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Hazardous Materials: Definitions, Classes, and Emergency Response, Exams of Nursing

A comprehensive overview of hazardous materials, including definitions, classifications, and emergency response procedures. It covers key concepts such as nfpa 704, shipping papers, and the emergency response guidebook (erg). The document also includes numerous questions and answers, making it a valuable resource for students and professionals in the field of hazardous materials management.

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DoD Hazmat Test 1
NFPA 1072 - correct answer Any substance or material that poses an unreasonable
risk to health, safety property, and/or the environment.
Initiate Protective Actions - correct answer Isolate and deny entry
We must be (blank) to deal with hazardous materials incidents. - correct answer
Specifically trained
Sensory Clues - correct answer Sight, Sound, and Odor
Ways hazardous material are harmful to people. - correct answer TEAMCPR:
Thermal, Etiologic, Asphyxiation, Mechanical, Corrosive, Poisonous, Radiation.
APIE Incident Plan - correct answer Analyze, Plan, Implement, Evaluate
Who develops the incident plan? - correct answer Incident Commander (IC)
What is LERPS? - correct answer Local emergency response plan.
Two ways LERPS can be stored. - correct answer Electronically and Hard Copy in the
AHJ file.
Are we always going to follow SOPs and LERPS? - correct answer Yes.
LERPS definition - correct answer Provide specialized guidance during hazardous
material incidents because the adverse consequences are more severe and can be far
reaching.
(Blank) evidence at the crime scene as best you can. - correct answer Protect and
preserve
First thing you do when giving care to victims of hazardous material is - correct answer
Determine whether the victim is contaminated.
Hazardous Material (Hazmat) - correct answer Defined by NFPA 1072 is any
substance or material that poses an unreasonable risk to health, safety, property, and/or
the environment.
Dangerous Goods - correct answer In Canadian transportation, hazardous material
are called dangerous goods
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) - correct answer Chemical, biological,
radiological, nuclear, or explosive. (CBRNE)
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DoD Hazmat Test 1

NFPA 1072 - correct answer Any substance or material that poses an unreasonable risk to health, safety property, and/or the environment. Initiate Protective Actions - correct answer Isolate and deny entry We must be (blank) to deal with hazardous materials incidents. - correct answer Specifically trained Sensory Clues - correct answer Sight, Sound, and Odor Ways hazardous material are harmful to people. - correct answer TEAMCPR: Thermal, Etiologic, Asphyxiation, Mechanical, Corrosive, Poisonous, Radiation. APIE Incident Plan - correct answer Analyze, Plan, Implement, Evaluate Who develops the incident plan? - correct answer Incident Commander (IC) What is LERPS? - correct answer Local emergency response plan. Two ways LERPS can be stored. - correct answer Electronically and Hard Copy in the AHJ file. Are we always going to follow SOPs and LERPS? - correct answer Yes. LERPS definition - correct answer Provide specialized guidance during hazardous material incidents because the adverse consequences are more severe and can be far reaching. (Blank) evidence at the crime scene as best you can. - correct answer Protect and preserve First thing you do when giving care to victims of hazardous material is - correct answer Determine whether the victim is contaminated. Hazardous Material (Hazmat) - correct answer Defined by NFPA 1072 is any substance or material that poses an unreasonable risk to health, safety, property, and/or the environment. Dangerous Goods - correct answer In Canadian transportation, hazardous material are called dangerous goods Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) - correct answer Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosive. (CBRNE)

Hazardous Substance - correct answer Chemicals released in the environment above a certain amount. Extremely Hazardous Substance - correct answer Chemicals released into the environment above the threshold. Toxic chemicals - correct answer Toxic chemicals Hazardous Waste - correct answer Regulated under the Resource, Construction, and Recovery Act (RCRA) Hazardous Chemicals - correct answer Risk to employees if exposed. Highly hazardous chemicals - correct answer Toxic, reactive, flammable, or explosive properties. Who comes up with classes and divisions? - correct answer Department of Transportation (DOT) A material may be poisonous, corrosive, and flammable but will only be grouped with - correct answer Whichever is considered the worst. Acronym for classes - correct answer Every Good Fire Fighter Oughta Practice Recognizing Corrosive Material Class 1 - correct answer Explosives Acronym for Class 1 divisions - correct answer Many People Find Me Very Extreme 1.1 - correct answer Mass explosion (black powder, dynamite, and TNT) 1.2 - correct answer Projection Hazard (detonation cord) 1.3 - correct answer Fire hazard (liquid fuel rocket motors) 1.4 - correct answer Minor explosion (practice ammunition) 1.5 - correct answer Very insensitive explosion (prilled ammonium nitrate fertilizers) 1.6 - correct answer Extremely insensitive (explosive squib device) Class 2 - correct answer Gas

6.2 - correct answer Infectious substance (ex. Anthrax, botulism, rabies, tetanus, small pox, and polio) Class 7 - correct answer Radioactive Radioactive material having a specific activity greater than (blank) microcurie - correct answer 0. Class 8 - correct answer Corrosives Class 9 - correct answer Miscellaneous (ex. Molten, sulfur, and hazardous waste) Miscellaneous definition - correct answer A material that presents a hazard during transport, but that is not included in another hazard class. ORM-D - correct answer Other regulated materials Facts on ORM-D - correct answer Forbidden, marine pollutant, no placard-label only. Dangerous placard AKA (blank) - correct answer Mixed load Facts on mixed load - correct answer 1,001 pounds or more and two or more hazardous material. Dewar flask - correct answer A tank within a tank Oval and horseshoe shaped ends on tanks means (blank) - correct answer Low/no pressure Dry bulk trailers have (blank) - correct answer V shaped sides with bottom outlets NFPA 704 - correct answer Suggested method for the identification of hazardous materials Scale on NFPA 704 - correct answer 0-4, 4 being the worst NFPA 704 colors and meanings - correct answer Health = blue, Flammability = red Reactivity = yellow Special = white Military hazardous signs - correct answer Class 1, Division 1: Mass detonation "Big boom" Class 1, Division 2: Fragmentation "Little Boom" Class 1, Division 3: Mass Fire "Big Fire" Class 1, Division 4: Little Fire "Little Fire"

Chemical hazard signs - correct answer Red you're dead: highly toxic Yellow you're mellow: harassing agents White is bright: white phosphorus Globally Harmonized System (GHS) - correct answer Promote common, consistent criteria for classifying chemicals. Pipeline markers (POE) - correct answer Product, ownership, and emergency telephone number Shipping papers contain - correct answer Name of material, emergency contact number, hazard class, and 7 digit STCC (rail only) Highway - correct answer Called: Bill of lading Person responsible: driver Located: in cab Rail - correct answer Called: trainlist or consist Person responsible: conductor Located: engine or caboose Water - correct answer Called: dangerous cargo manifest Person responsible: captain or master Located: bridge or pilot house Air - correct answer Called: Airbill Person responsible: pilot Located: cockpit or flight deck Durning emergency - correct answer On or near the vehicle, from the shipper or manufacturer, through CHEMTREC ERG - correct answer Emergency Response Guidebook Blue pages - correct answer Name of the material Yellow pages - correct answer UN/NA identification number The ERG Guide Section consist of - correct answer Public Safety Section, Protective Clothing Section, Evacuation Section, and Emergency Response Section. SDS - correct answer Safety Data Sheet SDS's can be acquired from (blank) - correct answer The manufacturer of the material, the supplier, and the CHEMTREC