Alabama Fire Exam Block 4 Hazmat
Awareness
The National Fire Protection Association standard that certifies public safety responders
have met the minimum competencies in hazardous materials response is: - ✔✔NFPA
1072
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Alabama Fire Exam Block 4 Hazmat
Awareness
The National Fire Protection Association standard that certifies public safety responders
have met the minimum competencies in hazardous materials response is: - ✔✔NFPA
1072
Any hazardous material, chemical, or substance that is determined to be unwanted or to
be disposed of is defined as a : - ✔✔Hazardous waste
Which of these activities is outside the scope of action for Awareness level personnel?
- Identification of basic special container shapes
- The use of monitoring and detection devices
- Interpretation of safety data sheets (SDS)
- Evacuating the hazard areas - ✔✔The use of monitoring and detection devices
When reporting the discovery of a chemical emergency by calling dispatch or 911, what
is NOT a required piece of information listed in the ERG? - ✔✔Your certification number
Which of the following is an example of an organization that develops consensus
standards?
~The Department of Transportation (DOT)
~ The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM)
~ The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
~ The Department of Labor (DOL) - ✔✔The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
The Federal regulations requiring training of emergency responders to mitigate
chemical emergencies is known as: - ✔✔OSHA's 29 CFR 1910.120(q) HAZWOPER
Standard
A potential state government agency member of a State Emergency Response
Commission is: - ✔✔the State Fire Marshall's Office
Hazardous materials may: - ✔✔present a variety of dangers, sometimes in very small
quantities
Another name for chemicals, when released during an emergency above a certain
quantity, must be reported to the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) are
known as: - ✔✔Hazardous Substances or Extremely Hazardous Substances
In the United States, substances that possess harmful characteristics are called: -
✔✔Hazardous materials
Where are hazardous materials found? - ✔✔Hazardous materials may be found
anywhere.
Examples of bulk transportation containers include:
~ Highway cargo tanks
~ Intermediate bulk containers (IBC)
~ Facility Storage tanks
~ All of the above - ✔✔all of the above
Acidic and/or Basic materials that can be liquid or solid and can cause full-thickness
destruction of the skin at the site of contact are known as: - ✔✔Corrosive Substances
Materials that emit flammable or toxic gasses in contact with water fall into which
Hazard Division - ✔✔Division 4.3
The _____ is determined by the hazard class number assigned to each material. -
✔✔Primary Hazard
Markings found on the left side of a rail car providing information about the identifying
the rail car and capacities in weight are called: - ✔✔Reporting Markings
When particularly dangerous materials, including chemical, biological, radiological,
nuclear, or explosive (CBRNE) materials are used as weapons, they are referred to as:
- ✔✔weapons of mass destruction
A potential local government agency member of a Local Emergency Planning
Committee is - ✔✔the county sheriff's office
Awareness level personnel are likely to be on or near an incident scene, making them: -
✔✔important witnesses
Awareness personnel: - ✔✔are typically at the scene or incident when it occurs
Competencies of Awareness Level responders according to NFPA 1072 are: -
✔✔Recognition, identification, information collection, isolation and notification
The Department of Transportation divid
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