What is the psi for a non pressure tank cars?
60 to 100 psi
What is the capacity for a non pressure tank car?
4,000 to 45,000 gallons
What can a non pressure tank car carry?
Flammable/combustible liquids-flammable to solids Oxidizers Organic peroxides Corrosives Poisons Molten solids
What hazard classes does a non pressure tank car carry?
3, 4, 5, 6, 8 & 9
What is the psi for a pressure tank cars?
100 to 600 psi
What is the capacity for a pressure tank car?
4,000 to 45,000 gallons
What can a non pressure tank car carry?
Flammable/nonflammable gases
What hazard classes does a pressure tank car carry?
2 & 3
Name one physical characteristic about the pressure tank car that differentiates it from the non pressure tank car.
Gauging is located inside a protective housing
What is the psi for a cryogenic tank car?
25 psi or less
What can a cryogenic liquid tank car carry? argon
Ethylene
Hydrogen
Nitrogen
Oxygen
What is the temperature that a cryogenic liquid tank car need to be?
-150 Degrees or colder
Name one physical characteristic about the cryogenic liquid tank car that differentiates it from the non pressure tank car.
Tank within a tank
Space filled with insulation and under a vacuum
Control valves are located in a compartment along side
What hazard classes does a cryogenic liquid tank car carry?
2.2
What is a bulk container consisting of a single metal tank mounted inside a metal supporting structure and can be used interchangeably on different modes of transport?
Intermodal Tank Container
What are the three types of tank cars?
Non pressure
Pressure
Cryogenic Liquid
What are the two types of non pressure intermodal tanks?
IM-101
IM-102
What is the psi for the IM-101 intermodal tank?
25.4 to 100 psi
What is the capacity of the IM-101 intermodal tank?
6,300 Gallons
What hazard classes does an IM-101 intermodal tank carry?
3, 4, 5, 6, 8
What are examples of what the IM-101 intermodal tank carry?
Food grade commodities Liquid fertilizers Resins Sodium cyanide Water treatment chemicals Whiskey
What is the psi for the IM-102 intermodal tank?
14.5 to 25.4 psi
What hazard classes does an IM-102 intermodal tank carry?
3, 6, 8
What are examples of what the IM-102 intermodal tank carry?
Wine
Whiskey
What is the psi for the pressure intermodal tank?
100 to 500 psi
What are examples of what the pressure intermodal tank carry?
Liquified gases
What hazard classes does an pressure intermodal tank carry?
2, 3
What are the two types of specialized intermodal tanks?
Cryogenic
Tube modules
What is the pressure range for the cryogenic intermodal tanks?
25 psig or less
What is the capacity of a pressure intermodal tank?
5,500 gallons
What is the capacity of a cryogenic intermodal tank?
4,500 to 5,000 gallons
What hazard class does the cryogenic intermodal tank carry?
2.2
What is the international designation of a cryogenic intermodal tank?
IMO Type 7
What is the pressure range for tube modules specialized intermodal tanks?
3,000 to 5,000 psi
What hazard class does the tube modules specialized intermodal tanks carry?
2
What is the capacity of the tube modules specialized intermodal tanks?
Varies according to container
Name one physical characteristic about the tube modules specialized intermodal tank that differentiates it from the pressure intermodal tank.
High pressure cylinders permanently mounted within an ISO frame
What are the types of cargo tanks?
Non pressure liquid Low pressure chemical Corrosive liquid High pressure Cryogenic liquid Dry bulk Compressed gas tube trailers
What are cargo tanks used for?
Transport by highway flammable/combustible liquids, corrosives and flammable/nonflammable compressed gases
What is the DOT identification for a non pressure liquid cargo tank?
406
What is the DOT identification for a low pressure chemical tank?
407
What is the DOT identification for a corrosive liquid cargo tank?
412
What is the numerical identification for a high pressure cargo tank?
331
What is the numerical identification for a cryogenic liquid cargo tank?
338
What is the non pressure liquid cargo tank typically made of?
aluminum
What is the allowable working pressure of a non pressure liquid cargo tank?
3 to 5 psi
What is the capacity of a non pressure liquid cargo tank?
10,000 gallons
What is the non pressure liquid cargo tank used to transport?
Fuel oil
Gasoline
Alcohol
Flammable/combustible liquids
What hazard class can the non pressure liquid cargo tank transport?
