A responder has a four-digit ID number from a placard. Which section of the ERG is used to look it up?
- The blue-bordered pages
- The orange-bordered pages
- The green-bordered pages
- The yellow-bordered pages
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D. The yellow-bordered pages
The yellow section lists materials by ID number. The blue section lists them alphabetically by name, the orange section holds the response guides and the green section gives isolation and protective action distances.
Reference: Hazmat awareness: Emergency Response Guidebook sections
What is the first priority for the first crew at a suspected hazmat release?
- Find and stop the leak at its source
- Wash the product away with a hoseline
- Isolate the area and keep people out
- Collect a sample of the product
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C. Isolate the area and keep people out
Isolation and denial of entry keeps more people from becoming victims and is done before anything else. Stopping the leak may come later, by people trained and equipped for it; flushing can spread the product.
Reference: Hazmat awareness and operations: isolation and denial of entry
Responders should approach a hazardous materials incident from
- Uphill and downwind
- Uphill and upwind
- Downhill and upwind
- Downhill and downwind
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B. Uphill and upwind
Vapors drift downwind and liquids and heavy gases flow downhill, so the safe approach is from uphill and upwind. Any downhill or downwind position can put responders in the product's path.
Reference: Hazmat awareness: scene approach