Haz- All Flashcards
Any weapon or device that is intended or has the capability to cause death or serious bodily injury to a significant number of people is
Weapon of mass Destruction
Human error, transportation accidents, mechanical breakdowns, container failures are all causes of
Hazmat incidents
Most common hazmat incidents involve what 5 materials ? G, L , C , C A
Flammable gases, combustible liquids, corrosives, chlorine and anhydrous
TRACEM- P stands for
Thermal , radiological , asphyxiating , chemical, etiological , mechanical and psychological
7 Mechanisms of harm
TRACEM-p
Asphyxiation simple vs chemical
S- Oxygen deficient atmosphere
C- Toxic substance such as carbon monoxide that causes pathological changes within the body by preventing the proper use of oxygen
Main route of exposure
Inhalation, Ingestion, absorption and infection
Contamination vs exposure
C- transfer of a Hazardous material two person equipment environment
E- As a general is entered your body the root of entry
You can decontaminate you cannot be
De exposed
Acute vs chronic
A- Short term affects out of here within hours or days examples vomiting diarrhea
C- Long-term effects that may take years to appear such as cancer
Percentage that firefighters will develop cancer
68%
Example of awareness level personnel’s
People who witnessed the incident, they perform a limited defensive actions such as calling for help evacuation in securing the same
First responder operational level
For us to be dispatched to the scene, not expected to come in direct contact with hazardous material
First responder with operation mission specific level training Performs additional
defensive tasks and limited offensive actions
Individuals in the course of their normal duties, maybe the first to arrive at a scene or witness it has an incident, protect themselves from other hazards, call her appropriate assistance and establish seen control our
Trained and certified awareness level
APIE-T stands for
Asses, plan, Implement, evaluate and termination
Risk based response model known as
APIE-t
Awareness personal or not responsible for
Planning the initial response
Operational first responders are expected to
Respond defensively to protect individuals the environment and property
Operational first responders must be able to perform the following actions
Identify potential hazards, response options, implement the plan response to Mitigate or control and evaluate the progress of the action taken
Operational first Responders are expected to identify potential hazards at incidence examples are
Type of container involved, hazardous material involved, hazard presented by the material and potential behavior of the material
Independent organization formed by standards writers in users that manage the voluntary standard system in the USA
American national standards Institute
Local emergency planning committee’s are responsible for
Developing an emergency plan for an emergency
Types of transportation modes of hazardous material
Roadways, railways, waterway is, airways and pipelines
OnceThe hazardous material reaches wetlands or waterways it becomes a moving incident and
Extremely difficult to contain confin and
Mitigate
Any building with fume hood’s exhaust or stacks on the roof such as research and development company or medical office building probably have
A functional Laboratory inside
Fume hood exhaust stacks are good indicator of
Hazardous materials
A synthetic opioid sometimes used as a heroin substance that can be found in powder, tablet, capsule, solution in a rock form is
Fentanyl
Symptoms of fentanyl intoxication include
Slow breathing or trouble breathing, dizziness, trouble talking or walking, drowsiness or unresponsiveness and miosis( pinpoint pupils )
Symptoms of carbon monoxide
Headache confusion, skin will become red, heart rate will increase, and blood pressure will rise
Non-bulk versus bulk packages
Bulk- Capacity is greater than 118 gallons, net mass is greater than 882 pounds, water capacity is 1000 pounds or greater
Examples of non-bulk packaging
Drums, boxes, card boys in bags
Pressure containers Features include
Rounding ends, bolted access points,protective housing , Pressure relief and gauges
Potential hazards associated with spherical containers are
Toxic, corrosive, flammable, energetic and asphyxiant
Potential hazards associated with cylindrical Rounded end containers are
Toxic energetics corrosive flammable Asphyxiant
Potential hazards associated with a circular containers with flat ends include
Toxic, corrosive, flammable, energetics, Asphyxiant
Congee bottom is particularly useful in dispensing ?
