TCFP HAZMAT OPS TERMS AND
EXPLANATIONS
Operations tasks - Analyze
Plan
Implement
Evaluate
When may Operation level responders perform above their training level? - When their is
written or direct guidance
Written Guidance - Established in SOP
Direct Guidance - Work under the control of a HAZMAT TECH (HMT)
Non pressure tank cars - -General service or low pressure
-Carries: Flammable/combustable liquids, flammable solids, oxidizers, organic peroxides,
corrosives, poisons and molten solids
- Pressure: 60-100 psi
-Capacity 4000-45000 gal
-( Non pressure) No dome with visible settings is found in US
-(Non pressure) Expansion dome with visible fittings and older models are mainly found in
Mexico
3 priorities for operation responders - People
Property
Environment
Pressure tank cars - -Aluminum tanks with rounded heads
-Flammable, non flammable and poisonous gas
-Capacity: 4000-45000 gal
-Pressure: 100-600 psi
Cryogenic liquid tank cars - -two tanks: inner tank contains product, outer tank contains
insulation
-Carries: liquid argon, ethylene, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen
-Capacity: varies
-Low pressure liquids: 25 psi
-Refrigerated: -130 F/ -90 C
-Reinforcement bands and control box
Analyze - What is happening at the scene
,Plan - Based on what you see, decide what should happen
Implement - Put your plan into action
Evaluate - Did what you planned work
Intermodal Containers - -can switch between ship, rail or truck while staying in the same
container
-Economical (lower cost) means of transportation
-Non pressure intermodal tank containers usually carry liquid or solid materials with
pressure at 100 psi
IM-101 Portable tank - -not exceed 6300 psi
-Pressure: 25.4-100 psi
-Hazard classes: 3,4,5,6,8
-Transport: Non hazardous and Hazardous material, Toxic, corrosive, alcohols, pesticides,
insecticides and flammable materials
-Types of product: Food, liquid fertilizers, resins, sodium cyanide, water treatment
chemicals and whiskey.
IM-102 Portable tank - -will not exceed 6300 gallons
-Pressure: 14.5-25.4 psi
-Hazard class: 3,6 and 8
-Non haz and hazardous materials/WMD
Pressure Intermodal containers - -Capacity: 5500 gallons
-Pressure: 100-500 psi
-Hazard class: 2,3
-Transport: Liquified petroleum gas, anhydrous ammonia, motor fuel anti knock compound
and aluminum alkyls
Cryogenic Intermodal Tanks - -Capacity: 4500-5000 gallons
-Pressure: 25 psi
-Hazard class: 2.2
-Transport: Helium, nitrogen and oxygen
-AKA: IMO-Type 7
-refrigerated liquid gas
Tube Modules - -Capacity: Varies
-Pressure: 3000-5000 psi
-Transport: Helium, nitrogen and oxygen
-High pressure cylinders permanently mounted within an International Standard
Organization Frame (ISO)
Dry bulk cargo (Hopper trailers) - -Capacity: 1500 cu. ft.
,-Pressure: No greater than 80 psi
-Hazard class: 5.1, 9
-Transport: Fertilizer, oxidizers, grains, plastic products, food products, may include toxic
materials
-"V" shaped bins
-Pneumatically unloaded
Non pressure liquid cargo tanks (TC 406, DOT 406, SCT 306, MC 306, TC 306) - -Capacity:
10000 gallons
-Pressure: max allowable working pressure greater than 3 psi and no more than 5 psi
-Hazard class: 3
-Transport: Fuel oil, gasoline, alcohol, flammable/combustable liquid
-large oval ends/ elliptical cross sections
-underbelly outlets
Low pressure Chemical tanks-TC 407, DOT 407, SCT-407, MC-307, TC-307 - -Capacity:
2000-7000 gallons
-Presssure: Internal vapor pressure 18 psi at 100 deg F
-Low pressure is considered to be less than 40 psi at 170 deg F
-Hazard class: 3,8
-Transport: flammable and corrossives
-Cylindrical or horseshoe shapes
-Double shelled with insulation
Corrossive liquid cargo tanks TC-412, DOT-412, SCT-312, MC-312, TC-312 - -Capacity:
5000-6000 gallons
-Pressure: 35-50 psi
-Hazard class: 8
-Transports: high density liquids and strong corrossives
-Small round or horseshoe ends
-Access housing
-Reinforcement ribs
