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Alabama Fire Exam Block 4 Hazmat Awareness

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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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