HazMat and WMD Response – CBRNE Emergency Operations, Safety, and Incident
Management Study Guide
awareness level responsibilities - ANS ✔✔1.recognize the presence of hazardous materials
2.call for the appropriate help
3. secure the emergency area
4. attempt to identify the material
5. determine the appropriate actions per the north America emergency response guide
(NAERG)
RISERA - ANS ✔✔Recognize
Identify
Size-up
Educate
Resources
Action Plan
common sources of information which can help the officer recognize a hazmat incident - ANS
✔✔verbal/dispatch
occupancy type
location
transport route
visual
physical
intuition
containers
, hazmat documents - ANS ✔✔material safety data sheets (MSDS)
shipping papers
standard transportation commodity code (STCC) for rail
reportable quantity
fixed facilities are required to maintain - ANS ✔✔MSDS
MSDS will have - ANS ✔✔ID's main hazard
ID's department of transportation/ United Nations (DOT/UN) number
guide number
the basic response directions
PPE
shipping papers have - ANS ✔✔name
hazard name
hazard class
UN number
guide number
STCC will be - ANS ✔✔a seven digit number included in the way bill by the conductor. Railroad
dispatch can also produce the waybill from known train number, or locomotive number
reportable quantity - ANS ✔✔is the amount of a substance that when released is considered
hazardous by the EPA and must be reported
DOT/UN labeling system - ANS ✔✔-nine hazard classes
-20 class divisions ( 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 etc.)
Management Study Guide
awareness level responsibilities - ANS ✔✔1.recognize the presence of hazardous materials
2.call for the appropriate help
3. secure the emergency area
4. attempt to identify the material
5. determine the appropriate actions per the north America emergency response guide
(NAERG)
RISERA - ANS ✔✔Recognize
Identify
Size-up
Educate
Resources
Action Plan
common sources of information which can help the officer recognize a hazmat incident - ANS
✔✔verbal/dispatch
occupancy type
location
transport route
visual
physical
intuition
containers
, hazmat documents - ANS ✔✔material safety data sheets (MSDS)
shipping papers
standard transportation commodity code (STCC) for rail
reportable quantity
fixed facilities are required to maintain - ANS ✔✔MSDS
MSDS will have - ANS ✔✔ID's main hazard
ID's department of transportation/ United Nations (DOT/UN) number
guide number
the basic response directions
PPE
shipping papers have - ANS ✔✔name
hazard name
hazard class
UN number
guide number
STCC will be - ANS ✔✔a seven digit number included in the way bill by the conductor. Railroad
dispatch can also produce the waybill from known train number, or locomotive number
reportable quantity - ANS ✔✔is the amount of a substance that when released is considered
hazardous by the EPA and must be reported
DOT/UN labeling system - ANS ✔✔-nine hazard classes
-20 class divisions ( 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 etc.)