High pressure Cargo Tanks MC 331, TC 331, SCT 331 - -Capacity: 2500-11500 gallons
-Pressure: 100-500 psi
-Hazard class: 2
-Transport: liquefied gas, propane
-Hemispherical or ellipsoidal ends or head
Compressed gas tube trailers - -Pressure: 3000-5000 psi
-Hazard class: 2
-Transport: bulk non liquefied compressed gasses
-Seamless steel cylinders 9-48 inches in diameter
-cylinders contain the same material independently piped
-fill and discharge done through the manifold header
, Cryogenic liquid cargo tanks- MC 338, TC 338, SCT 338, (TC341, CGA341) - -Capacity:
5000-14000 gallons
-Pressure: designed for 23.5 psi, no more than 500 psi
-Transport: cryogenic materials
-Double shelled: inner shell contains product and outer shell contains insulation
-Control valves are located in a compartment on the back or on the side just forward the
trailers wheels
-Product is a gas that is cooled to at least -130 F
Storage tank types - Non pressure
Pressure
Cryogenic
Installed locations for storage tanks - Above ground
Below ground
Inside buildings
Cone roof tanks - -Capacity: Vary
-Pressure: 0-0.5 psig
-Hazard class: 3,4,5,8
-Flammable and combustable liquids, corrosives, oxidizers and solvents
-Characteristics: tank with a permanently attached sloped roof with weak seams where the
roof meets the sides
Floating roof with geodesic dome - -Capacity: 50000-1000000 gallons
-Pressure: 0-0.5 psig
-Hazard class: 3
-Flammable and combustable liquids
Floating roof tank (open floating roof tank) - -Capacity: 50000-1000000 gallons
-Pressure: 0-0.5 psig
-Hazard class: 3,8
-Examples: flammable, combustable and corrosive liquids
-ladder on roof
-roof floats on liquid surface
Lift roof tank (covered floating roof tank) - -Capacity: varies
-Pressure: 0-0.5 psi
-Hazard class: 3
-Examples: flammable and combustable liquids
-internal floating roof
-large vents found at the top of the tank shell
Vapor dome roof tank - -Capacity: 8500000 gallons
-Pressure: 0-0.5 psi
-Hazard class: 3,5,9
EXPLANATIONS
Operations tasks - Analyze
Plan
Implement
Evaluate
When may Operation level responders perform above their training level? - When their is
written or direct guidance
Written Guidance - Established in SOP
Direct Guidance - Work under the control of a HAZMAT TECH (HMT)
Non pressure tank cars - -General service or low pressure
-Carries: Flammable/combustable liquids, flammable solids, oxidizers, organic peroxides,
corrosives, poisons and molten solids
- Pressure: 60-100 psi
-Capacity 4000-45000 gal
-( Non pressure) No dome with visible settings is found in US
-(Non pressure) Expansion dome with visible fittings and older models are mainly found in
Mexico
3 priorities for operation responders - People
Property
Environment
Pressure tank cars - -Aluminum tanks with rounded heads
-Flammable, non flammable and poisonous gas
-Capacity: 4000-45000 gal
-Pressure: 100-600 psi
Cryogenic liquid tank cars - -two tanks: inner tank contains product, outer tank contains
insulation
-Carries: liquid argon, ethylene, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen
-Capacity: varies
-Low pressure liquids: 25 psi
-Refrigerated: -130 F/ -90 C
-Reinforcement bands and control box
Analyze - What is happening at the scene
,Plan - Based on what you see, decide what should happen
Implement - Put your plan into action
Evaluate - Did what you planned work
Intermodal Containers - -can switch between ship, rail or truck while staying in the same
container
-Economical (lower cost) means of transportation
-Non pressure intermodal tank containers usually carry liquid or solid materials with
pressure at 100 psi
IM-101 Portable tank - -not exceed 6300 psi
-Pressure: 25.4-100 psi
-Hazard classes: 3,4,5,6,8
-Transport: Non hazardous and Hazardous material, Toxic, corrosive, alcohols, pesticides,
insecticides and flammable materials
-Types of product: Food, liquid fertilizers, resins, sodium cyanide, water treatment
chemicals and whiskey.