Solid, slurry and liquid products
Horizontal container with flat ends, cylindrical With round ends, smaller cylindrical with slightly rounded ends with reinforced rings, Oval, horseshoe-shaped Potential hazards are
Toxic, corrosive,Flammable, energetics And asphyxiant
What hazards associated with the cryo-genic containers
Toxic corrosive flammable energetics, asphyxiant and thermal (only diff)
Class one
Explosives
Class 2
Gases
Glass 3
Flammable liquids
Glass 4
Flammable solids
Glass 5
Oxidizing substances and organic peroxide’s
Class 6
Toxic and infectious
Class 7
Radioactive materials
Class 8
Corrosive substance
Class 9
Miscellaneous dangers substances and articles
Division number
Besides a level of Explosion hazard to the product. There are 6 classes
Division 1.1-1.6
Mass explosion hazard
Projectile/fragment hazards
Fire hazard
No significant blast hazard
Very insensitive explosives
Extremely insensitive
Rapid release to gases can create shockwave the travel outward from the center. As the wave increase his distance the strength decreases
Blast pressure wave
Seismic affect
Vibrations Similar earthquake
Class 1 ( explosives ) had how many divisions
1.1-1.6
Class 2 (gases ) divisions
2.1 flammable gases
2.2 nonflammable , no. Toxic
2.3 toxic gases
Incendiary thermal effect
Fb
Occurs during an explosion when thermal heat energy forms a fireball
Heat hazard
Associated with division 2.1. Gases can maintain cohesion long enough to encounter ignition source at some distance from the origin
Asphyxiation hazard in atmosphere caused by ?
Leaking or released gases displays oxygen in a confined space or close proximity to the release
Mechanical hazard
A boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion bleve
Chemical hazards
Toxic or colors of gases in vapors
Class 3 flammable liquid divisions
None
Three main divisions of the class 4 Flammable solids
4.1 Flammable solids,
4.2 spontaneous combustion liquids and solids
4.3 dangerous when wet substances
Organic peroxide’s
Liquids or solids that readily give off oxygen
organic peroxide should be stored below (not a temp) MSST
Maximum safety storage temperatures
If organic peroxide reach”” They undergo a chemical change and may Violently released from the package
SADT
Self accelerating decomposition temperature
Class five oxidizers has two divisions
5.1- Oxidizer
5.2 Organic peroxides
Classics toxics substance has 2 main divisions?
6.1- Toxic substance
6.2 Infectious absence
The * indicates?
Poisonous
Infectious materials are typically shipped in ?
Small containers there’s no place cards with them only a label
Primary hazards of class 6 materials are
Toxicity, and inhalation hazards and disease
Class 7 radioactive materials have how many divisions
None
Primary hazards of radioactive material exposures in class 7 are
Radiation burns, illnesses, cancer and fire may produce irritation or poisonous gases
Radioactive material must be labeled on how many size
2
Class 8 corrosive substances can be
Liquid or solid substances that caused full thickness destruction of human skin at contact within a specific time. Or liquid has a severe course of Steele or aluminum
Divisions of class eight materials
None
Corrosives can be ( x5) T, F , R , E sometimes O
Toxic, flammable, reactive and or explosive and some are oxidizers
Examples of class 9 miscellaneous dangerous goods are
Lithium batteries, hazardous waste and polychlorinated biphenyls
US title 49 of the code of federal regulations require placard on what forms of transportation?
Transportation containers, cargo, tanks, tank cars trailers
Placards are what shape ?
Diamond
Placards must appear on how many sides of a Vehicle transporting hazmat
4
Standard size of placards
9.84
Placard color orange Indicates
Explosive
Placard color yellow Indicates
O/R
Oxidizer/reactive
placard Color red indicates
Flammable
Placard, white indicates
P/C
Health hazard poison/corrosive
Placard color blue indicates
Water reactive
Placard color green
Non-flammable gas is
Parts of dot placard pic
You are numbers on placards are how many digits and identify what
Four digits and used to identify hazardous chemicals or classes of hazardous material is worldwide
ERG does not list any numbers past ?
