HAZMAT FLORIDA EVALUATION TIPS ANSWERS
AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Transport Index (TI) - ✔✔from 1-10 based on max rad level a 1 meter from the
package.
✔✔Radioactive White 1 (Low) - ✔✔.5 MREM/hr.
✔✔Radioactive Yellow 2 (Medium) - ✔✔.5-50 MREM/hr.
✔✔Radioactive Yellow 3 (High) - ✔✔50-200 MREM/hr.
✔✔Empty - ✔✔empty packages but may have less than .5mrem/hour detectable
outside the package
✔✔Hazmat Data Bases - ✔✔○ Advantages: identify and interpret hazards response
information available through a variety of sources
○ Disadvantages: there are many databases available to first responders. Some of the
databases are public domain and some are trademarked.
✔✔Computer Aided Management of Emergency Operations (CAMEO) - ✔✔○ CAMEO
developed by EPA's Office of Emergency Management (OEM)
○ CAMEO integrates a chemical database and a method to manage the data, an air
dispersion model, and a mapping capability. All models work interactively to share and
display critical info.
■ MARPLOT: Mapping Applications for Response, Planning and Local Operational
Tasks
■ ALOHA: atmospheric dispersion model used for evaluating releases of hazardous
chemical vapors
✔✔Chemical Hazard Response Information System (CHRIS) - ✔✔○ Program
developed by the US COAST GUARD. Consists of a handbook or manual and a hazard
,assessment computer system (HACS). Address info for approx 1,200 chemicals with
evaluation procedures.
✔✔Registry of Toxic Effects on Chemical Substances (RTECS) - ✔✔○ Toxicity data on
more than 150,000 substances
○ Types of toxicity: primary irritation, mutagenic effects, reproductive effects,
tumorigenic effects, acute toxicity, other multiple dos toxicity.
✔✔Oil and Hazardous Materials Technical Assistance Data System ( OHM-TADS) -
✔✔Rapid retrieval of information on more than 850 oil and hazardous substances.
INcludes physical, chemical, biological, toxicological, and commercial data.
✔✔Maps and Diagrams - ✔✔○ Advantages: gives someone who is not familiar with the
incident location a fair representation of manmade structures and terrain
○ Disadvantages: may not be up to date
✔✔Reference Manuals - ✔✔○ Advantages: there are a ton available
○ Disadvantages: different ones may contain different answers or viewpoints
○ Guide to Hazardous Chemical Reactions (NFPA 491M)- diamond ratings
○ Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards (Bretherick)- 5000 elements
○ Hazardous Chemicals Desk Reference (Lewis)
✔✔Technical Information Centers - ✔✔○ Advantages: readily available (CHEMTREC);
already printed materials, chemtrec can send teams out
○ Disadvantages: may provide conflicting information
✔✔Technical Information Specialists - ✔✔○ Advantages: experience and education
○ Disadvantages: may be difficult to contact, not likely to have ALL the answers
✔✔Heat transfer process that occur as a result of a cryogenic liquid spill - ✔✔○
Because cryogenic temps are kept at -130 and below, they will vaporize rapidly when
exposed to the higher ambient temperatures of the atmosphere outside the tank.
Expansion ratios: 560 to 1,445 to 1. The higher the expansion ratio, the more gas
produced and the larger the danger area.
