HazMat Awareness Total Force VLC Study Guide 2026 | High-Score Study Material

HazMat Awareness Total Force VLC Study Guide 2026 | High-Score Study Material When analyzing a hazardous materials incident at the Awareness level, you are responsible for: - answer - recognizing the presence of hazardous materials Identify your FOUR main responsibilities at the Awareness level. - answer - -call for trained personnel -recognize the presence of hazardous materials -protect yourself -secure the area The DOT Class for radioactive materials is: - answer - 7 Class 8 of the DOT hazard classification contains: - answer - corrosive materials Match each DOT hazard class and division with its description. -Class 4, Division 1 -Class 4, Division 2 -Class 4, Division 3 - answer - -Class 4, Division 1: Flammable solid -Class 4, Division 2: Spontaneously combustible material -Class 4, Division 3: Dangerous-when-wet material Explosives that have a fire hazard and either a minor blast or minor projection hazard, or both, but no mass explosion hazard are in the DOT Class 1, Division: - answer - 3 A material that is a flammable solid would be classified as a Class ____ hazardous material. - answer - 4.1 Using the DOT hazard classification system, certain hazards can be determined by the: - answer - color of the label or placard. When hazardous materials are being transported by rail, the shipping papers are most likely to be: - answer - with the conductor or engineer. The person responsible for having the shipping papers on a ship carrying hazardous cargo is the: - answer - captain. Identify the THREE pieces of information that should always be printed on a pipeline warning sign. - answer - -ownership of the pipeline -emergency phone number -information about the pipeline contents The symbol below (an X with a 2 in the center) indicates a: - answer - fragmentation hazard All of the following may be sensory clues that you can use to recognize the presence of a hazardous material EXCEPT: - answer - looking in the health hazard section of the SDS. One limitation of using your senses to determine the presence of a hazardous material is that: - answer - if you are close enough to sense hazardous materials, you may have already endangered yourself. At a fixed facility, the best place to look for the names of the hazardous materials are the SDS and the: - answer - emergency planning documents. Match each way in which a hazardous material can harm people, property, or the environment with its definition. -Corrosive -Etiologic -Thermal -Poisonous - answer - -Corrosive: Can destroy body tissue on contact -Etiologic: Living microscopic organisms, like germs, that can enter the body -Thermal: Caused by exposure to extreme temperatures, either hot or cold -Poisonous: Materials that are toxic to humans if inhaled, swallowed, absorbed, or enter through breaks in the skin Using your sense of smell to identify a hazardous material can put you at risk of exposure by way of: - answer - inhalation A corrosive material that damages the skin or body tissue is considered exposure by: - answer - contact Information about a material's health hazards will be found in the: - answer - Potential Hazard area of the orange guide pages in the ERG. Petroleum and hazardous liquid pipeline structures include: - answer - pump stations. All of the following are personal safety considerations to evaluate when responding to an incident where criminal or terrorist activity is suspected EXCEPT: - answer - the smell emanating from the scene. Determine which TWO products correspond to guide number 128. Select the ERG to look up the correct answers. - answer - -diesel fuel -gasoline Identify the Emergency Response Guidebook that is opened to the section that lists the UN/NA numbers in order. - answer - Yellow section Identify THREE types of hazard information found in the orange section of the Emergency Response Guidebook. - answer - -fire and explosion hazards -protective clothing to wear -spill or leak response actions Match each guide number