Chapter 2 Flashcards
______ _______ personnel and first responders must be able to analyze all incidents in order to detect and identify the presence of hazardous materials
Awareness level
First responder’s ______ to ________ hazardous materials at accidents, fires, spills, and other emergencies has caused unnecessary injuries and deaths
failure to recognize
_______ often equates to safety when hazmat is involved
distance
hazardous materials may be found ______
anywhere
___________ and a structure’s ________ _______ may provide the first clue that hazmat may be involved in an incident.
pre-incident surveys, occupancy type
Assessment of a facility or location made before an emergency occurs
pre-incident survey
general fire and emergency service term for a building, structure, or residency
occupancy
Once a hazardous material meets an outside water source, it becomes a __________ incident and is extremely difficult to contain, confine, or mitigate
moving
shipping containers and their markings, labels, and/or placards
packaging
packaging in which materials are loaded with no intermediate form of containment
bulk packaging
to be considered bulk packaging, Maximum capacity is greater than _______ gallons as a receptacle for a liquid
119
to be considered bulk packaging, maximum net mass is greater than ________ pounds or maximum capacity is greater than ________ gallons as a receptacle for a solid
882, 119
to be considered bulk packaging, water capacity is ________ pounds or greater as a receptacle for gas
1001
multiple packages grouped together in a single outer container such as bottles of acid packed inside a cardboard box
combination packages
packages with an outer packaging and an inner receptacle
composite packages
pressure containers designed to hold product under pressure
compressed gas cylinders
opening through which a person may go to gain access to an underground or enclosed structure
manway
gas that turns into a liquid at or below -130 degrees F at 14.7 psi
cryogen
with cryogens, a spill or leak will boil into a much larger ________ ________
vapor cloud
dusts, powders, or small particles may be _________ _________
hazardous solids
radioactive packaging only used to transport materials with extremely low levels of radioactivity that present no risk to the public or environment
Excepted
radioactive container that retains and protects the contents during normal transportation activities
Industrial
radioactive package that must demonstrate their ability to withstand a series of tests without releasing their contents
Type A
radioactive package that must demonstrate their ability to withstand tests simulating normal shipping conditions, and they must also withstand severe accident conditions without releasing their contents
Type B
radioactive package used for high activity materials
Type C
marine vessels transport over ______ of the world’s cargo
90%
3 types of tanker vessels
- petroleum carriers
- chemical carriers
- Liquified flammable gas carriers (LNG, LPG)
4 cargo vessel types
- bulk carriers
- break bulk carriers
- container vessels
- roll on/roll off vessels
containers and aircraft pallets used to consolidate air cargo into a single, transportable unit
Unit Loading Devices (ULD)
US, Mexico, and Canada all use the same source for transporting dangerous materials
Transport of Dangerous Goods - Model Regulations, published by the United Nations
designed to mark non bulk packages
labels (under 640 cubic feet)
designed to mark bulk packages
placards (640 cubic feet and over)
___________ labels must always contain text
Class 7 Radioactive
NFPA _______, Standard system for the identification of the Hazards of materials for emergency response, method for indicating the presence of hazardous materials at commercial, manufacturing, institutional, and other fixed-storage facilities.
704
704 identification system, blue represents
Health
704 identification system, red represents
flammability
704 identification system, yellow represents
instability
_______ regulates the manufacturing and labeling of pesticides
EPA
The EPA requires a warning label on any containers, transformers, or capacitors that contain ___________ which is considered hazardous because it may cause cancer
polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)
identifying mark on a railcar that marks as a serial number to identify the car independently of every other
reporting mark
STCC numbers
Standard Transportation Commodity Code
_______ is the safest of the 5 senses to detect hazardous materials
vision
gradual inability of a person to detect odors
olfactory fatigue
the smell of natural gas is caused by the additive
mercaptan
Liquified Natural Gas might be found in a
cryogenic container
Packaging with no intermediate for containment
bulk packaging
Type of packaging used for laboratory samples and smoke detectors
industrial
unique numerical identifiers assigned to individual chemicals and chemical compounds, polymers, mixtures, and alloys
CAS numbers
9 hazard classes are used to categorize hazardous materials under the ___________ system
United Nations
which marking system promotes common, consistent criteria for classifying chemicals according to their health, physical and environmental hazards?
Globally Harmonized System
what kind of labels use hazard statements like “harmful if swallowed”
pesticide labels
Excepted, Industrial, Type A, B, & C packaging are all examples of…
Radioactive materials containers
