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71 Cards in this Set
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WHAT ARE HAZRDOUS MATERIALS DEFINED AS?
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Any substance or mixture of substances that in sufficent quantity or concentration could cause harm to people property or environment
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WHAT THE PROPERTIES OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS?
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Chemical -reactive propery of substance...
Microbiological - viral or bacterial... Radiologgical - Radiation... Temperature - cryogenic or high temp hazards... State of compresiion - pressure hazards... |
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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ARE SPERATED INTO WHAT 3 GROUPS?
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Non Dangerous Goods...
Dangerous Goods... Goods To dangerous To Transport... |
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WHAT DOES ADG STAND FOR AND WHAT IS IT USED FOR?
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Australian Dangerous Goods...
Addresses containers and vehicles involved with the movement of dangerous goods when moved outside the premises or beyond the boundaries of the place they were packaged... |
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WHAT ARE NON DANGEROUS GOOD?
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Are materials that do not meet the criterea of hazardous materials but the physical or chemical property may be hazardous to the environment...
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WHAT IS CLASS 1 OF DANGEROUS GOODS?
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CLASS 1 Explosives - TNT, Ammonium Nitrate, Gelignite
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HOW ARE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ENTER THE BODY?
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Inhalation
Injection, Absorption |
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WHAT ARE THE PRIMARY SOURCES OF IDENTIFICATION AT AN INCIDENT?
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Emergency Information Signs...
Hazchem Code... Information panel placard... |
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WHAT ARE THE SECONDARY SOURCES OF IDENTUIFICATION AT AN INCIDENT?
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Safety Data sheets...
Local Action Plan... Emergency Respomse code... |
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WHAT IS CLASS 2 OF DANGEROUS GOODS?
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CLASS 2 2.1 Flammable gases - Methane
2.2 Non Flamable/Toxic Gases - Nitogen 2.3 Oxidising Gas - Poisoniuos Gas 2.3 Toxic Gas |
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WHAT IS CLASS 3 OF DANGEROUS GOODS?
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Flamable Liquids...
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WHAT IS CLASS 4 OF DANGEROUS GOODS?
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4.1 Flamable Solids - BBQ Fuel starters
4.2 Substances Liable To Spontaneous Combustion - White Phosphorus... 4.3 Substances That In Contact With Water Emit Flamable Gases - Sodium, Calcium Potasium |
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WHAT IS CLASS 5 OF DANGEROUS GOODS?
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5.1 Oxidising Substances -
5.2 Organic Peroxides |
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WHAT IS CLASS 6 OF DANGEROUS GOODS?
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6.1 Toxic Substances
6.2 Infectious Substances |
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WHAT IS CLASS 7 OF DANGEROUS GOODS?
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7. Radioactive Material - Class 1 - lowest hazard - white
2 - Medium Hazard Yellow 3 - Highest Hazard Yellow |
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WHAT IS CLASS 8 OF DANGEROUS GOODS?
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Corrosive Substances...
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WHAT IS CLASS 9 OF DANGEROUS GOODS?
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Miscellaneous Dangerous Goods - Variety of chenmicals on board...
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WHAT ARE THE PACKING GROUPS?
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PGI Great Danger - Immediate threat to life, health or property regardless of size...
PGII Medium Danger - Significant threat in a fire or large spill leake... PGIII Minor Danger - Significant threat to health or propertyin open areas only (large firre or majorspill/leake) GTDTBT - liable to explode, dangerously react, produce flame or dangerous emission, corrosive or flamable or vapours |
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HOW CAN TOXIC MATERIALS ENTER THE HUMAN BODY?
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Inhalation - respiratory system
Ingestion - Digestive System... Injection - Absorbtion - Integumentry |
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WHAT IS TOXICITY?
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Ability of a substance to cause harm to biological tissue...
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WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT AFFECT TOXICITY?
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Dose...
Rate of absorption... Rate of detoxification... Age/weight/sex/health... |
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WHAT IS THE DOSE?
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Amount of substance a person is exposed too
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WHAT IS ACUTE TOXICITY?
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Exposure to a large amount of toxins over a short period of time...
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WHAT IS CHRONIC TOXICITY?
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Exposure to a small amount of toxins over a long period of time
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HOW CAN THE ENVIRONMENT BE AFFECTED?
