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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PLACARDS

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PLACARDS. by: Bobby Pitman, Deputy Chief. Bartow Fire Department Placard Class 2000 OBJECTIVES. Be able to identify placards by color Be able to identify placards by UN numbers Be able to identify placards by class number Be able to use the DOT ERGB

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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PLACARDS

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  1. HAZARDOUS MATERIALSPLACARDS by: Bobby Pitman, Deputy Chief

  2. Bartow Fire DepartmentPlacard Class 2000OBJECTIVES • Be able to identify placards by color • Be able to identify placards by UN numbers • Be able to identify placards by class number • Be able to use the DOT ERGB • Be able to identify the NFPA 704 system • Know how to read the NFPA704 system • Basic Terrorism Awareness

  3. Placards by Colors • Orange = Explosives • Red = Flammable • Green = Non-Flammable • White = Poison • White / Black = Corrosives • Red / White striped = Flammable solid • Yellow = Oxidizers • White/Yellow/Black= Radioactive

  4. UN Identification Numbers • # # # # • Each Product has a unique 4 digit number • These correspond with the DOT book • These need to be used when possible

  5. Placards by Class Number • The class number for each placard will be found in the bottom corner of the placard • This number will be 1 - 9 and will tell you what type material is in this container • It is a general typing - not specific • Example: A #2 {gases} may be on a red / white / or green placard depending on the material’s characteristics

  6. Placards by class number • 1 - Gun Explosives Orange • 2 - Shoe Gases R/W/G • 3 - Tree Flam Liquid Red • 4 - Door Flam Solid R/W striped • 5 - Hive Oxidizers Yellow • 6 - Sticks Poisons White • 7 - Heaven Radioactive W/B/Y • 8 - Gate Corrosive W/B • 9 - Fine ? Dangerous W or multi

  7. Placards by class number • 1 - Every Explosives • 2 - Good Gases • 3 - Fire Flammable Liquids • 4 - Fighter Flammable Solids • 5 - Often Oxidizers • 6 - Performs Poisons • 7 - Routine Radioactive • 8 - Care and Corrosive • 9 - Maintenance Miscellaneous

  8. Placards by class number • There are only three products that must be placarded at all times regardless of the amount of the material being carried. • 1 Explosives A & B - • 2 Poisons A • 6 Poisons A • 7 Radioactive • These must be placarded regardless of amount of material being carried.

  9. Product Class # 9Dangerous or Miscellaneous • No Carrier has to placard a product unless they are carrying more than 999 pounds of one single product unless they meet the previous, must placard, requirments • They are allowed, by law, to mix multiple products, each under 999 pounds and label it with a generic placard. • WE MUST OBTAIN THE SHIPPING PAPERS ON ANY VEHICLE PLACARDED WITH THE #9 PLACARD

  10. DOT Emergency Response Guidebook • The guidebook uses the 4-digit UN numbers to provide basic response information. • This book also has the number for CHEMTREC {1-800-424-9300} listed in several places

  11. DOTEmergency Response Guidebook • Using the 2000 ERGB, you can find the following US resource phone numbers on pages 8-11 and inside the back cover. • Chemtrec - 1-800-424-9300 • Chem-Tel - 1-800-255-3924 • Infotrac - 1-800-535-5053 • 3E Company- 1-800-451-8346 • Military Shipments - 1-703-697-0218

  12. DOTEmergency Response Guidebook • GUIDEBOOK BY SECTIONS • Yellow - Products in Numerical Order • Blue - Products in Alphabetical Order • Orange - Guides - Use the yellow or blue section to find out which guide to use • Green - Evacuation Distances - Use this section when you find a product that is highlighted in the yellow or blue section.

  13. DOTEmergency Response Guidebook • Using the guidebook, look up the following: • UN # 1866 on a red placard • Magnesium from shipping papers • UN # 1062 on a white placard with a 2 on the bottom • UN # 2810 - Large Spill

  14. Dangerous or Miscellaneous • I am a certified hazardous materials transporter. I drive a box truck. My truck is placarded with a red and white “dangerous” placard with a number nine on the bottom. I am carrying: • 950 #’s of Anhydrous Ammonia • 950 #’s of Chlorine • 950 #’s of Methyl Bromide • 950 #’s of Diesel Fuel • Am I legal? • Do Firefighters have a problem if I turn this truck over? What type problem?

