FF1 HAZMAT AWARENESS AND OPERATIONS 2021 TO 2024 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

A material that poses an unreasonable risk to the health and safety of the public and/or the environment if it is not controlled properly during handling processing and disposal - ANSWER-Hazardous material Which of the following organizations develops and issues voluntary consensus standards - ANSWER-NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) In the US, the federal document containing the hazardous materials response competencies is known as the - ANSWER-Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) The individual responsible for all incident activities including the development of strategy and tactics is training to the - ANSWER-Incident Command Level Which act requires a business that handles chemicals to report the storage methods, storage type, and quantity to the fire department and local emergency planning committee - ANSWER-Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act A group that gathers information about hazardous materials and disseminates that information to the public - ANSWER-LEPC (Local Emergency Planning Committee) A state organization that acts as a liaison between local and state-level response authorities - ANSWER-SERC This competency level is trained to recognize a hazardous materials emergency and call for assistance - ANSWER-Awareness This response level is trained to take defensive actions at a hazardous material incident - ANSWER-Operations