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1
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______ _______ personnel and first responders must be able to analyze all incidents in order to detect and identify the presence of hazardous materials

A

Awareness level

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First responder’s ______ to ________ hazardous materials at accidents, fires, spills, and other emergencies has caused unnecessary injuries and deaths

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failure to recognize

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_______ often equates to safety when hazmat is involved

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distance

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4
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hazardous materials may be found ______

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anywhere

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___________ and a structure’s ________ _______ may provide the first clue that hazmat may be involved in an incident.

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pre-incident surveys, occupancy type

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Assessment of a facility or location made before an emergency occurs

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pre-incident survey

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general fire and emergency service term for a building, structure, or residency

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occupancy

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8
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Once a hazardous material meets an outside water source, it becomes a __________ incident and is extremely difficult to contain, confine, or mitigate

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moving

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shipping containers and their markings, labels, and/or placards

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packaging

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packaging in which materials are loaded with no intermediate form of containment

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bulk packaging

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11
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to be considered bulk packaging, Maximum capacity is greater than _______ gallons as a receptacle for a liquid

A

119

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12
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to be considered bulk packaging, maximum net mass is greater than ________ pounds or maximum capacity is greater than ________ gallons as a receptacle for a solid

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882, 119

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13
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to be considered bulk packaging, water capacity is ________ pounds or greater as a receptacle for gas

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1001

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multiple packages grouped together in a single outer container such as bottles of acid packed inside a cardboard box

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combination packages

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15
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packages with an outer packaging and an inner receptacle

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composite packages

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16
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pressure containers designed to hold product under pressure

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compressed gas cylinders

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17
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opening through which a person may go to gain access to an underground or enclosed structure

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manway

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18
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gas that turns into a liquid at or below -130 degrees F at 14.7 psi

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cryogen

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with cryogens, a spill or leak will boil into a much larger ________ ________

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vapor cloud

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dusts, powders, or small particles may be _________ _________

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hazardous solids

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21
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radioactive packaging only used to transport materials with extremely low levels of radioactivity that present no risk to the public or environment

22
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radioactive container that retains and protects the contents during normal transportation activities

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Industrial

23
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radioactive package that must demonstrate their ability to withstand a series of tests without releasing their contents

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radioactive package that must demonstrate their ability to withstand tests simulating normal shipping conditions, and they must also withstand severe accident conditions without releasing their contents

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radioactive package used for high activity materials
Type C
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marine vessels transport over ______ of the world's cargo
90%
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3 types of tanker vessels
1. petroleum carriers 2. chemical carriers 3. Liquified flammable gas carriers (LNG, LPG)
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4 cargo vessel types
1. bulk carriers 2. break bulk carriers 3. container vessels 4. roll on/roll off vessels
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containers and aircraft pallets used to consolidate air cargo into a single, transportable unit
Unit Loading Devices (ULD)
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US, Mexico, and Canada all use the same source for transporting dangerous materials
Transport of Dangerous Goods - Model Regulations, published by the United Nations
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designed to mark non bulk packages
labels (under 640 cubic feet)
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designed to mark bulk packages
placards (640 cubic feet and over)
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___________ labels must always contain text
Class 7 Radioactive
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NFPA _______, Standard system for the identification of the Hazards of materials for emergency response, method for indicating the presence of hazardous materials at commercial, manufacturing, institutional, and other fixed-storage facilities.
704
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704 identification system, blue represents
Health
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704 identification system, red represents
flammability
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704 identification system, yellow represents
instability
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_______ regulates the manufacturing and labeling of pesticides
EPA
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The EPA requires a warning label on any containers, transformers, or capacitors that contain ___________ which is considered hazardous because it may cause cancer
polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)
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identifying mark on a railcar that marks as a serial number to identify the car independently of every other
reporting mark
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STCC numbers
Standard Transportation Commodity Code
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_______ is the safest of the 5 senses to detect hazardous materials
vision
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gradual inability of a person to detect odors
olfactory fatigue
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the smell of natural gas is caused by the additive
mercaptan
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Liquified Natural Gas might be found in a
cryogenic container
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Packaging with no intermediate for containment
bulk packaging
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Type of packaging used for laboratory samples and smoke detectors
industrial
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unique numerical identifiers assigned to individual chemicals and chemical compounds, polymers, mixtures, and alloys
CAS numbers
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9 hazard classes are used to categorize hazardous materials under the ___________ system
United Nations
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which marking system promotes common, consistent criteria for classifying chemicals according to their health, physical and environmental hazards?
Globally Harmonized System
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what kind of labels use hazard statements like "harmful if swallowed"
pesticide labels
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Excepted, Industrial, Type A, B, & C packaging are all examples of...
Radioactive materials containers

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