1000
Four steps to hazardous recognition regarding plackcards includes
Background color placard, has his number at the bottom of the placard, UN/any identification number and pictogram at the top of the placard
Orange panels with two sets of numbers meanings
Top half of the panel contains a two or three number code required under European and South American regulations and the bottom is going to be in the UN/na identification number
US title 49/4 of federal regulation requires labels on
Packages packaging and over packs
Fumigation marks are found on
Structures or containers that have been or are undergoing treatment for pest control or mold
Hot marking is used for
Elevated temperatures material such as Moulton so far, roofing, Road tar and molten Aluminum
Chemical and electrical hazards are presented in what ? lB
Lithium batteries
Biohazard marking is used on
Oh packaging containing regulated Medical waste
Natural gas is predominant product found in gas distributing pipelines exceptions include
Petroleum liquids or gases, carbon dioxide, ethanol, hydrogen gas andSour crude oil or sour gas
Information provided on pipeline markers are
Pipeline product, operator and 24 hour phone number
Top three quadrant representing three hazard categories (health,flammable,instability)what colors code for them?
Health-blue,
Flammable-red
Instability-yellow
The white box are based on a Scale from 0 to 4 meaning
Zero indicates a minimal has it whereas 4 indicates a severe hazard
Three special hazard symbols are presently authorize for use in this position by NFpA . What are they and location ?
Bottoms of the diamond
W- Indicates unusual reactivity with water
OX- Indicates that material is in oxidizer
Sa- indicates a simple Asphyxiant
OSHA requires
Employers to identify, classify and communicate hazards in the workplace to train a Employees to recognize Actions
Unique numbers assign to individual chemicals and chemical compounds polymers, mixtures and alloys are ?
CAS Numbers
ISHP MEANS
Identification number, Proper shipping name, hazardous class or division and packing group
Shipping papers or electrical copies are located where in trucks and planes versus ships
Driver or pilot and then ships are placed on bridge or in pilot House of a controlling tugboat
Reporting Mark are found on. ?
Unique number on every rail car
StCC digits are what ?
A seven digit article or commodity description code
Often the best source of detailed information about particular materials to watch emergency responders have access
SDS
What should never be used to detect Or identify hazardous materials
Sense of touch taste and smell
What two senses can be used with a degree of safety when detecting hazardous materials
Sight and hearing
All shipments of hazardous materials are required to have
Shipping documents
The three packaging groups 1-3 regarding dangers?
Group 1 - hi danger
Group to medium danger group 3 low danger
ERG is Primarily designed to be used at Hazmat incident occurring at
Highways railroads and pipelines
Ways to locate appropriate initial action in the ERG
Four digit in number Referencing the name if known, identifying materials transported place card then referencing The three digit guide code and referencing the containers profile provided in a white pages of the front book
The white pages of the ERG provide what Information?
Instructions for using the ERG there are two sections one in the front or in the back
Yellow pages of ERG provide what information
The four digit UN/na ID number
The blue border pages of ERG provide what information
Dangerous goods in alphabetical order by material name
Tih It’s also known as
Toxics inhalation hazard
Green highlighting on services listed in the blue border pages indicates what
Release of TIH gases and P
P in ERG book stands for
Polymerization
polymerization
Violent reaction that releases great amount of heat and energy
Orange section in your Ergbook
Safety recommendations in general hazards information. Addresses to hazard types health hazards and fire or explosion hazards the highest potential hazard is listed first
Awareness level person I will probably not be involved in evacuations beyond ?
Evacuation beyond the initial isolation phase
Entry level personnel should never enter
Hazardous atmospheres or potentially contaminated areas
Awareness level personnel should not handle or touch?
Contaminated or potentially contaminated victims that has Massis even to provide basic first aid
Difference between a large and small spill
Less than 55 gallons is a small spill, over is a big spill
A warmer more active atmosphere, and during the day dispenses chemical in 10 minutes more
Readily than cooler, conditions, common at night
If hazardous materials are on fire or have been leaking for longer than 30 minutes then
The ERG table does not apply
Table to in the green board sections list
Water reactive materials which produces large amounts of TIH gases on the material is spilled in water
TIH stands for
Toxic inhalation hazard
Table 3 list toxic inhalation hazard TIH materials that may be more commonly encountered including six which are?
