(Fire Fighter Skills) Chapter 30 Recognizing and Identifying Hazards Flashcards

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____ a division of the American Chemical Society. This resources provides hazardous material responders with access to an enormous callection of chemical substances information.
A. Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG)
B. NFPA 704 Hazard Identification system
C. U.S. Department of Transportation marking system
D. Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)

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D. Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
CAS Registry https://www.cas.org more than 129 million organic and inorganic substances are registered for use in commerce in the US

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____ Formatted information, provided by chemical manufacturers and distributors of hazardous products, about the chemical composition, physical and chemical properties, health and safety hazards, emergency response, and waste disposal of the material. (NFPA 1072)
A. Placards
B. NFPA 704
C. Hazardous Materials Information System (HMIS)
D. Safety Data Sheets (SDS)

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D. Safety Data Sheets (SDS)

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According to the Firefighter Skills on identifying hazards chapter. After identifying the problem at a HAZMAT incident, you can start formulating a plan to address the incident. tha plan begins with taking basic actions known as ____.
A. SIP
B. SIN
C. CAN
D. LIP

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B. SIN
Safety, Isolate, Notify

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____ is a glass, plastic, or steel container that holds 5-15 gallons of product.
A. KEG
B. Carboys
C. Drums
D. Cylinders

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B. Carboys

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As an awarness level hazardous materials responder, which of the following is one of the first measures to be implemented?
A. Isolate the release area
B. Establish a stageing area
C. Develop a specific incident objectives
D. Determine the decon corridor

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A. Isolate the release area

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____ container designed to maintain the approprate temerature of product
A. Bung
B. Dewar
C. Cylinders
D. Carboys

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B. Dewar

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NFPA 704 is all of the following except what?
A. 4 is the least hazardous
B. Uses diamond-shaped symbols of any size
C. Contains a numerical rating 0-4
D. 0 is the least hazardous

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A. 4 is the least hazardous

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Military hazardous material and weapons of mass destruction marking have all of the following except what?
A. Use Divisions
B. Division 1 is considered mass detonation
C. Rectangle is the Divison 5
D. Division 2 material have exlosion with Fragmentation

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C. Rectangle is the Division 5
4 Divisions, 1 hexigon, 2 x, 3 triangle, 4 boxy diamond.
Chemical hazards in the military system are depected by colors such as toxic agents such as sarin or mustard are identified by the color red

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What is the papers called when shipped by road and high way?
A. Manifest
B. Bill of lading
C. Waybill
D. Consist

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B. Bill of lading
Also known as Fright bill

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What is the papers called when shipped by rail?
A. Air bill
B. Bill of lading
C. Waybill
D. Dangerous cargo manifest

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C. Waybill

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What is the papers called when shipped by marine vessel?
A. Air bill
B. Bill of lading
C. Waybill
D. Dangerous cargo manifest

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D. Dangerous cargo manifest

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Placards are required for air-reactive solids, oxidizers, and organic peroxides, poison solids, corrosives, and miscellaneious materals over how many pounds?
A. 100
B. 1000
C. 10000
D. 500

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B. 1000

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Explosives, poison gases, water-reactive solids, and high-level radioactive substances have to be placard if transporting how much material?
A. 100
B. 1000
C. 10000
D. Any amount

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D. Any amount

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What is the size of the hazardous placard in inchs?
A. 4 3/4
B. 7
C. 10 3/4
D. 12

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C. 10 3/4
Lables are smaller and 4 inchs

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In the ERG what color is labled numerically by their UN number/Identification number?
A. Orange
B. Yellow
C. Blue
D. Green

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B. Yellow

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In the ERG what color is labled by their name alphabetically?
A. Orange
B. Yellow
C. Blue
D. Green

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C. Blue

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In the ERG what color pages have guide numbers and dicription of general hazard class and provide emergency action?
A. Orange
B. Yellow
C. Blue
D. Green

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A. Orange

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This section in the ERG is organized numerically but UN/ID number and provides the inital isoloation distances for certain material.
A. Orange
B. Yellow
C. Blue
D. Green

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D. Green

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What does “Dangerous” placard mean?
A. They have Dangerous materials in the shipping container
B. They have more than one hazard class in contained in the same load
C. It a type 3 hazard
D. It means the load is heavy and contains no hazardous materials

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B. They have more than one hazard class in contained in the same load

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What is CBRNE acronmy mean?
A. Chemical, Biology, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive
B. Chemical, Radioactive, Nuclear, Explosive, Biological
C. Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive
D. Chemical, Radiological, Biological, Nuclear, Explosive

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C. Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive
A form that Terroism takes form

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Which is not a way a chemical substance can enter the body per Firefighter skills identify the hazards.
A. Inhilation
B. Adsorption
C. Ingestion
D. Injection

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B. Adsorption
Inhilation, Absorption, Ingestion, Injection

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What is the typical size of a weaponized anthrax spore?
A. 5-7 Microns
B. 3-5 Microns
C. 1-2.5 Microns
D. 0.5-1 Microns

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D. 0.5-1 Microns
Based on that size range typical APR (Air-Purifying respirators), Dust nuisance filter, and surgical-type mask would not offer sufficent protection

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____ Capable of causing an illness by entry of a pathogenic microorganism.
A. Contagious
B. Inhalation
C. Ingestion
D. Infectious

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D. Infectious
Contagious-Capable of transmitting a disease

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Largest Organ in the body and is susceptible to damage infliced by many substances?
A. Femur
B. Liver
C. Lung
D. Skin

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D. Skin

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Which of the following substances would most likely be found in the amber glass container in a laberatory setting?
A. Cryogenic nitrogen
B. Grease
C. Hydrofluoric acid
D. Sulfuric acid

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D. Sulfuric acid
Hydrofluric acid is incompatible with silica (glass) and would be stored in a plastic container

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