MFRI/NFPA Jones and Barlett HAZMAT
Awareness and Operations Exam
Awareness level personnel - Correct Answers -Persons who, in the course of their
normal duties, could encounter an emergency involving hazardous materials/weapons
of mass destruction (WMD) and who are expected to recognize the presence of
hazardous materials/WMD, protect themselves, call for trained personnel, and secure
the area. (NFPA 1072) "Aware" of hazards, situations, people, places, and things.
Department of Transportation (DOT) - Correct Answers -The U.S. government agency
that publicizes and enforces rules and regulations that relate to the transportation of
many hazardous materials.
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act - Correct Answers -Legislation
that requires a business that handles chemicals to report on those chemicals' type,
quantity, and storage methods to the FD and the local emergency planning committee.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Correct Answers -Established in 1970, the US
federal agency ensures safe manufacturing, use, transportation, and disposal of
hazardous substances. (Environmental Safety)
What is a CAN report? - Correct Answers -relevant info the entry team can report.
Conditions, Actions, Needs
What are the three control zones for HAZMAT? - Correct Answers -cold, warm, hot
What is the buddy system? - Correct Answers -two responders always work as a team
for safety
What is a backup team? - Correct Answers -stand-by rescue crew or relief crew.
What level of PPE is the backup team usually wearing? - Correct Answers -same level
of protection as the entry level team.
Name two heat related emergencies. - Correct Answers -Heat exhaustion, heat cramps,
heat stroke, dehydration
,Which heat related emergency can be fatal? - Correct Answers -heat stroke
Name two cold related emergencies - Correct Answers -frostbite and hypothermia
Name four general staff function underneath a command post. - Correct Answers -
Operations, Planning, Logistics, Finance/Admin
Operations Section - Correct Answers -carries out the objectives developed by IC.
"Boots on the ground"
What is the planning section responsible for? - Correct Answers -collection, evaluation,
dissemination, and use of info relevant to the incident.
Logistics section provides what? - Correct Answers -facilities, services, and materials
for the incident
Finance/Administration Section - Correct Answers -responsible for maintaining records
for personnel, time, and costs of resources/procurement; reports directly to the IC.
What are operations level responders tasked with according to NFPA 1072? - Correct
Answers -helping to protect people, property, and environment from the HAZMAT/WMD
release.
What are your smoke/fire related silent killers? - Correct Answers -Carbon Monoxide
and Hydrogen Cyanide
Signs and symptoms of carbon monoxide: - Correct Answers -headache
dizziness
irratibility
confusion
difficulty breathing and coordination
chest pain
seizures
coma
death
What type of gas in a natural antidote for CO poisoning? - Correct Answers -Oxygen
What two organs are primarily targeted from CO poisoning? - Correct Answers -Brain
and heart
electrochemical sensor is used for what? - Correct Answers -post fire detection; a
chemical reagent reacts with a target gas and gives out a meter reading.
A photoionization detecter (PID) uses ultraviolet light to ionize the gases that move
through the sensor. True or False? - Correct Answers -True
, Reaction time difference between electrochemical sensor and a PID is? - Correct
Answers -electrochemical: 20-200 seconds
PID: 1-2 seconds
Hazardous Material - Correct Answers -Matter (solid, liquid, or gas) or energy when
released is capable of creating harm to people, environment, and property, including
weapons of mass destruction (WMD), as well as any other criminal use of hazmat, such
as illicit labs, environmental crimes, or industrial sabotage.
hazardous waste - Correct Answers -A substance that remains after a process or
manufacturing plant has used some of the material and the substance is no longer pure.
HAZWOPER (HAZardous Waste OPerations and Emergency Response) - Correct
Answers -The federal OSHA regulation that governs hazmat waste site and response
training. Regulation can be found in CFR, Title 29, 1910.120.
Incident Commander - Correct Answers -The individual responsible for all incident
activities, including the development of strategies and tactics and the ordering and the
release of resources.
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) - Correct Answers -The association that
develops and maintains nationally recognized minimum consensus standards on many
areas of fire safety and specific standards on hazardous materials.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - Correct Answers -The US
federal agency and regulates worker safety and, in some cases, responder safety. Part
of Department of Labor.
Operations level responders - Correct Answers -Persons who respond to hazardous
materials/(WMD) incidents for the purpose of implementing or supporting actions to
protect nearby persons, the environment, or property from the effects of the release.
"Tasked to respond and engage."
Specialist Level - Correct Answers -(OSHA/HAZWOPER only) A hazardous materials
specialist who responds with, and provides support to, hazardous materials technicians.
This individual's duties parallel those of the hazardous materials technician; however,
the technician's duties require a more directed or specific knowledge of the various
substances he or she may be called upon to contain. The hazardous materials
specialist also acts as the incident-site liaison with federal, state, local, and other
government authorities in regard to site activities. "More specialized than a HAZMAT
tech".