3
Name one physical characteristic about the low pressure chemical tank that differentiates it from the non pressure liquid cargo tank.
Horseshoe shape ends
What is the capacity of a low pressure chemical tank?
2,000 to 7,000 gallons
What hazard class can the low pressure chemical tank transport?
3, 8
What is the internal vapor pressure of the low pressure chemical tank?
18 psi at 100 degrees
What is the low pressure of the low pressure chemical tank?
40 psi at 170 degrees
Name one physical characteristic about the corrosive liquid cargo tank that differentiates it from the low pressure chemical tank.
Reinforcement ribs
Longer and thinner
Coated with a black, tar like material
What is the tank pressure of the corrosive liquid cargo tank?
35 to 50 psi
What is the capacity of the corrosive liquid cargo tank?
5,000 to 6,000 gallons
Name one physical characteristic about the high pressure cargo tank that differentiates it from the low pressure chemical tank.
Hemispherical or ellipsoidal ends
What is the service pressure of the high pressure cargo tank?
More than 100 psi
What is the capacity of the high pressure cargo tank?
2,500 to 11,500 gallons
What hazard class can the high pressure cargo tank transport?
2
Name one physical characteristic about the cryogenic liquid cargo tank that differentiates it from the low pressure chemical tank.
Tank within a tank
Ends are dished
What is the design pressure of the cryogenic liquid cargo tank?
23.5 to 500 psi
What is the capacity of the cryogenic liquid cargo tank?
5,000 to 14,000 gallons
What hazard class can the cryogenic liquid cargo tank transport?
2.2
What is the capacity of a dry bulk cargo tank?
up to 1,500 cu ft
What is the pressure of a dry bulk cargo tank?
80 psi
What hazard class can the dry bulk cargo tank transport?
5.1, 9
Name one physical characteristic about the dry bulk cargo tank that differentiates it from the low pressure chemical tank.
One or more cone shaped bins
What is the pressure change of the compressed gas tube trailers?
3,000 to 5,000 psi
What is the minimum water cap of the compressed gas tube trailers?
1,000 lbs
T/F All cylinders in a compressed gas tube trailer contain different material, independently piped.
False
How is the product of compressed gas tube trailers filled and discharged?
Manifold header
What are the three primary types of fixed storage tanks?
Pressure
Non pressure
Cryogenic
What are the installed locations of fixed storage tanks?
Above ground
Below ground
Inside of buildings
What are the types of non pressure facility tanks?
Cone roof Floating roof with geodesic dome Floating (open) roof Lifter (covered) roof Vapor dome roof Horizontal (atmospheric)
What is the pressure of the non pressure facility tanks?
0 to 0.5 psig
What are the shipping papers called on highway transport vehicles?
Bill of lading
What kind of markings are used for fixed facilities?
NFPA 704
What kind of markings are used on individual packages?
Labels
What kind of markings are used on vehicles?
DOT placards
What identification is required on cargo tanks?
Metal certification plate with serial number
Shipper’s ID
Placard
What are shipping papers called for tank cars?
Waybill
What identification is required on intermodal tanks?
Metal certification plate with serial number
Shipper’s ID
Placard
What identification is on tank cars?
Placards
Leased or owned by shipper
Shippers identification number
What identification is on facility containers?
Product name Container/tank size NFPA 704 Planning docs Tank ID
What identification can be found on a pipeline marker?
Product
Owner
Emergency telephone number
Where will you find a pipeline marker?
Where Intersects with a street or railroad
What information is provided on pesticide labels?
Complete product name Correct spelling Signal words Precautionary statement Hazard statement EPA registration number and active agreement
What are the signal words for pesticide labels?
Caution
Warning
Poison/danger
What does caution mean on a pesticide label?
Might make you sick
What does warning mean on a pesticide label?
Will make you sick
What does poison/danger mean on a pesticide label?
Will kill you
How are active ingredients identified on a pesticide label?
Name
Percentage
What are the parts of a EPA registration number?
- Manufacturer
- Specific product
- Distributors name
What are the fissile classes?
Radioactive White I
Radioactive Yellow II
Radioactive Yellow III
What is the rate of decay as it pertains to radioactivity?
Content activity
What fissile class indicates highest levels of radiation on the external surface of the package?
