SO-06 TERRORISM AND USE OF STRUCTURAL PPE

Question 1

The study, Guidelines for Incident Commander’s Use of Firefighter Protective Ensemble with Self Contained Breathing Apparatus For Rescue Operations During A Terrorist Chemical Agent Incident, is commonly known as the:

Answer 1

3/30 Rule.

Question 2

Standard PPE and SCBA provides sufficient protection from nerve agent vapor inside or downing to allow:

Answer 2

30 minutes of rescue time for KNOWN live victims.

Question 3

Self-taped turnout gear with SCBA provides sufficient protection in an unknown nerve agent environment for:

Answer 3

three-minute reconnaissance to search for living victims (or a two-minute for mustard gas)

Question 4

Configurations of turnout gear with SCBA in suspected nerve agent incidents are listed in order of increased protection:

Answer 4

• Turnout gear
• Self taped
• Buddy taped
• Tyvex under turnout

Question 5

When does recon mission turn to 30 minute rescue in nerve gas incidents?

Answer 5

• victims exposed 15 minutes or more
• mustard gas not suspected
• victims in area immediate accessible to egress points

Question 6

Does recon mission turn to 30 minute rescue in mustard gas incidents?

Answer 6

Yes, at increased risk. Rescuers staying in unknown concentration for 30 minutes would not receive 5% lethal dose.

Question 7

How quickly would 50% of rescuers experience latent skin reddening in susceptible areas upon exposure to mustard gas?

Answer 7

2 minutes

Question 8

What actions if no victims outside building with suspected nerve agent incident?

Answer 8

• assume high concentration

- can do 3 minute recon, but team must be at least self duct taped

Question 9

What actions if recon in building suspected nerve agent incident?

Answer 9

• if living victims exposed 15 minutes or more and mustard not suspected
• can assume low concentration and 30 minute rescue

Question 10

Victims inside building of nerve agent incident should be removed:

Answer 10

out nearest direct route outside.