Environment Agency

Question 1

Examples of offences concerning air pollution and who you would contact..?

Answer 1

Burning of trade waste - EA

The emission of black/dark smoke from trade premises - Local authority

The emission of smoke so as to cause a health hazard or nuisance- Local authority

Question 2

Where are the Hughes dam and large spill kit carried?

How much can the oil absorbent pads hold?

Where is the OSU inventory kept?

Answer 2

OSU

25 times their own weight

In the cab

Question 3

Poly over drum and Cowens expander tank, where is it carried?

What is it’s capacity?

how big are the drain mats? And how much should they overlap the drain by?

Answer 3

OSU

6000 litres
Yep

450mm square - overlap by 50mm all round

Question 4

Location of incident and whose responsibility it is to dispose..

1. Public footpath, public land or roadways other than motorway or trunk road?
2. Motorway or trunk road
3. Private premises, land or vehicle
4. Main rivers, non tidal
5. Main rivers tidal
6. Greater London authority road network

Answer 4

1. Local authority
2. Highways agency or its agent

3 land owner, site occupiers or owner

4. Environment agency
5. The port of London authority
6. TFL street management or its agent

Question 5

What is the hierarchy of containment?

Answer 5

Stage 1 - contain at source

2 - Contain close to source

3 - Containment on the surface

4 - contain in the drainage system

5 - contain in or on the watercourse

Question 6

What is the peristaltic pump used for and how long it able to be used for?

What is it not used for?

Answer 6

Positive displacement pump used to pump contaminated/hazardous fluids - must not be used to pump flammable liquids.
Designed to be mobile and used for short term operation of up to 4 hours continuous use.

Question 7

What do you wear on your hands when handling the drain mats?

And the wearing of nitrile gloves alone?

Answer 7

Disposable gloves over FF gloves

Restricted to incidents involving non aggressive substances EG - milk, orange juice
The wearing of these gloves alone does not provide mechanical or thermal protection

Question 8

What could you use for water course tracing dye for and under who’s instruction?

What colours does it come in…?

Answer 8

Red and green powdered dye that can be mixed with water - to trace fire water run off

You could also forewarn a sewerage undertaker for instance that the water is heading their way