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Ch. 1 Intro to HAZMAT Flashcards

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Substances that possess harmful characteristics are called …

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… hazardous materials in the US and dangerous goods in Canada and other countries.

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CBRNE

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Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, or Explosive

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When CBRNEs are used as weapons, they are referred to as …

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…WMDs

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A hazardous materials/WMD incident is an emergency involving …

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… a substance that poses an unreasonable risk to people, the environment, and/or property

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Potential causes of hazmat incidents …

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Human error
Mechanical breakdowns/malfunctions
Container failure
Transportation accidents
Deliberate acts (Chemical suicide, WMD incidents)
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Often, hazardous materials/WMDs are involved in …

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… fires, explosions, and criminal or terrorist activities

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Hazardous materials may …

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Present a variety of dangers, sometimes in small quantities
Be extremely difficult to contain and/or control
Require specialized equipment, procedures, and PPE to mitigate safety
Be difficult to detect, requiring sophisticated monitoring and detection equipment to identify and predict their severity

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Awareness Level Personnel …

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… are typically at the incident when it occurs. They perform limited defensive actions, such as calling for help, evacuating the hazard area, and securing the scene

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Operations Level Personnel …

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… are dispatched to the scene in order to mitigate the incident. They are allowed to perform defensive actions, but, with some exceptions, they are not expected to come into direct contact with the hazardous material

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Operations Mission Specific Personnel …

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… may be trained beyond the set of core competencies to perform additional defensive tasks and limited offensive actions. These may include using specialized equipment and performing tasks where they might come into contact with the hazardous material

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HAZMAT Tech

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Performs offensive tasks, including controlling releases at hazmat incidents and may supervise the activities of Operations level responders performing Mission-Specific tasks

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HAZMAT Tech w/Specialty

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Provides additional expertise in areas, such as radiation, monitoring and detection equipment, or certain container types

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HAZMAT IC

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Manages the incident by making command decisions to utilize resources and determine strategies and tactics to mitigate the emergency

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HAZMAT Officer

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Manages the hazmat personnel and operations under the direction of the IC

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HAZMAT Safety Officer

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Ensures that recognized safe practices are followed at hazmat incidents

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Specialists

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Provide expertise in specialized areas, such as chemicals, processes, containers, and special operations, typically in an advisory capacity

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APIE

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Analyze the incident
Plan the initial response
Implement the response
Evaluate progress

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Analyze the Incident

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Problem solving process, personnel and responders attempt to understand the current situation. Identify the hazmat involved, what containers are present, quantity of materials released, number of exposures, potential hazards, and other relevant information needed to plan a safe and effective response

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Plan the Initial Response

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Use information gathered during the analysis phase to determine what actions need to be taken to mitigate the incident

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Implement the Response

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Perform the tasks determined in the planning stage. When implementing the response, responders direct actions to mitigate the incident

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Evaluate Progress

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Continues throughout the incident until termination

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Operations Level Responders …

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… are expected to protect individuals, the environment, and property from the effects of the release in a primarily defensive manner.

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Operations level include Awareness level responsibilities …

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… as well as
Identify potential hazards involved in an incident
Identify response options
Implement planned response to mitigate or control a release from a safe distance by performing assigned tasks to lessen the harmful incident and keep it from spreading
Evaluate the progress of the actions taken to ensure that response objectives are safely met

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Operations Mission Specific Level

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PPE
Mass Decontamination
Technical Decontamination
Evidence preservation and sampling 
Product control
Air monitoring and sampling
Victim rescue and recovery
Response to illicit laboratory incidents
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Acute exposure

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Single exposure or several repeated exposures to a substance within a short time period.
Appear within hours or days such as vomiting or diarrhea
Example: phosgene

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Chronic exposure

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Long term, reoccurring. May take years to develop, such as cancer

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Routes of Entry

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Inhalation
Ingestion
Absorption
Injection

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Three Mechanisms of Harm

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Energy release
Corrosivity
Toxicity

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Energy Release

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Heat (Thermal hazards)
Mechanical Energy
Pressure
Electricity
Chemical
Radiation
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Mechanical Energy …

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… possessed by objects due to their position or motion. Can be injured by flying or falling objects, such as the failure of a pressurized container, an explosive detonation, a shifting container, or the reactivity of the hazardous material itself. Friction injuries can cause skin abrasions, blisters, and burns

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Radiation …

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… is energy emitted in particles or waves. Can occur at medical centers, certain industrial operations, nuclear power plants, and research facilities. Possible exposure from terrorist attacks

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Corrosives …

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… are chemicals that destroy or burn living tissues and have destructive effects by virtue of their corrosively (ability to cause corrosion, particularly to metals)
With the exception of liquid and gas fuels, corrosives comprise the largest usage class (by volume) in industry

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Toxic …

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Chemicals or biological substances that cause sickness, illness, or injury by doing damage on the molecular scale when in contact with the body

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