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| expected to be able to recognize haz-mat incident or attack, protect themselves, call for additional help, and secure incident scene |
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| expected to do all things at Awareness level, plus initiate defensive actions to protect the public, environment, and property |
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Recognize
Isolate
Protect
Notify |
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Yellow = UN number
Blue = Name
Orange = Action Plan, ON FIRE
Green = Spills, not on fire |
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| Training levels of Hazmat |
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Awareness
Operations
Technician
IC
Specialist |
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| Proximity and fire entry suits (fire entry no longer used) |
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"Warning", "Danger", "Poison", etc.
Related to consumer commodities |
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| Max people in the hot zone |
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| three short blasts from air horns |
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| PPE that will protect against all hazards |
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| Standard of Open-Circuit SCBA |
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| SCBA certification requirements |
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Approval under NIOSH 42 CFR 84
Compliance with NFPA 1981
Special tests under NIOSH 42 CFR |
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Supplied-Air respirator; 300 feet of hose to a supplied air source is given, along with an emergency of 5, 10 or 15 minutes to escape a hazardous atmosphere.
Type C respirators |
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Air-purifying respirators; removes a specific containment; may be powered or non-powered
Do NOT supply oxygen, and only protect against specific containment. |
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Particle-removing
Vapor and gas-removing
Combination particle and vapor-gas removing |
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| 'dust masks', protect from large particles, but NOT small ones (protects from concrete dust, but not asbestos) |
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| Vapor and gas-removing filters |
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| APR; typically use some kind of sorbent material to remove targeted vapor or gas |
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powered APR; uses a blower to pass contaminated air through a canister or filter to remove the contaminants and supply purified air to the facepiece.
May be used at CBR (chemical, biological and radiological) incidents
DO NOT USE IN EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES |
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provide loose-fitting, lightweight respiratory protection that can be worn with glasses, facial hair and beards
more likely to be used in emergency rooms and hospitals |
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| designed for escaping a hot zone; designated for 15 minute protection in a hood style |
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| Structural firefighting clothing as chemically-protective |
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| is NOT a substitute, but may provide some limited protection |
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Generally not allowed by Operations, although must be trained to wear it
ENCAPSULATED SCBA
highest level of protection available |
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worn when the highest level of respiratory protection is neccessary, but a lesser level of skin protection required
provides splash-protection, but little to none against vapors or gases
may be encapsulating or nonencapsulating |
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splash-protection and APR
specific material HAS to be known |
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station-uniform
nuisance contamination only; no atmospheric hazards |
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| Standard for Protection Ensembles in Terrorism Events |
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Highest level of protection
vapor or liquid agent is undetermined or in question
vapor protection needed
liquid contact expected |
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sufficient vapor protection
direct contact with liquid droplets likely
victims are not ambulatory but showing signs of exposure |
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sufficient liquid protection
direct contact with liquid droplets likely
victims are impaired but ambulatory |
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mission-oriented protective posture
used by the military; six levels of protection, the higher the level, the greater the protection |
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| Medical monitoring should be conducted... |
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| before responders wearing liquid splash or vapor-protective clothing entering a warm or hot zone, and as soon as they leave |
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| Minimum on each inspection record |
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Clothing ID number
Date of inspection
Person making inspection
Results
Any unusual conditions |
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| Cleaning equipment minimums |
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clean respiratory equipment during the daily/weekly inspections at the beginning of each work period
inspect, clean and disinfect respiratory protection before putting back into service |
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energetic, positively charged particles; rapidly lose energy when moving through matter
can be easily blocked by skin, but still harmful if inhaled or ingested |
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fast-moving, positively or negatively charged
more penetrating but less damaging
can be stopped by clothing |
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high-energy photons; very penetrating
can pass right through human body or be absorbed, thus a radiation hazard for the whole body
2 feet of concrete or 2 inches of lead needed to stop gamma rays |
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Ultra high energy particles that have physical mass, highly penetrating
difficult to measure in the field and usually estimated by gamma measurements |
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| Radiation protection strategies |
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| time, distance, and shielding |
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| gases that displace oxygen |
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| chemicals that prohibit the body from using oxygen; can be used for a terrorism attack |
