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HazMat/WMD Awareness Unit 3 slide 1

UNIT THREE

The Ability to Recognize and Identify Hazardous Materials


Clues of hazardous materials

• Six Basic Clues of Hazardous MaterialsOccupancy and/or LocationContainer Shape and SizeMarkings and ColoringsPlacards and Label DescriptionsShipping Papers and MSDSHuman Senses


Occupancy and/or Location

• Fixed site facility

• Transportation sources


Fixed Site Facilities can include:

• Farms• Residential Areas• Power Plants• Medical Facilities• School Labs and Research Facilities• Manufacturing Plants• Chemical Plants• Clandestine Drug Labs


Farms

• Pesticides

• Herbicides

• Anhydrous Ammonia


Residential Areas

• Pool Chemicals

• Household Cleaning Chemicals


Power Plants

• Nuclear Fuel

• Radioactive Waste from Reactors


Medical facilities

• Radioactive Medicines

• Resonance Imaging Equipment


School labs and Research Facilities

• Chemical Research

• Biological Research

• Nuclear Research


• Manufacturing Plants

• Chemical Production Plants

• Storage Facilities

• Disposal Facilities


Clandestine Drug/WMD Labs• Heavy Chemical Odors

Sulfur Anhydrous AmmoniaLye Red Phosphorus

• Fortified Appearance to Location• Occupants come outside to smoke• Unusual Traffic at all hours• Abnormal amounts of common products


DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING!.


Transportation Sources

Rail

Air

Marine

Pipeline

Highway


Rail

• Active or Abandoned

• List of telephone numbers for immediate contact


Air

• Usually smaller packages

• Formidable terrorist target

• Crop dusters


Marine

• Large quantities


Pipeline

• Natural Gas

• Crude Oil

• Gasoline

• Diesel

• Heating Oil


Highway

Responders are more likely to have a hazardous incident related to highway

transportation than with any other mode..


Container Shape and Size

• Individual containers

• Bulk transport containersFound in the NAERG

• Bulk storage containers


Tanks and Containers


DOT/MC 306Non-pressure Tank


DOT/MC 307Low Pressure Chemical Tank


MC-312Corrosive Liquid Tank


MC-331High Pressure Tank


MC-338Cryogenic Liquid Tank


Compressed Gas/Tube Trailer


Dry Bulk Cargo Tanker


Inter-Modal Containers


RAILROAD CARS


Railroad Tank CarsPressure


Railroad Tank CarsNon-pressure


Railroad Tank CarsOther


Railroad Tanks CarsOthers (cont.)


Storage Containers

Storage Containers

(cont.)


Drums


Markings and Colorings

• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 704 System

• Hazardous Materials Information System (HMIS)

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 704

System


Hazardous Materials Information System (HMIS)


Placards and Labels

UN Hazard Classification System


United NationsHAZARD CLASSES


UN Hazard Classes

• Nine Classes


Class 1 Explosives

• 1.1 Mass Explosives Dynamite

• 1.2 Projection Hazards Flares

• 1.3 Mass Fire Hazards Display Fireworks

• 1.4 Minor Hazards Ammunition

• 1.5 Very Insensitive Blasting Agents

• 1.6 Extremely Insensitive Explosive Devices


Class 2 Compressed Gasses

• 2.1 Flammable GasesPropane

• 2.2 Non-Flammable GasesHelium

• 2.3 Poisonous/Toxic GasesFluorine, Compressed


Class 3 Flammable Liquids

• Flammable LiquidsGasoline


Class 4 Flammable Solids

• 4.1 Flammable Solids Magnesium

• 4.2 Spontaneously Combustible White Phosphorus

• 4.3 Spontaneously Combustible When WetSodium


Class 5 Oxidizers/Organic Peroxides

• 5.1 OxidizersAmmonium Nitrate

• 5.2 Organic PeroxidesMethyl Ethyl Ketone Peroxide


Class 6 Toxic Materials and Infectious Substances

• 6.1 Poison (Toxic Material)Potassium Cyanide

• 6.2 Infectious SubstancesAnthrax Virus


Class 7 Radioactive materials

• RadioactiveUranium


Class 8 Corrosives

• CorrosivesBattery Fluid


Class 9 Miscellaneous• Miscellaneous Hazardous Materials

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)

• ORM-D (Other Regulated Material-Domestic)Food Flavorings, Medicines


Associated Placard Colors


Dangerous Placard

• First Responders will have no idea what hazardous materials are being transported when the DANGEROUS placard is being used.


Shipping Papers and MSDSs

• Must be available in all modes of transportation or any business or industry.


Shipping Papers

• RailWay BillConsist

• HighwayBill of LadingFreight BillManifest

• AirAir Bill


MSDSs

• MSDSAmmoniaSulfuric Acid


Human Senses

Never deliberately use your own sense of taste or smell to identify a hazardous material; however don’t forget that a victim or witness may have already used these senses and may be of great benefit if asked what the product smelled like and how they are feeling.


UNIT THREE QUIZ

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