Radioactive Yellow III
What fissile class indicates medium levels of radiation on the external surface of the package?
Radioactive Yellow II
What fissile class indicates low external radiation levels?
Radioactive White I
What is the starting point for determining if the integrity of the package has been breached?
Transport index
What surounding conditions should be noted by responders when surveying hazardous material incidents?
Topography Land use Accessibility Weather conditions Bodies of water Public exposure potential Overhead and underground wires and pipelines Storm and sewer drains Possible ignition sources Adjacent land use Nature and extent of injuries Building information
What are ways to verify information obtained from surveying an incident?
ERG
CHEMTREC
Shippers
Electronic databases
What are 3 additional hazards that could be associated with an incident involving terrorist activity?
Secondary events intended to incapacitate or delay Armed resistance Use of weapons Booby traps Secondary contamination
What is used to predict the behavior of hazardous material?
Hazards
Behavior characteristics
Suggested response options
What are the six basic groups that collected information about hazardous material organized?
Material identification information Physical properties Chemical properties Physical hazards Health hazards Response information
How are hazardous materials classified?
Primary danger
What class is any substance or article that is designed to function by explosion or that, by chemical reaction within itself, is able to function by explosion?
1
What is division 1.1?
Mass explosion
What are examples of division 1.1?
Black powder
Dynamite
TNT
What is division 1.2?
Projection
What are examples of division 1.2?
Aerial flares
Detonation cord
What is division 1.3?
Fire
Examples: Liquid fueled rocket motors
What is division 1.4?
No significant blast hazard
Examples: Practice ammunition, signal cartridge
What is division 1.5?
Very insensitive explosives with mass explosion hazard
Examples: Blasting agents, prilled ammonium, nitrate fertilizer
What is division 1.6?
Extremely insensitive articles
Example: Squib devices
What class is compressed gases that are also flammable, oxidizers, poisonous or cryogenic?
2
What does BLEVE stand for?
Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion
What division is flammable gases?
2.1
What division is non-flammable, non-poisonous, compressed gases?
2.2
What division is poisonous gases?
2.3
What is an example of division 2.1?
Propane
What is an example of division 2.2?
Anhydrous ammonia
Compressed nitrogen
What is an example of division 2.3?
Arsine
Chlorine
What is any material that is a gas at 68 degrees or less and has a 14.7 psi of pressure?
flammable gas
What is any material that exerts in the packaging an absolute pressure of 41 psi at 68 degrees?
Nonflammable, Nonpoisonous compressed gas
What is a gas that vaporizes easily, very dangerous to life, even in small amounts, and is known to be so toxic to humans as to pose a hazard to health during transportation?
Poisonous gas
T/F Canadian placards are in the shape of circles.
False
What division is a placard with red background and white flame (flammable gas)? 2.1 Flammable
2.1 Flammable
What division is a placard with green background and white cylinder?
2.2 nonflammable
What division is a placard with yellow background and flaming “O”?
2.2 oxidizer
What placard is a white background with skull and crossbones?
2.3 poison gas
What division is any liquid having a flash point of not more than 140 degrees?
3.1 flammable liquid
What division is any liquid that does not meet the definition of any other hazard class and has a flash point between 140 and 200 degrees?
3.2, Combustable liquid
What is an example of division 3.1?
Acetone
Gasoline
What is an example of division 3.2?
mineral oil
What division is flammable solids?
4.1
What are the types of flammable solids?
Desensitized explosives
Self-reactive materials
Readily combustible solids
What is an explosive wetted down with sufficient water, alcohol, or plasticizer to suppress explosive properties?
Desensitized explosives
What is a material that is thermally unstable and can undergo a strongly exothermic decomposition even with participation of oxygen?
Self-reactive materials
what are solids that may cause a fire through friction and any metal powders that can be ignited?
Readily combustible solids
What is division 4.2?
Spontaneously combustible material
What are the types of division 4.2?
Pyrophoric material
Self-heating material
What is division 4.3?
Dangerous when wet materials
What is an example of 4.1?
Magnesium
What is an example of 4.2?
Charcoal
Phosphorous
What is class 5?
Oxidizers
Organic peroxides
What division is a material that may, by yielding oxygen, cause or enhance the combustion of other materials?
5.1 oxidizer
What division is any organic compound containing oxygen in the bivalent structure that may be considered a derivative of hydrogen peroxide?
