Emergency Response Flashcards
How is validity of risk assessment determined?
By the quality of the data used in analysis
Process of communication?
- Disaster Risk Reduction
- Disaster
- Emergency Response
- Recovery
What is the definition of a disaster?
A natural or man-made hazard that has come to fruition, resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life, or drastic change to the environment.
Whether natural or man-made: a disaster potentially overwhelms response, T or F?
True
What is the “foundation” of all Emergency Management (EM) Activities?
All EM activities are predicated on the identification
and assessment of the hazard and estimate of risk
What is NOT a requirement of worksite emergency planning for environmental disasters?
Mobile testing laboratory or laboratories
What is NOT true regarding worksite first aid?
As a rule of thumb, first aid and CPR must be available to employees within 30 minutes
Emergency response plans should include coordination with…?
E. All of the above
Protection of emergency response personnel must include all of the above except?
Annual chest radiographs and pulmonary function testing
What is NOT true regarding emergency response plans?
NFPA has established mandatory standards for EMS personnel
Which of the following should be addressed when developing an ERP?
E. All of the above
What is NOT true regarding selection of PPE?
Level D PPE is acceptable for use with a chemical that has respiratory toxicity
In the absence of a local community hazardous materials (HAZMAT) ERP, what entity is tasked with developing an ERP?
The responsible company
The training activity that best correlates with an effective response to an environmental incident is…?
Repeated drilling by team members for response to an environmental incident
An occupational medicine physician involved in emergency planning and response to environmental incidents should…?
E. All of the above
