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UNIT THREE

UNIT THREE. The Ability to Recognize and Identify Hazardous Materials. Clues of hazardous materials. Six Basic Clues of Hazardous Materials Occupancy and/or Location Container Shape and Size Markings and Colorings Placards and Label Descriptions Shipping Papers and MSDS Human Senses.

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UNIT THREE

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  1. UNIT THREE The Ability to Recognize and Identify Hazardous Materials

  2. Clues of hazardous materials • Six Basic Clues of Hazardous Materials • Occupancy and/or Location • Container Shape and Size • Markings and Colorings • Placards and Label Descriptions • Shipping Papers and MSDS • Human Senses

  3. Occupancy and/or Location • Fixed site facility • Transportation sources

  4. Fixed Site Facilities can include: • Farms • Residential Areas • Power Plants • Medical Facilities • School Labs and Research Facilities • Manufacturing Plants • Chemical Plants • Clandestine Drug Labs

  5. Farms • Pesticides • Herbicides • Anhydrous Ammonia

  6. Residential Areas • Pool Chemicals • Household Cleaning Chemicals

  7. Power Plants • Nuclear Fuel • Radioactive Waste from Reactors

  8. Medical facilities • Radioactive Medicines • Resonance Imaging Equipment

  9. School labs and Research Facilities • Chemical Research • Biological Research • Nuclear Research

  10. Manufacturing Plants • Chemical Production Plants • Storage Facilities • Disposal Facilities

  11. Clandestine Drug/WMD Labs • Heavy Chemical Odors • Sulfur • Anhydrous Ammonia • Lye • Red Phosphorus • Fortified Appearance to Location • Occupants come outside to smoke • Unusual Traffic at all hours • Abnormal amounts of common products

  12. DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING!.

  13. Transportation Sources Rail Air Marine Pipeline Highway

  14. Rail • Active or Abandoned • List of telephone numbers for immediate contact

  15. Air • Usually smaller packages • Formidable terrorist target • Crop dusters

  16. Marine • Large quantities

  17. Pipeline • Natural Gas • Crude Oil • Gasoline • Diesel • Heating Oil

  18. Highway Responders are more likely to have a hazardous incident related to highway transportation than with any other mode..

  19. Container Shape and Size • Individual containers • Bulk transport containers • Found in the NAERG • Bulk storage containers

  20. Tanks and Containers

  21. DOT/MC 306Non-pressure Tank

  22. DOT/MC 307Low Pressure Chemical Tank

  23. MC-312Corrosive Liquid Tank

  24. MC-331High Pressure Tank

  25. MC-338Cryogenic Liquid Tank

  26. Compressed Gas/Tube Trailer

  27. Dry Bulk Cargo Tanker

  28. Inter-Modal Containers

  29. RAILROAD CARS

  30. Railroad Tank CarsPressure

  31. Railroad Tank CarsNon-pressure

  32. Railroad Tank CarsOther

  33. Railroad Tanks CarsOthers (cont.)

  34. Storage Containers

  35. Storage Containers (cont.)

  36. Storage Containers (cont.)

  37. Drums

  38. Markings and Colorings • National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 704 System • Hazardous Materials Information System (HMIS)

  39. National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 704 System

  40. Hazardous Materials Information System (HMIS)

  41. Placards and Labels UN Hazard Classification System

  42. United NationsHAZARD CLASSES

  43. UN Hazard Classes • Nine Classes

  44. 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

  45. Class 2 Compressed Gasses • 2.1 Flammable Gases • Propane • 2.2 Non-Flammable Gases • Helium • 2.3 Poisonous/Toxic Gases • Fluorine, Compressed

  46. Class 3 Flammable Liquids • Flammable Liquids • Gasoline

  47. Class 4 Flammable Solids • 4.1 Flammable Solids • Magnesium • 4.2 Spontaneously Combustible • White Phosphorus • 4.3 Spontaneously Combustible When Wet • Sodium

  48. Class 5 Oxidizers/Organic Peroxides • 5.1 Oxidizers • Ammonium Nitrate • 5.2Organic Peroxides • Methyl Ethyl Ketone Peroxide

  49. Class 6 Toxic Materials and Infectious Substances • 6.1 Poison (Toxic Material) • Potassium Cyanide • 6.2Infectious Substances • Anthrax Virus

  50. Class 7 Radioactive materials • Radioactive • Uranium

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