FIREFIGHTER HAZMAT OPS EXAMINATION
TEST COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
●● Who performs the actual search, rescue, and removal of victims from
the hazardous area during rescue operations?
Answer: Entry team members
●● Who must operate under the guidance of a hazmat technician when
conducting technical decontamination?
Answer: Operations level responders
●● During technical decontamination operations, who typically
performs duties such as setting up the decon corridor?
Answer: Operations Level Responders
●● What can responders use potassium iodide (KI) starch paper to test?
Answer: The pH of unknown chemicals
●● What type of bulk facility storage tanks include dome roof tanks and
spheroid tanks?
Answer: Low Pressure
,●● Where can responders typically find emergency shutoff devices on
corrosive liquid tanks?
Answer: Corrosive liquid tanks do NOT typically have emergency
shutoff devices
●● What provides the scene control required at hazmat and terrorist
incidents?
Answer: Hazard control zones
●● What assistance can be provided by Disaster Medical Assistance
Teams (DMAT)?
Answer: Provide emergency medical care during a disaster or other
event
●● Under NIMS-ICS Command organization, what is the role of the
Safety Officer?
Answer: May exercise emergency authority to stop or prevent unsafe
acts when immediate action is required
●● At large hazardous materials incidents, which section of NIMS-ICS
gathers and processes information needed for effective decision making?
Answer: Planning
●● What is an accurate statement about transferring command?
, Answer: Before transferring command, the IC must ensure that the new
IC is both capable of assuming command and willing to accept
command
●● What detection and monitoring equipment is used to detect corrosive
materials?
Answer: pH meters and pH paper
●● Which type of tank truck transports liquids at pressures of 25 to 35
psi?
Answer: Low pressure chemical tank trucks (MC-307 or DOT/TC 407
cargo tanks)
●● Which type of respiratory protection does not protect against
oxygen-deficient atmospheres?
Answer: Air-purifying respirators (APRs)
●● What is one way that responses to terrorist incidents differ from
other hazardous material incident responses?
Answer: Unique supplies, equipment, and emergency response plans are
required for terrorist incidents
●● What complicates the development of an effective Incident Action
Plan (IAP) for operations at an illicit laboratory?
TEST COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
●● Who performs the actual search, rescue, and removal of victims from
the hazardous area during rescue operations?
Answer: Entry team members
●● Who must operate under the guidance of a hazmat technician when
conducting technical decontamination?
Answer: Operations level responders
●● During technical decontamination operations, who typically
performs duties such as setting up the decon corridor?
Answer: Operations Level Responders
●● What can responders use potassium iodide (KI) starch paper to test?
Answer: The pH of unknown chemicals
●● What type of bulk facility storage tanks include dome roof tanks and
spheroid tanks?
Answer: Low Pressure
,●● Where can responders typically find emergency shutoff devices on
corrosive liquid tanks?
Answer: Corrosive liquid tanks do NOT typically have emergency
shutoff devices
●● What provides the scene control required at hazmat and terrorist
incidents?
Answer: Hazard control zones
●● What assistance can be provided by Disaster Medical Assistance
Teams (DMAT)?
Answer: Provide emergency medical care during a disaster or other
event
●● Under NIMS-ICS Command organization, what is the role of the
Safety Officer?
Answer: May exercise emergency authority to stop or prevent unsafe
acts when immediate action is required
●● At large hazardous materials incidents, which section of NIMS-ICS
gathers and processes information needed for effective decision making?
Answer: Planning
●● What is an accurate statement about transferring command?
, Answer: Before transferring command, the IC must ensure that the new
IC is both capable of assuming command and willing to accept
command
●● What detection and monitoring equipment is used to detect corrosive
materials?
Answer: pH meters and pH paper
●● Which type of tank truck transports liquids at pressures of 25 to 35
psi?
Answer: Low pressure chemical tank trucks (MC-307 or DOT/TC 407
cargo tanks)
●● Which type of respiratory protection does not protect against
oxygen-deficient atmospheres?
Answer: Air-purifying respirators (APRs)
●● What is one way that responses to terrorist incidents differ from
other hazardous material incident responses?
Answer: Unique supplies, equipment, and emergency response plans are
required for terrorist incidents
●● What complicates the development of an effective Incident Action
Plan (IAP) for operations at an illicit laboratory?
