Erg Flashcards
Step one:
Identify the material
Use any of the following- Id number (placard,orange panel, shipping paper)
Or
Name of the material-shipping document or package
Step two:
Identify 3 digit guide number:
ID number index
Yellow bordered pages
Name of the material
Blue bordered pages
Guy number supplement with a (P )indicates
That the material may undergo violent polymerization if subject it to heat or contamination
Index entries highlighted in green are
Toxic inhalation hazard material
A chemical warfare Agent
Water reactive material, produces toxic gas upon contact with water
If index entries are highlighted in green identify ID number and name of material in table 1 (what is table one in green pages)
Initial isolation and protective action distances
What page is the protective actions page
288 ( if no protective action guide use information jointly)
It’s a reference to a guide cannot be found in this incident and is believed to involve dangerous goods:
Use guide 111
Use guide 112- explosives other than 1.4 and 1.6
Use guide- 114 other than 1.4 and 1.6
Step three:
Turn to the numbered Guide
Numbered guide is what color
Orange bordered pages
If a plaque heard is the only source of information turn to pages
6-7 and use 3 digit guide next to placard
As a last resort if only the container can be a dinner fied
Consulte table of rail car and road trailer identification charts information associated with these containers is worst-case and scenarios
Call The emergency response telephone number
- Listed on the shipping paper, if available
- If shipping papers not immediately available, immediately call the appropriate emergency response agency telephone number listed on the inside back cover of this guidebook
(Provide as much information as possible such as the name of the carrier i.e. Trucking company and vehicle number)
Safety precautions-
Resist rushing in!
Approach cautiously
Secure the scene
Identify the hazards
Assess the situation
Obtain help
Respond
Identify using any of the following
Placards, container labels, shipping Documents, real car and road trailer identification chart, MSDS, knowledge of persons on scene, console application guide page
Assess the situation
Is it a fire spill or leak
What are the weather conditions
What is the terrain like
Who is at risk people property or the environment
What evacuations should be talen
What resources
What can be done immediately
Notification sequence
- notify organization/agency
- call the emergency response telephone number on the shipping document
- national assistance (back cover)
- provide as much information as possible
Hazard classification system class 1
Explosives
Hazard class 2
Gases
Hazard class 3
Flamable liquids
Hazard class 4
Flammable solids; spontaneously combustible materials; dangerous when wet materials/water reactive substances
Hazard class 5
Oxidizing substances and organic peroxides
Hazard class 6
Toxic substances and infectious materials
Hazard class 7
Radioactive materials
Hazard class 8
Corrosive substances
Hazard class 9
Miscellaneous hazardous materials/ products, substances or organisms
Class 1 memorization
- 1 e every (explsion haz)
- 2 p00p (projection haz)
- 3 forms (fire haz)
- 4 new (no sig blast hazard)
- 5 vomit (very inseitive expl with mass expl
- 6 insensitivies (extremely insensitive articles)
Class 2 memonic gases
- 1- fucking (flammable)
- 2-new (non flammable,non toxic)
- 3-twat (toxic)
Class 4 memonic
Skip third grade no divisions jn flam liquids
- 1 freaking (flam solids)
- 2 super (spon combustible materials)
- 3 white (water-reactive substances/ dangerous when wet materials)
Class five memonic
Division 5.1- omgs. (Organic substances)
Division 5.2 -organic (peroxides)
Class 6
Division 6.1-T. (Toxic sub)
Division 6.2-I. (Infections)
Beats be infectious