ICS & IAP
During which phase of hazmat response would the Incident Action Plan be reevaluated if the incident is not improving?
What is Evaluating progress?
What piece of PPE is considered the most important in terms of preventing dangerous exposures to harmful substances?
What is SCBA?
Which decontamination method is commonly used in mass decon?
What is dilution?
The maximum length of time an individual can be exposed to a chemical (usually airborne) before injury, illness, or death occurs is called what?
What is an exposure limit?
An incident involving an unconfined material is likely to follow a general pattern often referred to as what model?
What is the General Emergency Behavior Model (GEBMO)?
What ICS position is made available to provide technical information assistance to the Hazmat Branch?
What is Technical Specialist – Hazmat Reference?
What is the only type of self‑contained breathing apparatus allowed where personnel are exposed to hazardous materials?
What is positive‑pressure open‑circuit or closed‑circuit SCBA?
Which method can be used to perform gross decon by simply allowing contaminants to dissipate?
What is fresh air/off‑gassing?
What value is provided by NIOSH and based on a 10‑hour, time‑weighted average?
What is a Recommended Exposure Limit (REL)?
What type of container stress can cause an increase in internal pressure while reducing the container’s integrity?
What is thermal stress?
What position is at the top of the Hazmat Branch of the incident command system?
What is Hazmat Branch Director?
What type of respiratory protection uses a filter, canister, or cartridge that removes specific contaminants found in outside air?
What is an air‑purifying respirator (APR)?
How does technical decon differ from other types of decon?
What is that it is a more planned and systematic form of decon performed in a formal decon line or corridor?
The OSHA exposure limit designation PEL refers to the maximum concentration when an employee is exposed for how long?
What is 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week?
When a container undergoes damage that reduces its ability to function and leads to breach, it is said to be in what?
What is stress?
Under the ICS, the Hazmat Branch will manage all tactical operations carried out within the _____.
What are hazard‑control zones?
Liquid splash‑protective clothing protects users from chemical liquid splashes and what other type of hazard?
What is dusts?
Why is crowd control necessary when conducting mass decon?
What is to prevent secondary contamination if contaminated individuals leave the scene?
The OSHA exposure limit designation PEL‑C is the maximum concentration to which an employee may be exposed at what time?
What is at any time?
What type of fixed facility feature helps provide product spillage control in the event of a leak or release?
What are dikes and impoundments?
The necessity for a written Incident Action Plan depends on the incident complexity, command decisions, and _____.
What are legal requirements?
Which type of high‑temperature protective suit design allows a person to work in total flame environments?
What is a fire‑entry suit?
For radiation exposure, decontamination should occur in what type of decon line relative to other decon operations?
What is a standalone decon line separate from other decon lines?
What can help determine appropriate PPE, safe areas and evacuation zones, and control tactics at a hazmat incident?
What are detection and monitoring results?
Fire extinguishing systems at fixed facilities are installed to extinguish what stage of fires?
What are incipient‑stage fires?