PPE
Devices
Sampling
Hazmat for Nerds
Random
100
A device worn to filter particulates and contaminants from the air. This PPE should only be worn where the type, size, and quantity of the contaminants are known and sufficient oxygen is present.
What is a Air-Purifying Respirator (APR)
100
Acetylene and Hydrogen are possible false positives of what when gas monitoring?
What is CO
100
These are the dyes present in M8 paper before any sampling.
What is Red, Yellow, Blue
100
A mnemonic used in hazmat particularly when dealing with nerve agent or organophosphates to help remember signs and symptoms of exposure.
MUST NAME MNEMONIC AS WELL AS WHAT EACH LETTER STANDS FOR
What is SLUDGEM; Salivation, lacrimation, urination, defecation, gastrointestinal, emesis and miosis.
100
A hose/coupling saying that leads you out of a structure if you can not see or become disoriented
What is: Smooth bump bump to the pump
200
The minimum required respiratory protection at HAZMAT/WMD incidents prior to concentrations that have been determined
What is SCBA
200
This device that RSFR carries can read elements, you must also use extreme caution when reading/analyzing dark materials with this device.
What is RIGAKU
200
The PH scale are multiples of _____ starting from neutral
What is 10
200
The measurement of hydrogen ions.
What is PH
200
Code to unlock Knox box key
What is 687
300
The process where a chemical, whether liquid, gas, or vapor, passes through a protective material at the molecular level, without relying on any visible holes or defects in the material
What is Permeation
300
This device is the first handheld FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared) to identify over 5,500 gases at low part per million concentrations.
What is: 908 Device XplorIR REDWAVE
300
If you were to mix acid and water together, this is the correct way to do so.
What is always add acid to water (never the other way around)
300
Air can be lighter than air with?
What is heat
300
The exact PDP (based off the written formula, you may round the decimal) with a 7/8 smooth bore on the 5th floor to achieve 60 PSI at the nozzle using:
Hose: 2.5" 300', 1.75" 150'
What is 155-156 PSI
400
Proximity suits can withstand ambient heat up to ___ and radiant heat up to ___
What is 500F (260C)Ambient
What is 2000F (1093C)Radiant
400
This sample device that RSFR uses can not read elements
what is HAZMAT Elite
400
This type of sample equipment utilizes a chemical reaction between potassium iodide and starch, where the iodide ion is oxidized to iodine when exposed to an oxidizing agent.
What is KI paper (potassium iodide starch paper, starch-iodide-paper)
400
This is a mnemonic that helps firefighters remember lighter than-air gases in emergency situations.
This question is worth double if the team can name what each letter stands for in the mnemonic
What is 4H MEDIC ANNA; Hydrogen, Helium, Hydrogen Cyanide, Hydrogen Fluoride, Methane, Ethylene, Diborane, Illuminating Gases. Carbon Monoxide, Acetylene, Neon, Nitrogen, and Ammonia
400
This fire killed 19 hotshots on June 30th, 2013
What is the Yarnell Hill Fire
500
THE ACRONYM AND FULL NAME: U.S. federal agency responsible for research and development on occupational safety and health issues
What is NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
500
The X axis on the Hazmat Elite analysis graph indicates _____ while the Y axis indicates _____
What is: X axis = Energy Wave Lengths
Y axis = Chemical Potency/Percentage
500
While obtaining a sample your Geiger counter starts to alert. You put a piece of paper between the material and Geiger counter but the readings do not change. You then use aluminum foil instead of paper and you now have nearly 0 reading. What type of radiation is this?
What is Beta radiation
500
Name the Lowest size of PID lamps each gas requires using monitors:
Butyl Benzene 8.69eV
Propane 11.07eV
Hydrogen Cyanide 13.60eV
What is: Butyl Benzene - 10.0eV
What is: Propane - 11.7eV
What is: Hydrogen Cyanide: None (Can not be seen with our size eV lamps) Special sensors are typically used for handheld meters. RSFR carries a 10.6 bulb.
500
This fire killed 92 students and 3 nuns on Dec 1, 1958
What is Our Lady of the Angels School Fire