TCFP Hazmat Operations Questions and Answers (2023/2024) Updated What is an Operations Level Responder? - answerPerson who respond to HazMat/WMD incidents for the purpose of implementing or supporting actions to protect nearby persons, the environment, or

TCFP Hazmat Operations Questions and Answers (2023/2024) Updated What is an Operations Level Responder? - answerPerson who respond to HazMat/WMD incidents for the purpose of implementing or supporting actions to protect nearby persons, the environment, or property from the effects. Are NOT used in offensive tactics, but on defensive. What tasks will an operational level responder be expected to perform? - answerAnalyze, plan, implement, evaluate Analyze: to determine the scope and potential outcomes by surveying, collecting info, predicting behavior Plan: describing the response objective, options, emergency decontamination procedure, developing a plan of action including safety considerations Implement: preservation of evidence, initiating an incident command system. Evaluate: by evaluation and communicating the status of the response. The operations level responder would work under who? - answerHazMat Technician Written guidance or stander operating procedure will state what? - answerThe rules of engagement Under What CFR is DOT? - answer49CFR170.199 Under What CFR is OSHA? - answer29CFR 1910.1209 Under what CFR is EPA? - answer40CFR 311 What are the two primary types of containers? - answerthe ones used for transport and those used for storage What conditions need to be assessed for a thorough survey of the scene? - answerTopography land use-commercial, residential accessibility - roads, bridges, wooded areas weather conditions bodies of water public exposure potential TCFP Hazmat Operations Questions and Answers (2023/2024) Updated over head and underground wires and pipe lines storm and sewer drains possible ignition sources adjacent land use - rail lines, highways and airports nature and extent of injuries building information - floor drains and ventilation Ways to verify information obtained from the Survey Hazardous Material