First Responder Awareness Level Training Getting Credit and Certificate

First Responder Awareness Level Training

Getting Credit and Certificate

• To get full credit and certificate for this class, the class facilitator should do the following:

• *Present the Power Point Presentation and have all students study any handouts.

• *Enter the appropriate information into the facility’s training records.

• *Send the following information by e-mail to the Cabinet’s Safety Coordinator for each student in the class:

• -name,

• -work address,

• -work title,

• -name of class,

• -date of class.

• Safety Coordinator-Richard T. Owen at [e-mail].

• The certificates will be returned to the class facilitator for distribution.

Code of Federal Regulations 1910.120(q)(6)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)

Code of Federal Regulations 1910.120(q)(6)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)

First Responder Awareness Level Training

• UNIT 1 - Preparation

Unit 1 Objectives

• Identify OSHA and EPA training requirements.

• Identify the role of the Awareness Level First Responder.

• Identify the roles of the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) and the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC).

Hazardous Materials

• Defined in numerous ways

• U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
• U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

• Simplified Definition

Hazardous Materials Incidents

• “Haz-Mat” incidents are unique incidents. They require specialized protective measures not normally available to first responders AND they demand a different operational approach!

Sources of Danger

• Thermal Chemical

• Etiological Psychological

• Asphyxiation Radiological

• Mechanical

Public Safety “Duty to Act”

• Public safety responders have a “Duty to Act”.

• Level of involvement is defined by employer’s Emergency Response Plan (ERP).

• The actions expected to be taken should be in Standard Operating Procedure format.

• NEVER exceed level of training and protection!

Awareness Level Response

• Recognition

• Isolation

• Protection

• Notification

North American Emergency Response Guidebook

• Tool for success.

• Every emergency vehicle should have a copy.

• Purpose

• An aid for identification of the material involved.
• Outlines basic initial actions.
• Recommends protective action areas.
• Serves as an initial incident safety plan.

Legal Mandates

• Superfund Amendments and Re-Authorization Act of 1986 (SARA 1986).

• SARA Title I, Section 126 mandated OSHA to develop safety regulations for responders.

• SARA Title III requires local communities and facilities to plan and prepare for hazardous materials emergencies.

Legal Mandates: OSHA

• 1910 Subpart H-Hazardous materials

• 1910 Subpart I-Personal protective equipment

• 1910.178(a)(2)-Powered industrial trucks general design and construction standards

• 1910.178(a)(3)-Powered industrial trucks labeling

• 1910.178(a)(7)-Approved truck

Legal Mandates: OSHA

• 1910.178(f)(1)-Storage and handling of liquid fuel

• 1910.178(f)(2)-Storage and handling of liquid petroleum gas

• 1910.178(i)(1)-Carbon monoxide levels

• 1910.1000-Air contaminants

• 1910.1201-Retention of DOT markings, placards and labels

Legal Mandates: OSHA

• 29 CFR 1910.120-Employees who work in an area, or areas, where there is a potential to witness or discover an uncontrolled release of a hazardous substance and whose response actions will be limited to initiating emergency response procedures by notifying the proper authorities, must receive first responder awareness level training.

Legal Mandates: OSHA

• Such employees are not limited to police, hospital or fire department personnel, but includes any employees meeting the previous description.

• Training requirements must be derived from the roles assign in the Emergency Response Plan and/or procedures.

Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HazWOpER)

• OSHA and EPA’s safety standard which was developed in accordance with the mandate of SARA Title I, Section 126.

• Codified as OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120 and EPA 40 CFR 311.

• Enforced in Florida by the Florida Department of Labor and Employment Security as well as OSHA and EPA.

Five Levels of Training

• First Responder Awareness Level.

• First Responder Operational Level.

• Hazardous Materials Technician.

• Hazardous Materials Specialist.

• Hazardous Materials Incident Commander.

Operational Modes

• Awareness and Operational level responders take DEFENSIVE actions.

• Technicians and Specialists take OFFENSIVE actions.

• The Incident Commander coordinates the response and is ultimately responsible for safety.

First Responder Awareness Level Training

• Unit 2 - Hazard Identification

Unit 2 - Hazard Identification

• Unit Objectives

• - Identify the six clues to the presence of hazardous materials.

• - Identify the various hazard classes of hazardous materials.

• - Describe ways to determine the specific identity of a hazardous material.

Awareness Level Response

• Recognition

• Isolation

• Protection

• Notification

Six Basic Clues to Recognition

• 1 - Occupancy and location.

• 2 - Container shape and size.

• 3 - Placards and labels.

• 4 - Shipping papers/facility

• documents.

• 5 - Markings and colors.

• 6 - Human senses.

Clue # 1 - Occupancy and Location

• Specific occupancy or general area.

• Fixed facilities.

