HAZMAT FAMILIARIZATION AND SAFETY IN TRANSPORTATION COMPREHENSIVE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REVIEW SHEET FULL SOLUTIONS

HAZMAT FAMILIARIZATION AND SAFETY
IN TRANSPORTATION COMPREHENSIVE
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS REVIEW SHEET
FULL SOLUTIONS

●● What is the mnemonic device for hazmat classes?
Answer: Every Good FireFighter Oughta Practice Recognizing
Corrosive Materials


●● What is the mnemonic device for Explosive divisions?
Answer: Many People Find Me Very Extreme


●● What are the Explosive divisions?
Answer: 1.1 Mass Explosion
1.2 Projection
1.3 Fire Hazard
1.4 Minor Explosion
1.5 Very Insensitive
1.6 Extremely Insensitive


●● What are the Gas divisions?
Answer: 2.1 Flammable Gas

,2.2 Non-Flammable/Non-Poisonous Gas
2.3 Poisonous Gas


●● What are the Flammable Liquid divisions?
Answer: 3.1 Flash point <0°F
3.2 Flash point <0°F to <73°F
3.3 Flash point >73°F to <140°F


●● What are the Flammable Solid divisions?
Answer: 4.1 Flammable Solid
4.2 Spontaneously Combustible
4.3 Dangerous When Wet


●● What are the Oxidizer divisions?
Answer: 5.1 Oxidizer
5.2 Organic Peroxide


●● What are the Poison divisions?
Answer: 6.1 Poisonous Material (other than gas)
6.2 Infectious Substance


●● What are the Radioactive divisions?

, Answer: There are none


●● What are the Corrosive divisions?
Answer: There are none


●● What are the Miscellaneous divisions?
Answer: There are none


●● What is the major hazard for Explosive class hazmat?
Answer: Explosion


●● What is the major hazard for Gas class hazmat?
Answer: BLEVE


●● What is the major hazard for Flammable Liquid class hazmat?
Answer: Burns readily


●● What is the major hazard for Flammable Solid class hazmat?
Answer: Rapid combustion


●● What is the major hazard for Oxidizer class hazmat?
Answer: 5.1 Supports combustions