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This Incident Command System role is responsible for planning rescue operations at hazardous material incidents, including considering any hazards that may be present on-scene
Incident Commander
A characteristic of a suspicious letter or package
Excessive postage
The most common lab a responder will encounter
drug
The zone where Operations-Level Responders sort recovered victims for medical triage priority
Cold
When damming, diking or diverting, it may be be desirable to direct the flow into certain locations in order to capture and retain the material:
for later testing, pickup, and disposal.
A basic guideline rescue and recovery responders should use when operating in the hot zone is to undergo decontamination...
immediately upon exiting the hazardous area.
Environmental crimes in the U.S. usually fall under this agency's jurisdiction
EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
Makes substances containing fentanyl particularly dangerous
They can be very potent in small amounts.
The most serious hazard associated with meth labs
Flammability
The Incident Command (IC) at a hazardous material incident make the decision to transition from victim rescue to victim recovery operations when there:
is no chance for rescuing living victims.
The hazardous material incident situation a Operational-Level Responders need to conduct a victim rescue
There are living victims
Allows firefighters to enter a building to fight a fire without first securing a warrant
Exigent circumstances
An action that a responder can take to avoid booby traps
Limit personnel entering the hazard area.
The type of dam is most appropriate to build if the hazardous material has a density greater than one
Overflow
Makes the production of butane hash oil (BHO) particularly dangerous
The flammability of butane gas can cause fires and/or explosions.
Operations-Level Responders must assess the availability of this before attempting a victim rescue
trained responders to fill positions.
If a hazmat incident is suspected to be a crime scene, the responders may have additional responsibilities that include:
identifying and protecting potential evidence until it can be collected by an agency with investigative authority.
When responders suspect an incident contains an illicit lab, they must:
know their allowed involvement at the scene.
A common potential hazard when responding to a marijuana grow site
Holes cut into subfloors
The top priority at criminal hazmat/WMD incidents after life preservation and hazard mitigation
Evidence preservation and public safety sampling
The next priority after entry teams have removed first-priority ambulatory line-of-sight victims from a hazardous material incident scene
nonambulatory and in the line-of-sight.
Evidence is any data that may be used to:
support or discredit a certain hypothesis.
A responsibility of Operations Level Responders at illicit laboratory scenes
Implement technical decontamination for personnel
The reason documentation is especially important at a criminal or WMD incident
To maintain evidentiary integrity for an investigation
How responders identify contaminants or suspected contaminants at hazmat incidents
Public safety sampling