HAZMAT awareness questions and answers 100% verified

Hazardous Material - 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 - ANSWER-Any product, substance, or organism included by its nature or by the regulation in any of the nine United Nations classifications of hazardous materials. Used to describe hazardous materials in Canada and used in the U.S. and Canada for hazardous materials aboard aircraft. weapon of mass destruction (WMD) - 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. Potential causes of hazmat incidents - ANSWER--Human Error - Mechanical breakdowns/malfunctions - Container failures - Transportation accidents - Deliberate acts (chemical suicides, WMD incidents) mititgate - ANSWER-to cause to become less harsh or hostile; to make less severe, intense or painful: to alleviate. (2) Third of three steps (locate, isolate, mitigate) in one method of sizing up an emergency situation. NFPA - ANSWER-National Fire Protection Association National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) - ANSWER-U.S. nonprofit educational and technical association dedicated to protecting life and property from fire by developing fire-protection standards and educating the public. Located in Quincy, Mass.