HAZMAT MANUAL Flashcards
(65 cards)
An Incident Site Safety Plan will be prepared and reviewed by the Hazmat Director or designee for each hazmat response. This form will be sent to the Command Post within ________ of arrival of Hazmat Unit.
30 min
This Incident Site Safety Plan should be delivered to the IC within _______ of the Hazmat Unit’s arrival on scene.
30 minutes
Training shall be based on the duties and functions to be performed by each __________ of the OKCFD. The training will conform to: _____________.
Responder, 29 CFR 1910.120 q, 3, 4, 6, I and NFPA 472.
OKCFD shall deliver First Responder Awareness and Operations level training to personnel within _______ of employment and prior to deployment in any active emergency response operations.
90 days
OKCFD First responders at the operational level shall have received at least _________, and shall be able to objectively demonstrate competence.
40 hours of training
To command a site it is necessary to control the site by limiting the number of personnel to the site (Zones). There should be at least ______;_____with larger more complex incidents between the CP and the Hazmat Team, this will allow both ______ and the ___________ to perform their operations.
100feet;200 feet
IC
Hazmat Team
Establish a ________ to isolate the area. Use two cones spread approx. 30 feet apart and _________ from the tailboard of the first-arriving engine company. Isolate the area. Deny access to non-emergency responders.
Control Line, 80-100 feet
When permanently assigned hazardous materials personnel are scheduled off on their duty day, the Hazmat Team shall not be permitted to drop below ____ persons, minimum of ____ hazardous materials person at Station 5.
4, 7
A Level 1 incident is defined as a release of less than ______ of a liquid or less than ______ of a solid of a known hazardous material.
10 gallons, 20 pounds
A Level II incident is defined as a release of ________ of a liquid or _________ of a solid of a known hazmat OR the release of ____________ liquid, solid, or gaseous material that is toxic (all gasses other than NG or LPG shall be considered as toxic), corrosive, poisonous, reactive, or radioactive.
10 or more gallons, 20 pounds or more,
any quantity of an unknown
Examples of Level II incident: Fires in buildings with a 704 rating of ________ in any category.
2 or greater
ON-SITE PROCEDURES
Medical Surveillance: If temperature is above _____ a mandatory heat stress evaluation and pre-entry medical evaluation will be performed.
70 degrees F
HAZMAT TEAM - RESPONSE LEVELS
Level II Task Force Staffing
– _____ trained personnel
12
A Level II is a threat to the __________and/or ________ humans.
Environment, Endangers
A Level III incident is _____________.
Life-threatening
Basic Decontamination will consist of a minimum _____ flush administered with a booster nozzle or sufficient water supply. There are ___ exceptions to this minimum practice.
60 sec, NO
HAZMAT TEAM - SITE CONTROL
Setting Zones: This zone should be a minimum of ____ feet for bulk packaging (liquid-internal volume of more than ____ gal, solid-capacity of more than ____ pounds, compressed gas-water capacity of more than _____ pounds(___ gals), OR ____ feet for non-bulk packaging unless otherwise stated.
500 ft, 119 gals, 882 lbs, 1001 lbs, (120gals),
200 ft
HAZMAT TEAM - IDENTIFYING THE HAZARD
- Type of facility and what is manufactured there. Such as: paint supply, farm and garden, fuel distributor, hardware store, etc.
Occupancy and Location
HAZMAT TEAM - IDENTIFYING THE HAZARD
- The location of incident in relation to exposures.
Occupancy and Location
HAZMAT TEAM - IDENTIFYING THE HAZARD
- Pressure or non-pressure container.
- Portable tanks, cargo tanks rail tank-car, cylinder.
- Special containers may carry special products.
Container Shapes
HAZMAT TEAM - IDENTIFYING THE HAZARD
Marking numbers that designates a UN/NA Hazmat if some kind.
Markings and Colors
HAZMAT TEAM - IDENTIFYING THE HAZARD
- DOT placards
- NFPA 704M
- United Nations Hazard Class Numbers
- HMIS Labels
Placards and Labels
HAZMAT TEAM - IDENTIFYING THE HAZARD
Data sheets may come in the form of Shipping papers, Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), and/or Manifests.
- Only retrieve shipping papers if you are able to stay out of the product and it's vapors. - Approach upwind.
Chemical Data Sheets
HAZMAT TEAM - IDENTIFYING THE HAZARD
- Determine what products are manufactured or stored on site.
- If they have been contaminated, find out their symptoms and what the physical state(s) of the products are, solid, liquid, gas, what type of odor, what color, etc.
Facility Personnel
