Hazmat Awareness - Operations

Chapter 6

Knowledge Check

1. Fixation may lead to the loss of situational awareness by:
2. Which of the following is a common response objective?
3. One principle of risk-based response is that activities that are routinely employed to protect property shall be recognized as __ risks to the safety of members.
4. Successful handling of a Level III incident requires a collective effort, including unique outside resources such as:
5. Which statement about hazard and risk assessment is MOST accurate?
6. A Level II incident:
7. What is a likely result of following predetermined procedures at emergency incidents?
8. The lowest level of situational awareness is:
9. Equipping responders with the critical information that is needed to make good decisions, while not overwhelming them with nice-to-know information is the key to:
10. At hazmat/WMD incidents, response models are used to:
11. Risk-based response starts with a thorough size-up and identifying the __ so that decisions can be made in a logical and educated maru1er.
12. Which of the following BEST describes an incident action plan (lAP)?
13. The three incident priorities at all hazardous materials incidents apply to:
14. Exposure is the process by which:
15. Defensive operations are those in which: