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Chapter 2 Flashcards

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Haz mat incidents can be controlled only when:

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The personnel involved have sufficient information to make informed decisions
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The closer responders need to be in order to identify the material,

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The greater their chance of being exposed

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The seven clues to the presence of haz mat are:

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1 occupancy types, locations, preplannin
2. Container shapes
3. Transportation placards
4. Other markings
5. Written resources
6. Senses
7. Monitoring and detection devices
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Pre incident planning reduces:

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Oversights, confusion and duplication of efforts and it results in desirable outcomes.
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Pre incident surveys identify the following:

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Exposures
Types, quantities and location of haz mats
Dangers or haz mat
Building features
Site characteristics
Inherent limitations of responding organizations
24 hrs phone numbers for responsible parties and site experts
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Planning is an ongoing process that includes:

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Reviewing surveys and updating them regularly

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Occupancies with high probability of finding haz mat are:

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Fuel storage facility, gas stations, paint supply, nurseries, pest control, medical facilities, photo processing labs, dry cleaners, plastics factories, metal plating business, hardware stores, lumberyards, vet clinic,, feed stores, warehouses, port shipping facilities, treatment disposal facilities, abandoned facilities
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Any building with a fume hood exhaust stack on the roof such as a high school or a medical office probable has:

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A functioning laboratory inside

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Containers at fixed facilities include the following:

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Buildings, above ground storage tanks, machinery, underground storage tanks, pipelines, reactors, open piles or bins, storage cabinets, vats, other fixed on site containers
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Above ground storage tanks are divided into two major categories:

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Non pressure tanks: up to 0.5 psi inside
Pressure tanks:
Low pressure 0.5 - 15
Pressure vessels, above 15 psi
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Common types of atmospheric tanks are:

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Ordinary cone roof tanks, floating roof tanks, and vapordome roof tanks
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Bulk transportation containers can be divided into 3 main categories determined by mode of transportation:

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Tank cars (railroad)
Cargo tank trucks (highway)
Intermodal containers (highway, railroad, marine vessel)
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Tank cars are divided into 3 main categories:

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Low pressure or general service tank cars (sometimes called non pressure cars)
Pressure tank cars
Cryogenic liquid tank cars
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Low pressure tank cars tansport:

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Hazardous and nonhazardous materials with vapor pressure below 25 psi at 105-115 degrees.
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Low pressure tank cars capacity ranges from —— to ——-

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4000 to 45000 gallons

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Pressure tank cars typically transport:

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Flammable non flammable and poisonous gases at pressures greater than 25 psi. Their capacity is 4000 to 45000 gallons
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Cryogenic liquid tank cars carry low pressure refrigerated liquids

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25 psi or less and liquids at -130 degrees and below

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18
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The combination of insulation and vacuum protects the contents from ambient temps in a cryogenic tank for:

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30 days

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Internodal container:

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A freight container that is used interchangeably in multiple modes of transportation such as rail, highway, and ship
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Freight containers:

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Transport a wide range of products from food stuff to dry goods. Most commonly sizes in 20,40,45,48,53 feet
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Low pressure internodal tanks:

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Most common internodal tank used. Called no pressure but as up to 100 psi
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IM 101 portable tanks.

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Withstand pressure of 25.4 to 100 psi. They transport both hazmat and non hazmat. Internationally they are called international maritime organization IMO type 1
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IMO 102 portable tanks:

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Handle pressure of 14.5 to 25.4. Used to transport alcohols, pesticides, resins, industrial solvents and flammables with flash points between 32 and 140 degrees
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Pressure intermodal tank:

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Working pressure of 100-500 psi. Usually transports liquefied gases under pressure. DOT classifies as spec 51. Internationally known as IMO 5
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Cryogenic liquid tank containers:

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Carry refrigerated liquid gases, argon, oxygen, and helium. Built to IMO 7 standards it holds 3000 to 5000 psi
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It is estimated that over 90% of the worlds cargo is transported by:

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Marine vessel

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A vessel that exclusively carries liquid products in bulk is generally known as:

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Tanker or tank vessel

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Petroleum carriers:

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Transport crude or finished petroleum products

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Chemical carriers:

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Transport multiple commodities in 30 to 58 separate tanks

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30
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The only way to positively identify a chemical cargo is to:

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Ask the master or mate (captain or first officer) or obtain the cargo plans that identifies where each commodity is stowed on the vessel
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31
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Liquefied flammable gas carriers:

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Transport liquefied natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas.
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32
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Barge:

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Typically box shaped flat decked vessels used for transporting cargo. They serve as floating warehouses with hazardous goods, vehicles or rail cars inside
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33
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The maximum capacity of and intermediate bulk container is not more than:

