HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGING THE INCIDENT
5TH EXAMS
Hazardous Material Technicians respond to hazmat and WMD incidents. They
use a risk-based response process to achieve the following: - ANSWER--
Analyze the incident
- Select appropriate decontamination procedures
- Control releases using specialized personal protective equipment.
HMT are more aggressive and proactive when controlling a hazmat incident.
This includes: - ANSWER-approaching the point of release to isolate or control
it.
Hazardous materials response team is an organized group of trained
response personnel who handle hazmat/WMD incidents using the following: -
ANSWER-- An emergency response plan
- Applicable standard operating procedures
- Hazmat technician-level skills
HMRT must be able to operate at the: - ANSWER-HMT level
the NFPA 470 operational philosophy that emergency response to terrorist or
criminal incidents that involve hazardous materials are based on the basic
concepts of hazardous materials response. In other words, responders can
safely and effectively respond to terrorist or criminal incidents involving
hazmats only if: - ANSWER-they first understand the fundamental of hazmat
response.
Regardless of the cause of the incident, risk-based hazmat emergency
response operations mainly focus on the interaction between: - ANSWER-the
hazmat, its container, and the environment.
,Ludwig Benner Jr definition of a hazardous material is - Any substance that
jumps out of its container when something goes wrong and hurts or harms
the things it touches. The definition points out that emergency response is
not just a chemical problem, its also a container problem. A hazmat incident
can therefore be defined as: - ANSWER-The release , or potential release of a
hazardous material from its container into the environment.
Many laws, regulations, and voluntary consensus standards affect hazmat
operations. This includes the manufacture, and use of hazmats. They also
affect hazmat emergency response. Together they constitute a: - ANSWER-
regulatory system.
Hazmat programs managers must have a working knowledge of the
regulatory system. That way they can: - ANSWER-appropriately guide
emergency planning and response operations.
Voluntary industry consensus standards affect administration and operation
of hazmat response programs. These effects are both direct and indirect.
This is especially true when they become "best practices." Once hazmat
response programs widely adopt a standard it becomes a new benchmark.
This creates a new: - ANSWER-Standard of care
Hazmat laws - ANSWER-- Resource conservation and recover (RCRA)
- Comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability act
(CERCLA)
- Superfund amendment and reauthorization act of 1986 (SARA)
- Clean air act (CAA)
- Oil pollution act of 1990 (OPA)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) - ANSWER-Framework for
the proper management and disposal of all waste materials. Also creates
,installation, leak prevention, and notification requirements for underground
storage tanks.
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA) - ANSWER-AKA Superfund. Deals with:
- Hazardous substance release into the environment
- Clean up of inactive hazardous waste disposal sites.
Person who is responsible for hazardous materials released above a certain
amount must notify the National Response Center.
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) - ANSWER-Has the
greatest effect on hazmat emergency planning and response operations.
- Title I Required OSHA to develop health and safety standards. Lead to the
development of 29 CFR OSHA 1910.120 HAZWOPER
- Title III AKA the Emergency planning and community Right-to-Know Act
(EPCRA). Also lead to the creation of the State Emergency Response
Commission (SERC and 'Local Emergency Planning Commission' LEPC)
Clean Air Act - ANSWER-This law establishes airborne emissions requirements
from fixed facilities that help protect the environment. Also addressed
emergency response and planning issues at certain facilities with processes
using highly hazardous chemicals. lead to the creation of:
-National chemical safety and hazard investigation board (CSB)
- Risk management program for chemical accidental release prevention
- Process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals, explosives and
blasting agents.
, Oil Pollution Act of 1990 - ANSWER-Amended the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act. Covers both facilities and carriers of oil and related liquid
products.
Federal HAZMAT Regulations - ANSWER-- Hazardous Waste Operations and
Emergency Response (29 CFR 1910.120 HAZWOPER)
- Community Emergency Planning Regulations
- Risk Management programs for Chemical Accidental Release Prevention
- Hazard Communications Regulation (HAZCOM)
- Hazardous material Transportation regulation
- Pipeline regulations
- Hazardous Materials: Oil Spill Response Plans and information sharing for
high-hazard flammable trains.
- National contingency plan
- Facility and modal security regulations
HAZWOPER - ANSWER-HAZWOPER includes important requirements for
industry and public safety organization that respond to hazmat or hazardous
waste emergencies. The requirement covers:
- Hazmat emergency response plan
- Emergency response procedures, including the establishment of an IMS, the
use of a buddy system with backup personnel, and the establishment of a
safety officer.
- Specific training requirements covering instructor and both initial and
refresher training.