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Through the soil and aqutic systems as well as flora and fauna...
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WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC DOCUMENTS THAT AFFECT FIRE FIGHTERS AT AN INCIDENT?
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The fire and rescue act 1990...
State of QLD Chemical/Hazmat Plan... WHS Act and Regulation... Ausrtralian Standards... QFRS ops Doc... |
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WHAT OTHER AGENCIES CAN ASSIST QFRS AT A HAZMAT INCIDENT?
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QAS
QPS Explosives Inspectorate Petroleum Gas Inspectorate EPA - Environmental Protection Agency QLD Transport... Local Authorities... |
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WHAT ARE THE 4 CRITICAL ELEMENTS WHEN RESPONDING TO HAZMAT INCIDENT?
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Product - What is it?
Container - How is it stored? Environment - What will make it move? Situation - Are there other hazards? |
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WHAT ARE THE QFRS RESPONSIBILITIES AT A HAZMAT INCIDENT?
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Act as controlling agency...
Identify and containment of hazard... rescue and decontamination... identify, establish hot/warm/cold zones with entry and egress points... decontaiminate personell and public... assist other agencies |
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WHAT SHOULD FF LOOK FOR ON THE WAY TO A HAZMAT INCIDENT?
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Plumes...
Vapour Clouds... Dust... Wet Patches... |
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WHAT ARE THE PRIMARY SOURCES OF INFORMATION AT A HAZMAT INCIDENT?
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Emergency Information Signs...
Hazmat Box... Emergency Information Panels... Hazchem Code... Class Labels... Sustance characteristics/properties... |
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WHAT ARE THE SECONDARY SOURCES OF INFORMATION AT A HAZMAT INCIDENT?
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Driver, owner staff...
Manifest/Shipping Documents... Material Safety Data Sheets... Emergency Response Code - HB76... Instict... LAP... Chemdata... Trainwires... |
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WHAT IS A HAZCHEM CODE?
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Its a 3 letter alpha numeric code that offers guidance for emergency response to spills, leaks, and fires involving dangerous goods...
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WHAT IS THE INITIAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE GUIDE (HB76)?
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Used to obtain useful, generic information about initial actions at a hazmat emergency incident...
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WHAT IS THE HAZMAT ACTION GUIDE?
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Its a method of displaying the information obtained from chemdata and other incident informatiin...
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WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF STORAGE CONTAINERS?
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Bags, boxes and bottles...
Pressure containers... Drums - 20-400L... Intermediate bulk containers 1000L-3000L... Bulk storage containers 1million + L... |
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WHAT MAY HAPPEN TO STEEL DRUMS STORING FLAMMABLE/COMBUSTABLE MATERIAL IF SUBJECTED TO FLAME IMPINGEMENT?
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May rocket, causing a fire ball up to 30m in diameter and falling 400m away...
Known as a BLEVE... |
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WHAT IS A BLEVE?
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Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion...
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WHAT INFORMATION DOES THE INCIDENT CONTROLLER GATHER AT A HAZMAT INCIDENT?
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Gather information about the incident including
Situaton... Products... Container... Environment... |
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WHAT ARE THE QFRS RESPONSE OBJECTIVES ?
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Rescue...
Containment/Zone Operations... Identification of the material... Preventing Secondary Contamination... Stabilisation of the incident - rendering it safe... |
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WHAT IS THE HOT ZONE?
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The area immediately surrounding the hazmat incident which extends far enough to prevent adverse effects from hazardous materials release to personnel outside the zone...
Information retreival, rescue, containment |
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WHAT ARE THE KEY POINTS TO THE HOT ZONE?
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Entry only be trained personel wearing PPE...
Entry through the hazmat control point... Exit through decontamination corridor and finally hazmat control point... |
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WHAT IS THE WARM ZONE?
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The area at a site where personel and equipment decontamination and hot zone support takes place...
decontamination, air monitoring... |
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WHAT IS THE COLD ZONE?
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Site that contains the command post and support functions deemed necessary to control the incident...
QPS QAS |
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WHAT IS PPE AND THE DIFFERENT TYPES?
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Intended to protect the user against accidental contamination...
