CHEMICALS
Multiple barrels of a chemical are spilling in a warehouse, you notice they all are placarded with the number 1830. What chemical is this and what are some health hazards of this Chemical?
Sulfuric Acid is corrosive and toxic. Inhalation or skin contact may cause severe injury, burns or even death.
THE (P) AFTER THE GUIDE NUMBER MEANS
POLYMERIZATION (EXPLOSIVE WITH HEAT/FIRE)
THE PLACARD WITH A FLAME AND 3 ON THE BOTTOM
LIQUIDS, FLAMABLE/COMBUSTIBLE
HAZARD CLASS 3
What are the types of Gasses can our Multimeter detect?
Comb/Ex (LEL/UEL), Oxygen, Carbon Monoxide, and Hydrogen Sulfide
THE COLORS OF THE ERG PAGES
WHITE, YELLOW, BLUE, ORANGE, GREEN
What is the isolation distance for a large mustard spill at night?
.3 miles down wind
What are the blue pages of the ERG used for?
Looking up chemicals by name in alphabetical order. Provides the Guide Number, Chemical Number and Highlights Highly Reactive materials.
THE GREEN COLORED PLACARD
NON-FLAMMABLE GASSES, NON-TOXIC GASSES
When responding to a HAZMAT Scene, how should you approach?
Up hill and Up Wind, keeping a safe distance.
THE GENERAL GUIDE PAGE NUMBER
GUIDE 111
A shipment has overturned on the highway. A large cloud of product is across the highway making a fog. You notice the placard 1845. What is the major concern of this chemical?
The gas is more dense than air which can displace oxygen. SCBA should be used.
Which section of the ERG provides you with information such as Health Hazards, Fire or Explosion Dangers, PPE required, Initial Evacuation distances, First Aid, and actions to take if product is spilling or leaking?
The orange sections/Guide Section
A BLUE PLACARD IS WHAT CLASS AND SPECIAL PROPERTY THAT FIREFIGHTING ACTIONS MAY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL DANGERS
CLASS 4 AND FLAMMABLE GASES WHEN WET
At what concentration of Carbon Monoxide should you Mask Up?
35 Parts Per Million
Phone numbers for CHEMTREC and other Federal Agencies, which may need to be notified for a HAZMAT spill can be found where?
Back cover and last pages of the ERG.
With either Dry Chemical, soda ash, lime or sand, or for large fires involving trucks/trailers from a distance with unmanned monitors cooling the containers with large amounts of water from a distance.
Isolation distances for large or small spills, during day or night can be found in which pages?
The green pages.
PLACARD USED FOR MC312/DOT412 TRAILER
COROSIVE CLASS 8
Arriving first due to a Hazmat spill, what are you initial actions?
Identify the Chemical, Set up Isolation Zone, and Risk Benefit Analysis of victim rescue
IN THE ORIGINAL TOP GUN WHERE DOES ICEMAN SAY THE PLAQUE FOR ALTERNATES CAN BE FOUND
LADIES ROOM
You arrive to a vehicle fire that you identify as a Tesla. What are the health hazards and guide page of this fire.
Guide page 147. contact with battery electrolyte may be irritating to skin, eyes and mucus membrane. Fire will produce irritating, corrosive or toxic gasses. (Hydrogen Floride Gas)
Where in the ERG can you find Class information, Placard Breakdowns, and a guide for identifying different types of rail cars and trailers?
Beginning White Pages.
What color and class number would likely find on a TC117, DOT117 rail car?
Red class 3 (flammable liquids)
What does B.L.E.V.E. stand for?
Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SAFETY FALLS ON THIS PERSON
YOU/EVERYONE