1. Difficulties Determining Names of Hazardous Materials
Identify difficulties encountered in determining the specific names of hazardous materials in both facilities and transportation.
Facilities
Transportation
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2. Sources for Obtaining Names of Hazardous Materials
Identify sources for obtaining the names of, UN\NA identification numbers for, or types of placard associated with hazardous materials in transportation.
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3. Obtaining Names of Products in Facilities
Identify sources for obtaining names of hazardous materials in a facility.
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4. Determine the Appropriate Guidebook Pages
Four digit ID# (yellow pages)
Spelling of the product (blue pages)
Placards (table of placards)
Dealing with an unknown
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NAERG General Hazards
Identify the two general types of hazards found on each guide page.
Fire and Explosion Hazard
Health Hazard
“P” presents a polymerization hazard
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6. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DIVISION
Terminal Objective: Collecting Information & Initiating Response Actions
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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7. Protecting Yourself and Others
Identify the basic precautions to be taken to protect themselves and others in a hazardous materials incident.
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8. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DIVISION
Victim Medical Care
Identify the precautions necessary when providing emergency medical care to victims of hazardous material incidents.
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9. Ignition Sources at HazMat Incidents
Identify the typical ignition sources found at the scenes of hazardous materials incidents.
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10. Harmful Effects of Hazardous Materials
Identify ways hazardous materials are harmful to people, the environment, and property at hazardous materials incidents.
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11. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DIVISION
Routes of Entry
Identify general routes of entry for human exposure to hazardous materials.
Contact
Absorption
Inhalation
Ingestion
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13. NAERG Response Information
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 distances
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14. NAERG Personnel Protective Clothing
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 & equipment.
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15. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DIVISION
Protective Actions
Identify the definitions for each of the following protective actions:
Isolate hazard area and deny entry
Evacuate
Sheltering in-place protection
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16. 2000 ERG Protective Zone Shapes
Identify the shapes of recommended initial isolation and protective action zones.
Initial isolation zone is circular.
The protective action zone is a square shape.
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17. Initial Isolation Zone and Protective Action Zone
DISTANCE
1/2
DOWNWIND
PROTECTIVE ACTION ZONE
ZONE
Downwind Distance
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18. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DIVISION
Small Vs. Large Spills
Describe the difference between small and large spills as found in the table of Initial Isolation and Protective Action Distances.
Small spill
Large spill
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20. Initial & Protective Action Distances
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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21. Green Vs. Orange Bordered Pages
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
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22. Information Available
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23. Where is Your LERP & SOP’s?
Location of both the Local Emergency Response Plan (LERP) and the organization’s Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
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24. Role of the Awareness Level Emergency Responder
Guidelines are found in:
The local emergency response plan.
The organization’s standard operating procedures.
2000 Emergency Response Guidebook
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25. Techniques Used to Isolate & Deny Entry
Identify the techniques used to isolate the hazard area and deny entry to unauthorized persons at hazardous materials incidents.
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26. Criminal/Terrorist Specific Actions
Identify the specific actions necessary when an incident is suspected to involve criminal or terrorist activity.
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27. Initial Notification Procedures
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.
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28. Initial Notification Procedures
To make the appropriate notifications the awareness level responder must:
Be familiar with the notification process
Rapidly set the proper notification process in motion
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