- Medical surveillance programs
- Post-emergency termination process
Community Emergency Planning Regulation - ANSWER-The result of SARA,
requires both state and local planning groups to review or develop hazmat
5TH EXAMS
Hazardous Material Technicians respond to hazmat and WMD incidents. They
use a risk-based response process to achieve the following: - ANSWER--
Analyze the incident
- Select appropriate decontamination procedures
- Control releases using specialized personal protective equipment.
HMT are more aggressive and proactive when controlling a hazmat incident.
This includes: - ANSWER-approaching the point of release to isolate or control
it.
Hazardous materials response team is an organized group of trained
response personnel who handle hazmat/WMD incidents using the following: -
ANSWER-- An emergency response plan
- Applicable standard operating procedures
- Hazmat technician-level skills
HMRT must be able to operate at the: - ANSWER-HMT level
the NFPA 470 operational philosophy that emergency response to terrorist or
criminal incidents that involve hazardous materials are based on the basic
concepts of hazardous materials response. In other words, responders can
safely and effectively respond to terrorist or criminal incidents involving
hazmats only if: - ANSWER-they first understand the fundamental of hazmat
response.
Regardless of the cause of the incident, risk-based hazmat emergency
response operations mainly focus on the interaction between: - ANSWER-the
hazmat, its container, and the environment.
,Ludwig Benner Jr definition of a hazardous material is - Any substance that
jumps out of its container when something goes wrong and hurts or harms
the things it touches. The definition points out that emergency response is
not just a chemical problem, its also a container problem. A hazmat incident
can therefore be defined as: - ANSWER-The release , or potential release of a
hazardous material from its container into the environment.
Many laws, regulations, and voluntary consensus standards affect hazmat
operations. This includes the manufacture, and use of hazmats. They also
affect hazmat emergency response. Together they constitute a: - ANSWER-
regulatory system.
Hazmat programs managers must have a working knowledge of the
regulatory system. That way they can: - ANSWER-appropriately guide
emergency planning and response operations.
Voluntary industry consensus standards affect administration and operation
of hazmat response programs. These effects are both direct and indirect.
This is especially true when they become "best practices." Once hazmat
response programs widely adopt a standard it becomes a new benchmark.
This creates a new: - ANSWER-Standard of care
Hazmat laws - ANSWER-- Resource conservation and recover (RCRA)
- Comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability act
(CERCLA)
- Superfund amendment and reauthorization act of 1986 (SARA)
- Clean air act (CAA)
- Oil pollution act of 1990 (OPA)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) - ANSWER-Framework for
the proper management and disposal of all waste materials. Also creates
,installation, leak prevention, and notification requirements for underground
storage tanks.
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA) - ANSWER-AKA Superfund. Deals with:
- Hazardous substance release into the environment
- Clean up of inactive hazardous waste disposal sites.
Person who is responsible for hazardous materials released above a certain
amount must notify the National Response Center.
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) - ANSWER-Has the
greatest effect on hazmat emergency planning and response operations.
- Title I Required OSHA to develop health and safety standards. Lead to the
development of 29 CFR OSHA 1910.120 HAZWOPER
- Title III AKA the Emergency planning and community Right-to-Know Act
(EPCRA). Also lead to the creation of the State Emergency Response
Commission (SERC and 'Local Emergency Planning Commission' LEPC)
Clean Air Act - ANSWER-This law establishes airborne emissions requirements
from fixed facilities that help protect the environment. Also addressed
emergency response and planning issues at certain facilities with processes
using highly hazardous chemicals. lead to the creation of:
-National chemical safety and hazard investigation board (CSB)
- Risk management program for chemical accidental release prevention
- Process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals, explosives and
blasting agents.
, Oil Pollution Act of 1990 - ANSWER-Amended the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act. Covers both facilities and carriers of oil and related liquid
products.
Federal HAZMAT Regulations - ANSWER-- Hazardous Waste Operations and
Emergency Response (29 CFR 1910.120 HAZWOPER)
- Community Emergency Planning Regulations
- Risk Management programs for Chemical Accidental Release Prevention
- Hazard Communications Regulation (HAZCOM)
- Hazardous material Transportation regulation
- Pipeline regulations
- Hazardous Materials: Oil Spill Response Plans and information sharing for
high-hazard flammable trains.
- National contingency plan
- Facility and modal security regulations
HAZWOPER - ANSWER-HAZWOPER includes important requirements for
industry and public safety organization that respond to hazmat or hazardous
waste emergencies. The requirement covers:
- Hazmat emergency response plan
- Emergency response procedures, including the establishment of an IMS, the
use of a buddy system with backup personnel, and the establishment of a
safety officer.
- Specific training requirements covering instructor and both initial and
refresher training.
- Medical surveillance programs
- Post-emergency termination process
Community Emergency Planning Regulation - ANSWER-The result of SARA,
requires both state and local planning groups to review or develop hazmat
