Hazmat- Ch. 2

Which hazard label is not associated with any particular hazard class? This label is used to indicate materials that cannot be transported on a __ aircraft.

"Cargo Aircraft Only", passenger

What marking is used for elevated-temperature materials?

"Hot"

To meet the criteria for bulk packaging, one of the following must be met: - Maximum capacity is greater than __ gallons as a receptacle for a liquid. - Maximum net mass is greater than __ pounds or maximum capacity is greater than __ gallons as a receptacle for a solid. - Water capacity is __ pounds or greater as a receptacle for gas.

- 119 - 882, 119 - 1,001

RAM Packaging: - ___ Container that retains and protects the contents during normal transportation activities such as laboratory samples and smoke detectors. Number: _ out of 5

- Industrial, 2.

Clues to pressure containers may include the following: - __, almost spherical ends - Bolted __ - Bolted protective housing - Pressure __ devices - Pressure __

- Rounded - manways - relief - guages

RAM Packaging: - This type of packaging must demonstrate their ability to withstand a series of tests without releasing their content. Number: __ out of 5

- Type A, 3.

Clues to liquid containers may include the following features: - __ (or less rounded) ends on tanks - Access hatches secured with __ removed latching devices - Low pressure rail tank cars may have multiple __ visible on the top - Intermodal, __ intermodal bulk containers, and __ intermediate bulk containers are designed to be __. - Flexible __ filled with fluids - Highway cargo tanks will have __, upside-down __ shaped, or, __-shaped ends with less rounding than pressure tanks.

- flat - easily - fittings - flexible, rigid, stacked - bladders - oval, horseshoe-shaped, circular

A placard is not required for shipments of ___ substances, other regulated materials for domestic transport only (ORM-Ds), materials of trade (MOT), limited quantities, small-quantity packages, ___ materials (white label I or yellow label II), or cumbustible __ in nonbulk packaging.

- infectious, radioactive, liquids

Clues indicating CRYOGENIC containers are: - contents such as liquid __ (LOX), nitrogen, helium, hydrogen, argon, and liquified _ _ (LNG) - __-like loading and unloading stations attached to transportation containers

- liquified oxygen, liquified natural gas - box-like

Clues to solid containers are: - Transportation containers and systems designed for __ loading and unloading - __ tops on hoppers, bins, or other containers, sometimes covered with tarps or plastic - __ shaped sloping sides with bottom outlets

- pneumatic - open - V-Shaped

- First responders should also pay attention to the _ level in rivers and tidal areas. - Many accidents occur b/c flow __ and __ conditions were not considered.

- water - volume, tidal

A cryogen (sometimes referred to as a refrigerated liquified gas) is a gas that turns into a liquid at or below ___, at __ psi.

-130 degrees, 14.7 psi

The ERG does not list numbers below ___.

1000

Labels are __ inch, square-on-point __, which may or may not have written text that identifies the hazardous material within the packaging.

3.9 inch, square-on-point diamonds

There are _ types of radioactive material packaging, listed from least radioactive hazard to greatest.

5

Placards may be found on ULDs containing hazardous materials over __ cubic feet in capacity

640

Under the UN, there are __ hazard classes. Acronym (Every Good Fire Fighter Only Takes Random Classes Misc)

9

__ are typically box-shaped, flat-decked vessels used for transporting cargo.

Barges

__ may serve as floating warehouses with hazardous goods, vehicles, or rail cars inside.

Barges

Cargo Vessel: __ may transport a variety of materials in many different containers such as pallets, drums, bags, boxes, and crates.

Break-Bulk Carriers

Cargo Vessel: __ may transport liquids or solids

Bulk Carriers

Intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) and Intermodal containers (IM) are also examples of what type of packaging?

