309 CBR Flashcards
(PHARS)
- PORTABLE HYDRAULIC ACCESS AND RESCUE SYSTEM
- WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE PHARS?
ANS: TO PROVIDE ACCESS THROUGH OR INTO A SPACE WHERE RESCUE OR OVERHAUL IN CUTTING, SLITTING, PIERCING, LIFTING AND PULLING IS NEEDED.
- WHAT IS THE POWER SOURCE FOR THE PHARS?
ANS: EITHER AN ELECTRIC MOTOR OR AN ENGINE CONNECTED TO A HYDRAULIC PUMP.
- WHAT PRECAUTIONS MUST BE OBSERVED WHEN CONNECTING OR DISCONNECTING THE HYDRAULIC LINES?
ANS: DO NOT COME IN CONTACT WITH THE HYDRAULIC FLUID, WEAR PROTECTIVE GLOVES AND GOGGLES.
- WHAT ARE THE LIMITATIONS OF THE RESCUE SPREADER (JAWS OF LIFE)?
ANS: CAPABLE OF LIFTING 9 TONS, SPREADING TO 32 IN. AND MAKING SLITS IN 1/8 IN. STEEL.
- WHAT TYPE OF DAMAGE MAY BE EXPECTED FROM A NUCLEAR UNDERWATER DETONATION?
ANS: HOLES AND CRACKS IN THE HULL BELOW THE WATER, RUPTURED PIPING SYSTEMS, ELECTRICAL FIRES DUE TO PARTED CABLES, DAMAGED MACHINERY AND LARGE AMOUNTS OF RESIDUAL RADIATION ON THE WEATHER SURFACES.
- WHAT IS THE MEANING OF SAFE STAY TIME WHILE IN A NUCLEAR ENVIRONMENT?
ANS: THE MAXIMUM TIME A PERSON CAN BE IN A CONTAMINATED AREA WITHOUT EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE.
- WHY DOES THE SHIP SET CIRCLE WILLIAM FITTING PRIOR TO OR IMMEDIATELY AFTER A NUCLEAR DETONATION?
ANS: TO PREVENT OR LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF FALLOUT OR RADIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION FROM ENTERING THE SHIP.
- WHO ESTABLISHES THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE (MPE)?
ANS: THE SHIP’S COMMANDING OFFICER.
- WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT ONE DOES NOT EAT, DRINK OR SMOKE WHILE CONTAMINATION IS SUSPECTED?
ANS: TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION FROM ENTERING YOUR BODY.
- DEFINE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE.
ANS: THE MAXIMUM EXPOSURE TO RADIATION THAT CAN BE ALLOWED DURING A SPECIFIED PERIOD OF TIME.
- WHAT AREAS OF THE SHIP ARE BEST FOR DEEP SHELTER STATIONS?
ANS: LOW IN THE SHIP, NEAR THE CENTERLINE BELOW THE WATERLINE.
- WHAT METHODS ARE USED TO DECONTAMINATE ONBOARD AREAS AND EQUIPMENT IN A NUCLEAR WARFARE ENVIRONMENT?
ANS: FIREHOSING AND MANUAL SCRUBBING: THE AREA IS WASHED BY HOSING, SCRUBBED WITH BRUSHES AND DETERGENT, AND AGAIN WASHED BY HOSING.
- DESCRIBE THE MARKER USED TO INDICATE A NUCLEAR CONTAMINATED AREA?
ANS: A WHITE TRIANGLE MADE OF WOOD, METAL OR PLASTIC WITH THE WORD ATOM PRINTED IN BLACK. THE DOSE RATE, DATE OF BURST, DATE AND TIME OF READING WILL BE WRITTEN WHEN POSTED.
- WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RADIATION AND CONTAMINATION?
ANS: RADIATION CONSISTS OF INVISIBLE RAYS AND IONIZING PARTICLES GIVEN OFF FROM A RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCE. CONTAMINATION IS A CONDITION IN WHICH RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL IS IN LOCATIONS WHERE IT MAY HARM PERSONNEL.
- WHY IS A NUCLEAR UNDERWATER DETONATION POTENTIALLY MORE DANGEROUS TO NAVAL VESSELS THAN AN AIRBURST?
ANS: UNDERWATER SHOCK WILL PRODUCE A LARGE AMOUNT OF UNDERWATER DAMAGE AND POSSIBLY HEAVY FALLOUT FROM THE BASE SURGE.
- WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS OF RADIATION SICKNESS?
ANS: NAUSEA OR VOMITING, SORE THROAT, FEVER, DIARRHEA, SKIN HEMORRHAGES, LOSS OF WEIGHT AND HAIR LOSS.
- WHAT DOES THE INITIAL RADIATION SURVEY DETERMINE AFTER A NUCLEAR DETONATION?
ANS: DETERMINES THE LEVEL OF INTENSITY AND LOCATION OF CONTAMINATION.
- WHAT ARE THE PROCEDURES FOR SELF-PROTECTION IN THE EVENT OF A NUCLEAR ATTACK?
