SOP #27: Hazardous Materials Response Flashcards
Which NFPA is the most current revised standard for emergency responders tasked with Hazardous materials response?
NFPA 470
- combines and modernizes previous NFPA 472, 473 and 1072
What is now considered to be a hazardous material?
weapons of mass destruction
Hazardous material response team and city of Providence serve as the emergency plan for the PFD pursuant to the requirements of ?
Title 29 C, Federal Regulations Par 1910.120 and NFPA 470
What is a hazardous material?
Matter (solid, liquid or gas) or energy that when released is capable of harming people, the environment, and property.
Person who responds to Haz-mat/WMD incidents for the purpose of implementing or supporting actions to protect nearby, persons, animals , the environment, or property from the effects of the release and perform defensive tactics only is know as?
Operations Level Responders(OLR)
A person who responds to haz-mat/WMD incidents using a risk-based response process to analyze a problem, plan a response to the problem, implement the planned response, evaluate progress of the response and assist in terminating the incident?
Hazardous Materials Technician (HMT)
An organized group of trained response personnel operating under an emergency response plan, who perform haz-mat technician level skills?
Hazardous material response team (HMRT)
An organized group of trained personnel who perform technical level skills in a specific discipline for emergencies that are high risk / low occurrence events.
Special Operations Team (SOT)
Member of the PFD, who is a hazardous material technician (HMT). Responsible for being liaison between HMRT and Haz-mat Team Director?
Hazmat materials response team Leader
Person responsible for directing and coordinating all operations involving Haz-mat/WMD.
Hazardous material sector officer
Chief officer of PFD, appointed by Chief of the department and shall serve as the intermediary between dep. administration and Haz mat team leader?
Hazardous Material Team Director
Works within an incident command system to ensure safe practices are followed at an incident?
Incident Safety Officer (ISO) for PFD
Safety Operations Battalion.
If ISO is not HMT certified, in Tier III and above HMRT response, The ISO will be assigned?
a HMT as the Assistant Safety Officer
WMD or device that is intended or has the capability to cause death or serious bodily injury to a significant number of people through?
Toxic poisonous chemicals
A disease organism
Radioactive or nuclear energy
Explosive/incendiary devices
Substances whose toxic properties are meant to kill, injure, or incapacitate human being?
Chemical Warfare Agent (CWA)
Liquid, gas or solid form
70 different chemicals
Other than chemical warfare agents that have harmful effects on humans. May be used as manufacturing facilities, maintenance area, and general storage areas?
Toxic Industrial Chemical (TIC)
As outlined in NFPA 470, all members of the department shall recieve?
Operations Level Responder at a minimum
As outlined in NFPA 470 all members of the departments HMRT will receive at a minimum?
Technician Level at a minimum
Haz-mat safety officers shall be trained to meet all competencies at the awareness level, the operations level, mission-specific operations and if the safety officer is not certified shall be assigned?
HMT to the safety officer as the assistant safety officer
what are the hazmat competency guidelines for the RI State Haz-mat response and decon team?
Haz-mat response team = 40 hours
decon response team = 24 hours
Any operations involving hazardous chemical, biological, radioactive, nuclear, or explosive materials shall be in accordance with the?
PVD Hazmat 5 E’s
Evaluating
Evacuation
Extinguishing
Extracting
Eradicaiton
What has been proven to save the greatest amounts of lives at a haz-mat incident?
Evacuation ( hazard control zones)
Tactical objectives include rescuing viable victims, preventing rescuer casualties, and isolating and containing the incident?
Evaluating
At a haz-mat incident provides for their greatest chance of survival with conscious patients?
Extricating
While helping to contain the haz-mat incident to the area of origin, ensures civilian and rescuer safety?
Eradication (decon)
What level of accountability will be maintained when members are operating at suspected/confirmed haz-mat incident?
Level III accountability - companies not together reunite
At a haz-mat incident if there is a potential threat to responders and there are no reported life safety concerns, companies should consider staging?
a quarter (1/4) mile away from an incident
What incidents are considered to a primary way to launching a terrorist attack?
Haz-mat incidents
What are the 4 C Process to utilize with high regard at all Haz-mat incidents?
Consider - secondary device may be
present
Check - scan 25ft from all riding positions
scan 100ft after dismounting
around apparatus
Control - flow of arriving personnel
Clear - civilians & non-essential personnel
What is the damage caused by haz-mat/ WMD’s?
TRACEM
Thermal - Extreme heat or cold (cryogenic liquid, Fire or Explosion)
Radiological - Radiation from solid particles (alpha-beta) or energy (gamma)
Asphyxiant - gases that displace oxygen in the blood such as blood agents (cyanide) or chemical agents (carbon monoxide)
Chemical - most concern (TIC = Toxic industrial chemicals) carcinogens, and CWA (chemical warfare agents (nerve & blister agents))
Etiological - Biological (exposure to living organisims) anthrax, ebola ricin, smallpox
Mechanical - mechanical or physical hazards (typically explosion)
What must happen to all victims and exposed rescuers as soon as they clear the hot zone (evacuate)?
Eradicated (Decon)
If risk vs benefit analysis is appropriate, what should be done with unresponsive victims?
If they have a pulse and or are breathing, remove an bring them to decon
What is the best way to protect individuals from Haz-mat is to ?
prevent exposure and contamination
What are the immediate precautionary distances?
75 ft - solids
150 ft - liquids
330 ft. gases
what is the control zone that contains the incident command post and other support functions to control the incident?
Cold zone