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Firefighting Ch. 30
Recognizing and Identifying the Hazards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who produces the largest databases on chemical information, including the CAS Registry? | Chemical Abstracts Service |
| Your plan to address the incident begins with taking the basic actions known as: | SIN |
| What container is glass; plastic, or steel and holds 5 to 15 gallons of product? | Carboy |
| The NFPA 704 hazard identification system uses what shaped symbol? | Diamond |
| The blue, red, and yellow shapes of NFPA 704 each contain a numerical rating in the range of: | 0-4, with 4 being the most hazardous |
| In the NFPA 704 hazard identification system, the red area represents: | flammability |
| The U.S. military has developed its own marking system for hazardous materials. For materials that have explosion-with-fragment hazards, they are identified as: | Division 2 materials |
| Placards are diamond-shaped indicators that are placed where on highway transport vehicles, railroad tank cars, and other forms of transportation carrying hazardous materials? | All four sides |
| The Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) classifies nine chemical families. Toxic substances and infectious substances would be classified as: | DOT class 6 |
| Chemical substances can enter the human body in how many different ways? | Four ways |