ANS: SEEK SHELTER, COVER FACE AND EYES. BRACE FOR SHOCK (HOLD ON TO A SOLID SHIP STRUCTURE, FLEX ARMS AND KNEES, AND REST ON THE BALLS OF THE FEET, DON PROTECTIVE MASK).
- HOW MANY PHYSICAL STATES ARE CHEMICALS FOUND TO EXIST IN?
ANS: THREE. SOLID, LIQUID, AND GAS.
- HOW DO CHEMICAL AGENTS ENTER THE BODY?
ANS: RESPIRATORY TRACT; CONTACT WITH THE SKIN; WOUNDS OR CUTS; THROUGH THE EYES.
- HOW FAST CAN DEATH OCCUR FROM BLOOD AGENT EXPOSURE?
ANS: AS FAST AS FIFTEEN SECONDS IN HIGH CONCENTRATIONS.
- WHAT TWO SHIPBOARD PROTECTIVE MEASURES ARE TAKEN BEFORE A CHEMICAL ATTACK?
ANS: SECURE CLOSURE DEVICES (CIRCLE WILLIAM) AND ACTIVATE
THE WDCM SYSTEM.
Washdown Countermeasure
- WHAT METHODS ARE USED TO DECONTAMINATE PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT AFTER A CHEMICAL ATTACK?
ANS: PERSONNEL USE THE PERSONNEL DECONTAMINATION KIT (M-291), SOAP AND WATER AT THE DECONTAMINATION STATION, EQUIPMENT IS DECONTAMINATED WITH THE (M-295 WHICH IS A BIGGER VERSION OF THE M-291) AND VARYING SOLUTIONS OF CHEMICALS MIXED WITH SOAP AND WATER.
- DESCRIBE THE MARKER USED TO INDICATE A CHEMICAL CONTAMINATED AREA?
ANS: A YELLOW TRIANGLE WITH THE LETTERS “GAS” IN RED AND NAME OF THE AGENT, DATE AND TIME OF CONTAMINATION WRITTEN IN.
- WHAT AGENTS, IN A VAPOR FORM, WILL THE M-256A1 CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTOR KIT IDENTIFY?
ANS: BLISTER, NERVE, LEWISITE, BLOOD.
- IF DURING A CHEMICAL ATTACK YOUR EYES BECOME CONTAMINATED, WHAT SHOULD YOU USE AS A DECONTAMINATING SOLUTION?
ANS: NON-CONTAMINATED WATER ONLY.
- WHAT IS CPS?
ANS: COLLECTIVE PROTECTION SYSTEM
- WHAT ARE THE FOUR CASUALTY AGENTS USED IN CHEMICAL WARFARE?
ANS: CHOKING, BLOOD, BLISTER, AND NERVE.
- WHAT DETERGENTS ONBOARD US LASSEN ARE EFFECTIVE FOR DECONTAMINATION OF CHEMICAL AGENTS?
ANS: SOAP, SUPER TROPICAL BLEACH AND CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE (HTH) .
- WHAT TYPE OF AGENTS WILL THE GAS MASK PROTECTS THE WEARER FROM IN A CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT?
ANS: INHALATION OF NERVE, BLISTER, CHOKING, BLOOD, VOMITING AND TEAR GAS AGENTS.
- HOW MAY TYPES OF CPS AIRLOCKS ARE ONBOARD USS LASSEN?
ANS: 3 (TYPE 1, 2 AND 3.)
- DESCRIBE THE MARKER USED TO INDICATE BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATED AREAS.
ANS: A BLUE TRIANGLE WITH LETTERS “BIO” IN RED.
- WHAT IS THE PREDERTIMED MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF RADIATION A PERSON CAN RECEIVE ONBOARD USS LASSEN?
ANS: 150 RADS TOTAL DOSE
- ONCE A BW/CW AGENT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AND YOU EXPERIENCE SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE, WHAT THREE STEPS MUST YOU TAKE?
ANS: SELF-AID; PERSONNEL DECONTAMINATION; SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.
- WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING MOPP LEVELS?
ANS: THE CO OR THE TASK COMMANDER.
- WHAT IS THE ACRONYM MOPP?
ANS: MISSION ORIENTED PROTECTIVE POSTURE
- HOW LONG DOES A GAS MASK CANISTER LAST IN CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENT? UNCONTAMINATED?
ANS: 30 DAYS IN A CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENT, AND 60 DAYS IN AN UNCONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENT.
- WHAT ARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT EFFECT BW/CW AGENTS?
ANS: WIND; PRECIPITATION; TEMPERATURE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT.
- WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF MISSION ORIENTED PROTECTIVE POSTURE (MOPP) LEVELS?
ANS: MOPP PROVIDES A FLEXIBLE SYSTEM OF PROTECTION AGAINST CW/EW AGENTS CONSISTENT WITH THE CW/BW THREAT, THE WORK RATES IMPOSED BY THE SHIP’S MISSION, AND THE TEMPERATURE.
- WHAT CHEMICAL AGENTS WILL M-8 PAPER DETECT?
ANS: LIQUID V AND G NERVE, AND H-TYPE BLISTER AGENTS.
- WHERE WOULD ONE FIND THE COLOR COMPARISON CHART FOR THE M-8 PAPER?
