Hazmat Awareness - Operations

Chapter 12

Knowledge Check

1. 19. Recovery operations should be coordinated by the Incident Commander along with what other agencies?
2. If possible, line-of-sight ambulatory victims should be directed to a safe haven or area of safe refuge __ until a determination is made regarding the need for decontamination.
3. As with all operations at hazmat incidents, the risks identified __ will dictate many elements of the response.
4. When planning rescues, the responsibility ofrisk assessment and selecting control options typically belongs to:
5. What should entry teams turn their attention to after removing the ambulatory victims within the line of sight?
6. In an extreme emergency, how should rescuers move a victim with a possible spinal injury?
7. What is the BEST method for moving nonambulatory victims?
8. If possible, ambulatory victims who are not in the line of sight should be:
9. Ambulatory victims within the line of sight generally:
10. Which question is MOST likely to be asked when determining the feasibility of rescue operations?
11. Non-ambulatory victims can be moved using rescue equipment such as:
12. What should be accomplished before recovery operations begin?
13. It is always better to have ______ _ when attempting to move an adult.
14. For Operations level responders assigned to individual companies or units, the unit leader's responsibilities include ___, after first establishing the hot zone and assembly area near the entry point.
15. 20. What is LEAST likely to be a document or report that responders will need to fill out or assist with completing after rescue/recovery operations?
16. Prior to any entry of PPB-equipped personnel into hazardous zones, such as those during rescue operations, a decontamination station:
17. When performing rescue operations at a hazmat incident, responders need to:
18. Which of the following types of victims have generally experienced the greatest exposure and related dose?
19. What is a unique challenge to conducting rescue operations with a large number of victims?
20. What is typically the last priority for conducting rescue operations at hazmat incidents?