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Define a hazardous materials incident
Any substance or material that poses an unreasonable risk to health, safety,
property, and/or environment if it is not properly controlled.
Describe roles and responsibilities of FRD in Hazmat incident (Awareness Level )
They perform limited defensive actions, such as calling for help, evacuating the
hazard area, and securing the scene
Describe roles and responsibilities of FRD in Hazmat incident (Operations Level)
They are allowed to perform defensives action, but, with some exceptions, they
can not come into direct contact with the material.
Describe roles and responsibilities of FRD in Hazmat incident (Technician Level)
They perform offensive tasks, including controlling releases at Hazmat incidents
Describe roles and responsibilities of FRD in Hazmat incident (IC)
Manages the incident by making command decisions to utilize resources and
determine strategies and tactics to mitigate the emergency
Describe roles and responsibilities of FRD in Hazmat incident (Specialist)
Provide expertise in specialized areas, such as chemicals, processes, containers,
and special operations, typically in an advisory capacity
,Recognize ways that hazmat harm people
Acute and chronic effects, routes of entry into the body, specific mechanisms of
harm caused by various hazardous materials
Routes of entry into the body
Inhalations, Ingestion, Absorption, Injection,
Mechanism of Harm
Energy Release, Corrosivity, Toxicity
TRACEM
Thermal hazard, Radiological, Asphyxiation, Chemical, Etiological/Biological,
Mechanical
List Hazmat regulation, definitions and statistics
4 major agencies- Department of Transportation(DOT), Environmental Protection
Agency(EPA0, Department of Labor(DOL), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
Other subagencies- DOE, DHS,CPSC, DOD, ATF, DOJ
Restate the seven clues to the presence of Hazmat
Occupancy types and locations
Containers shapes
Transportation placards/labels/markings
, Other markings in color
Written Resources
Senses
Monitoring and detection devices
Explain how preincident plans may indicate the presence of hazmat.
Responders know where and how much hazmat is on the property. Possible
access/egress difficulties/rally point, occupancy capability
Explain how occupancy types may indicate the presence of hazmat.
Give you more clues on what kind of HazMat will be present, building codes
Explain how locations may indicate the presence of hazmat.
likely location for hazmat accident, ports, docks, railroad, airplane hangers, truck
terminal.
Identify basic container shapes that indicate presence and hazards of a
hazardous material
pressure, cryogenic, liquid, solid, radioactive containers, pipeline, vessel cargo,
unit loading device