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Hazmat Operations Flashcards

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Who are operations level responders expected to work under the control of specific to a hazmat response?

A

Technician

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Analyzing a scene of an incident to determine the scope, collecting information from available reference sources, and performing decontamination are all tasks that which level of personnel should perform at a hazmat scene?

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Operations

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Analyzing a problem involving hazardous materials/ WMD and controlling a release using specialized protective clothing and control equipment are abilities of what level of hazardous materials responder?

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Technician

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During scene size-up you should stay in which direction from the release?

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Uphill and Upwind

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What options are available to help you identify the released substance?

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SDS, shipping documents, ERG, CANUTEC,
Product labels and placards

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Where should the command post be located?

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Cold zone, access to comms and technical reference material

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What type of container is used to hold dangerous chemicals and cold liquids?

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Dewar container

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Closed-head drums have a permanently attached lid with one or more small openings. These openings are called?

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Bung

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9
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Where can you commonly find information about a specific substance?

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SDS

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The document containing the name of the chemical, physical and chemical characteristics, health hazards, and first aid procedures for a product is?

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SDS

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When responding to a hazardous materials incident at a facility, which document should you ask for from the site representative?

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SDS

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What do the NFPA diamonds found on the outside of buildings, on doorways to chemical storage areas, and on fixed storage tanks tell responders?

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Hazards posed by the chemicals inside that building, or part of a building.

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The blue diamond on an NFPA diamond placard designates which type of hazard?

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Health Hazard

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The red diamond on an NFPA diamond placard designates which type of hazard?

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Flammability Hazard

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The yellow diamond on an NFPA diamond placard designates which type of hazard?

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Instability hazard

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The white diamond at the bottom of an NFPA diamond placard designates which type of hazard?

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Special hazards (oxidizing, corrosive, radioactive, , water reactive)

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When are shipping labels required?

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Anytime materials are transported from one place to another.

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What information is included on shipping papers for hazardous materials?

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Name and address of shipper and receiver, identify material being shipped, quantity and weight of each part of the shipment

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What are the other names for shipping papers for road and highway transportation?

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Bill of lading or Freight bill

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Where are the shipping papers for hazardous materials to be kept while in transport?

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In the cab of the vehicle

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Which packaging group for hazardous materials designation indicates the highest danger?

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Packaging Group 1

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22
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Which packaging Group for hazardous materials indicates the lowest or minor danger?

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Packaging Group 3

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23
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What are shipping papers for railroad transport called?

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Waybill

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What are the shipping papers for marine vessels called?

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Dangerous Cargo Manifest

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25
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Gasses or volatile liquids that are extremely toxic to humans are called?

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Toxic Inhalation Hazards (TIH)

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26
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Which placard for hazardous material transport indicates more than one hazard is contained in the same load?

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Dangerous

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27
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What are the four routes of entry for harmful substances into the body?

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Injection, Inhalation, Absorption, Ingestion

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Which type of exposure occurs when harmful substances enter the body through the respiratory system?

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Inhalation

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What should be performed on a patient exposed to harmful substances before delivering patient care?

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Decontamination

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30
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What type of respiratory protection must be used if the atmosphere may be IDLH?

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SCBA or Supplied Air Respirator

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31
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The temperature at which a liquid will continually give off vapours in sustained amounts and, if held at that temperature long enough will turn completely into a gas is?

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Boiling Point

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32
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The property that determines whether a vapour or gas will rise or sink in air is called?

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Vapour Density

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33
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Which type of radiation can pass through thick solid objects including the human body?

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Gamma Rays

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34
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What is it called when a chemical has been released and physically comes in contact with people, the environment, and everything around it?

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Contamination

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35
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What is it called when a person or object transfers contamination to another person or object?

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Secondary Contamination

36
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An adverse health effect that occurs gradually over time after long-term exposure to a hazard is called?

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Chronic Health Hazard

37
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Health effects caused by short exposures to a chemical are called?

A

Acute Health effects

38
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What pressures are found in a pressure tank car for railroad transport?

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100-500psi

39
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Pressure tank cars are equipped with fittings mounted where for loading and unloading?

A

Top Mounted

40
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Of Radioactive 1, 2, or 3, which label indicates the highest hazard?

A

Radioactive 3

41
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Of Radioactive 1, 2, or 3, which label indicates the lowest hazard?

A

Radioactive 1

42
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Indicators of secondary explosive devices may include?

A

Trip devices, timers, wires, switches

43
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What are common concealment containers for secondary explosive devices?

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Briefcase, backpacks, boxes, packages

44
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What are uncommon concealment containers for secondary explosive devices?

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Propane tanks or industrial chemical containers

45
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How can responders help to avoid destroying important evidence at a terrorist incident?

A

Do not disturb the scene

46
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What is the distance in which all persons should be considered for evacuation in all directions called for the start of the response?

A

Initial isolation

47
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What is one of the first actions responder must take at a hazardous materials/WMD incident?