Standards - Correct Answers -Documents issued by nongovernmental entities
Awareness and Operations Exam
Awareness level personnel - Correct Answers -Persons who, in the course of their
normal duties, could encounter an emergency involving hazardous materials/weapons
of mass destruction (WMD) and who are expected to recognize the presence of
hazardous materials/WMD, protect themselves, call for trained personnel, and secure
the area. (NFPA 1072) "Aware" of hazards, situations, people, places, and things.
Department of Transportation (DOT) - Correct Answers -The U.S. government agency
that publicizes and enforces rules and regulations that relate to the transportation of
many hazardous materials.
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act - Correct Answers -Legislation
that requires a business that handles chemicals to report on those chemicals' type,
quantity, and storage methods to the FD and the local emergency planning committee.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Correct Answers -Established in 1970, the US
federal agency ensures safe manufacturing, use, transportation, and disposal of
hazardous substances. (Environmental Safety)
What is a CAN report? - Correct Answers -relevant info the entry team can report.
Conditions, Actions, Needs
What are the three control zones for HAZMAT? - Correct Answers -cold, warm, hot
What is the buddy system? - Correct Answers -two responders always work as a team
for safety
What is a backup team? - Correct Answers -stand-by rescue crew or relief crew.
What level of PPE is the backup team usually wearing? - Correct Answers -same level
of protection as the entry level team.
Name two heat related emergencies. - Correct Answers -Heat exhaustion, heat cramps,
heat stroke, dehydration
,Which heat related emergency can be fatal? - Correct Answers -heat stroke
Name two cold related emergencies - Correct Answers -frostbite and hypothermia
Name four general staff function underneath a command post. - Correct Answers -
Operations, Planning, Logistics, Finance/Admin
Operations Section - Correct Answers -carries out the objectives developed by IC.
"Boots on the ground"
What is the planning section responsible for? - Correct Answers -collection, evaluation,
dissemination, and use of info relevant to the incident.
Logistics section provides what? - Correct Answers -facilities, services, and materials
for the incident
Finance/Administration Section - Correct Answers -responsible for maintaining records
for personnel, time, and costs of resources/procurement; reports directly to the IC.
What are operations level responders tasked with according to NFPA 1072? - Correct
Answers -helping to protect people, property, and environment from the HAZMAT/WMD
release.
What are your smoke/fire related silent killers? - Correct Answers -Carbon Monoxide
and Hydrogen Cyanide
Signs and symptoms of carbon monoxide: - Correct Answers -headache
dizziness
irratibility
confusion
difficulty breathing and coordination
chest pain
seizures
coma
death
What type of gas in a natural antidote for CO poisoning? - Correct Answers -Oxygen
What two organs are primarily targeted from CO poisoning? - Correct Answers -Brain
and heart
electrochemical sensor is used for what? - Correct Answers -post fire detection; a
chemical reagent reacts with a target gas and gives out a meter reading.
A photoionization detecter (PID) uses ultraviolet light to ionize the gases that move
through the sensor. True or False? - Correct Answers -True
, Reaction time difference between electrochemical sensor and a PID is? - Correct
Answers -electrochemical: 20-200 seconds
PID: 1-2 seconds
Hazardous Material - Correct Answers -Matter (solid, liquid, or gas) or energy when
released is capable of creating harm to people, environment, and property, including
weapons of mass destruction (WMD), as well as any other criminal use of hazmat, such
as illicit labs, environmental crimes, or industrial sabotage.
hazardous waste - Correct Answers -A substance that remains after a process or
manufacturing plant has used some of the material and the substance is no longer pure.
HAZWOPER (HAZardous Waste OPerations and Emergency Response) - Correct
Answers -The federal OSHA regulation that governs hazmat waste site and response
training. Regulation can be found in CFR, Title 29, 1910.120.
Incident Commander - Correct Answers -The individual responsible for all incident
activities, including the development of strategies and tactics and the ordering and the
release of resources.
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) - Correct Answers -The association that
develops and maintains nationally recognized minimum consensus standards on many
areas of fire safety and specific standards on hazardous materials.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - Correct Answers -The US
federal agency and regulates worker safety and, in some cases, responder safety. Part
of Department of Labor.
Operations level responders - Correct Answers -Persons who respond to hazardous
materials/(WMD) incidents for the purpose of implementing or supporting actions to
protect nearby persons, the environment, or property from the effects of the release.
"Tasked to respond and engage."
Specialist Level - Correct Answers -(OSHA/HAZWOPER only) A hazardous materials
specialist who responds with, and provides support to, hazardous materials technicians.
This individual's duties parallel those of the hazardous materials technician; however,
the technician's duties require a more directed or specific knowledge of the various
substances he or she may be called upon to contain. The hazardous materials
specialist also acts as the incident-site liaison with federal, state, local, and other
government authorities in regard to site activities. "More specialized than a HAZMAT
tech".
Standards - Correct Answers -Documents issued by nongovernmental entities
