FDNY C14 ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE
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✔✔How often should hood air system flow detectors be inspected/tested? - ✔✔annually
frequency increased where potentially corrosive or obstructive conditions exist
✔✔What must be on a sign affixed to the hood or in a properly maintained log? - ✔✔-
inspection interval
- last inspection date
- average face velocity
- location of fan that serves hood
- inspectors name
✔✔Special requirements for hood using perchloric acid - ✔✔- must be identified as
"FOR PERCHLORIC ACID OPERATIONS"
- heating process must only be conducted in hood specially designed for p. acid
operations
- or in hood that vapors can be trapped and scrubbed before they are released into the
hood
- hood, exhaust duct work, and fan are acid resistant, nonreactive, and impervious
- water spray system for washing down hood and exhaust system
✔✔How must heating equipment be modified to be able to heat flammable/combustible
materials - ✔✔designed or modified to prevent internal explosion
✔✔How are baths heating flammable/combustible liquids handled? - ✔✔placed in
chemical fume hood or vented to a safe location to control vapors
✔✔What type of labs need safety showers? - ✔✔- store more than 5 gallons of
corrosive/flammable liquid
, ✔✔Where must the safety shower be? - ✔✔within 25ft of lab/storage room entrance
door
✔✔Curtains/drapes used in labs must be _______. - ✔✔Flame proof (chemically
treated) or inherently flame resistant
✔✔People using pyrophoric reagents must wear ______. - ✔✔Fire-retardant lab coats
(and gloves when possible)
✔✔How many air changes per hour in an occupied laboratory? - ✔✔8
✔✔How many air changes per hour in an unoccupied laboratory? - ✔✔4
✔✔How many air changes per hour in a storage room? - ✔✔6
✔✔How should chemicals be organized? - ✔✔compatibility
✔✔Which flammable liquids can be stored beneath ground level if there are sprinklers?
- ✔✔Class IIIB
✔✔Which flammable liquids are ONLY allowed to be stored beneath ground level with
sprinklers? - ✔✔Class II and Class IIIA
✔✔How far from the ceiling may items be stored in an area with no sprinklers - ✔✔2ft
✔✔How far from the ceiling may items be stored in a area with sprinklers - ✔✔18in
✔✔How to transport materials between different floors - ✔✔use elevator and minimal
number of people
✔✔What to do with time sensitive materials when time is up - ✔✔Materials that can be
treated to be made safe may be kept for an additional 6 months
discard all others
✔✔Parts of proper management of storing materials - ✔✔1. defining materials that are
time sensitive
2. defining time sensitive material's inspection frequency
3. defining proper/approved inspection methodologies
4. defining pass/fail criteria for inspection results
✔✔What do you do with materials in which the label is illegible and the contents cannot
be identified? - ✔✔Treat as hazardous waste
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✔✔How often should hood air system flow detectors be inspected/tested? - ✔✔annually
frequency increased where potentially corrosive or obstructive conditions exist
✔✔What must be on a sign affixed to the hood or in a properly maintained log? - ✔✔-
inspection interval
- last inspection date
- average face velocity
- location of fan that serves hood
- inspectors name
✔✔Special requirements for hood using perchloric acid - ✔✔- must be identified as
"FOR PERCHLORIC ACID OPERATIONS"
- heating process must only be conducted in hood specially designed for p. acid
operations
- or in hood that vapors can be trapped and scrubbed before they are released into the
hood
- hood, exhaust duct work, and fan are acid resistant, nonreactive, and impervious
- water spray system for washing down hood and exhaust system
✔✔How must heating equipment be modified to be able to heat flammable/combustible
materials - ✔✔designed or modified to prevent internal explosion
✔✔How are baths heating flammable/combustible liquids handled? - ✔✔placed in
chemical fume hood or vented to a safe location to control vapors
✔✔What type of labs need safety showers? - ✔✔- store more than 5 gallons of
corrosive/flammable liquid
, ✔✔Where must the safety shower be? - ✔✔within 25ft of lab/storage room entrance
door
✔✔Curtains/drapes used in labs must be _______. - ✔✔Flame proof (chemically
treated) or inherently flame resistant
✔✔People using pyrophoric reagents must wear ______. - ✔✔Fire-retardant lab coats
(and gloves when possible)
✔✔How many air changes per hour in an occupied laboratory? - ✔✔8
✔✔How many air changes per hour in an unoccupied laboratory? - ✔✔4
✔✔How many air changes per hour in a storage room? - ✔✔6
✔✔How should chemicals be organized? - ✔✔compatibility
✔✔Which flammable liquids can be stored beneath ground level if there are sprinklers?
- ✔✔Class IIIB
✔✔Which flammable liquids are ONLY allowed to be stored beneath ground level with
sprinklers? - ✔✔Class II and Class IIIA
✔✔How far from the ceiling may items be stored in an area with no sprinklers - ✔✔2ft
✔✔How far from the ceiling may items be stored in a area with sprinklers - ✔✔18in
✔✔How to transport materials between different floors - ✔✔use elevator and minimal
number of people
✔✔What to do with time sensitive materials when time is up - ✔✔Materials that can be
treated to be made safe may be kept for an additional 6 months
discard all others
✔✔Parts of proper management of storing materials - ✔✔1. defining materials that are
time sensitive
2. defining time sensitive material's inspection frequency
3. defining proper/approved inspection methodologies
4. defining pass/fail criteria for inspection results
✔✔What do you do with materials in which the label is illegible and the contents cannot
be identified? - ✔✔Treat as hazardous waste