A, C,EO,HC,HF,SD
Ammonia, Chlorine,ethylene oxide , Hydrogen chloride, hydrogen fluoride and sulfur dioxide
Any hazmat incident awareness level personnel should do all of?
Isolate the scene and deny entry, prevent contaminated people from leaving the scene, avoid contacting in 10 minutes,
In all reporting awareness personnel should collect and provide as much of the following
Chemical involved, formation on the substance, location of incident, size of incident, direction the plume is moving, is the plume rising or sinking, Color of smoke, changes in condition, number of injuries
APIE - T stand for
Analyze, plan, implement, evaluate
Matter exists in three states GLS
Gas, liquid and solid
Compressed gas is in liquefied gases expand what how when Released?
Rapidly when released, potentially threatening large areas
Liquids typically do not travel as far as ?
As far as gases unless they spilled into a path a channel for transport
Liquid present creates what kind of hazard ?
Splash or contact hazard
Beware of vapors from liquids as they may be (5 )
Contacts hazards, inhalation Hazards, flammable, corrosive and toxic
Micrometer
Unit of measure typically used to express particle size
Solids may have what dangerous properties
Inhalation or contact hazards, small combustible particles that if ignited by explode,entrapment hazards, fire ball, reactive, radioactive, corrosive or toxic
Six different processes involved in physical change
Melting, freezing, vaporization, condensation, sublimation and Deposition
Sublimation
Change directly from my solid into a gas without going into a liquid stay in between
Deposition
Change directly from a vapor to solid all without going into a liquid state in between
PRESSURE produced or exerted by its own liquid in a closed container.
Vapor pressure
Material with vapor pressure over 760 MMGH will be
Gas is under normal conditions
Vapor pressure measurements are based on a standard temperature
68° and at one atmosphere
Materials with vapor pressure under 760 MMGH are technically what when Released from a container?
A liquid or a solid when released from container
The higher the temperature of a substance the higher
It’s vapor pressure will be
The lower the boiling point material the higher it’s
Vapor pressure will be
ABLEVE can occur when a liquid within a container is
Hit causing the material inside to boil or vaporize
BLEvE most commonly occur when
Flames contact a tank, shell above liquid level or when insufficient water is applied to keep a tank cool
a ratio of density of a material to the density of a standard material
Specific gravity
Materials with specific gravity is less than one will
Float on water materials, It’s greater than one It will sink
molecular weight is used to determine
Vapor density
Air has a molecular weight of
29g:mol
The weight of a given volume of pure vapor or gas compared to the weight of an equal volume of dry air at the same temperature and pressure
Vapor density
Butane, Chlorine, ethane, hydrogen sulfide, propane and sulfur dioxide have vapor density?
Common materials with a vapor density greater than air. Heavier than air
Viscosity is the measure of
Thickness or flow ability of a liquid at a given temperature
Persistence of a chemical is it’s ability to
Remaining in environment when unconfined
Odorization is the process of
Adding odor into a combustible gas so that is detected by smell
Mercaptan
Additive to natural gas similar to that of rotten eggs or sewage
Never use odors to
Determine safe or unsafe areas
Alcohol methanol and MEK are examples of
Polar solvent
Ability of two or more gases or liquids to mix with or to dissolve into each other
Miscibility
Materials That do not reality dissolve into each other are
Immiscible
Reactive materials, only reacts violently with ?? W,A,H,l
air, water, heat and light each other or other materials
Four elements necessary to produce combustion
Oxygen fuel heat any chemical chain reaction
A substance is the minimum temperature to which the fuel in the air must be heated to self sustain Combustion without initiation From a independent ignition source
autoignition temperature
Auto ignition temperature of gasoline is
536° what the flashpoint is -45°