HAZMAT FIRST RESPONDER EVALUATION TEST
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔MSDS Terms - PPM/MgM3 - ✔✔Parts Per Million/Milligrams Per Cubic Meter
✔✔MSDS Terms - ERPG - ✔✔Emergency Response Planning Guide
✔✔Good source of chemical information (24/7)? - ✔✔CHEMTREC
✔✔How many sources of information should be used of IDHA? - ✔✔Three
✔✔True or False: Firefighter turnouts are not chemical protective clothing even on
SCBA? - ✔✔TRUE - They are "level D"
✔✔Protective Clothing - Level A - ✔✔Best respiratory and skin protection.
a) Positive pressure SCBA and
b) Fully encapsulated, vapor tight chemical protective suit.
✔✔Protective Clothing - Level B - ✔✔High level or respiratory protection but less for
skin.
a) Positive pressure SCBA and
b) Hooded chemical resistive closthing.
✔✔Protective Clothing - Level C - ✔✔Air purifying respirators and modest skin
protection.
a) Full or half-mask APR and
b) Hooded chemical resistive clothing.
✔✔Protective Clothing - Level D - ✔✔Ordinary work uniform, (minimal protection)
a) No respiratory protection.
b) Minimal splash and vapor protection.
c) May actually absorb vapors, gases and liquids.
, ✔✔Typical protective clothing level of First Responder? - ✔✔Level D
✔✔What is SCBA? - ✔✔Self-contained Breathing Apparatus
✔✔What is APR? - ✔✔Air Purifying Respirator
✔✔What is SAR? - ✔✔Supplied Air Respirator, Rarely used in emergency response
due to practical limitations.
✔✔What is "defensive" containment? - ✔✔Slow & restrict hazmat spread.
✔✔What is "offensive" containment? - ✔✔Stop haszmat release.
✔✔Typical "defensive" containment strategies? - ✔✔Dike, Dam, Divert, Disperse,
Dilute, Cover, Foam
✔✔Typical "offensive" containment strategies? - ✔✔Plug and patch, Absorb, Transfer,
Containerize, Stop
✔✔Two key "Protective Actions"? - ✔✔1. Evacuations,
2. In-Place Protection/Sheltering in Place
✔✔Who pays for hazmat incident? - ✔✔1. Responsible Party (then),
2. Local Agencies (then),
3. State Agencies (then),
4. Federal Agencies
✔✔How many years must chemical exposure records be kept? - ✔✔30 years (after
termination of employment)
✔✔Reasons for hazmat documentation? - ✔✔Cost recovery, exposure records, training
records, investigations, future lawsuits.
✔✔Disposal "motto"? - ✔✔Hazmat must be tracked from cradle to grave.
✔✔Three goals of hazmat response? - ✔✔Protect:
1. Life
2. Environment
3. Property
✔✔True or False: "Non-intervention" is a valid containment strategy? - ✔✔TRUE
When no life is in danger, inadequate resources or capabilities, where risks outweigh
gains/benefits.
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔MSDS Terms - PPM/MgM3 - ✔✔Parts Per Million/Milligrams Per Cubic Meter
✔✔MSDS Terms - ERPG - ✔✔Emergency Response Planning Guide
✔✔Good source of chemical information (24/7)? - ✔✔CHEMTREC
✔✔How many sources of information should be used of IDHA? - ✔✔Three
✔✔True or False: Firefighter turnouts are not chemical protective clothing even on
SCBA? - ✔✔TRUE - They are "level D"
✔✔Protective Clothing - Level A - ✔✔Best respiratory and skin protection.
a) Positive pressure SCBA and
b) Fully encapsulated, vapor tight chemical protective suit.
✔✔Protective Clothing - Level B - ✔✔High level or respiratory protection but less for
skin.
a) Positive pressure SCBA and
b) Hooded chemical resistive closthing.
✔✔Protective Clothing - Level C - ✔✔Air purifying respirators and modest skin
protection.
a) Full or half-mask APR and
b) Hooded chemical resistive clothing.
✔✔Protective Clothing - Level D - ✔✔Ordinary work uniform, (minimal protection)
a) No respiratory protection.
b) Minimal splash and vapor protection.
c) May actually absorb vapors, gases and liquids.
, ✔✔Typical protective clothing level of First Responder? - ✔✔Level D
✔✔What is SCBA? - ✔✔Self-contained Breathing Apparatus
✔✔What is APR? - ✔✔Air Purifying Respirator
✔✔What is SAR? - ✔✔Supplied Air Respirator, Rarely used in emergency response
due to practical limitations.
✔✔What is "defensive" containment? - ✔✔Slow & restrict hazmat spread.
✔✔What is "offensive" containment? - ✔✔Stop haszmat release.
✔✔Typical "defensive" containment strategies? - ✔✔Dike, Dam, Divert, Disperse,
Dilute, Cover, Foam
✔✔Typical "offensive" containment strategies? - ✔✔Plug and patch, Absorb, Transfer,
Containerize, Stop
✔✔Two key "Protective Actions"? - ✔✔1. Evacuations,
2. In-Place Protection/Sheltering in Place
✔✔Who pays for hazmat incident? - ✔✔1. Responsible Party (then),
2. Local Agencies (then),
3. State Agencies (then),
4. Federal Agencies
✔✔How many years must chemical exposure records be kept? - ✔✔30 years (after
termination of employment)
✔✔Reasons for hazmat documentation? - ✔✔Cost recovery, exposure records, training
records, investigations, future lawsuits.
✔✔Disposal "motto"? - ✔✔Hazmat must be tracked from cradle to grave.
✔✔Three goals of hazmat response? - ✔✔Protect:
1. Life
2. Environment
3. Property
✔✔True or False: "Non-intervention" is a valid containment strategy? - ✔✔TRUE
When no life is in danger, inadequate resources or capabilities, where risks outweigh
gains/benefits.
