Hazardous Materials (Hazmat) Questions and Answers Graded A

Hazardous Materials (Hazmat) Questions and Answers Graded A Hazardous Material: ✔✔A substance or material capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety, or property when transported in commerce. Hazard Cla ...

Hazardous Materials (Hazmat) Questions and Answers Graded A Hazardous Material: ✔✔A substance or material capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety, or property when transported in commerce. Hazard Class: ✔✔Is a group of hazardous materials that share dangerous characteristics. Nine hazard classes based on the dangers posed in transportation: ✔✔1. Explosives 2. Gasses 3. Flammable Liquids 4. Flammable Solids 5. Oxidizing Substances/ Organic Peroxides 6. Toxic Substances/ Infectious Substances 7. Radioactive 8. Corrosive Material 9. Misc. hazardous material & products or substances or organisms. Acute Exposure ✔✔1 time exposure and done!!.. Chronic Exposure ✔✔Prolonged or repeated exposures over many days, months or years. Human Pathogens: ✔✔Include anthrax, viruses, smallpox, bird flu. "Pathogen" ✔✔"Disease-causing organism". Plant and Animal Pathogens: ✔✔* Foot and Mouth Disease(FMD) * Exotic Newcastle Disease(END) * Classical Swine Fever(CSF) * Boll Rot of Cotton Types of Ionizing Radiation: ✔✔Alpha, Beta, Gamma, X-Ray, Neutron. Routes of Exposure: ✔✔Inhalation, Absorption, Ingestion, Injection. Basic Toxicology(Terminology) ✔✔* Threshold Limit Value(TLV) * Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health(IDLH) * Lethal Concentration(LC50) * Lethal Dose(LD50) * Material safety Data Sheets(MSDS) Terminology Health Impacts: ✔✔* Death * Temporary impairment * Permanent disability * Psychological stress * Post Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD) Property and Environment Impacts: ✔✔* Damage to potable water sources * Loss of productive lands * Loss/destruction of food products * Inability to occupy or inhabit structures Infrastructure Impacts: ✔✔* Disruption of traffic and other modes of transportation * Budget and resource strains on government and commercial entities * Reduction in available services * Overwhelming health care system Sources to obtain on-site information about hazardous material being transported: ✔✔Warnings and Indicators: Shipping manifests, Placards, Labels. Interviews: Driver, others involved in transportation of materials. Witnesses and or Victims. Communications: Texas Law Enforcement Telecommunications System(TLETS). *Shipper at point-of-origin. National Incident Management System(NIMS): ✔✔* Command and Management * Preparedness, * Resource Management, * Communication and Information Management * Supporting Technologies * Ongoing Maintenance and Management Incident Command System(ICS): ✔✔* Purposes of the ICS * Integrated organizational structure * ICS as a part of NIMS Initial Assessment and Response at a Incident: ✔✔* Observations(Odors, noises, wind direction, placards, signs, etc.) * Assessment(Hazard level, casualties, need for additional resources, etc.) * Plan(Response, exit strategy, precautions, etc.) * Communicate(Dispatch, casualties, good Samaritans, etc.) * Respond(Establish perimeter, first aid, enable ICS, etc.) Removing Citizens from the Affected Area: ✔✔* Limit spread of contamination when moving people that are potentially contaminated * Establish safe travel routes for the public * Enforce perimeter security Minimizing Health Hazards for Responders: ✔✔* Stay outside of designed perimeter * Remain upwind * Wait for qualified assistance Practical Guidelines for Law Enforcement First Responders: ✔✔Shorter times in a HAZMAT zone are ALWAYS better. Distance and upwind location from a HAZMAT zone are ALWAYS better. Decontamination Concepts: ✔✔* "End the Exposure" * Remove * Dilute * Absorb * Neutralize * Isolate If a substance hits the water and goes down stream into the ocean bay in salt water is it hazardous? ✔✔Yes, anytime no matter what kind of water. What is your initial response to a Hazmat? ✔✔Observation.