Flammable liquid incidents

Question 1

What is a combustable liquid?

Answer 1

Liquid having a flash point above 100° and below 200°F

Question 2

What is Primary containment at a fixed facility?

Answer 2

Tanks and piping where product is contained under normal circumstances

Question 3

What is secondary containment at a fixed facility?

Answer 3

Diked area around tanks where product will be contained in initial stages of an incident. Also includes controlled drainage from rack or diverted to from other areas.

Question 4

What is Tertiary containment at a fixed facility?

Answer 4

Additional area where product can be contained in the event of a catastrophic incident. Product may be diverted.

Question 5

What is a flammable liquid?

Answer 5

Liquid having a low flash point below 100°F and a vapor pressure not exceeding 40 psi

Question 6

What units respond for a foam task force?

Answer 6

2 AR foam units, 1 pump and roll unit, 2 engines, 1 BC, 1 haz-mat asset

Question 7

Offensive attack mode?

Answer 7

Commitment of resources to aggressive leak, spill and fire. Used where additional risk is justified because rescue operations can be quickly achieved, spill leak can be quickly contained, fire extinguished.

Question 8

Defensive attack mode?

Answer 8

Uses resources to achieve less aggressive objectives such as limiting the overall size or spread of the problem. Used where its not worth the risk involved but where other actions can be taken to mitigate the hazard and protect exposures.

Question 9

Non-intervention mode?

Answer 9

Taking no immediate action other than isolating the area until the risk of intervention is reduced to an acceptable level. May be used while assembling resources to commence an offensive attack.

Question 10

What is a polar solvent?

Answer 10

Flammable liquids that mix readily with water. i.e.- alcohols, ketones, lacquers.

Question 11

Small spill?

Answer 11

Spill from container or package approx. 55 gallons or less, a small cylinder or a small leak from a large container with a minimum flow.

Question 12

Large Spill?

Answer 12

Spill exceeding 55 gallons or multiple spills from multiple small packages or containers. Large spill responses include any incident involving pipelines, horizontal tanks, tank farms, flammable liquid tanker trucks or rail cars.

Question 13

First Engine company actions Flammable liquid?

Answer 13

Size-up( visual indicators of smoke, vapor clouds, active leaks, odors.), Life hazards, Hazard protection for life safety, rescue measures if necessary.

Question 14

First engine should perform ______ of the suspected hazard area for leak/spill/fire?

Answer 14

Recon

Question 15

When resources are not readily available or delayed strong emphasis must be given towards what?

Answer 15

Identification and protection of exposures.

Question 16

When developing water supply plan, supply should be able to flow at least ______ GPM of finished product per unit flowing?

Answer 16

1000

Question 17

Water supply group or officer should be?

Answer 17

3rd engine or 2nd BC

Question 18

What are hydrocarbons?

Answer 18

Byproduct of crude oil or extracted from vegetable fiber. i.e.- gasoline, diesel

Question 19

What are polar solvents?

Answer 19

Products of distillation that are water soluble. Have attraction to water and controlling spills and fire necessitate use of special foam. i.e.- alcohols (ethanol), ketones, lacquers

Question 20

What is the assignment for a large spill?

Answer 20

4 Engines, 2 speciality (1 must be truck), 2 EMS units, 1 BC, 1, command aide, 1 EMS supervisor, 1 Foam task force (2 AR foam units, 1 pump and roll unit, 2 engines, 1 BC, 1 haz-mat asset), 1 haz-mat response unit.

Question 21

What are the 4 tactical approaches to tanker truck incidents?

Answer 21

1. assemble resources and extinguish with Class B foam.
2. Combustible liquids, extinguish with water fog when it can be done without environmental runoff
3. Protect adjacent exposures, and allow to burn itself out.
4. Un-ignited leaks and spills should be diked immediately at a safe location and covered with foam to suppress vapors. Remove ignition sources.

Question 22

How should you position or respond to flammable liquid emergency?

Answer 22

up-hill, up-wind

Question 23

3 benchmarks that define the nature and scope of flammable liquid incident

Answer 23

1. Life safety
2. Incident stabilization/protecting the environment
3. Property conservation

Question 24

What are the overall strategic goals of an incident at a bulk petroleum facility?

Answer 24

1. Rescue
2. Public protection
3. Spill control/confinement
4. Leak control/confinement
5. Fire control
6. Recovery

Question 25

RECEO

Answer 25

Rescue
Exposures
Confinement
Extinguishment
Overhaul

Question 26

Cone/fixed roof tanks larger than 50’ in diameter are required to have what?

Answer 26

Weak roof seam. To peel back or blow off if an explosion occurs.

Question 27

What is an open top floating roof tank?

Answer 27

A tank that has a roof that floats on top of the product to minimize vapor space.

Question 28

Covered floating roof is a combination of what 2 types of tank roofs?

Answer 28

Floating roof tank and cone/fixed roof

Question 29

What are the 3 foam application methods?

Answer 29

1. Roll on
2. Bank down
3. Rain down