✔✔Hepatoxins - ✔✔Chemicals that produce liver damage
○ Signs: jaundice and liver enlargement
○ Chemicals: carbon tetrachloride and nitrosamines
✔✔Nephrotoxins - ✔✔Chemicals that produce Kidney damage
○ Signs: edema and protein urea (swelling)
○ Chemicals: halogenated hydrocarbons and uranium
✔✔Neurotoxins - ✔✔Effects Nervous System
,○ Central nervous system hazards: chemicals that cause depression or stimulation on
consciousness
■ Signs: drooping of eyelids, respiratory, seizures
■ Chemicals: lead, mercury, nerve agents
○ Peripheral nervous system hazards: damage nerves that transmit messages to and
from the brain and rest of body
■ Signs: numbness, tingling, decreased sensation, change in reflexes, decreased motor
strength
■ Chemicals: arsenic. Lead, toluene, styrene
✔✔Agents that Decrease Hemoglobin in the Blood - ✔✔○ Deprives the hematopoietic
body tissues of oxygen
○ Signs: cyanosis and loss of consciousness
○ Chemicals: benzene and carbon monoxide
✔✔Agents that Irritate the Lung or Damage Pulmonary Tissue - ✔✔○ Signs: cough,
tightness in chest, shortness of breath
○ Chemicals: silica, asbestos, and hydrochloric acid
✔✔Reproductive Toxins - ✔✔○ Affect reproductive capabilities
○ Mutations- chromosomal damage (mother)
○ Teratogens- effects on fetuses
○ Signs- birth defects or sterility
○ Chemicals: Lead and 1,2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane (DBCP)
✔✔Cutaneous Hazards - ✔✔○ dermal/skin layer
○ Chemicals: ketones and chlorinated compounds
✔✔Eye Hazards - ✔✔Chemicals that affect the eye:
○ Signs: conjunctivitis or corneal damage
○ Chemicals: organic solvents and acids.
✔✔Pressure Gauges and Temperature of content - ✔✔Methods for Determining the
Pressure in Bulk Packaging or Facility Containers
✔✔Shipping papers, container specification markings, gauging devices, frost line -
✔✔Methods for Determining the Amount of Lading Remaining in Damaged Bulk
Packaging or Facility Containers (lading=liquid)
✔✔Crack - ✔✔narrow split or break in the container's metal that can penetrate through
the metal of the container and may cause catastrophic failure. A cracked pressurized
container is to be considered critically damaged.
✔✔Scores - ✔✔reduction in container shell thickness made by a relatively blunt object
, ✔✔Gouges - ✔✔reduction in container thickness made by a sharp chisel-like object.
✔✔Dents - ✔✔a deformation of the container metal made from the impact of a relatively
blunt object.
✔✔Radioactive Container Damage - ✔✔○ Visual inspection
○ Smear or swipe test
○ Transport index
✔✔Fire Protection System - ✔✔allows for the application of fire extinguishing agents
quicker and to manage the incident in earlier stages; quick control results in reduction of
hazard to nearby containers.
✔✔Monitoring and Detection Systems - ✔✔allows for the initiation of control actions
while an incident is still relatively small; early notification can limit threat to other
containers
✔✔Pressure Relief Devices - ✔✔capable of operating freely to keep tank from BLEVE
✔✔Vacuum Relief Devices - ✔✔needs to be operable in order to keep the tank from
imploding
✔✔Product Spillage and Control (Impoundment and Diking) - ✔✔minimizes exposure to
adjoining tanks.
✔✔Tank Spacing - ✔✔minimize the hazard to uninvolved tanks (ex: fire)
✔✔Transfer Operations - ✔✔ensure compatibility of substances in the receiving
container with the incoming material. Minimize hazard to the surrounding containers.
Bonding and grounding
✔✔Carbon Dioxide System - ✔✔environmentally safe, colorless, odorless, electrically
non-conductive, and highly efficient as a fire suppression agent. Displaces oxygen.
✔✔Halon System - ✔✔liquefied gas extinguishing agent that extinguishes a fire by
chemical interruption of the combustion reaction of fuel and oxygen.
✔✔FM 200 System - ✔✔does not remove the oxygen from the air. Chemical reaction
and heat removal.
✔✔FE 25 System - ✔✔similar to FE 200 but require 20% less agent per cubic foot.
✔✔Aqueous Film Forming Foam - ✔✔a concentrated aqueous solution of one or more
hydrocarbon/fluorochemical surfactants that forms foam capable of producing vapor
AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Transport Index (TI) - ✔✔from 1-10 based on max rad level a 1 meter from the
package.
