Firefighter Hazmat Awareness ( NFPA) Questions and Answers (Graded A)
Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) - ANSWER-An organization, office, or individual responsible for enforcing the requirements of a code or standard, or for approving equipment, materials, an installation, or a procedure.
awarness level personnel - ANSWER-Personnel who, in the course of their normal duties, could encounter an emergency involving hazardous materials/ weapons of mass
destruction
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) - ANSWER-A collection of permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the U.S. federal governments. It's 50 titles represent broad areas of interest that are governed by federal regulation. Each volume of the CFR is updated annually and issued
on a quarterly basis.
Department of Transportation (DOT) - ANSWER-The U. S. Government agencies that enforces rules and regulations relating to transportation of many hazardous materiel
Emergency Planning & Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA) - ANSWER-Legislation
that requires a business that handles chemicals to report on those chemicals' type, quantity, and storage methods to the fire department and the local emergency planning committee.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - ANSWER-established in 1970, the U.S. federal agency that ensures safe manufacturing, use, transportation, and disposal of hazardous materials
hazardous waste - ANSWER-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) - ANSWER-
The federal OSHA regulation that governs hazardous materials waste site and response
training.
Incident Commander (IC) - ANSWER-The individual responsible for all incident activities
including the development of strategies and tactics and the ordering and the release of resources
Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) - ANSWER-A group comprising members of industry, transportation, the public at large, media, and fire and police
Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) - ANSWER-An organization, office, or individual responsible for enforcing the requirements of a code or standard, or for approving equipment, materials, an installation, or a procedure.
awarness level personnel - ANSWER-Personnel who, in the course of their normal duties, could encounter an emergency involving hazardous materials/ weapons of mass
destruction
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) - ANSWER-A collection of permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the U.S. federal governments. It's 50 titles represent broad areas of interest that are governed by federal regulation. Each volume of the CFR is updated annually and issued
on a quarterly basis.
Department of Transportation (DOT) - ANSWER-The U. S. Government agencies that enforces rules and regulations relating to transportation of many hazardous materiel
Emergency Planning & Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA) - ANSWER-Legislation
that requires a business that handles chemicals to report on those chemicals' type, quantity, and storage methods to the fire department and the local emergency planning committee.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - ANSWER-established in 1970, the U.S. federal agency that ensures safe manufacturing, use, transportation, and disposal of hazardous materials
hazardous waste - ANSWER-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) - ANSWER-
The federal OSHA regulation that governs hazardous materials waste site and response
training.
Incident Commander (IC) - ANSWER-The individual responsible for all incident activities
including the development of strategies and tactics and the ordering and the release of resources
Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) - ANSWER-A group comprising members of industry, transportation, the public at large, media, and fire and police
