HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT Flashcards

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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT

Nerve agents (tabun/sarin/VX) will give off these signs of exposure:

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  • respiratory distress
  • convulsions
- SLUDGEM
     Salivation
     Lacrimation
     Urination
     Defecation
     GI Distress
     Emesis (vomiting)
     Muscle Twitching/Miosis ( contraction of pupils)
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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT

Nerve agents (tabun/sarin/VX) will have this smell?

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Fruit

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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT

Blister agents (mustards/lewisite) smell like?

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Garlic

Geraniums

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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT

Blister agents (mustards/lewisite) will give off these signs of exposure?

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Mustards - signs and symptoms do not appear for several hours, skin blistering

Lewisite. - signs/symptoms appear immediately, severe irritation to eyes, skin, airways and tissue necrosis

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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT

Blood agents (hydrogen cyanide/cyanogen chloride) smell like?

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Burnt almonds

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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT

Outward signs that someone is suffering from blood agent (hydrogen cyanide/cyanogen chloride) chemical attack are?

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Victims gasping for air

Convulsions

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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT

Choking agents (chlorine/ammonia) smell like?

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Chlorine or grass

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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT

Outward signs of exposure to Choking agents (chlorine/ammonia) are?

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Victims gasping for air

Eye irritation

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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT

What is top priority before establishing command posts or staging areas in a chemical attack underground?

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Protection from a secondary device

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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT

Characteristics of the exclusion zone (hot zone):

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Hot zone

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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT

Characteristics of contamination reduction zone: (warm zone)

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  • safe refuge area (SRA) - evaluate the need for decontamination of those exiting the exclusion zone
  • decontamination areas
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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT

Characteristics of support zone(cold zone):

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  • incident command post
  • staging area
  • casualty collection points
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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT

The incident command post should be located in the ______________ outside the subway entrance, away from _____________ and ____________ of the incident

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The incident command post should be located in the SUPPORT ZONE outside the subway entrance, away VENTILATION GRATINGS and UPWIND of the incident.

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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT

TRUE/FALSE

Members are NOT to enter a subway where visible persons are unresponsive.

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TRUE

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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT
FIRST ARRIVING UNITS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES

TRUE/FALSE

Avoid contact with suspected agent.

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TRUE

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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT
FIRST ARRIVING UNITS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES

TRUE/FALSE

If dispersal device is still operational, the first arriving units shall attempt to stop device then head immediately to gross decontamination.

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FALSE

If dispersal device is still operational, the first arriving units shall make attempt NO to stop device then head immediately RETREAT and proceed directly to gross decontamination

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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT
FIRST ARRIVING UNITS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES

TRUE/FALSE

Members operating in bunker gear should not proceed in the exclusion zone (hot zone) any further than the farthest live victim.

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TRUE

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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT
FIRST ARRIVING UNITS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES

TRUE/FALSE

The Chaeuffer monitors on-air time of members in order to ensure decontamination is completed before air supply is depleted.

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FALSE

The OFFICER monitors on-air time of members in order to ensure decontamination is completed before air supply is depleted.

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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT
FIRST ARRIVING UNITS: FIRST ARRIVING LADDER

The first arriving ladder will split up into two teams, ____________ and ___________.

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Team 1 - evacuation and hazard assessment team

Team 2 - back-up team

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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT
FIRST ARRIVING UNITS: FIRST ARRIVING LADDER

If members of the first arriving ladder evacuation and hazard assessment team (team 1) come across visible persons who are unresponsive, what should they do?

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  • transmit such information to incident commander (members have come across an area with no responsive victims - indicating life threat)
  • retreat immediately to be decontaminated
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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT
FIRST ARRIVING UNITS: FIRST ARRIVING LADDER

What is the PPE of team 1, evacuation and hazard assessment team?

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SCBA and face piece

Cover all exposed skin (hood on ear flaps down)

Don medical examination gloves under firefighting gloves

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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT
FIRST ARRIVING UNITS: FIRST ARRIVING LADDER

The hazard assessment teams (team 1)duties include:

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  • make rapid assessment of the area
  • identify the source and nature of the problem
  • relay hazard assessment to the incident commander
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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT
FIRST ARRIVING UNITS: FIRST ARRIVING LADDER

The first arriving ladders tactical operations include:

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  • direct victims to SRA (safe refuge area)
  • facilitate victim evacuation by removal of barriers
  • mark route with search rope for cpc/rescue teams
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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT
FIRST ARRIVING UNITS: FIRST ARRIVING LADDER

The back up teams duties include:

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  • backup team for team 1

- establish communications relay to incident commander

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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT
FIRST ARRIVING UNITS: FIRST ARRIVING LADDER

The first arriving ladder Chaueffer is responsible for:

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  • apparatus placement

- assist in the communications relay

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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT
FIRST ARRIVING UNITS: SECOND ARRIVING LADDER

The second arriving ladder’s technical operations include:

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  • limit site access remaining outside the exclusion zone
  • establish contamination reduction zone using barrier tape and utility rope
  • direct ambulatory victims from SRA to decontamination area
  • bring stokes/sked with utility rope to drag non-ambulatory victims to decontamination area
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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT
FIRST ARRIVING UNITS: SECOND ARRIVING LADDER

The second arriving ladder is split up into two teams:

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Team 1 - evacuation to gross decontamination team

Team 2 - site access control team

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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT
FIRST ARRIVING UNITS: SECOND ARRIVING LADDER

The second due ladder’s team 1 evacuation to gross decontamination team is responsible for:

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  • direct ambulatory victims from SRA to the gross decontamination area
  • assist non-ambulatory victims to gross decontamination area via stokes/SKED
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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT
FIRST ARRIVING UNITS: SECOND ARRIVING LADDER

The second arriving ladder, Team 2 - the site access control team is responsible for:

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  • define initial exclusion zone with RED BARRIER TAPE
  • establish contamination reduction zone
  • establish contamination reduction corridor
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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT
FIRST ARRIVING UNITS: SECOND ARRIVING LADDER

The second arriving ladder Chaueffer is responsible for:

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  • position apparatus for site access control

- assist team 1 and team 2 as necessary

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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT
FIRST ARRIVING UNITS: FIRST ARRIVING ENGINE

The first responding engine is responsible for?

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  • stage apparatus and equipment upwind
  • locate and connect to a working hydrant
  • donn PPE
  • provide emergency gross decon of ambulatory victims
  • direct decontaminated people to causality collection points
  • provides estimate of number of victims to incident commander
  • inform 2nd arriving ladder and incident commander if victims collapse on their way to gross decontamination area
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HAZMAT ERP ADD2 - CHEMICAL ATTACK UNDERGROUND TRANSIT
FIRST ARRIVING UNITS: SECOND AND THIRD ARRIVING ENGINES

What are the duties of the second, third and possibly fourth arriving engines?

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  • May operate independently at their own station
  • ensure decontamination is available at these locations
  • perform Cfrd as needed