IFSTA Chapter 24: Analyzing The Incident questions & answers

IFSTA Chapter 24: Analyzing The IncidentHazardous Materials - correct answer Any substance or material that poses an unreasonable risk to health, safety, property, and/or the environment if it is not properly controlled during handling, storage, manufacture, processing, packaging, use, disposal, or transportation. Dangerous Goods - correct answer Alternate term used in Canada and other countries for hazardous materials. Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) - correct answer Any weapon or device that is intended or has the capability to cause death or serious bodily injury to a significant number of people through the release, dissemination, or impact of toxic or poisonous chemicals or their precursors, a disease organism, or radiation or radioactivity; may include chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosive (CBRNE) type weapons. Acute Health Effects - correct answer Health effects that occur or develop rapidly after exposure to a hazardous substance. Chronic Health Effects - correct answer Long-term health effects resulting from exposure to a hazardous substance. Routes of Entry - correct answer Pathways by which hazardous materials get into (or affect) the human body. Corrosives - correct answer Material capable of gradually eroding, rusting, or destroying other materials; they can be gases, liquids, or solids and can burn, irritate, or destroy human skin and corrode steel. Toxicity - correct answer Degree to which a substance (toxin or poison) can harm humans or animals. Ability of a substance to do harm within the body. Toxins - correct answer Substances that have the property of being poisonous.