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1
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What is AEGL-1

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Exposure where effects are transient and reversible upon cessation of exposure

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Which materials require alcohol resistance foam?

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Polar solvents (flamm liquids that are water soluble), ketones

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What is a class 1 hazard

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Explosives

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What is a class 6 hazard

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Toxic substances/infectious

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For explosives division 1.4 & 1.6 which guide to you refer to?

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GUIDE 114

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What are the green pages for?

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Initial isolation & protective action distances

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Where are shipping documents found when hazards are on the road

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Cab of the motor vehicle

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Which guide do you use for a CORROSIVE placard

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Guide 153

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What is AEGL-3

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Exposure where life-threatening health effects or death could happen

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What is a class 8 hazard

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Corrosives

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What are in the BLUE pages

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Alphabetical listings

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What is a class 3 hazard

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Flammable liquids

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13
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Level D suit

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Coverall with no respiratory protection

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What is in TABLE 2 of green pages?

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Products that produce TIH when mixed with water

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15
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What is a class 2 hazard

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Gases

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16
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What is a vesicant?

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A blistering agent

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17
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What is a class 7 hazard

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Radioactive

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What is AEGL-2

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Exposure where people could experience irreversible, long-lasting effects and or impairment

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What’s ERPG

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Designed to anticipate health effects from exposure to certain airborne concentrations

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20
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Which materials require regular foam

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Petrol chemicals

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21
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ERPG-3

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Exposure up to 1hr without developing life-threatening effects

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22
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What’s a packing group

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The degree of danger presented by the hazardous material.

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What is considered a large spill?

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More than 55 gallons

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Which guide do you use for a DANGER/DANGEROUS placard or unknown substance

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Guide 111

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ERPG-1
Exposure up to 1 hour experiencing no more than mild effects
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What is a class 9 hazard
Miscellanious
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General service tank car carries pressures usually below which PSI
Usually below 25psi
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Specific gravity
Weight of a substance compared to the weight of an equal volume of water
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Where are shipping documents found when hazards are on the rails
Kept in the possession of a crew member
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Level B suit
SCBA + splash suit
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What are the 3 major categories in the ORANGE pages
Potential hazards Public safety Emergency response
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Where are shipping documents found when hazards are shipped via boats
Kept in a holder on the bridge of the a vessel
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What is in TABLE 3 of green pages
6 of the most common TIH substances when large spills are present
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What is a class 4 hazard
Flammable solids
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Substances highlighted green in yellow pages require which action
Go directly to TABLE 1 in green pages
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How’s a flammable liquid defined
Liquid that has a flash point of 140F or lower
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If a guide number has a “P”, what does that mean
The material may suffer a violent polymerization
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Level C suit
respirator + splash suit
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For Explosives, division 1.1,1.2,1.3, 1.5 which guide do you refer to?
GUIDE 112
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What’s packing group I II III
PG I: great danger PGII: medium danger PG III: minor danger
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What’s a protective action zone?
Area surrounding an incident where people can become incapacitated and can suffer irreversible health effects
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Which guide do you use for a FLAMMABLE placard
Guide 127
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ERPG-2
exposure for up to 1 hour experiencing reversible effects
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LC50
Lethal concentration 50 - expectation to kill 50% of animal population in an amount of time
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What is a class 5 hazard
Oxidizing/Peroxies
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If multiple placards are present, which GUIDE do you use?
The most conservative (one requiring most protective action)
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What are in the YELLOW pages?
Numerical lisitings
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A pressure tank rail car carries pressures usually above which PSI
Usually above 40psi
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Level A suit
SCBA + full suit
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Vapor denisty
Weight of a volume of pure vapor or gas compared to the weight of an equal volume of dry air at the same temp/press
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If a substance is on fire, which page do you turn to?
The ORANGE pages and look at “public safety”
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V
Saturated vapor [ ] in air air of a material at certain conditions
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Where are shipping documents found when hazards are flown
In possession of the pilot
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What’s an initial isolation zone?
Area surrounding an incident both up & downwind that are life threatening
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What does MAWP mean?
Maximum allowable working pressure.
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What is in TABLE 1 of green pages?
Isolation distances & protective action distances for all Toxic Inhalation Hazards
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What’s AEGL
Acute exposure guideline levels: Helps responders deal with emergencies involving chemical spills where general public are exposed to hazardous airborne chemical
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What are ERPG’s?
designed to anticipate health effects from exposure to airborne chemical concentrations.
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How are ERPG numbers rated?
Concentration. Higher the number, the higher the concentration, the worse it is
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How are AEGL’s measured?
Measured in concentration...higher the number, higher the concentration

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