Competencies - Analyzing The Incident Flashcards
Hazardous materials are defined by NFPA 472 as being capable of creating harm to what three things?
People, the environment, and property.
What two substances are hazardous materials defined as by NFPA 472?
- Matter (solid, liquid, or gas)
2. Energy
EPA uses this term for chemicals that, if released into the environment above a CERTAIN AMOUNT, must be reported.
Hazardous Substances
Depending on the threat to the environment, _________ involvement can be authorized if a hazardous substance is released into the environment above a certain amount.
Federal
True or False
EPA and OSHA use the same definition for the term, hazardous substance.
False - hazardous substances, as used by OSHA, cover every chemical regulated by both DOT and EPA.
EPA uses the term __________ __________ ________ for chemicals that must be reported to the appropriate authorities if released above the _________ reporting quantity.
Extremely hazardous substances, threshold
EPA uses this term for chemicals that are regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
Hazardous Wastes
Hazardous wastes that are in transportation are regulated by who?
Department of Transportation (DOT)
OSHA uses this term for those chemicals possess toxic, reactive, flammable, or explosive properties.
Highly Hazardous Chemicals
Highly hazardous chemicals can possess what four properties?
Toxic, reactive, flammable, or explosive.
OSHA uses the term ___________ ___________ to denote any chemical that would be a risk to ___________ if they were exposed in the workplace.
Hazardous chemicals, employees
How frequently must toxic chemical total emissions or release be reported, according to the EPA?
Annually
EPA uses the term ______ __________ for chemicals whose emissions or release must be reported ANNUALLY by owners and operators of certain facilities that manufacture, process, or otherwise use a listed chemical.
Toxic Chemicals
Hazardous materials are called ____________ _______ in Canada and the United Nations model codes and regulations.
Dangerous goods
DOT uses this term to cover 9 hazardous classes.
Hazardous materials
Any destructive device, such as an explosive, incendiary, or poison gas, bomb, grenade, rocket, or any weapon involving toxic or poisonous chemicals, a disease organism, or designed to release radiation or radioactivity at a level dangerous to human life.
What is a Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD)?
The DOT has classified hazardous materials/WMD according to their _______ danger and assigned standardized symbols to identify the classes.
Primary
What is DOT Class 1 and its major hazard?
Explosives; explosion
What is the definition of explosive?
Any substance or article, including a device that is designed to function by explosion.
Mass explosion hazard; black powder, dynamite, TNT
What is Division 1.1 and its common examples?
Projection hazard; aerial flares, detonation cord, and power device cartridges.
What is Division 1.2 and its common examples?
Fire hazard; liquid-fueled rocket motors, propellant explosives.
What is Division 1.3 and its common examples?
Minor explosion hazard; line throwing rockets, practice ammunition, and signal cartridges.
What is Division 1.4 and its common examples?
Very insensitive explosives; prilled ammonium nitrate fertilizer - fuel oil mixtures.
What is Division 1.5 and its common examples?
What two divisions can ammonium nitrate fall under?
1.5 or 5.1
Extremely insensitive articles/explosives; explosive squid devices.
What is Division 1.6 and its common examples?
What is DOT Class 2 and its major & sub hazards?
Gases
Major hazards: BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion)
Sub-hazards: flammable oxidizer, and poisonous
Flammable gas; PROPANE,
What is Division 2.1 and its common examples?
Nonflammable, nonpoisonous; anhydrous ammonia, cryogenic argon, carbon dioxide, compressed nitrogen
What is Division 2.2 and its common examples?
Poisonous gas; CHLORINE, METHYL BROMIDE,
What is Division 2.3 and its common examples?
Which division is a gas that is ignitable and flammable?
Division 2.1
Which division includes compressed gas, liquefied gas, pressurized cryogenic gas, and compressed gas in solution; as well as an absolute pressure of 41 psi and a boiling point colder than -130°F?
Division 2.2
Which division contains gases that are toxic by inhalation and vaporize easily and known to be so toxic to humans that they pose a hazard to health during transport?
Division 2.3
What is DOT Class 3 and its major hazard?
Flammable and Combustible LIQUIDS; burns readily
Which four classes have no divisions?
Classes 3, 7, 8, 9
Any liquid having a flashpoint at or less than 140°F; acetone, gasoline, toluene.
What is the definition of a flammable liquid and its common examples?
Any liquid that has a flashpoint between 140°F and 200°F; mineral OIL, peanut OIL, fuel OIL.
What is the definition of a combustible liquid and its common examples?
What is DOT Class 4 and its major hazard?
Flammable and Combustible Solids; rapid combustion with a liberation of mass quantities of [toxic] smoke.
Includes desensitized explosives, self-reactive materials, and readily combustible solids; magnesium and nitrocellulose
What is Division 4.1 and its common examples?
