55 gallons or 200 liters or 200 kg - ANSWER-A small spill is less than how many gallons, liters, kg?
Pipeline markers - ANSWER-Gas piplines are
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not otherwise specified - ANSWER-N.O.S. stands for?
RNIP --> Recognize & ID, Notify, Isolate, Protect - ANSWER-What are the responsiblities of awareness level personnel?
Section Q - ANSWER-Which part of OSHA 29 Part 1910.120 deals with training?
NFPA 472 - ANSWER-Which section of NFPA deals with HazMat?
NFPA 473 - ANSWER-Which section of NFPA deals with EMS
1. Occupancy, location, and pre-incident surveys
2. Container/vehicle shape
3. Transportation Placards, labels or markings
4. Non transportation markings and colors
5. Written resources, MSDS
6. Senses - ANSWER-What are the six clues for HazMat or WMD incidents?
Boiling-Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion - ANSWER-What does BLEVE stand for?
A single dome on the top of the car protecting all of the fittings and valves. - ANSWER-What external feature destinguishes a pressure rail car from a non-pressure rail car?
1. What is in the pipeline.
2. Who owns the pipeline.
3. A 24 hours contact phone number. - ANSWER-What information must be listed on a pipeline marker?
Human error, Package/container failure and motor vehicle accidents. - ANSWER-What are the common causes of HazMat incidents?
Polymerization Inhalation Hazard - ANSWER-What does PIH stand for?
1. Excepted-- Shipments that involve very small amounts of radioactivity.
2. Strong Tight-- For the transport of Low Specific Activity materials
3. Type A-- designed to contain greater amounts of radioactivity than excepted for normal transport
4. Type B-- For highly radioactive shipments, designed to hold contents under extreme conditions. - ANSWER-What are the basic packaging types for radioactive materials?
640 cubic feet - ANSWER-Placards must be attached when the material is greater than how many cubic feet?
Red (top of diamond) Flammability
Yellow (right side of diamond) Reactivity
White (bottom of diamond) Special Hazards
Blue (left side of diamond) Health Hazards - ANSWER-What are the four catagories on the NFPA 704?
(-W-) Water Reactive and (OX) Oxidizers - ANSWER-On the NFPA 704, what two symbols are recognized in the Special Hazard section?
Buildings - ANSWER-What are NFPA 704s attached to?
"DOT111A100W" is built to DOT standard 111 - ANSWER-A train marking that shows "DOT111A100W" is built to which standard?
100 PSI, this is a low pressure car - ANSWER-What is the maximum pressure for a train displaying this marking "DOT111A100W" ?
The brake end is always the rear of the car. - ANSWER-How can you tell which end of a train car is the "back?"
Bill of Lading, the cab of the truck, the driver. - ANSWER-What are the shipping papers for highway transportation? Where are the papers located and who is the responsible party?
Waybill or consist, in the engine, the conductor. - ANSWER-What are the shipping papers for railway transportation? Where are the papers located and who is the responsible party?
Air Bill, the flight deck, the pilot - ANSWER-What are the shipping papers for air transportation? Where are the papers located and who is the responsible party?
Dangerous Cargo Manifest, bridge or pilot house, captain or master - ANSWER-What are the shipping papers for water transportation? Where are the papers located and who is the responsible party?
1. Fire or explosion hazards
2. Health Hazards - ANSWER-What are the hazards that chemical substances present?
1. Acute-- short duration, may be a one time event.
2. Sub-Acute-- series of exposures with an interval of time between exposures.
3. Chronic-- long duration or repeated exposures - ANSWER-What are the three type of exposures?
Inhalation, Ingestion, Absorption/Contact, Injection - ANSWER-What are the routes of exposure?
Right side, the numbers on the left side are the car identifaction numbers, like a license plate. - ANSWER-Are specification numbers on the right side or left side of a railcar?
Beta radiation burns - ANSWER-Which type of radiation burns?
Any situation in which a product (chemical) escapes or threatens to escape its container. - ANSWER-What is a HazMat incident?
Level A--> Vapor Protection, limited thermal protection, no mechanical protection
Level B--> Splash Protection, the minimum response to an unknown substance
Level C--> Limited body and respiratory protection
Level D--> Structural firefighting gear, street clothes, lab clothing - ANSWER-What are the four levels of Chemical Protective Equipment?
