Hazmat Operations, Top Questions and answers, 100% Accurate, VERIFIED.
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Hazmat Operations
Hazmat Operations, Top Questions and answers, 100% Accurate, VERIFIED.
What is the CAS? - -Chemical Abstract System
What is the NRC? - -U.S. National Response Center
What are the 4 major things hazardous materials can cause harm to? - -1. Life (Human Life)
2. Critical Systems
3. Proper...
Hazmat Operations, Top Questions and
answers, 100% Accurate, VERIFIED.
What is the CAS? - ✔✔-Chemical Abstract System
What is the NRC? - ✔✔-U.S. National Response Center
What are the 4 major things hazardous materials can cause harm to? - ✔✔-1. Life (Human Life)
2. Critical Systems
3. Property
4. Environment
What is the best means of protecting life, critical systems, property, and the environment? - ✔✔-
Preventing Hazmat incidents from responding
What does SARA stand for? - ✔✔-Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act
What are the three subchapters to the SARA Regulation? - ✔✔-Title I- Emergency Planning and
Notification
Title II- Reporting Requirements
Title III- General Provisions
What subchapter of SARA has the greatest impact on first responders. - ✔✔-Title III
SARA requires the establishment of a LEPC. What is an LEPC? - ✔✔-Local Emergency Planning
Committee
What is CERCLA - ✔✔-Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
, What are the major functions and assignments of the first responder? - ✔✔-1. Must be able to IDENTIFY
a potential chemical problem.
2. Must BE FAMILIAR with there local emergency plans.
3. Must be able to ANALYZE a chemical response and PREDICT what events may occur.
4. Must be able to SUPPORT other Hazmat team functions.
OSHA definition of Hazardous Chemical - ✔✔-"Any chemical which is a physical hazard or health hazard"
DOT definition of Hazardous Materials - ✔✔-"A substance or material, which has been determined to be
capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property when transported in commerce"
The _______________________ of a liquid is defined as the temperature at which a liquid changes into
a gas or vapor - ✔✔-boiling point
The ________________________ of liquid is the pressure the vapor of a liquid exerts on its container -
✔✔-vapor pressure
Materials with _____________ vapor pressure will have a ___________ boiling point - ✔✔-high ; low
Vapor pressure is usually expressed in what two measurements? - ✔✔-mmHg, psi
Ratio of the density of a volume of gas as compared to the same volume of air - ✔✔-Vapor Density or
Vapor Specific Gravity
Will materials with a vapor density of more than 1 rise or sink? - ✔✔-sink
What are the 9 most common gases lighter than air? - ✔✔-H HYDROGEN
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