✔✔Radioactive White 1 (Low) - ✔✔.5 MREM/hr.
✔✔Radioactive Yellow 2 (Medium) - ✔✔.5-50 MREM/hr.
✔✔Radioactive Yellow 3 (High) - ✔✔50-200 MREM/hr.
✔✔Empty - ✔✔empty packages but may have less than .5mrem/hour detectable
outside the package
✔✔Hazmat Data Bases - ✔✔○ Advantages: identify and interpret hazards response
information available through a variety of sources
○ Disadvantages: there are many databases available to first responders. Some of the
databases are public domain and some are trademarked.
✔✔Computer Aided Management of Emergency Operations (CAMEO) - ✔✔○ CAMEO
developed by EPA's Office of Emergency Management (OEM)
○ CAMEO integrates a chemical database and a method to manage the data, an air
dispersion model, and a mapping capability. All models work interactively to share and
display critical info.
■ MARPLOT: Mapping Applications for Response, Planning and Local Operational
Tasks
■ ALOHA: atmospheric dispersion model used for evaluating releases of hazardous
chemical vapors
✔✔Chemical Hazard Response Information System (CHRIS) - ✔✔○ Program
developed by the US COAST GUARD. Consists of a handbook or manual and a hazard
,assessment computer system (HACS). Address info for approx 1,200 chemicals with
evaluation procedures.
✔✔Registry of Toxic Effects on Chemical Substances (RTECS) - ✔✔○ Toxicity data on
more than 150,000 substances
○ Types of toxicity: primary irritation, mutagenic effects, reproductive effects,
tumorigenic effects, acute toxicity, other multiple dos toxicity.
✔✔Oil and Hazardous Materials Technical Assistance Data System ( OHM-TADS) -
✔✔Rapid retrieval of information on more than 850 oil and hazardous substances.
INcludes physical, chemical, biological, toxicological, and commercial data.
✔✔Maps and Diagrams - ✔✔○ Advantages: gives someone who is not familiar with the
incident location a fair representation of manmade structures and terrain
○ Disadvantages: may not be up to date
✔✔Reference Manuals - ✔✔○ Advantages: there are a ton available
○ Disadvantages: different ones may contain different answers or viewpoints
○ Guide to Hazardous Chemical Reactions (NFPA 491M)- diamond ratings
○ Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards (Bretherick)- 5000 elements
○ Hazardous Chemicals Desk Reference (Lewis)
✔✔Technical Information Centers - ✔✔○ Advantages: readily available (CHEMTREC);
already printed materials, chemtrec can send teams out
○ Disadvantages: may provide conflicting information
✔✔Technical Information Specialists - ✔✔○ Advantages: experience and education
○ Disadvantages: may be difficult to contact, not likely to have ALL the answers
✔✔Heat transfer process that occur as a result of a cryogenic liquid spill - ✔✔○
Because cryogenic temps are kept at -130 and below, they will vaporize rapidly when
exposed to the higher ambient temperatures of the atmosphere outside the tank.
Expansion ratios: 560 to 1,445 to 1. The higher the expansion ratio, the more gas
produced and the larger the danger area.