A

Isolation of the hazard area

48
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Responders should find a route that approaches a hazmat incident from the __________ direction?

A

Upwind

49
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Where do defensive actions take place?

A

Outside of the hot zone or some distance away from the point of release.

50
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Diking and damming are examples of which type of actions?

A

Defensive

51
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When dealing with a hazmat/WMD response, what equipment may have the greatest direct impact on responder health and safety?

A

Selection and use of chemical protective clothing.

52
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How should PPE for hazmat response be cleaned, tested, and inspected?

A

As per manufacturer instructions

53
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What is penetration in regards to chemical protective clothing?

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The flow or movement of a hazardous chemical through closures, seams, porous materials, pinholes, or imperfections

54
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What is permeation in regards to chemical protective clothing?

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The process by which a substance moves through a given material on the molecular level

55
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The physical destruction or decomposition of a clothing material due to chemical exposure, general use, or ambient conditions is known as?

A

Degradation

56
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Which type of protective clothing provides full body protection from highly contaminated environments and requires supplied air respiratory protection such as an SCBA?

A

Fully encapsulating or Vapour-protective clothing

57
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Which type of protective clothing is designed to protect the wearer from chemical splashes but does not provide total body protection from gasses and vapours?

A

Liquid splash protective clothing

58
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Which level of protective clothing consists of a fully encapsulating garment that envelops both the wearer along with respiratory protection and communications equipment?

A

Level A

59
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Which level of protective clothing consists of chemical protective clothing, boots, gloves, and SCBA and should be used when a high level of respiratory protection but less skin protection is required?

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Level B

60
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What does IDLH stand for?

A

Immediately dangerous to life and health

61
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What is the TLV/STEL?

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Short term exposure limit. Maximum concentration of a hazardous material that a person can be exposed to in 15 minute intervals, up to 4 times per day, with a minimum 1 hour rest period between exposures.

62
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What is the TLV/TWA?

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Time weighted average. Maximum a person can be exposed to for 8 hours a day and 40 hours a week with no ill effects

63
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What is the TLV/C?

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Maximum concentration that a worker should not be exposed to, not for an instant

64
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What is the TLV/skin?

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It indicates that direct or airborne contact could result in possible and significant exposure from absorption through the skin, mucous membranes, and eyes. Appropriate measures should be taken so the TLV/skin is not exceeded.

65
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Which role in the ICS is responsible to identify and evaluate hazards and to provide direction with respect to the safety of operations for the incident?

A

Safety Officer

66
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In which zone should victims be decontaminated before turning them over to EMS?

A

Warm Zone

67
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What must happen with patients exposed to hazardous chemicals before medical aid can be performed?

A

Decontamination

68
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What signals should be included in the pre-entry briefing in case withdrawal from the hot zone is necessary?

A

Evacuation signals

69
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The IC may indicate ________ and _______ channels for communication at the incident.

A

Command, Tactical

70
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The backup team must be on the same radio channel as which other team to ensure readiness and awareness?

A

Entry Team

71
Q

Which two fire gasses are found at nearly every fire?

A

Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen Cyanide

72
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What type of sensor for monitoring gasses uses ultraviolet light to ionize the gasses that move through the sensor?

A

Photoionization (PID) sensor

73
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What type of sensor for monitoring gasses are filled with a chemical reagent that reacts with a target gas to result in a meter reading?

A

Electrochemical sensors

74
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What should responders do so they can function at their maximum capacity and avoid heat-related illness?

A

Stay hydrated

75
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What are the three types of in-suit cooling technologies?

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Forced air, ice cooled or gel packed, fluid chilled

76
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Where are contaminated tools placed when going to be decontaminated?

A

Tool drop area near entrance to decontamination corridor

77
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When are contaminated tools cleaned?

A

Later, after the emergency

78
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What is the best action to handle a hazardous material situation in which the responders cannot be properly protected, or the product will evaporate quickly, cool down, or solidify?

A

No action

79
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What is the control process which uses a spongy material or specially designed spill pads to soak up a liquid hazardous material?

A

Absorption

80
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What is the control process in which the contaminant adheres to the surface of an added material rather than combining with it?

A

Adsorption

81
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Which process of controlling hazardous materials can generate heat and condensation?

A

Adsorption

82
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What are the three types of damming that may be used when liquid is flowing in a channel?

A

Complete dam, overflow dam, underflow dam

83
Q

What are the three types of foam application?

A

Rain-down, roll-in, bounce-off

84
Q

Which method of foam application is accomplished by directing the stream over the material and letting it gently fall to the surface of the liquid?

A

Rain-down

85
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Which method of foam application is accomplished by bouncing the stream directly in front of the spill area and allowing it to gently push forward into the pool?

A

Roll-in

86
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Which method of foam application is accomplished by using an object to deflect the foam stream and letting it flow down onto the burning surface?

A

Bounce-off

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