Emergency Response Guidebook

Question 0

Shipping documents carried on a railcar can be found where?

Answer 0

In the possession of a crew member

Question 1

Shipping documents on a vehicle traveling by road can be found where?

Answer 1

In the cab of a motor vehicle

Question 2

Where can shipping documents be found during Aviation transport?

Answer 2

In possession of the aircraft pilot

Question 3

Where can shipping documents be found when traveling by Marine craft

Answer 3

On a holder on the bridge of a vessel

Question 4

What vital information do shipping documents contain?

Answer 4

Information regarding the hazardous materials/dangerous goods to initiate protective actions

Question 5

Where can the 4-digit ID number be displayed?

Answer 5

On the diamond shape placard or on an adjacent orange panel displayed on the ends and sides of a cargo tank vehicle or railcar

Question 6

What items can be used to identify the material?

Answer 6

Placard
Orange Panel
Shipping paper or package

Question 7

Yellow bordered pages identify?

Answer 7

ID number index

Question 8

Name of material can be found on what color pages?

Answer 8

Blue-bordered pages

Question 9

The green-bordered pages identify what?

Answer 9

The initial isolation and protective action distances.

Question 10

Guide number supplemented with the letter (P) indicates what?

Answer 10

The material may undergo violent polymerization if subjected to heat or contamination.

Question 11

Until additional information becomes available, what Guide number do you use?

Answer 11

Guide 111

Question 12

Explosives are identified by what Guide number?

Answer 12

Guide 112

Question 13

Approach scene from ______, ______ or ______ at a safe distance to safely identify and/or read the placard or orange panel. Use binoculars if available.

Answer 13

Uphill, upwind, or upstream.

Question 14

Use GUIDE ______ for a FLAMMABLE (Class 3) placard?

Answer 14

Guide 127

Question 15

Use GUIDE ______ for a CORROSIVE (Class 8) placard?

Answer 15

Guide 153

Question 16

Guides associated with the ________ provide the most significant risk and/or hazard information?

Answer 16

Placards

Question 17

The ________ on orange placards represent explosives “Compatibility Group” letters; refer to the Glossary (page 375).

Answer 17

Asterisks (*)

Question 18

Double asterisks (**) on orange placards represent the ________?

Answer 18

Division of the explosive.

Question 19

If multiple placards point to more than one guide, initially use the ________.

Answer 19

most conservative guide = the guide requiring the greatest degree of protective actions.

Question 20

The words “poison” or “poisonous” are synonymous with the word “________”?

Answer 20

Toxic

Question 21

The hazard class of dangerous goods is indicated either by its class (or division) number or name. How many hazard classes are there?

Answer 21

9 Hazard Classes.
• Class 1 - Explosives
• Class 2 - Gases
• Class 3 - Flammable/Combustible Liquids
• Class 4 - Flammable Solids; Spontaneously combustible materials; and Dangerous when wet materials/Water-reactive substances
• Class 5 - Oxidizing substances and Organic peroxides
• Class 6 - Toxic* substances and Infectious substances
• Class 7 - Radioactive materials
• Class 8 - Corrosive substances
• Class 9 - Miscellaneous hazardous materials/Products, Substances or Organisms

Question 22

Tank cars could transport products that may be ______, ______ or ______? The products may be under pressure.

Answer 22

Solids, Liquids or Gases

Question 23

The information stenciled on the sides or ends of tank cars, may be used to identify the product utilizing:

Answer 23

a. the commodity name shown; or
b. the other information shown, especially reporting marks and car number which, when supplied to a dispatch center, will facilitate the identification of the product.