Ch. 10: Implementing Response Objectives

Question 1

What are the specific objectives the IC uses to achieve strategic goals?

Answer 1

tactics

Question 2

In order to be effective, what must need to be concise, easy to communicate, and achievable in a given timeframe with the resources available?

Answer 2

objectives

Question 3

What mode of operations commits the IC’s resources to aggressive leak, spill, and fire control objectives?

Answer 3

offensive

Question 4

What mode of operations commits resources to less aggressive objectives?

Answer 4

defensive

Question 5

What mode means taking no action other than isolating the area?

Answer 5

nonintervention

Question 6

What mode does hazmat operations begin in?

Answer 6

defensive mode

Question 7

What are the most difficult decisions responders must make?

Answer 7

Those related to life safety

Question 8

What is an important step in getting the IC’s strategic game plan implemented?

Answer 8

Getting a buy-in from the risk takers.

Question 9

What has a stated objective that can be achieved using specific procedures and tasks within a reasonable period of time?

Answer 9

a well-defined tactic

Question 10

What is about whether to use one tactic over another?

Answer 10

tactical decision making

Question 11

What are the actions taken to confine a product release to a limited area?

Answer 11

spill-control strategies and confinement tactics

Question 12

What is the physical process of absorbing or “picking up” a liquid hazardous material to prevent enlargement of the contaminated area?

Answer 12

absorption

Question 13

What is the chemical process in which a sorbate interacts with a solid sorbent surface?

Answer 13

adsorption

Question 14

What is a physical method of confinement?

Answer 14

covering

Question 15

What is a physical method of confinement by which barriers are constructed to prevent or reduce the quantity of liquid flowing into the environment?

Answer 15

damming

Question 16

What is a physical method of confinement by which barriers are constructed on ground used to control the movement of liquids, sludge, solids, or other materials?

Answer 16

diking

Question 17

When are dikes most effective?

Answer 17

When they can be built quickly.

Question 18

What is a chemical method by which a water-soluble solution, usually a corrosive, is diluted by adding large volumes of water to the spill?

Answer 18

dilution

Question 19

What is the major disadvantage to dilution?

Answer 19

It is not well understood by emergency response personnel.

Question 20

What is a physical method of confinement by which barriers are constructed on ground or placed in a waterway to intentionally control the movement of a hazardous material into an area where it will pose less harm to the community and the environment?

Answer 20

diversion

Question 21

What is a chemical method by which certain chemical and biological agents are used to disperse or break up the material involved in liquid spills on water?

Answer 21

dispersion

Question 22

What is a physical method by which water spray or fans are used to disperse or move vapors away from the surface areas of the product?

Answer 22

vapor dispersion

Question 23

What is a physical method to reduce or eliminate the vapors emanating from a spilled or released material?

Answer 23

vapor suppression

Question 24

What is a chemical method by which a hazmat is neutralized by applying a second material to the original spill that will chemically react with it to form a less harmful substance?

Answer 24

neutralization

Question 25

What should be neutralized by applying the neutralizing material from the outermost edge inward, thereby protecting responders?

Answer 25

corrosive spills

Question 26

What is a physical method of confinement by which a leaking drum, container or cylinder is placed inside a larger undamaged and compatible overpack container?

Answer 26

overpacking

Question 27

What containment method uses chemically compatible patches and plugs to reduce or temporarily stop the flow of materials from small container holes, rips, tears, or gashes?

Answer 27

patching (plugging)

Question 28

What method of containment is by which the internal pressure of a closed container is reduced?

Answer 28

pressure isolation and reduction

Question 29

What can be done by simply lowering the pressure or completely isolating or shutting down the compressor or pumping system?

Answer 29

The magnitude of the leak can be significantly reduced.

Question 30

What is the controlled release of a material to reduce and control the pressure, and decrease the probability of a violent container rupture?

Answer 30

venting

Question 31

What is usually associated with venting and involves the use of physical or chemical filters or control devices to "scrub" contaminants, particulates, or gases during normal or emergency process operations?

Answer 31

scrubbing

Question 32

What is the controlled burning of a liquid or gas material to reduce or control pressure inside the tank, dispose of residual vapors, and/or to dispose of a product when transfer operations may be impractical?

Answer 32

flaring

Question 33

What is used to gain access to bulk liquid or gas tanks, pipelines, or containers for the purpose of product removal?

Answer 33

hot tapping

Question 34

What is a chemical method of containment whereby a liquid substance is chemically treated so that a solid material results?

Answer 34

solidification

Question 35

What is a physical method of containment by which a hazardous material is placed in a chemically compatible container by simply vacuuming it up?

Answer 35

vacuuming

Question 36

Which hazmat classes have historically produced the most injuries and fatalities to emergency responders and are encountered in virtually every plant and community?

Answer 36

Flammable liquids, gases, and reactive chemicals.

Question 37

What are the most common hazard class encountered by emergency responders?

Answer 37

flammable liquids

Question 38

What is the workhouse of flammable liquid firefighting?

Answer 38

Class B foam

Question 39

What should be considered to be done when dealing with three-dimensional fires?

Answer 39

Be sure the fuel source can be shut off when the fire is extinguished.

Question 40

What is a flammable and odorless gas and is methane in its liquid state?

Answer 40

Liquefied natural gas (LNG)