Category #1-->, (by use) Lethal Agents, Incapacitating Agents and Harrassing Agents
Category #2--> (by their physiological effects) Nerve Agents, Blister Agents, Blood Agents, Choking Agents - ANSWER-What are the two categories of chemical attacks?
Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Neutron - ANSWER-What are the four types of radiation?
1. Pyrotechnics
2. Propellants
3. Explosives - ANSWER-What are the three categories of Energetic Materials?
A device that can be carried in boxes, backpacks or letters, the pipe bomb is the most common - ANSWER-What is a "Type 1" IED?
A device that is concealed under of worn as a part of clothing. - ANSWER-What is a "Type 2" IED?
VBIEDs - ANSWER-What is a "Type 3" IED?
An area surrounding the incident in which a personb may be exposed to dangerous (upwind) and life threatening (downwind) concentrations of materials. - ANSWER-What is an Initial Isolation Zone?
The distance that should be considered evacuatied in all directions (radius). - ANSWER-What is the Initial Isolation Distance?
1. Evacuation
2. Shelter in place - ANSWER-What are the two strategies for public protection?
30 degrees - ANSWER-The Protective Action Zone assumes random changes in wind direction so what degree of angle should be protected downwind.
Non-intervention operations - ANSWER-Awareness personnel are limited to....
LEPCs (Local Emergency Planning Commissions) form together to build a LEPD (Local Emergency Planning District) LEPD answer to the SERC (State Emergency Response Commission) - ANSWER-In which order do SERC, LEPC and LEPD operate?
1. Atmospheric--> max internal pressure of 5 psi
2. Low--> max internal pressure of 100 psi
3. High --> max internal pressure of 3000 psi - ANSWER-What are the three pressure types of Highway Tank trailers?
Up to 100 psi. - ANSWER-What is the maximum pressure for a "non pressure" railcar?
Up to 6 compartments - ANSWER-A non pressure rail car can have up to how many compartments?
A container that can be transported by truck, rail or water. e.g conex boxes or a tank supported by a frame. - ANSWER-What is an intermodal container?
When they cross water, go under highways and when they go through residential neighborhoods. - ANSWER-When must pipeline me marked?
Materials from labs, hospitals, or power plants. Can include low-level wast and contaiminated clothing. - ANSWER-What are Low Specific Activity Items (LSA)?
Placards are 10 3/4" diamonds, labels are 4" diamonds - ANSWER-What are the dimensions of a placard and a transportation label?
1. Color-->Flammable vs non-flammable gas
2. Symbol--> Flammable, poison, explosive
3. UN Hazard Class--> #1- #9
4. UN/NA Identifaction number--> 1075 - ANSWER-What are the four types of information available from a placard?
141 degrees or below - ANSWER-Flammable Liquids have a maximum flash point of?
Between 141 and 200 degrees - ANSWER-What is the flash point of a Combustible liquid?
Other Regulated Materials, D= Consumer Commodities that present limited hazards due to its form, quanitity and packaging. - ANSWER-What is ORM-D?
If loaded with two or more hazardous (non bulk) items as long as there is less than 2205 lbs of any one product. If 2205 lbs is reached the load must be placarded. - ANSWER-When can the Dangerous Placard be used?
No, it is a marking allowed by the DOT. - ANSWER-Is "HOT" a DOT placard?
On the left side of the car under the reporting marks (owner and ID #), marked in lbs or kgs. Can also be marked in gallons or liters on the ends of the car. - ANSWER-Where is the capacity of a railcar marked?
On fixed locations, but maybe seen on military vehicles but it is not required on vehicles. - ANSWER-Where would you see the military marking system?
1. Proper name of the material.
2. Hazard class of the material.
3. Packing group assigned to the material.
4. Quanity of the material. - ANSWER-Shipping papers must include what infomation?
Emergency Response Plan - ANSWER-What is an ERP?
Isolate area and deny entry. - ANSWER-What should be the first action at a HazMat or WMD scene?
1. Pathogens--> Living, disease producing organisms.
2. Toxins--> Toxins from living organisms, e.g. snake venom.
3. Endogenous Biological Regulators--> Chemical substances produced in the body to regulate various body functions. - ANSWER-What are the three categories of biological agents?
1. Explosions from airborne vapors
2. Fires occurring from heating equipment
3. Firearms and bobby traps used by lab or security personnel
4. Exposure to toxic products - ANSWER-What are the hazards of clandestine laboratories? [Show Less]