  15. Dangerous or Miscellaneous • I am back to driving around in my truck again. Same truck, different load, I am going to a farmhouse. I am carrying, in plastic containers: • 950 #’s Brake Fluid • 950 #’s of HTH granular Chlorine • 950 #’s of Diesel Fuel • 950 #’s of Ammonium Nitrate • Am I Legal? • Do Firefighters have a problem if I turn this truck over? What type problem?

  16. NFPA 704 System • This system is normally found on fixed site storage facilities and containers • DOT uses this system on most of their storage facilities • I have noticed this system in widespread use across the Carolinas and in the Northeast • Somewhat generic but informative when used in conjunction with MSDS

  17. NFPA 704 System • This system uses four small diamonds, inset into one large diamond, colors and numbers to identify the hazardous properties of stored products • The colors used are listed here • Left Diamond = Blue = Health Hazards • Top Diamond = Red = Flammability • Right Diamond = Yellow = Reactivity • Bottom Diamond = White = Special Hazards

  18. NFPA 704 System • Inside the three colored diamonds of the NFPA 704 system will be a number ranging from 0 to 4. These numbers rate the severity of the product in each area • 0 = No hazard in this category • 1 = Slight hazard in this category • 2 = Moderate hazard in this category • 3 = Severe hazard in this category • 4 = Immediate danger to life, health, and safety

  19. NFPA 704 System • The white diamond at the bottom of the NFPA 704 placard may contain nothing, or it may contain a special consideration symbol. • One of the more common special symbols would be a “W” with a line through the middle of it. • This symbol would tell the responder not to add water to this product because the product will react with water.

  20. NEW PROBLEMSTerrorist Incidents • Terrorist Incidents can be divided into five classifications. Use B-NICE to remember. • B - Biological {Seattle Salad Bars} • N - Nuclear • I - Incendiary • C - Chemical • E - Explosive

  21. Terrorist Incidents • Our response will vary depending on type incident we get. • Incendiary and Explosive incidents will be handled like a fire to begin with. Our problem will be secondary devices. • Biological, Chemical, or Nuclear incidents will probably come in as a medical and be handled as such. Our people may not know it was an attack until they become ill. • Keep your eyes open for anything that looks out of place or unusual.

  22. Terrorist IncidentsWarning Signs • Anonymous tips, phone calls, or notes of a threatening nature which may identify groups or carry extremist messages. • Surveillance by suspicious persons of federal offices or federal employees performing official duties • Unidentified or unattended packages, cans, or other containers left in or near government offices • Unattended and unoccupied vehicles parked in unauthorized or inappropriate locations, particularly those in close proximity to buildings or other structures.

  23. Terrorist IncidentsWarning Signs • Requests for plans, blueprints, or engineering specifications for federal buildings or commercially-owned buildings that house government offices, by those who have no official reason to have them • Unauthorized access even to unsecured areas by unknown or unidentified persons who have no apparent reason for being there. • Packages or heavy envelopes which arrive in the mail from unknown senders or which have a peculiar odor or appearance -- often without a return address, or a smeared return address.

  24. Terrorist IncidentsWarning Signs • Confrontations with angry, aggressively belligerent, or threatening persons by federal officials in the performance of their official duties. • Extremely threatening or violent behavior by co-workers who indicate that they may resort to revenge against a group, company, or government agency.

  25. Terrorist Incidents • Yeah, they are a problem, but they always call in a warning first. • WRONG! • Less than five percent of actual or attempted bombings {including those involving incendiary devices} have been preceded by a threat. • It is not a matter of if, but a matter of when some fringe group or off center individual takes a shot at either the courthouse, the commission building, or our water plant.

  26. Terrorist Incidents • IT ONLY HAPPENS OVER SEAS? • We know better now. Just think back a while to two incidents that shook the U.S.A. • Oklahoma City - Murrah Building • New York City - World Trade Center • Want something closer to home? • 1996 - A Romanian Immigrant is stopped @ TIA trying to board a flight with 5 explosive devices, several weapons, and 180 rounds of ammunition. • The PIJ has a support post in TAMPA

  27. Terrorist Incidents • The Palestine Islamic Jihad {PIJ} is dedicated to creating an Islamic state in Palestine and destroying Israel. • The PIJ views the United States as an enemy and possible target because the US supports a free Israel. • The PIJ has a sizable US following including support activities in Chicago, Brooklyn, and TAMPA

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