ERP ADDENDUM 2 Chemical Attack Subway

Question 0

Which nerve agents have no odor

Answer 0

GB OR SARIN

VX

Question 1

The four types of chemical agents that are a concern for First responders are

Answer 1

Nerve Agents (Organophosphates)
Blister Agents (Vesicants)
Blood(pulmonary)
Choking agent

Question 2

Nerve agents have what odor

Answer 2

Fruit

Except SARIN GB and VX

Question 3

Nerve agents will have what type of symptoms

Answer 3

Tabun(GA) sarin (GB) Soman (GD) VX WILL have

SLUGEM AS SYMPTOMS

Question 4

SLUGEM STANDS FOR

Answer 4

SALIVATION
LACRIMATION (tearing)
URINation
DEFECTION
GI distress
EMESIS (vomiting)
Muscle twitching/Miosis(contraction of pupils)

Question 5

Blister agents will have what distinctive odor

Answer 5

Garlic

Clear yellow brownish color

Question 6

Blood agents will have what odor

Answer 6

Burnt almonds

Hydrogen Cyanide (lighter than air)
cyanogen chloride

Question 7

Which chemical agent is lighter than air ?

Answer 7

Hydrogen cyanide

Question 8

Choking agents will have what odor

Answer 8

Chlorine or grass

Phosgene odor of musty hay
CI gas odor of bleach

Phosgene clear to pale yellow color
CI GAS yellow green color

Question 9

What is the top priority before establishing a command post and staging areas a underground chemical attack

Answer 9

Protection from secondary devices

Question 10

The safe refuge area at chemical attack should be where

Answer 10

In the CRZ outside the hotline

Question 11

The ICP SHOULD BE WHERE

Answer 11

Located in the support zone outside the subway entrance away from ventilation gratings and upwind of the incident

Question 12

General tactics first due truck at underground chemical attack

Answer 12

Do hazard assessment if not overrun by evacuated victims and benefit not outweigh by risk
If dispersal device In Operation do not attempt to stop device and immediately retreat and proceed to gross decon
Members operating in bunker gear in exclusion zone shall not operate any further than last viable victim
Officer must monitor on-air time of members
Immediately check for secondary devices and monitor radiation levels (notify IC OF RADIATION)

Question 13

First arrive ladder company Team One at a underground chemical attack:

Answer 13

EVACUATION AND HAZARD ASSESSMENT
Two ffs with officer for victim evac and initial hazard assessment
do not enter subway where visible persons unresponsive
If come across unresponsive victims transmit to IC and retreat tO decon
Don SCBA and face piece cover skin and
If live victims can be seen or heard make rapid assessment of area using route that does not impede victims
If possible id source
Relay to IC
Direct victims to SRA
facilitate evac by removing barriers
Mark the route for CPC entry teams with search rope

Question 14

First due team two

Answer 14

Direct evacuation
Back up for team one
Establish communications relay of IC until relieved by first arriving CPC equipped members

Question 15

First arriving LCC at chemical underground

Answer 15

Apparatus placement
Coordinating with other units to ensure controlled access to the site
assist with establishment of communication relay

Question 16

Responsibilities of second due truck at chemical underground

Answer 16

1. Coordinate and limit site access remaining outside the exclusion zone
2. Establish CRZ with barrier tape or utility rope
3. Establish contamination reduction corridor
4. Direct ambulatory victims from SRA TO EMERGENCY GROSS DECON
5. Bring stokes stretcher /SKED WITH length of utility rope to drag. Non- ambulatory victims to gross devon IF NECESSARY

Question 17

Second due truck team 1

Answer 17

Evacuation to gross decon

Direct ambulatory victims from SRA to gross decon if necessary
Assist non-ambulatory victims to gross decon Area using the stokes if necessary

Question 18

Second due truck team 2

Answer 18

Site access control

Define initial exclusion zone with. Red haz-mat barrier tape
establish CRZ
ESTABLISH contaminated reduction corridor

