HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DIVISION HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DIVISION HAZARDOUS MATERIALS Difficulties Difficulties Determining Names Determining Names of Hazardous of Hazardous Materials Materials • Identify difficulties encountered in determining the specific names of hazardous materials in both facilities and transportation. – Facilities – Transportation
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• Identify difficulties encountered in determining the specific names of hazardous materials in both facilities and transportation.– Facilities– Transportation
• Identify sources for obtaining the names of, UN\NA identification numbers for, or types of placard associated with hazardous materials in transportation.
• Given the name, UN/NA identification number or type placard, a current copy of the 2000 Emergency Response Guidebook (2000 ERG) a local emergency response plan and standard operating procedures, and a facility or transportation scenario including hazardous materials, collect hazard information, initiate protective actions, and initiate the notification process within 60 minutes.
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• Given the identity of various hazardous materials (name, UN/NA identification number, or type placard), identify the following response information:– Emergency actions from guide pages– Protective Clothing– Initial isolation & protective action
• Given the name of a hazardous material, identify the recommended personal protective clothing from the following list:– Street clothing and work uniforms– Structural fire fighter’s protective clothing– Positive pressure SCBA– Chemical protective clothing &
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• Identify the shapes of recommended initial isolation and protective action zones.– Initial isolation zone is circular.– The protective action zone is a square
• Describe the difference between small and large spills as found in the table of Initial Isolation and Protective Action Distances.– Small spill– Large spill
• Identify the circumstances under which the following distances are used at a hazardous materials incident:– Table of initial isolation and protective
action distances– Isolation distance in the numbered guides
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• Describe the difference between the isolation distances in the orange-bordered guide pages and the protective action distances in the green-boarded pages.– Green-bordered– Orange-boarded
• Given either a facility or transportation scenario involving hazardous materials, regardless of the presence of criminal or terrorist activities, the first responder at the awareness level shall identify the appropriate initial notifications to be made and how to make them, consistent with the local emergency response plan or the organization's standard operating procedures.
• To make the appropriate notifications the awareness level responder must:– Be familiar with the notification process– Rapidly set the proper notification