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
Primary Feeders sizes?
2 - 24inch poly or metal lines
- high pressure, high volume
- Directionally or loop fed
Actions taken by first-arriving units shall depend on the size of the line encountered
Residential?
The OIC may try to stop the leak or may elect to wait for the Hazmat Team.
Actions taken by first-arriving units shall depend on the size of the line encountered.
Commercial?
Clamping or fixing the rupture is done by the gas company or Hazmat Team ONLY.
Actions taken by first-arriving units shall depend on the size of the line encountered.
Primary Feeders?
Clamping or fixing the rupture is done by the gas company or Hazmat Team ONLY.
Actions taken by first-arriving units shall depend on the size of the line encountered
Relief Valves or Regulators?
Consult gas company or Hazmat Team before taking offensive control actions.
Class 3
flammable liquids
Reportable Quantities
Environmental Resource Management Department (BIO)
10 gallons or more spilled
Reportable Quantities
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP)
25 gallons or more
United States Coast Guard (USCG)
- spills create sheen on the water, no specific amount
Any quantity of a petroleum product which reaches or those which potentially could reach a navigable waterway will require notification of?
ERMD
State Warning Point
United State Coast Guard
Class 4
Flammable Solids
Class 5
Oxidizers
Class 6
Toxic
Class 7
Radioactive
Hot Zone shall be any area with exposure of 2mR/hr or greater.
All personnel in the Hot Zone should use?
dosimeters
Digilert 50 alsrms should be set at
0.1 mR/hr or 100 cpm
Class 8
Corrisives
Class 9
Miscellaneous Hazardous Materials
Blister Agents
Mustard gas, Lewisite
Blood Agents
Cyanide groups
Choking Agents
Chlorine , Phosgene
Irritants
riot and tear gases
Nerve Agents
Tabun
Sarin
Soman
VX
DuoDote kits are used for?
Nerve Agent and organophosphate exposure
Biological agents are ____ more lethal than chemical agents and are invisible to the senses.
1,000 times
Rapid rescues can be made for counts as high as 25 R/hr when?
wearing full PPE with SCBA
_____ are the most common CBRNE weapon used by terrorists.
Explosives
Previous events has shown that first responders are often the target of ____ and ____.
secondary devices and tertiary devices
FIRE- If no fire is showing , secure water supply and stage with a charged 1-3/4 inch hoseline?
wait for instructions from the riding chief or Hazmat Team
