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Firefighting Ch. 36
Hazardous Materials Personal Protective Equipment
Question | Answer |
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Level A suits are required to be_____-usually upon receipt from the manufacturer, after each use, and annually. | pressure tested |
Who sets the design, testing, and certification requirements for self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) in the United States? | NIOSH |
The physical destruction or decomposition of a clothing material owing to chemical exposure, general use, or ambient conditions is: | degradation |
Level ____ protection is almost always built as an encapsulated one-piece suit with attached gloves and suit fabric that covers the feet. | A |
__________ meet NFPA 1992, and have been tested for penetration against a battery of five chemicals. | liquid splash-protective ensembles |
The OSHA HAZPOWER standard states that the incident commander (ICS) is ________ to ensure the use of SCBA. | required |
The common hand signal "hand on top of the head making a tapping motion" communicates what message to the rest of the team? | "I'm okay" |
Hazardous materials responders commonly experience a variety of heat-related illnesses. Those complications include heat exhaustion, heat cramps, and heat stroke, all of which are usually preceded by: | dehydration |
Typically, only _______ contaminated responder(s) is/are allowed in a wash-and-rinse station at a time and PPE remains in place until it has been thoroughly scrubbed and rinsed. | one |
Good documentation after the incident is directly correlated with: | how well organized the response was. |