Hazardous Materials Response

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Hazardous Materials Response

• Henderson Fire Department
• Tactical Standard
• 7th Edition

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Objectives

• Explain Operations Level responsibilities
• Identify Technician Level responsibilities
• Identify hazmat jurisdictional Incident Command
  responsibilities
• Describe the 3 levels of hazmat incidents
• Name the resources utilized to identify hazardous
  materials
• Recognize common hazmat containers
• Define isolation perimeter, initial isolation
  zone and protective action distance
• Explain the 3 scene control zones
• Describe defensive control actions

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Objectives continued

• Identify the differences between gross decon,
  emergency decon, technical (formal) decon, and
  mass decon.
• Define the 3 hazmat incident strategies
• Explain the difference between immediate concerns
  and primary objectives
• Identify the 9 DOT/UN Hazard classes
• Define a polymerization reaction
• Explain the management components of a hazmat
  incident
• Utilize Hazmat IQ system

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Overview

• Henderson Fire Hazmat Training
• Hazmat Potential
• Training Level
• Incident Command Responsibilities
• Note Hazmat Technician Level Training is
  conducted through the Training Division and the
  members of the Hazardous Materials Response Team
  (HMRT) at station 98. Hazmat Technician tactical
  standards are beyond the scope of this chapter.

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Incident Levels

• Level I Incident
• HFD only
• Level II Incident
• Hazmat Team
• Level III Incident
• State or Feds

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Identifying Hazmat

• Marking Systems
• DOT/UN Marking System
• NFPA 704

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DOT/UN Marking System

• 9 Hazard Classes
• 3 Packing Groups
• Placards
• Labels
• 2 Tables
• Identification Numbers

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NFPA 704 System
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Reportable Quantity (RQ)

• 5 Categories
• National Response Center (NRC)

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Information Resources

• Hazmat IQ System (HMIQ)
• Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG)
• NIOSH Pocket Guide (NPG)
• Cameo Chemical Software
• WISER online
• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
• Shipping Papers
• PEAC Software

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Scene Control

• Isolation Perimeter
• Solids 75ft
• Liquids 150ft
• Gases 330ft
• Explosives ½ mile (800 yards)
• Initial Isolation Zone
• Protective Action Zone
• Hazard Control Zones
• Hot, Warm, Cold

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Isolation Perimeter

• Unknown Chemical
• Solids 75ft
• Liquids 150ft
• Gases 330ft
• Explosives ½ mile (800 yards)

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Initial Isolation Zone

• ERG
• Known Chemical
• Less than 30 minutes not on fire

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Protective Action Zone

• ERG
• Less than 30 minutes not on fire
• Evacuation
• Shelter-in-place

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Hazard Control Zones

• Hot
• Warm (contamination reduction zone)
• Cold Zone (support)

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Spill Control/Confinement

• Absorption
• Blanketing/Covering
• Dike/Dam/Diversion/Retention
• Vapor Suppression
• Ventilation
• Vapor Dispersion
• Dilution
• Dissolution

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Spill Control/ConfinementHFD Tech Level
Control/Confinement Tactics

• Plugging
• Patching
• Over packing
• A-B-C Kits

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Decontamination

• 4 Types
• Gross Decon
• Emergency Decon
• Technical (formal) Decon
• Mass Decon (wet dry)

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Gross Decon
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Emergency Decon

• HFD Emergency Decon Procedure

Clothes, PPE Equip.
Entry Team
Cleaning Team
Litter Team
Rescue Crew
Victim
Hot Zone
Warm Zone
Cold Zone
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Emergency Decon Single Engine Entry
Clothes, PPE Equip.
Rescue Crew
Entry Team
Cleaning Team
Victim
Hot Zone
Warm Zone
Cold Zone
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Technical (formal) Decon
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Mass Decon (wet)
Warm Zone
Hot Zone
Cold Zone
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Mass Decon (dry)
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3 Hazmat Strategies

• Non-intervention
• Defensive
• Offensive

Exceptions are three mission specific
compentencies
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Immediate Concerns Primary Objectives

• Immediate Concerns (Ops level)
• Isolate the area deny entry
• Evacuate or shelter-in-place
• Dike/dam/divert runoff
• Eliminate ignition sources
• Cool tanks if appropriate
• Primary Objectives (typically not Ops level)
• Extinguish fires
• Control gas or vapor clouds
• Stop leaks (plug or patch)
• Turn off valves

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Hazard Classes

1. Explosives
2. Gases
3. Flammable Combustible Liquids
4. Flammable Solids, Dangerous When Wet
   Spontaneously Combustible
5. Oxidizers and Organic Peroxides
6. Poisonous (Toxic) and Infectious
7. Radioactive
8. Corrosive
9. Miscellaneous

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Class 1 - Explosives

• Identification (1.1 1.6)
• Initial Isolation Perimeter ½ mile
• Explosive incident no fire
• Explosive incident involving fire
• Explosives detonated

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Class 2 Gases

• Identification 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
• Initial Isolation Perimeter Gases 330ft
• Bleve concern
• Do not extinguish flame from relief valve
• Flammable gas incidents
• No fire or with fire
• LPG leaks
• Natural gas leaks in a home
• Natural gas leaks outside

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Class 3 Flammable Combustible Liquids

• Identification
• Initial Isolation Perimeter Liquids 150ft
• Flammable Combustible Liquid Incidents
• No fire
• Involving fire

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Class 4 Flammable Solids, Dangerous When Wet,
Spontaneous Combustibles

• Identification 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
• Initial Isolation Perimeter Solids 75ft
• Incidents Involving Class 4 Materials
• No fire
• Involving fire

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Class 5 Oxidizers and Organic Peroxides

• Identification 5.1 5.2
• Initial Isolation Perimeter Solids 75ft,
  Liquids 150ft
• Incidents Involving Class 5 Materials
• No fire
• Involving fire

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Class 6 Poisonous Infectious Materials (Toxic)

• Identification 6.1 6.2
• Initial Isolation Perimeter Solids 75ft,
  Liquids 150ft
• Incidents Involving Class 6 Substances
• No fire
• Involving fire

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Class 7 Radioactive

• 3 Types Alpha, Beta Gamma
• Identification Radioactive I, II, III
• 2 Packaging Categories Type A B
• Initial Isolation Perimeter Start at 330ft
  refer to ERG
• Incidents Involving Radioactive Material
• ALARA
• No fire
• Involving fire

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Class 8 Corrosives

• Identification pH, placard, research
• Initial Isolation Perimeter Solids 75ft,
  Liquids 150ft
• Incidents Involving Corrosives
• No fire
• Involving fire

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Class 9 Miscellaneous

• Identification placard (black white vertical
  stripes on top solid white lower)
• Initial Isolation Perimeter Solid 75ft, Liquid
  150ft, Gases 330ft

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Polymerization

• Identification
• P after ERG guide number,
• Presence of sign in formula,
• Stated in Incompatibilities/Reactivities (NIOSH),
  
• Heat gun (increasing temp)
• Incidents involving a polymerization reaction
• Isolate area deny entry
• Confirm polymerization
• Identify material
• Evacuate area

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Managing Hazmat Incident

• Basic Response
• Know your limitations
• Dispatch information
• Additional information
• Resources
• Pre-entry observation stop
• Arrival

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Hazmat IQ

• Hazmat IQ powerpoint located on sharepoint.