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3 cubic meters

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34
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Flexible intermediate bulk container:

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Sometimes called bulk bags bulk sacks, supersacks, big bags, tote bags or totes. They are flexible collapsable bags or sacks that are used to carry both solid materials and fluids
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35
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Rigid intermediate bulk container:

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Used to carry liquids, fertilizers, solvents, and other chemicals. They have a capacity up to 400 gallons and pressures up to 100 psi
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36
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Leaks from ton containers require:

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Special equipment and technician level training to patch

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37
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Excepted packagings are only used to transport materials with:

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Extremely low levels of radioactivity that present no risk to the public or environment
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38
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Materials that present limited hazard to the public and the environment are shipped in these packages:

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Industial

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39
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Radioactive materials with relatively high specific activity levels are shipped in:

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Type A packages

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40
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Packages must not only demonstrate their ability to withstand tests simulating normal shipping conditions, but they must also withstand severe accident conditions without releasing their contents

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Type B

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41
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Very rare packages used for high activity materials including plutonium transported by aircraft:

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Type c

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42
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In north america the 4 digit ID must be displayed on the following containers:

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Rail tank cars, cargo tank trucks, portable tanks, bulk packages, vehicle containers containing large quantities of hazmat, certain nonbulk packages
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43
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DOT classifies hazardous materials according to their:

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Primary danger and assigns standardized symbols to identify the classes.

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44
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A diamond shaped color coded sign provided by shippers to identify the materials in transportation containers:

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A placard

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45
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A materials hazard class is indicated either by its:

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Class or division number, or name.

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46
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When aggregate gross weight of all hazardous materials is non bulk packages is less than ______kg _______ lbs, no placard is required when transporting by highway or rail

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454-1001

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47
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Other than class _____ or the _________ placard, text indicating a hazard is not required

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7 or the dangerous

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48
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DOT labels provide the same information as:

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Vehicle placards

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49
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By the DOT definition, a marking is a:

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Descriptive name, an identification number, a weight or a specification and includes instructions, cautions, or UN marks required on outer packagings of the hazardous material
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50
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Rail tank reporting marks:

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May be used to get information about the cars contents

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51
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Rail car capacity stencil:

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Shows the volume of the tank car. The volume in gallons is stenciled on both ends of the car under the cars initials and numbers
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52
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On rail cars the term load limit can be used to mean the same as:

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Capacity

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53
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In rail cars the specification marking:

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Indicates the standards to which a tank car was built

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54
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NFPA 704 is designed to alert emergency responders to:

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Health, flammability, instability and related hazards

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55
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Caution:

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Indicates the product ma have minor health effects such as eye or skin irritation
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56
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Warning:

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Indicates the product has moderate hazards such as significant health effects or flammability
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57
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Danger:

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Indicates the highest degree of hazard also used on products what explode when exposed to heat
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58
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Poison:

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Required in addition to danger on the labels of highly toxic materials such as pesticides
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59
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Color codes: red

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Means danger or stop

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60
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Color codes: orange

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Means warning. Is used on hazardous machinery with parts that can crush cut or are energized
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61
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Color code yellow:

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Caution. Solid yellow yellow and black stripes or checkered yellow and black checkers may be used to indicate physical hazards sucks as tripping hazards. Also used on containers of corrosive or unstable materials.
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62
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Color code: green

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Marks safety equipment such as first aid stations safety showers and exit routes
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63
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Color code: blue

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Marks safety information signage such as labels or markings indicating the type of required PPE
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64
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Shipments of hazardous materials must be accompanied by:

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Shipping papers that describe them. The info can be provided on a bill of lading way bill or similar document
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65
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In trucks and airplanes the shipping papers are placed near_________. On ships and barges the papers are placed on the______________

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The driver or pilot
Bridge or in the pilot house of a controlling tugboat
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66
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ISHP stands for:

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I identification number
S proper shipping name
H hazard class or division
P packing group
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67
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_______ is definitely the safest of the five senses to use in the detection of a hazardous material

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Vision

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68
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Symptoms of a chemical exposure include:

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Changes in respiration
Changes in level of consciousness
Abdominal distress
Change in activity level
Visual disturbances
Skin changes
Changes in excretion or thirst
Pain
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69
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Monitoring and detection devices can help with:

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Determining hazardous materials present as well as concentration and determine the scope of the incident
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70
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SLUGEM

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Salivation
Lacrimation (tearing)
Urination
Defication
Gastrointestinal upset aggravation cramping
Emesis (vomit)
Miosis pinpoint pupils or muscular twitching
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DUMBELS

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Defection
Urination
Miosis
Bronchospasm (wheezing)
Emesis
Lachrimation
Salivation
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