What is a desensitized explosive?
An explosive wetted with sufficient water, alcohol, or plasticizer to suppress explosive properties.
What is Division 4.1?
Flammable Solid
What is Division 4.2?
Spontaneously Combustible Material
Contains pyrophoric material, and self-heating material; charcoal briquettes, phosphorous
What is Division 4.2 and its common examples?
What is a pyrophoric material?
A liquid or solid that, even in SMALL QUANTITIES and WITHOUT AN EXTERNAL IGNITION SOURCE, can ignite within FIVE MINUTES after coming into contact with AIR.
What is Division 4.3 (the only blue placard)?
Dangerous When Wet Materials
A material that, by CONTACT WITH WATER, is liable to become spontaneously FLAMMABLE or to give off TOXIC GAS at a RATE GREATER THAN 1 L/KG of the material, per hour–calcium carbide, magnesium powder, potassium metal alloys
What is Division 4.3 and its common examples?
What is DOT Class 5 and its two divisional major hazards?
Oxiders; 5.1 supports combustion, intensifies fire; 5.2 unstable/reactive explosives
What is Division 5.1 and Division 5.2?
5.1 Oxidizers and 5.2 Organic Peroxide
A material that may, generally by YIELDING OXYGEN, cause or enhance the COMBUSTION OF OTHER MATERIALS; ammonium nitrate, calcium hypochlorite
What is Division 5.1 and its common examples?
An ORGANIC compound containing oxygen that can be considered a derivative of HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, whose materials are assigned to seven different types; methyl ethyl ketone
What is Division 5.2 and its common example?
What are the only two types within Division 5.2 that can detonate or deflagrate?
Type A (detonates/deflagrates rapidly; forbidden) and Type D (detonates partially or deflagrates slowly)
Which type within Division 5.2 is forbidden for transportation?
Type A
Neither detonates or deflagrates rapidly but CAN UNDERGO A THERMAL EXPLOSION.
What is Division 5.2, type B?
Neither detonates or deflagrates rapidly and CANNOT UNDERGO A THERMAL EXPLOSION.
What is Division 5.2 type C?
What is DOT Class 6 and its major hazard?
Poison; Toxicity, infectious
What is Division 6.1?
Poisonous materials
What is Division 6.2?
Infectious substance
A toxic material OTHER THAN A GAS; aniline arsenic compounds, carbon tetrachloride, tear gas, hydrocyanic acid, and all irritants.
What is Division 6.1 and its common examples?
Materials that are known to or suspected of containing a PATHOGEN that has the potential to cause DISEASE IN ANIMALS OR HUMANS; anthrax, botulism, rabies, tetanus, polio, and virus.
What is Division 6.2 and its common examples?
What is DOT class 7 and its major hazard?
Radioactive; radioactive poisonous burns
Contains RADIONUCLIDES where both the activity concentration and total activity in the consignment EXCEED SPECIFIED VALUES (.002 micro curries); cobalt, uranium, hexafluoride, and yellow cake
What is Class 7 and its common examples?
What is the specified value that a material containing radionuclides must exceed to be deemed a hazard?
.002 micro curries
What is DOT Class 8 and its major hazard?
Corrosive; burns/emulsification skin damage
Any liquid or solid that causes FULL-THICKNESS DESTRUCTION OF THE SKIN AT THE POINT OF CONTACT within a specified period of time; nitric acid, sulfuric acid
What is corrosive material (class 8) and its common examples?
What is DOT Class 9?
Miscellaneous
A hazardous material that is NOT INCLUDED IN ANOTHER HAZARD CLASS, has anesthetic, noxious, or other similar properties that could cause extreme annoyance or discomfort to FLIGHT CREW MEMBERS.; adipic acid, PCBs, molten sulfur
What is Class 9 and its common examples?
This hazard class has no placard, only labels.
Other Regulated Materials (ORM-D)
A material that presents a limited hazard during transportation due to its FORM, QUANTITY, AND PACKAGING; consumer commodities, small arms ammo, fingernail and furniture polish.
What is ORM-D and its common examples?
Has NO PLACARD and is NOT TRANSPORTED; division 5.2 type A materials.
What is the Forbidden class?
What class as an adverse effect on aquatic life?
Marine Pollutant
What class contains a liquid at or above 212°F, a liquid with a flashpoint at or above 100°F that is intentionally heated and is transported above its flashpoint, or a solid at a temperature at or above 464°F?
Elevated Temperature Material
What is the takeaway about Table 1 materials?
They must be placarded at any quantity.
What is the takeaway about Table 2 materials?
Must be placarded as DANGEROUS (mixed loads) if the aggregate gross weight is 1,001 lbs or more.
