ERG

Question 1

What are the Yellow pages of the ERG used for?

Answer 1

4-digit UN number

Question 2

What are the Orange pages of the ERG used for?

Answer 2

Guides. Orange is the down hill free for all of the ERG process. By reaching this point your have: identified your placard class, researched the UN number, and determined the product name. Now it’s time to piece it all together

Question 3

Where are the shipping papers found on a ship?

Answer 3

Kept in a holder on the bridge of a vessel

Question 4

Where are shipping papers found on a train?

Answer 4

Kept in possession of a crew member

Question 5

Where are shipping papers kept on a plane?

Answer 5

Kept in possession of the aircraft pilot

Question 6

Where are shipping papers found on the road?

Answer 6

Kept in the cab of a motor vehicle

Question 7

If you have the 4-digit UN number, what pages should you go to?

Answer 7

Yellow

Question 8

If you have the proper shipping name, what pages should you go to?

Answer 8

Blue

Question 9

For a division 1.4 or 1.6 explosive, what guide should you use?

Answer 9

Use Guide 114

Question 10

For a Division 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 or 1.5 Explosive, what guide should you use?

Answer 10

Use Guide 112

Question 11

What are the 9 classes of Hazard Classification?

Answer 11

Class 1: Explosive
Class 2: Gases
Class 3: Flammable liquids
Class 4: Flammable solids
Class 5: Oxidizers and Organic peroxide’s
Class 6: Toxic substances
Class 7: Radioactive
Class 8: Corrosive substance
Class 9: Miscellaneous
(Every Good Fire Fighter Obeys The Rules Carefully Most of the time)

Question 12

What are the Green pages of the ERG used for?

Answer 12

Isolation Zones

Question 13

ERG Guides are numbered and have how many digits?

Answer 13

3 digits

Question 14

What is the 3 pieces of information contained on the orange pages of the ERG?

Answer 14

• Potential Hazards
• Public Safety
• Emergency Response

Question 15

Guide Number Supplemented with a _______ entry is a Toxic Inhalant Hazard.

Answer 15

Green entry

Question 16

When a Guide Number is supplemented with a ____ it means the material may undergo violent polymerization if subject to heat or contamination.

Answer 16

“P”

Question 17

Hazard identification numbers, utilized under European and some South American regulations, may be found in the top half of an orange panel on some intermodal bulk containers. The top half will consist of a ____ or ____ digit identification number.

Answer 17

2 or 3 digit

Question 18

Intermodal numbers are to be in the _________ or an orange panel.

Answer 18

In the top half

Question 19

How are materials in the Blue Pages of the ERG listed?

Answer 19

Alphabetically