5.2 organic peroxide
What type of organic peroxide is forbidden for transportation?
Type A
What type of organic peroxide can undergo a thermal explosion?
Type B
What type of organic peroxide cannot undergo a thermal explosion?
Type C
What type of organic peroxide detonates only partially with medium to no effect when heated under confinement?
Type D
What is an example of Class 5?
Methyl ethyl ketone peroxide
What division is a material, other than gas, that is either known to be so toxic to humans as to afford a a hazard to health during transport?
6.1
What division comprises materials known to contain a pathogen (known to cause disease in humans or animals)?
6.2
What are examples of Class 6?
Anthrax
Botulism
Rabies
What is class 7?
Radioactive
Radioactive material is any material having a specific activity greater than what?
0.002 microcuries per gram
What is an example of class 7?
Uranium
What is class 8?
Corrosives
What is a liquid or solid that causes visible destruction in human skin tissue at the site of contact?
Corrosive
What are examples of class 8?
Nitric acid
Sulfuric acid
What is class 9?
Miscellaneous hazard material
What class is any material that has an anesthetic, noxious or other similar property that could cause extreme annoyance or discomfort to a flight crew member during transport?
9
Examples: PCBs, Molten Sulfur
What is a material that presents a limited hazard during transportation due to its form, quantity and packaging?
Other regulated material
Where can a MSDS be found on post?
Fire department
Building manager
Where can a MSDS be found in the civilian sector?
Shipper CHEMTREC Shipping docs Internet LEPC
T/F CHEMTREC is a public service of the Chemical Manufacturers Association.
True
What information needs to be furnished to CHEMTREC?
Callers name and number Location and nature of problem Name and ID of material Guide number being used Name of shipper or manufacturer and point of origin Rail car or truck number Carrier's and consignee's name Container type and size Quantity of material transported and released Local weather, terrain, proximity to schools, etc Injuries and exposures Local EM services notified
T/F CHEMTREC provides prewritten information provided by the manufacturer.
True
What are the standard procedures used by CHEMTREC?
Confirm chemical emergency exists
Details recorded
Provide immediate technical assistance
Contacts the shipper of the material or other experts
What are two methods of contacting the manufacturer to obtain hazard info?
CHEMTREC
MSDS
What type of assistance can local law enforcement provide?
Scene security
Crime scene preservation
Evidence collection
What is the temperature of a substance when the vapor pressure exceeds atmospheric pressure and the liquid turns into a gas at the surface?
Boiling point
What is the ability of a material to undergo a chemical change?
Chemical reactivity
What is a measure of a substance’s tendency to deteriorate in the presence of another substance?
Corrosivity
What has a pH value of less than 7?
Acid
What has a pH value of 7?
Neutral
What has a pH value of greater than 7?
Base
What is a range between lower explosive limit and upper explosive limit?
Flammable (explosive) range
What is used to measure limits for flammable range?
Combustible gas indicators
What is the minimum concentration of vapor to air considered “too lean to burn”?
Lower explosive limit
What is the maximum concentration of vapor to air considered “too rich to burn”?
Upper explosive limit
What is the temperature at which a liquid will give off sufficient vapors that will ignite readily given an ignition source?
Flash point
What is the minimum temperature required to cause self-sustained combustion in the absence of any source of ignition?
Ignition temperature
What refers to solids and is expressed in microns?
Particle Size
What is the materials ability to stay within the area of release for long periods of time?
Persistence
What consists of particles or high-energy rays?
Radiation
What consists of ultraviolet and visible light sounds waves, microwaves and magnetic fields?
Non-ionizing radiation
What is the ratio of the weight of a liquid or solid as compared to an equal amount of water?
Specific gravity
What is the ratio of the weight of a vapor as compared to an equal amount of air?
Vapor density
What is the pressure at any given temperature at which the vapor and liquid phases of the substance is in equilibrium in a closed container?
Vapor pressure
What is the ability of a material to blend uniformly with another?
Water Solubility
What is the transfer of a hazardous material to persons, equipment and the environment in greater than acceptable quantities?
Contamination
Who is contaminated from direct contact with the material usually as a result of a release?
Victims
Who is contaminated during control operations?
Responders
What is the indirect transfer when contaminated personnel or equipment carries a contaminant away from the hot zone and transfers it to another person?