Bulk Packaging

Cargo is shipped in the following four vessel types:

Bulk carriers, break-bulk carriers, container vessels, and roll-on/roll-off vessels

_ _ refers to a packaging, other than that on a vessel (ship) or barge, in which materials are loaded with no intermediate form of containment. This packing type includes a transport vehicle or freight container such as a cargo tank, railcar, or partable tank.

Bulk packaging.

___ ___ is a reactive material that, when in contact with moisture, will release a flammable gas.

Calcium carbide

Marine Tankers (tank vessel) __ carriers transport many different chemical products.

Chemical

__ packages are multiple packages grouped together in a single outer container, such as bottles of acid packed inside a cardboard box.

Combination

__ packages (packages with an outer packaging and an inner receptacle).

Composite

Cargo Vessel: __ transports cargo in standard intermodal containers with standard widths and varying heights and lengths.

Container vessels

UN Hazard Classes: What is Class 8?

Corrosives

__ containers are designed to store cryogens.

Cryogenic

The __ placard is for mixed loads where the transport vehicle contains nonbulk with _ or more categories of hazardous materials that require different placards.

DANGEROUS

_ equates to safety when hazmat is involved.

Distance

___ such as molten sulfur and molten aluminum, can present a thermal hazard in the form of heat.

Elevated temperature materials

RAM Packing: - __ packaging is only used to transport materials with extremely low levels of radioactivity that present no risk to the public or environment. Number: __ out of 5

Expected, 1.

UN Hazard Classes: What is Class 1?

Explosives

UN Hazard Classes: What is Class 3?

Flammable Liquids

UN Hazard Classes: What is Class 4?

Flammable Solids, substances liable to spontaneous combustion, substances that emit flammable gases upon contact with water

In addition to establishing hazard classes, the UN has assigned each individual hazardous material a specific __ digit number.

Four-Digit

UN Hazard Classes: What is Class 2?

Gases

__ provide similar information as vehicle placards.

Labels

Marine Tankers (tank vessel) __ carriers transport LNG and LPG.

Liquefied flammable gas carriers

___ vessels transport of 90% of the worlds cargo.

Marine

__ are often the best way to identify that pipelines are present, as well as to identify their contents.

Markers

UN Hazard Classes: What is Class 9?

Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles

__ numbers, also known as DOT numbers, are issued by the US DOT and are identical to the UN numbers.

NA number

Some substances may not have a UN number, but have a NA number, these additional NA numbers us the range ___ to ____

NA8000 to NA9999

Drums, boxes, carboys, and bags are examples of __ packaging.

Non-bulk

__ packaging is smaller than the minimum criteria established for bulk packaging.

Non-bulk

UN Hazard Classes: What is Class 5?

Oxidizers

Marine Tankers (tank vessel) __ carriers transport crude or finished petroleum products.

Petroleum

There are 3 types of tanker vessels, they are:

Petroleum carries, chemical carriers, and liquefied flammable gas carriers.

_ is an ongoing process that includes reviewing surveys and updating them regularly.

Planning

__ surveys and a structure's __ type may provide the first clue that hazmat may be involved in an incident.

Pre-incident survey's and a structure's occupany type

__ reduces oversights, confusion, and effort duplication, and it results in a desirable outcome.

Pre-planning

All __ shipments must be packaged and transported according to strict regulations designed to protect the public and emergency responders from radiation hazards.

Radioactive Materials (RAM)

UN Hazard Classes: What is Class 7?

Radioactive materials

Cargo Vessel: __ have large stern and side ramp structures that are lowered to allow vehicles to be driven on and off the vessel.

Roll-on/roll-off

__ vessels may transport large quantities of liquid products.

Tanker

The US, Mexico, and Canada all use a placarding, labeling, and marking system to ID hazmat during transport, what is the name of that system?

The Transport of Dangerous Goods- Model Regulations, published by the UN.

UN Hazard Classes: What is Class 6?

Toxic and infectious substances

RAM Packaging: - This type of packaging must demonstrate their ability to withstand tests simulating normal shipping conditions, and they must also withstand severe accident conditions without releasing their contents. Number: __ out of 5

Type B, 4.

