PPE for Dummies
ICS Teamwork
Decon Criterion
Stay in the Zone
Hazmat Potpourri
100
As part of the NFPA's standards for chemical protective clothing, this ensemble includes a vapor-protective suit.
What is a Level-A ensemble?
100
This position is responsible for ensuring that entry objectives are prioritized, and maintain communications or monitor the entry team.
What is the Entry Team Leader?
100
This type of urgent decon consists of clothing removal and flushing with water.
What is emergency decon?
100
This zone is the area immediately around the release point where contamination does or could occur.
What is the exclusion zone (or hot zone)?
100
This type of kit is used to stop a leak on a 150 lb chlorine cylinder.
What is a chlorine A-kit?
200
This is the minimum level of PPE that may be selected for an unkown hazardous material.
What is a Level B
200
This position is responsible for controlling the movement of all people and equipment through appropriate access routes at the hazard site.
Who is the Site Access Control Leader?
200
This type of decon,designed for technicians working in the exclusion zone, and is generally a multi-step, or multi-pool process.
What is primary Decon (or technical decon or full decon)?
200
This zone is located between the exclusion zone and support zone.
What is the contamination reduction zone?
200
This is the minimum number of people that should be used during an evidence collection procedure.
What is two?
300
Below this percent of oxygen an environment is considered oxygen deficient requiring the use of an SCBA or other supplied air respirator.
What is 19.5%?
300
This position is responsible for managing the entry Team Leader, Site access Control, Technical Reference , and Decon Leader.
Who is the Hazmat Group Supervisor?
300
During Emergency decon, this is how long a patients eyes should be flushed with water if they have been contaminated.
What is 15 minutes?
300
Once PPE has been designated for each control,zone, this position is responsible for ensuring that no one enters a control,zone without proper clothing.
Who is the Site Access Control Leader?
300
When collecting evidence, containers should be of this type in order to prevent any contamination
What is certified clean or Sterile?
400
This type of chemical protective suit is designed for short duration use when technicians may be near radiant heat.
What is a proximity suit?
400
This position must work with the Assistsnt Safety Officer to ensure that the Site Safety and Control Plan is developed and implemented.
Who,is the Hazmat Group Supervisor?
400
This method of decon consists of using copious amounts of water to flush off contaminants
What is dilution?
400
This area is located WITHIN the exclusion zone for the purpose of assembling contaminated individuals prior to conducting decon operations.
What is the refuge area?
400
Operations in a Level A ensemble may reduce work tolerance by as much as this amount.
What is 50%?
500
This ensemble may consist of a Splash Protection suit COMBINED with an air-purifying respirator.
What is a Level -C ensemble?
500
This position works in conjunction with other involved agency representatives.
Who is the Liaison Officer?
500
This is the minimal level of PPE that the decon team may don if the entry team is making a Level B entry
What is a Level C?
500
This area is located WITHIN the contamination reduction zone and is designed to assemble witnesses of the incident yet keep contaminated persons separated from uncontsminated persons
What is the SAFE refuge area
500
This is a record of everyone who handles ormstores any item of evidence
What is a chain of custody log?