Question 19

Second due LCC

Answer 19

Position apparatus out of hazard as a barrier for access as ordered
Coordinate apparatus placement with other responding units
Establish physical Barriers
Assist team one and two

Question 20

First arriving engine at a chemical underground subway attack

Answer 20

1. Stage apparatus and equipment upwind and away from any potential sources of contamination such as subway entrances and gratings but near enough to begin gross decon of contaminated victims
   Position near access/egress points of first arriving ladder performing assessment
2. Locate and connect to working hydrant and establish positive water source
3. Remain outside the subway system unless ordered by IC
   4 provide emergency gross decon for ambulatory victims
4. Direct persons who have been decon to causality collection points
5. Provide estimate of number of victims to IC
6. Inform IC and 2nd ladder if victims collapse on their way from the subway exit to gross decon p

Question 21

Second and third due eng

Answer 21

May operate independently at own subway entrance to ensure decon
Should be prepared to perform CFRD

Question 22

HMTU at chemical underground attack

Answer 22

1 assist in monitoring to id the safe zones including adjusting the perimeter of the exclusion zone and the location of the SRA based on meter readings
2.assist in the rescue of ambulatory and non-ambulatory victims

Question 23

Who can perform Noxious Stimulus at an chemical incident

Answer 23

A CPC trained member or above

Question 24

Rescue companies at chemical underground attack

Answer 24

1. Assist in rescue of non-ambulatory victims
   2.if non-ambulatory removal initiated then provide IC or hazmat branch director with:
   A. Estimate of the number of removals necessary and their location
   B. If bunker gear equipped personnel can be staged closer to incident set up relay with CPC equipped members

Question 25

NST IF

Answer 25

1. Victim responds to voice or touch remove from area immediately
   2 if victim responds only to painfully stimulus survival may be possible depends on amount of victims to remove
2. Does not respond to painful stimulus leave them
   4 deceased members should be left in place until criminal investigation is complete unless movement of such victims is necessary to rescue additional victims or to mitigate further hazard

Question 26

Soc support ladder companies at chemical underground incident

Answer 26

1. Report to IC for briefing on hazard assessment activities limitations and ppe
2. Begin monitoring
   Initial monitoring in FF PPE to confirm zones
   Don appropriate ppe based on results
3. If mass decon :
   A.Ensure various decon stations are established
   B. Assist in victim assessment and victim transition from SRA to appropriate decon station

Question 27

CPC units at chemical underground

Answer 27

1. Establish CPC fast unit

2. Assist in rescue of victims

Question 28

BFI at chemical underground attack

Answer 28

1. Controls site access
2. Provide force protection
3. Investigate suspicious and incendiary fires
4. Preserve evidence
   5 cooperate with law enforcement

Question 29

Chemical agents with delayed effects

Answer 29

Mustards and phosgene

Question 30

Phosgene

Answer 30

Choking agent
Musty hay
Pale yellow color

Question 31

Chlorine gas

Answer 31

Odor of bleach

Yellow green color

Question 32

Cyanogen chloride

Answer 32

Blood agent

Burnt almond odor

Question 33

Soman (GD)

Answer 33

Nerve agent
Camphor
Fruit odor

Question 34

What two nerve agents have no odor

Answer 34

Sarin (GB)

VX

Question 35

Tabun (GA)

Answer 35

Nerve agent

Fruity odor

Question 36

Sarin (GB)

Answer 36

Nerve agent

No odor

Question 37

Lewsite

Answer 37

Blister agent

Odor of geraniums

Question 38

Only chemical agent lighter than air

Answer 38

Hydrogen cyanide

Question 39

Hydrogen cyanide

Answer 39

Blood agent
Burnt almonds odor
Lighter than air

Question 40

Sulfur mustard

Answer 40

Blister agent

Garlic mustard odor

Question 41

Nitrogen mustard

Answer 41

Blister agent

Fishy mustard odor