Secondary contamination
If a person is exposed to a hazardous material are they contaminated?
No
If a person is contaminated have they been exposed to the hazardous material?
Yes
What is something capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health and safety?
Hazard
What is the process by which people, animals and equipment come in contact with a hazardous material?
Exposure
What is caused by exposure to harmful microorganisms?
Infectious
What is capable of being transmitted from one individual to another through contact?
Contagious
T/F- Acute effects present symptoms immediately
True
T/F Acute exposures are considered small concentrations over a long period of time
False
What is considered to be effects that manifest at a later time?
Chronic
What kind of exposure is over long periods of time with repeated periods of contact at relatively low levels of concentration?
Chronic
What are the three types of stress that could cause a container system to release its contents?
Thermal
Mechanical
Chemical
What are the five ways a container can be breached?
Disintegration Run-away cracking Closures opening up Punctures Splits/tears
What are four ways in which containers can release their contents?
Detonation
Violent rupture
Rapid relief
Spills and leaks
What are the seven dispersion patterns that can be created upon release of hazardous materials?
Hemisphere Cloud Plume Cone Stream Pool Irregular
What kind of dispersion is a semicircular pattern and still in contact with the ground?
Hemisphere
What kind of dispersion pattern is a bell shaped pattern that has risen above the ground?
Cloud
What kind of dispersion pattern is irregularly shaped and the wind and/or topography influences it?
Plume
What kind of dispersion pattern is triangular shaped with a point source at the breach and a wide base downrange?
Cone
What kind of dispersion pattern is a liquid material flowing with the topography but generally consistent in width?
Stream
What kind of dispersion pattern is a liquid that is a equally shaped circle and accumulates in low areas?
Pool
What kind of dispersion pattern is an irregular shape or pattern?
Irregular
What factors influence dispersion patterns?
Amount Form Weather Topography Breach Release
What are the three general time frames for predicting the length of time that exposures may be in contact with hazardous materials?
Short term
Medium term
Long term
What is long term exposure typically measured in?
Years
Generations
What is TEAMCPRP?
Thermal Etiologic Asphyxiation Mechanical Corrosive Poisonous harm Radiation Psychological harm
Excessive burns from heat or cold are called…?
Thermal injuries
What is contamination from bodily fluid born diseases?
Etiologic
What is the inability of the lungs or blood system to carry or deliver oxygen to the body’s tissues?
Asphyxiation
What is due to explosion or fire?
Mechanical
What breaks down the layers of skin?
Corrosive
What results from materials that inhibit the body’s normal biological functioning?
Poisonous harm
What is damaging/mutating the body through waves or particles?
Radiation
What is any material that causes cancerous growth in living tissue?
Carcinogen
What is a chemical falling within the categories of lethal dose, or lethal concentration?
Highly toxic
What is the median lethal dose administered orally?
50 mg or less per kg of body weight
What is the median lethal dose administered by continuous contact?
200 mg or less per kg of body weight
What is the amount of material in air that is expected to kill 50 percent of a group?
Median lethal concentration
What is a chemical that is not corrosive but one that causes a reversible inflammatory effect on living tissue at the site of contact?
Irritant
What is a chemical that causes a substantial proportion of exposed people to develop an allergic reaction?
Sensitizer
What are chemicals that produce liver damage?
Hepatotoxins
What are chemicals that produce kidney damage?
Nephrotoxins
What are chemicals that produce their primary toxic effects on the nervous system?
Neurotoxins
What decreases the function of hemoglobin in the blood and deprives tissue of oxygen?
Blood agents
What irritates the lung or damages the pulmonary tissue?
Pulmonary agents
What kind of chemicals affects the reproductive capabilities?
Reproductive toxins
What kind of chemicals affect the dermal layer of the body?
Cutaneous hazards
What is a substance that can cause unconsciousness or death by suffocation?
Asphyxiant
What is any material that causes cancerous growths?
Carcinogen
What can cause changes in the genetic systems?
Mutagen
What is any substance that causes growth abnormalities in embryos?
Teratogen
What are three things that can reduce exposure to radioactive materials?
Time
Distance
Shielding
Most warfare agents are what division?
6.1
What division is hydrogen cyanide?
6.1
What division is chlorine?
2.3
Is the operational level responder expected to engage in intricate calculations for potential harm?
No