in ordinary materials
Symptoms of chem exposure

151
Q

Detection devices are outside the scope of what

A

Awareness levels, used in operational level

152
Q

Indications of possible terrorist incident

A

Two or more emergencies in places of assembly
Unusually large number of people with similar symptoms at medical facilities
Reported explosion at places of assembly or importance

153
Q

CBRNE

A

Chem, bio, radiological, nuclear, explosive

154
Q

Sludgem

A 
Salvivation
Lacrimation (tearing)
Urination
Defication
Gi upset
Emesis
Miosis (pinpoint) or muscle spasms
155
Q

Dumbels

A 
Defacation
Urination
Miosis or muscular twitching
Bronchospasm
Emesis
Lacrimation
Salivation
156
Q

Radiological dispersal device RDD

A

Dirty bomb

157
Q

Indicators of possible radiological incident

A

Suspicious packages that weigh a lot (lead shielding)
Hot materials without external heat source
Glowing material

158
Q

Agar plates

A

Gelatin or jelly substance in Petri dishes used to grow bacteria cultures
Out of place: possible indicator of bio manufacturing

159
Q

Exterior indicators of illicit lab

A 
Blacked out windows
Discarded chem containers
Booby traps
Hidden or disguised entrances
Abnormal levels of security
Excessive trash
160
Q

Interior indicators of illicit labs

A 
Covered windows in occupied building
Chem odors
Flasks and glassware
Unusual heat sources
Containers of unk substances
Pill or blister packs, pseudophed
Large sums of Lithium batteries
Propane bottles, storing anhydrous ammonia
161
Q

Guidelines to protect against secondaries

A 
Anticipate presence
Search the area visually
Limit number of personnel in area
Avoid touching or moving anything
Cordon off area
Evacuate
Preserve serene and evidence

Hazmat For 1st Responders (12 decks)

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