ANS: ON THE INSIDE FRONT COVER OF THE M-8 PAPER BOOKLET.
- WILL M-8 PAPER DETECT AN AGENT IN THE GAS OR VAPOR FORM?
ANS: NO, M-8 PAPER WILL ONLY DETECT AGENTS IN THEIR LIQUID FORM.
- WILL M-8 PAPER DETECT CHEMICAL AGENTS ONCE IT BECOMES WET?
ANS: YES, M-8 PAPER WORKS WHEN WET. M-9 CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTOR PAPER
- WHICH CHEMICAL AGENTS WILL M-9 PAPER DETECT?
ANS: G AND V NERVE, AND H AND L BLISTER.
- WHAT COLORS INDICATE THAT AN AGENT IS PRESENT USING M-9 PAPER?
ANS: REDDISH STREAKS AND SPOTS
- ONCE THE M-9 PAPER DISPENSER HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SHIPPING BAG, WHAT MUST BE RECORDED ON THE DISPENSER?
ANS: THE CURRENT DATE TO DETERMINE ITS USEFUL LIFE.
- WHEN HANDLING M-9 PAPER WHAT PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT MUST BE WORN?
ANS: PROTECTIVE GLOVES.
- WHEN POSTING M-9 PAPER, WHAT PRECAUTIONS MUST BE TAKEN TO PREVENT FALSE READINGS?
ANS: KEEP PAPER AWAY FROM HIGH TEMPERATURES (160 DEGREES OR ABOVE), DIESEL OIL AND OIL OF WINTERGREEN.
- WHAT COLOR WILL M-9 PAPER TURN IF A CHEMICAL AGENT IS DETECTED?
ANS: ANY SHADE OF RED DOTS.
- WHAT WILL CAUSE BLUE, GREY, YELLOW, GREEN OR BLACK SPOTS TO FORM ON M-9 PAPER?
ANS: EXCESSIVE MOISTURE SUCH AS RAIN OR DEW. F-76, JP-5 AND EVERGREEN.
- HOW SHOULD M-9 PAPER BE ATTACHED AROUND OBJECTS?
ANS: ADHESIVE SIDE TO ADHESIVE SIDE WITH DETECTOR SIDE OUT.
- WHERE SHOULD M-8 OR M-9 PAPER BE POSTED PRIOR TO AN ATTACK?
ANS: NEAR VENTILATION DUCTS, WATERTIGHT ACCESSES AND AS STATED IN SHIP’S CBR BILL.
- WHAT IS CONTAINED IN THE M-256A1 DETECTOR KIT?
ANS: 12 SAMPLER-DETECTORS, 1 BOOK OF M-8 PAPER AND A SET OF OPERATIONAL INSTRUCTION CARDS.
- WHAT CHEMICAL AGENTS CAN BE READILY IDENTIFIED BY USING THE M-256A1 DETECTOR KIT?
ANS: BLISTER, BLOOD, NERVE AND LEWISITE.
- WHERE CAN AN OPERATOR FIND THE COLOR CHANGES THAT INDICATE THE AGENT IS OR IS NOT PRESENT WHEN USING THE M-256A1 KIT?
ANS: PRINTED ON EACH SAMPLER-DETECTOR AND ON THE OPERATIONAL INSTRUCTION CARDS IN THE CARRYING CASE.
- WHAT SHOULD BE CHECKED PRIOR TO OPENING A SAMPLER-DETECTOR KIT?
ANS: THE DISCARD DATE LISTED ON THE SAMPLER-DETECTOR BAG.
- WHEN USING THE M-256A1 KIT, THE OPERATOR MUST PROTECT THE SAMPLER-DETECTOR KIT FROM WHAT ELEMENTS?
ANS: EXCESSIVE MOISTURE, WIND, AND DIRECT SUNLIGHT.
- WHAT CAN TOUCHING THE SPOTS OF THE SAMPLER-DETECTOR IN A M-256A1 KIT RESULT IN?
ANS: A FALSE READING OR INCORRECT TEST RESULT.
- WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE GAS MASKS?
ANS: PROVIDES PROTECTION TO THE FACE, EYES AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AGAINST ALL KNOWN CBR AGENTS.
- WHICH STRAPS ON THE MASKS ARE LOOSENED AND TIGHTENED EACH TIME THE MASK IS REMOVED AND DONNED?
ANS: ONLY THE TWO BOTTOM STRAPS.
- WHAT IS THE EFFECTIVE LIFE OF THE GAS MASK FILTER CANISTERS?
ANS: 60 DAYS ONCE REMOVED FROM THE STOWAGE CAN IN A NONCONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENT, 30 DAYS IN A CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENT, AND ONE BLOOD AGENT ATTACK.
- CAN THE GAS MASK BE WORN IN OXYGEN DEFICIENT ATMOSPHERES?
ANS: NO, THE GAS MASK DOES NOT PROVIDE THE WEARER WITH OXYGEN.
- WHAT SHOULD THE WEARER OF THE MASK DO PRIOR TO USE?
ANS: SANITIZE AND INSPECT THE MASK FOR WORN PARTS.