Regulatory
Properties and Such
Hazards
The ERG!
Measurements
100
NFPA 473
What is the Standard for Competencies for EMS Personnel Responding to HazMat Incidents?
100

The degree or readiness with which two or more gases or liquids are able to mix with or dissolve into each other

Miscibility/lmmiscibility

100
A chemical which may produce its primary toxic effect on the Liver is ________ and a chemical which may produce toxic effects on the kidneys is ______
What is Hepatotoxin and Nephrotoxin?
100
This section if the ERG provides you with general response guidelines for the material involved.
What is Orange section?
100

The weight of a substance when compared to an equal volume of water

Specific Gravity

200
Code of Federal Regulations covering Training Requirements for First Responders at Hazmat Incidents
What is 29 CFR 1910.120?
200

Chemical reaction in which a catalyst causes simple molecules to combine to form long chain molecules

Polymerization

200
Displaces Oxygen
What is Simple Asphyxiant
200
The protective Action Distances can be found in this section of the ERG
What is the Green section?
200

The weight of a given vapor compared to an equal volume of air

Vapor Density
300
NFPA 472
What is the standard covering Competencies of Responders to HazMAt Incidents?
300
Potential hazards faced from a hazmat incident. Acronym: TRACE-MP
What are: T- Thermal M- Mechanical R- Radiological P- Psychological A- Asphyxiation C- Chemical E- Etiological
300
Causing developmental abnormalities in utero.
What is a Teratogen?
300
If you have a UN number, you look in this section of the ERG to start obtaining information.
What is the Yellow section?
300
Measures a concentration of vapors or mists in the air that will be fatal to a test group, expressed in parts per million (ppm) normally.
What is Lethal Concentration?
400
The 3 agencies that deal with HazMat training for emergency responders
What are the EPA, OSHA, and NFPA?
400
Self reactions that release much energy, often violently.
What is Polymerization?
400
A mixture below its _____ is "too lean" to burn. A mixture above its_____ is "too rich" to burn.
What is LEL/LFL, UEL/UFL
400
You arrive to a HazMAt incident involving an truck rolled over into a ditch and you learn from the driver it is carrying Potassium Bromate. You are unable to see the UN number. This is where should you look FIRST in the ERG for to start gathering information.
What is the Blue boarded section? Material Index Section.
400

The exposure value that could be repeated a maximum of 4 times daily for 15 minutes, with a 60 minute rest period between exposures.

What is TLV-STEL?

500
The 4 agencies involved in HazMat Regulations in the U.S.
What are DOT-Depaartment of Transportation EPA-Environmental Protection Agency DOL-Department of Labor NRC-Nuclear Regulatory Comminsion
500
These make up the Reactivity Triangle
What is Oxidizing Agent Reducing Agent Activation Agent
500
Primary hazard to a responder while rescuing victims in a building where non-flammable class 2 product is leaking.
What is Inhalation?
500
This is the area in which people are at risk of harmful exposure in Table 1.
What is Protective Action Zone?
500

Minimum temperature at which a liquid or volatile solid gives off sufficient vapors to form an ignitable mixture with air near its surface

Flash Point

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