Firefighter Hazmat Awareness ( NFPA)
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) - ✔️✔️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) - ✔️✔️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) - ✔️✔️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) - ✔️✔️established in 1970, the U.S. federal
agency that ensures safe manufacturing, use, transportation, and disposal of hazardous
materials
hazardous waste - ✔️✔️A substance that remains after a process or manufacturing
plant has used some of the material and the substance is no longer pure
Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) - ✔️✔️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 - ✔️✔️Personnel who, in the course of their normal duties,
could encounter an emergency involving hazardous materials/ weapons of mass
destruction
HAZWOPER (HAZardous Waste OPerations and Emergency Response) - ✔️✔️The
federal OSHA regulation that governs hazardous materials waste site and response
training.
Incident Commander (IC) - ✔️✔️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) - ✔️✔️A group comprising members of
industry, transportation, the public at large, media, and fire and police agencies; it
gathers and disseminates information on hazardous materials stored in the community
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) - ✔️✔️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) - ✔️✔️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) - ✔️✔️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) - ✔️✔️established in 1970, the U.S. federal
agency that ensures safe manufacturing, use, transportation, and disposal of hazardous
materials
hazardous waste - ✔️✔️A substance that remains after a process or manufacturing
plant has used some of the material and the substance is no longer pure
Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) - ✔️✔️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 - ✔️✔️Personnel who, in the course of their normal duties,
could encounter an emergency involving hazardous materials/ weapons of mass
destruction
HAZWOPER (HAZardous Waste OPerations and Emergency Response) - ✔️✔️The
federal OSHA regulation that governs hazardous materials waste site and response
training.
Incident Commander (IC) - ✔️✔️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) - ✔️✔️A group comprising members of
industry, transportation, the public at large, media, and fire and police agencies; it
gathers and disseminates information on hazardous materials stored in the community