RAM Packaging: - Very rare packages used for high-activity materials (including plutonium) transported by aircraft. Number: _ out of 5.

Type C. 5.

__ are designed to and shaped to fit into airplane decks and compartments, and in some cases, may be stacked.

ULDs

___ are containers and aircraft pallets used to consolidate air cargo into a single, transportable unit.

Unit loading devices (ULDs)

Grain, flour, sugar, coal, metal, and saw dust are all examples of particles that can cause:

a dust explosion

RAM packaging used to transport radioactive materials is determined by the __, __, and __ of material to be shipped.

activity, type, and form

Towing or pushing vessels are usually used to move __ because they are not self-propelled.

barges

The four-digit ID number must be displayed on __ containers.

bulk

Transportation placards are designed for __ packaging.

bulk

In today's world, a new and emerging problem is:

clandestine labratories and illegal or legal grow operations.

Other than __ or the __ placard, text indicating a hazard is not required. Text may be omitted from the oxygen placard as long as the specific ID __ is displayed.

class 7 or dangerous

A materials hazard class (on placards) is indicated by either its __ __(or division), or __.

class number or name

A first responder cannot escape flames from __-trapped vapors if they ignite.

clothing

Boric acid and sodium hydroxide are examples of a __ solid.

corrosive

Shippers provide __ shaped, color-coded signs (placards) on transportation containers to identify their contents.

diamond-shaped, color-coded

Small, airborne particles that burn (but otherwise may be harmless) can be dangerous if ignited in an enclosed location, causing a __ explosion.

dust

Dynamite is an __-releasing solid.

energy

Solid materials can also _ you, causing suffocation and/or crushing injuries.

engulf

Packages with more than one label have more than one __ or __. These packages contain a __ label and __ label for materials that meet the definition of more than one hazard class.

hazard or product. primary and subsidiary

Transportation __ are designed for nonbulk packaging.

labels

Any building with a fume hood exhaust stack (or stacks) on the roof (such as a research and development company or medical office building) probably have a functioning __ inside.

labratory

Common __ containers include bottles, gasoline containers, paint pails, and drums.

liquid

When released, cryogens may transition from a __ state to a __ state.

liquid, vapor

Pipelines may transport both __ and __.

liquids and gases

Small marine oil spills from routine operations such as __ and ___, normally occur in ports or at oil/chemical terminals.

loading and unloading

The hazard class or division number corresponding to the primary or subsidiary hazard class of a material must be displayed in the __ corner of a placard.

lower

Many liquid containers will have some pressure due to the liquid's chemical and physical properties, but these pressures will be __ than a ___ container.

lower, pressure

Where pipelines cross under (or over) roads, railroads, and waterways, pipeline companies must provide __.

markers

A _ is a descriptive name, an identification number, a weight, or a specification and includes instructions, cautions, or UN marks required on outer packaging of hazardous materials.

marking

Composite packages and combination packages can all be considered __ packaging as well.

non-bulk

A powder __ is an example of a potentially toxic solid.

pesticide

Many hazardous materials, particularly __ varieties, are transported across both the US and Canada in underground pipelines.

petroleum

Conducting __ and being familiar with local emergency response plans can simplify and reduce on-site decisions.

preincident surveys (also known as preplans)

Tanker vessels often carry different products in __ tanks.

segregated

Hazardous __ may be dusts, powders, or small particles. These containers typically do not carry any pressure.

solids

Many containers used to hold liquids may also be used to hold __, for example, drums and bottles.

solids

When __, pressure containers can rupture violently due to internal pressure. This can be accelerated due to __, __, or __ damage.

stressed, heat, flame, mechanical

Class 7 radioactive labels must contain __.

text

In the ERG, the key to the four-digit ID numbers are located in the __ bordered section.

yellow