✔✔Hepatoxins - ✔✔Chemicals that produce liver damage
○ Signs: jaundice and liver enlargement
○ Chemicals: carbon tetrachloride and nitrosamines
✔✔Nephrotoxins - ✔✔Chemicals that produce Kidney damage
○ Signs: edema and protein urea (swelling)
○ Chemicals: halogenated hydrocarbons and uranium
✔✔Neurotoxins - ✔✔Effects Nervous System
,○ Central nervous system hazards: chemicals that cause depression or stimulation on
consciousness
■ Signs: drooping of eyelids, respiratory, seizures
■ Chemicals: lead, mercury, nerve agents
○ Peripheral nervous system hazards: damage nerves that transmit messages to and
from the brain and rest of body
■ Signs: numbness, tingling, decreased sensation, change in reflexes, decreased motor
strength
■ Chemicals: arsenic. Lead, toluene, styrene
✔✔Agents that Decrease Hemoglobin in the Blood - ✔✔○ Deprives the hematopoietic
body tissues of oxygen
○ Signs: cyanosis and loss of consciousness
○ Chemicals: benzene and carbon monoxide
✔✔Agents that Irritate the Lung or Damage Pulmonary Tissue - ✔✔○ Signs: cough,
tightness in chest, shortness of breath
○ Chemicals: silica, asbestos, and hydrochloric acid
✔✔Reproductive Toxins - ✔✔○ Affect reproductive capabilities
○ Mutations- chromosomal damage (mother)
○ Teratogens- effects on fetuses
○ Signs- birth defects or sterility
○ Chemicals: Lead and 1,2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane (DBCP)
✔✔Cutaneous Hazards - ✔✔○ dermal/skin layer
○ Chemicals: ketones and chlorinated compounds
✔✔Eye Hazards - ✔✔Chemicals that affect the eye:
○ Signs: conjunctivitis or corneal damage
○ Chemicals: organic solvents and acids.
✔✔Pressure Gauges and Temperature of content - ✔✔Methods for Determining the
Pressure in Bulk Packaging or Facility Containers
✔✔Shipping papers, container specification markings, gauging devices, frost line -
✔✔Methods for Determining the Amount of Lading Remaining in Damaged Bulk
Packaging or Facility Containers (lading=liquid)
✔✔Crack - ✔✔narrow split or break in the container's metal that can penetrate through
the metal of the container and may cause catastrophic failure. A cracked pressurized
container is to be considered critically damaged.
✔✔Scores - ✔✔reduction in container shell thickness made by a relatively blunt object
, ✔✔Gouges - ✔✔reduction in container thickness made by a sharp chisel-like object.
✔✔Dents - ✔✔a deformation of the container metal made from the impact of a relatively
blunt object.
✔✔Radioactive Container Damage - ✔✔○ Visual inspection
○ Smear or swipe test
○ Transport index
✔✔Fire Protection System - ✔✔allows for the application of fire extinguishing agents
quicker and to manage the incident in earlier stages; quick control results in reduction of
hazard to nearby containers.
✔✔Monitoring and Detection Systems - ✔✔allows for the initiation of control actions
while an incident is still relatively small; early notification can limit threat to other
containers
✔✔Pressure Relief Devices - ✔✔capable of operating freely to keep tank from BLEVE
✔✔Vacuum Relief Devices - ✔✔needs to be operable in order to keep the tank from
imploding
✔✔Product Spillage and Control (Impoundment and Diking) - ✔✔minimizes exposure to
adjoining tanks.
✔✔Tank Spacing - ✔✔minimize the hazard to uninvolved tanks (ex: fire)
✔✔Transfer Operations - ✔✔ensure compatibility of substances in the receiving
container with the incoming material. Minimize hazard to the surrounding containers.
Bonding and grounding
✔✔Carbon Dioxide System - ✔✔environmentally safe, colorless, odorless, electrically
non-conductive, and highly efficient as a fire suppression agent. Displaces oxygen.
✔✔Halon System - ✔✔liquefied gas extinguishing agent that extinguishes a fire by
chemical interruption of the combustion reaction of fuel and oxygen.
✔✔FM 200 System - ✔✔does not remove the oxygen from the air. Chemical reaction
and heat removal.
✔✔FE 25 System - ✔✔similar to FE 200 but require 20% less agent per cubic foot.
✔✔Aqueous Film Forming Foam - ✔✔a concentrated aqueous solution of one or more
hydrocarbon/fluorochemical surfactants that forms foam capable of producing vapor
