411 Hazardous Materials

Question 1

Authority at a HazMat incident is derived from the _____ , which defines the general responsibilities of responding agencies within the City of Jacksonville, including the four urban service districts ( ie: Jacksonville Beach and Baldwin)

Answer 1

Interagency Hazardous Materials Response SOG

Question 2

The first arriving agency will take Command until?

Answer 2

a more appropriate Coordinator/ Incident Commander Arrives

Question 3

The degree of agency involvement will dictate who the on-scene ______ will be.

Answer 3

Coordinator / Incident Commander

Question 4

Establishing Incident Command is ______ and is not an option.

Answer 4

required by federal law

Question 5

A ____ must be designated to monitor operations. This is required by federal law and is not an option.

Answer 5

Safety Officer

Question 6

A primary consideration in the size-up of any HazMat incident is the____ involved and the hazards presented.

Answer 6

identification of the materials

Question 7

Zoning will be divided into three distinct areas, determined by?

Answer 7

The Hazmat Team

Question 8

The Hot Zone represents ?

Answer 8

a danger to life and health

Question 9

The Warm Zone will be restricted to ?

Answer 9

essential personnel and equipment only.

Question 10

This is a safe area where all supporting personnel , assisting agencies, staging equipment and the IC are located.

Answer 10

The Cold Zone

Question 11

The Decontamination Zone is located?

Answer 11

In The Warm Zone

extends from the Hot Zone to the Cold Zone

Question 12

JFRD personnel or civilians requiring medical treatment must ______ before boarding any JFRD apparatus.

Answer 12

undergo decon

Question 13

Class - 1

Answer 13

Explosives

Question 14

Initial isolation distance for explosives is

Answer 14

2,000 feet

Question 15

Class - 2

Answer 15

Compressed Gases

Question 16

Flammable range of propane

Answer 16

2. 1 - 9.5%

1. 5 times heavier than air

Question 17

Flammable range of Methane?

Answer 17

5 - 15%

lighter than air

Question 18

Buried residential natural gas line sizes?

Answer 18

1/2 inch - 3/4 inch poly or plastic lines

• low pressure, low volume
• directionally fed

Question 19

Commercial natural gas lines sizes

Answer 19

1 -2 inch poly or plastic lines

• Feed into metal transitional risers
• Directionally or loop fed

Question 20

Primary Feeders sizes?

Answer 20

2 - 24inch poly or metal lines

• high pressure, high volume
• Directionally or loop fed

Question 21

Actions taken by first-arriving units shall depend on the size of the line encountered

Residential?

Answer 21

The OIC may try to stop the leak or may elect to wait for the Hazmat Team.

Question 22

Actions taken by first-arriving units shall depend on the size of the line encountered.

Commercial?

Answer 22

Clamping or fixing the rupture is done by the gas company or Hazmat Team ONLY.

Question 23

Actions taken by first-arriving units shall depend on the size of the line encountered.

Primary Feeders?

Answer 23

Clamping or fixing the rupture is done by the gas company or Hazmat Team ONLY.

Question 24

Actions taken by first-arriving units shall depend on the size of the line encountered

Relief Valves or Regulators?

Answer 24

Consult gas company or Hazmat Team before taking offensive control actions.

Question 25

Class 3

Answer 25

flammable liquids

Question 26

Reportable Quantities Environmental Resource Management Department (BIO)

Answer 26

10 gallons or more spilled

Question 27

Reportable Quantities Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP)

Answer 27

25 gallons or more

Question 28

United States Coast Guard (USCG)

Answer 28

- spills create sheen on the water, no specific amount

Question 29

Any quantity of a petroleum product which reaches or those which potentially could reach a navigable waterway will require notification of?

Answer 29

ERMD State Warning Point United State Coast Guard

Question 30

Class 4

Answer 30

Flammable Solids

Question 31

Class 5

Answer 31

Oxidizers

Question 32

Class 6

Answer 32

Toxic

Question 33

Class 7

Answer 33

Radioactive Hot Zone shall be any area with exposure of 2mR/hr or greater.

Question 34

All personnel in the Hot Zone should use?

Answer 34

dosimeters

Question 35

Digilert 50 alsrms should be set at

Answer 35

0.1 mR/hr or 100 cpm

Question 36

Class 8

Answer 36

Corrisives

Question 37

Class 9

Answer 37

Miscellaneous Hazardous Materials

Question 38

Blister Agents

Answer 38

Mustard gas, Lewisite

Question 39

Blood Agents

Answer 39

Cyanide groups

Question 40

Choking Agents

Answer 40

Chlorine , Phosgene

Question 41

Irritants

Answer 41

riot and tear gases

Question 42

Nerve Agents

Answer 42

Tabun Sarin Soman VX

Question 43

DuoDote kits are used for?

Answer 43

Nerve Agent and organophosphate exposure

Question 44

Biological agents are ____ more lethal than chemical agents and are invisible to the senses.

Answer 44

1,000 times

Question 45

Rapid rescues can be made for counts as high as 25 R/hr when?

Answer 45

wearing full PPE with SCBA

Question 46

_____ are the most common CBRNE weapon used by terrorists.

Answer 46

Explosives

Question 47

Previous events has shown that first responders are often the target of ____ and ____.

Answer 47

secondary devices and tertiary devices

Question 48

FIRE- If no fire is showing , secure water supply and stage with a charged 1-3/4 inch hoseline?

Answer 48

wait for instructions from the riding chief or Hazmat Team