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minimum amount to cause death
sometimes used in conjunction with a percentage (LD50 or LD100), percentage of animals dead in a test group |
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| Median lethal dose (LD50) |
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does that will cause death in 50 percent of animals in a test group
other half can be very sick, but not dead |
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| Lethal dose low (LDlo or LDL) |
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| Lowest administered dose of material capable of killing a specified test species |
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specialized bacteria that live and multiply in the gastrointestinal tract of ticks and fleas
smaller than bacteria, but larger than viruses
single-celled organisms, but only grow in living cells
spread through bug bites |
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| simplest types of microorganisms that can only replicate themselves in living cells; do not respond to antibiotics |
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| single-celled organisms; most bacteria do not cause disease, but when they do, either invade tissues or produce poisons |
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toxins; poisons produced by living organisms, while the organism itself is not harmful
can be manufactured synthetically or genetically altered for bio warfare |
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| measure of the tendency of a substance to evaporate; pressure at which a vapor is in equilibrium with its liquid phase for a given temperature |
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temperature when the vapor pressure exceeds atmospheric pressure
more liquid turned into a gas than gas is turned into liquid |
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| liquid within a container is heated, causing the material to boil or vaporize; internal pressure violently ruptures the tank |
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| weight of a given volume of vapor or gas compared to dry air |
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| ability of a liquid or solid to mix or dissolve in water |
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| flammable liquids that have an attraction for water (alcohol, methanol) |
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| container suffers a general loss of integrity, such as glass shattering or grenade exploding |
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| Bulk transportation container categories |
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| Tank (rail car), cargo tanks (highway), intermodual containers (highway, rail, marine) |
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| Vapor pressure below 25psi |
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| pressures greater than 25 psi |
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| Intermediate Bulk Container |
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| IBC; designed for mechanical handling, can be flexible or rigid |
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Type A, B, industrial or excepted
Type C is rare; this is aircraft transport, and not authorized for domestic use |
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| Flammable solids, dangerous when wet |
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| Oxidizing substances, organic peroxides |
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| Miscellaneous dangerous substance |
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| Railroad tank car markings |
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| Initials, capacity STENCILED, specification marking |
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| Standard System for the Identification of the Hazards of Materials for Emergency Response |
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| NFPA 704, uses a rating system of 1-4, 4 being a severe hazard |
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| Instructions for hazardous materials, provides proper shipping name of company, hazard class, packing group, and quality of material |
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| Trucking industry paper indicating origin, destination, route and product |
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| Shipping paper by railroad indicating origin, destination, route and product |
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| hazardous ingredients, physical and chemical properties, health hazards, routes of exposure, precautions for handling, emergency and first-aid procedures, control measures |
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Salivation
Lacrimation (drooling)
Urination
Defication
Gastrointestinal upset
Emesis (vomiting)
Miosis (pinpointed pupils) |
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Gather info
Estimate potential course and harm
Determine strategic goals
Assess tactical options and resources
Plan of action implementation
Evaluate operations
Review the process |
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| within the capabilities of the fire or emergency services |
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| beyond the capabilities of first responders and may be beyond the capabilities of the organization having jurisdiction |
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| requires resources from state agencies, and/or private industry in addition to unified command |
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| first resource a responder should use if they need outside assistance |
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| removing contamination as quickly as possible, sometimes without formal establishment |
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| rapid decontamination of multiple people at one time |
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| using chemical or physical methods to thoroughly remove contaminants from responders and equipment; may also be used for victims in non-life threatening situations |
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| The decon corridor should be set up... |
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| before performing ANY work in the hot zone |
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| Operations-level firefighters in decon may... |
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| instruct people on what to do and where to go |
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| If a crime is suspected... |
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| law enforcement must be notified |
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| Recovery and determination phase |
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| occurs when the IC determines that all victims have been accounted for and all hazards have been controlled |
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