LEVEL 1 - station Wear LEVEL 2 - Turnout Gear LEVEL 3A - Totally Encapsulated gas-tight suit... LEVEL 3B - Single piece suit chemical resistant splash suit... LEVEL 3C - Chemical Resistant Splash Suit with powderd Air Purifying Respirator... |
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WHAT MUST A TEAM DO WHEN ENTERING HAZRDOUS ENVIRONMENT?
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Minimum 2 members...
Wear same level of prtective clothing... be briefed on the tasks, location and safety measures... Maintain communication... Undergo Decontamination... |
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PPE SUITS INCREASE RISK OF INJURY BY...
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Reducing Mobility...
Reducing Dexterity... Reducing vision/Hearing... |
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WHAT IS THE MAX WEARING TIME IN PPE LEVEL 3A/B?
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20 mins due to potential heatstress...
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WHAT ARE THE CONSIDERATIONS FOR DONNING?
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Do in the shade...
Lay out Salvage sheet... Using Seat... Layout the suit and associated equipment... Remove boots/sharp objects that may damage the suit... Wear cooton gloves under PPE chemical gloves... |
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WHAT ARE THE OPERATIONS OF A TEAM THAT ENTERS THE HAZMAT AREA?
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Rescue casualties...
Safety - air detection... Information retrieval... Mitigation - offensive/defensive... Decontamination... |
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WHAT ARE THE MITIGATION STRATEGIES?
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Isolate - Deny entry, establish control...
CONFINE - Restrict spread of release... CONTAIN - Stop release/ return to container... |
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WHAT ARE THE FOUR TECHNIQUES FOR CONFINEMENT?
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Diversions/dams...
Blanketing - tarps, foams... Absorption... Dispersion - Dilution/ventilation... |
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WHAT IS DECONTAMINATION?
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Process either physically or chemical, designed to prevent, reduce and control contamination of both people and the environment...
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WHAT IS CONTAMINATION?
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Direct contact of a hazardous material on a person , object s or the environment...
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WHAT IS TECHNICAL DECONTAMINATION?
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Is a corridor with a thorough cleansing process including boot wash, undress, showering and redress areas...
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WHAT IS MASS DECONTAMINATION?
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Process of removing contamination from members of the public...
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WHAT ARE THE STATES THAT HAZRDOUS MATERIALS ARE FOUND IN?
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Solid...
Liquid... Gas... |
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WHAT ARE THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES?
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Properties that descibe only the condition of the substance...
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WHAT IS VAPOUR PRESSURE?
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Is a measure of the tendancy of a material to form a gas...
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WHAT IS VAPOUR DENSITY?
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Is the weight of a given vapour comp[ared with the weight of the same volume of air...
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WHAT IS BOILING POINT?
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The temperature at which the vapour pressure equals the atmospheric pressure...
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WHAT IS EXPANSION RATIO?
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Is the volume of gas produced by 1 litre of liquid at a given temperature...
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WHAT IS MIXING?
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Intermingling of components...
SOLUBILITY - ability of a substance to form a solution... MISCIBILITY - ability of substances to form a uniform blend/dissolve into each other... |
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WHAT ARE THE CHEMICAL PROPERTIES?
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Flammable Range...
Flash Point... Lower Flamability Limit... Auto Ignition Teperature... Corrosivity... Chemical Reactivity... |
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HAT CAN CAUSE A CHEMICAL REACTION?
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Pressure/Tep Changes...
New Chemical Products... Fire/Altered Reactivity... Toxicity and Corrosive Changes |
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WHAT ARE SOME SPECIAL HAZARDS?
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Fibres - Asbestos...
Cryogenic Hazards - Liqufied gases kept at their liquid state at low temps... BLEVE - Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion... Clandestine Drug Lab Radiation - |
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WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF RADIATION?
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NON - IONISING - Does not have enough energy to to generate ions...
IONISING - energy to generate ions... |
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WHAT ARE THE FORMS OF RADIATION?
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Alpha Particles - lights...
Beta- PParticles - Radars... Gamma and XRay - Hospitals... Neutron Particles - Polyethylene... |
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WHO IS IN CHARGE AT A HAZMAT SCENE?
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QFRS - Incident Controller
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WHAT ARE THE 3 TYPES OF CONTAMINATION?
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Mass...
Technical... Emergency... |
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WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON PPE FOR RADIOLOGICAL ABSORBTION?
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LEVEL 3B With BA
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