411 Hazardous Materials Flashcards
Authority at a HazMat incident is derived from the _____ , which defines the general responsibilities of responding agencies within the City of Jacksonville, including the four urban service districts ( ie: Jacksonville Beach and Baldwin)
Interagency Hazardous Materials Response SOG
The first arriving agency will take Command until?
a more appropriate Coordinator/ Incident Commander Arrives
The degree of agency involvement will dictate who the on-scene ______ will be.
Coordinator / Incident Commander
Establishing Incident Command is ______ and is not an option.
required by federal law
A ____ must be designated to monitor operations. This is required by federal law and is not an option.
Safety Officer
A primary consideration in the size-up of any HazMat incident is the____ involved and the hazards presented.
identification of the materials
Zoning will be divided into three distinct areas, determined by?
The Hazmat Team
The Hot Zone represents ?
a danger to life and health
The Warm Zone will be restricted to ?
essential personnel and equipment only.
This is a safe area where all supporting personnel , assisting agencies, staging equipment and the IC are located.
The Cold Zone
The Decontamination Zone is located?
In The Warm Zone
extends from the Hot Zone to the Cold Zone
JFRD personnel or civilians requiring medical treatment must ______ before boarding any JFRD apparatus.
undergo decon
Class - 1
Explosives
Initial isolation distance for explosives is
2,000 feet
Class - 2
Compressed Gases
Flammable range of propane
- 1 - 9.5%
1. 5 times heavier than air
Flammable range of Methane?
5 - 15%
lighter than air
Buried residential natural gas line sizes?
1/2 inch - 3/4 inch poly or plastic lines
- low pressure, low volume
- directionally fed
Commercial natural gas lines sizes
1 -2 inch poly or plastic lines
- Feed into metal transitional risers
- Directionally or loop fed