IM-102 Portable tank - -will not exceed 6300 gallons
-Pressure: 14.5-25.4 psi
-Hazard class: 3,6 and 8
-Non haz and hazardous materials/WMD
Pressure Intermodal containers - -Capacity: 5500 gallons
-Pressure: 100-500 psi
-Hazard class: 2,3
-Transport: Liquified petroleum gas, anhydrous ammonia, motor fuel anti knock compound
and aluminum alkyls
Cryogenic Intermodal Tanks - -Capacity: 4500-5000 gallons
-Pressure: 25 psi
-Hazard class: 2.2
-Transport: Helium, nitrogen and oxygen
-AKA: IMO-Type 7
-refrigerated liquid gas
Tube Modules - -Capacity: Varies
-Pressure: 3000-5000 psi
-Transport: Helium, nitrogen and oxygen
-High pressure cylinders permanently mounted within an International Standard
Organization Frame (ISO)
Dry bulk cargo (Hopper trailers) - -Capacity: 1500 cu. ft.
,-Pressure: No greater than 80 psi
-Hazard class: 5.1, 9
-Transport: Fertilizer, oxidizers, grains, plastic products, food products, may include toxic
materials
-"V" shaped bins
-Pneumatically unloaded
Non pressure liquid cargo tanks (TC 406, DOT 406, SCT 306, MC 306, TC 306) - -Capacity:
10000 gallons
-Pressure: max allowable working pressure greater than 3 psi and no more than 5 psi
-Hazard class: 3
-Transport: Fuel oil, gasoline, alcohol, flammable/combustable liquid
-large oval ends/ elliptical cross sections
-underbelly outlets
Low pressure Chemical tanks-TC 407, DOT 407, SCT-407, MC-307, TC-307 - -Capacity:
2000-7000 gallons
-Presssure: Internal vapor pressure 18 psi at 100 deg F
-Low pressure is considered to be less than 40 psi at 170 deg F
-Hazard class: 3,8
-Transport: flammable and corrossives
-Cylindrical or horseshoe shapes
-Double shelled with insulation
Corrossive liquid cargo tanks TC-412, DOT-412, SCT-312, MC-312, TC-312 - -Capacity:
5000-6000 gallons
-Pressure: 35-50 psi
-Hazard class: 8
-Transports: high density liquids and strong corrossives
-Small round or horseshoe ends
-Access housing
-Reinforcement ribs
High pressure Cargo Tanks MC 331, TC 331, SCT 331 - -Capacity: 2500-11500 gallons
-Pressure: 100-500 psi
-Hazard class: 2
-Transport: liquefied gas, propane
-Hemispherical or ellipsoidal ends or head
Compressed gas tube trailers - -Pressure: 3000-5000 psi
-Hazard class: 2
-Transport: bulk non liquefied compressed gasses
-Seamless steel cylinders 9-48 inches in diameter
-cylinders contain the same material independently piped
-fill and discharge done through the manifold header
, Cryogenic liquid cargo tanks- MC 338, TC 338, SCT 338, (TC341, CGA341) - -Capacity:
5000-14000 gallons
-Pressure: designed for 23.5 psi, no more than 500 psi
-Transport: cryogenic materials
-Double shelled: inner shell contains product and outer shell contains insulation
-Control valves are located in a compartment on the back or on the side just forward the
trailers wheels
-Product is a gas that is cooled to at least -130 F
Storage tank types - Non pressure
Pressure
Cryogenic
Installed locations for storage tanks - Above ground
Below ground
Inside buildings
Cone roof tanks - -Capacity: Vary
-Pressure: 0-0.5 psig
-Hazard class: 3,4,5,8
-Flammable and combustable liquids, corrosives, oxidizers and solvents
-Characteristics: tank with a permanently attached sloped roof with weak seams where the
roof meets the sides
Floating roof with geodesic dome - -Capacity: 50000-1000000 gallons
-Pressure: 0-0.5 psig
-Hazard class: 3
-Flammable and combustable liquids
Floating roof tank (open floating roof tank) - -Capacity: 50000-1000000 gallons
-Pressure: 0-0.5 psig
-Hazard class: 3,8
-Examples: flammable, combustable and corrosive liquids
-ladder on roof
-roof floats on liquid surface
Lift roof tank (covered floating roof tank) - -Capacity: varies
-Pressure: 0-0.5 psi
-Hazard class: 3
-Examples: flammable and combustable liquids
-internal floating roof
-large vents found at the top of the tank shell
Vapor dome roof tank - -Capacity: 8500000 gallons
-Pressure: 0-0.5 psi
-Hazard class: 3,5,9
