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18 Cards in this Set
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Provides training that gives personnel the ability to recognize a potential hazardous materials emergency, to isolate the area, and to call for assistance; awareness level responders take protective actions.
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Awareness level
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Publicizes and enforces rules and regulations that relate to the transportation of many hazardous materials.
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Department of Transportation (DOT)
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Requires a business that handles chemicals (dependent on quantity stored) to report storage type, quantity, and storage methods to the fire department and the local emergency planning committee.
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Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know
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Established in 1970, this agency ensures safe manufacturing, use, transportation, and disposal of hazardous substances.
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Any materials or substances that pose an unreasonable risk of damage or injury to persons, property, or the environment if not properly controlled during handling, storage, manufacture, processing, packaging, use and disposal, or transportation
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Hazardous materials
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This level of training is intended for those assuming command of a hazardous materials incident at or beyond the operations level. Individuals trained at this level must have at least operations level training and additional training specific to commanding a hazardous materials incident.
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Hazardous materials officer
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A substance that remains after a process or manufacturing plant has used some of the material; it is no longer pure
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Hazardous waste
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This OSHA regulation governs hazardous materials waste sites and response training. Specifics can be found in 29 CFR 1910.120. Subsection (q) is specific to emergency response.
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HAZWOPER
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Comprises members of industry, transportation, the public at large, media, and fire and police agencies. Gathers and disseminates information on hazardous materials stored in the community and ensures that there are adequate local resources to respond to a chemical event in the community.
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Local emergency planning committee (LEPC
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A form, provided by manufacturers and compounders (blenders) of chemicals, containing information about chemical composition, physical and chemical properties, health and safety hazards, emergency response, and waste disposal of the material.A form, provided by manufacturers and compounders (blenders) of chemicals, containing information about chemical composition, physical and chemical properties, health and safety hazards, emergency response, and waste disposal of the material.A form, provided by manufacturers and compounders (blenders) of chemicals, containing information about chemical composition, physical and chemical properties, health and safety hazards, emergency response, and waste disposal of the material.
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Material safety data sheet (MSDS)
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Develops and maintains nationally recognized minimum consensus standards on many areas of fire safety and specific standards on hazardous materials
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National Fire Protection Association (NFPA
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The federal agency that regulates worker safety and, in some cases, responder safety. This agency is part of the U.S. Department of Labor.
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
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Those trained to this level should be able to recognize a potential hazardous materials incident, isolate the incident, deny entry to other responders and the public, and take defensive actions such as shutting off valves and protecting drains without having contact with the product. These responders act in a defensive fashion.
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Operations level
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Specialist level -- This level receives more specialized training than a hazardous materials technician. Practically speaking, the two levels are not very different. Most of the training that these employees receive is either product or transportation mode specific.
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Specialist level
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The liaison between local and state levels that collects and disseminates information relating to hazardous materials. It involves agencies such as the fire service, police services, and elected officials.
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State Emergency Response Commission (SERC
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One of the first laws to affect how fire departments respond in a hazardous material emergency.
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Superfund Amendment Reauthorization Act (SARA)
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Any occupancy type or facility that presents a high potential for loss of life or serious impact to the community resulting from fire, explosion, or chemical release
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Target hazard
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At this level, responders are allowed to enter heavily contaminated areas using the highest levels of protection. This is the most aggressive level of training as identified in NFPA 472.
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Technician level
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