• Five modes of hazardous materials transportation:

• Rail, air, marine, highway and pipeline.

• Drug lab considerations.

Clue # 2 - Container Shape and Size

• Classifications

• Portable, fixed or transportation.

• Pressure

• Non-pressurized, low or high pressure.

• Vapor Pressure and Storage

• The higher the pressure, the greater the potential for catastrophic failure.
• BLEVE!

Clue # 3 - Placards and Labels

• Placards and their limitations

• Not always required.
• The 1000 pound rule.

• Placards and labels used for transport are based upon DOT Hazard Class.

• Nine Hazard Classes

• Subdivided into divisions.
• Refer to page 11 of 1996 ERG.

Hazard Class 1 - Explosives

• Subdivided into 6 divisions

• 1.1 - Mass explosion hazard
• 1.2 - Projectile hazard
• 1.3 - Fire, minor blast or projectile
• 1.4 - Minor explosion
• 1.5 - Very insensitive explosives
• 1.6 - Extremely insensitive

Hazard Class 2 - Gases

• Pressurized or liquefied

• Compressed nitrogen and liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) are examples.

• Product and container present hazards.

• Three Subdivisions

• 2.1 - Flammable gases.
• 2.2 - Non-Flammable, Non-Poisonous.
• 2.3 - Poisonous Gases.

Hazard Class 3 - Flammable/Combustible Liquids

• Flammable Liquids can be ignited at room temperature.

• Combustible Liquids require some degree of pre-heating to ignite.

• Number 1 rule - eliminate ignition sources.

Hazard Class 4 - Flammable Solids

• Three subdivisions

• 4.1 - Flammable Solids.
• 4.2 - Spontaneously Combustible.
• 4.3 - Dangerous when wet.

Hazard Class 5 - Oxidizers and Organic Peroxides

• Oxidizers release oxygen to enhance or intensify burn.

• With strong fuels, oxidizers can create conditions which which can lead to violent combustion.

• Many Organic Peroxides are very unstable.

Hazard Class 6 - Poisonous and Infectious Substances

• Poisonous to human

• Can include severely irritating substances.
• “Tear Gas”, Hydrocyanic acid, Carbon Tetrachloride.

• Infectious Substances

• Potential to cause diseases in humans.
• Anthrax, human blood and many body fluids.

Hazard Class 7 - Radioactive Materials

• Ionizing radiation hazard.

• Exposure does not always result in contamination.

• Safety Rules

• Time, Distance and Shielding.

• Shipped in specialized containers.

Hazard Class 8 - Corrosives

Hazard Class 9 - Miscellaneous Hazardous Materials

• ORM A - Dry Ice

• ORM B - Quick Lime, Metallic mercury

• ORM C - Asphalt, Battery parts

• ORM D - Consumer commodities

• ORM E - Hazardous substances and hazardous wastes

Pesticide Labels

• Product name

• Active ingredients

• Signal word

• Caution
• Warning
• Danger (Poison)

• Precautionary statements

Clue # 4 - Shipping Papers and Facility Documents

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)

• Required to be maintained by the Federal Hazard Communication Standard and The Florida Right-to-Know Law.

• Found at fixed facilities.

• Provides a variety of information.

• Emergency Response Plans (ERP).

• Emergency Action Plans (EAP).

Clue # 5 - Markings and Colors

• Container colors are not always standardized

• UN/NA identification numbers.

• NFPA 704 Diamond.

• Military markings.

Clue # 6 - Human Senses

Methods of Identification

• Once you recognize, try to identify.

• Location of material name

• Shipping papers
• MSDSs (fixed facilities)
• Facility Pre-Plans
• Employees and bystanders

• If you cannot safely identify, try to classify the material into a hazard class.

Unit Summary

• Goals of recognition and identification

• Recognize, Classify, Identify

• Six clues to the presence of hazardous materials

• Occupancy and location, container shape and size, placards and labels, shipping papers and facility documents, markings and colors, the human senses.

• There are nine general classes of hazardous materials.

First Responder Awareness Level Training

• Unit 3 - Taking Control

Objectives

• Identify the procedures for initiating your Emergency Response Plan.

• Identify the proper procedures for implementing protective action distances.

• Take actions necessary to properly isolate the incident.

North American Emergency Response Guidebook

• Goal

• Purpose & Limitations

Steps for Proper Use of the ERG

• Recognize & Identify Hazardous Materials

• Name
• Four digit ID number
• Placard description

• Look up the guide page number.

• Take basic protective actions according to the guide page.

• Initiate isolation and evacuation according to protective action distances.

Basic Protective Actions

• Main Objectives

• Isolate
• Protect by preventing contamination.
• Initiate your Emergency Response Plan (Notify).

Proper Guide Page Use

Table of Protective Action Distances

Protective Action Options

• Shelter in-place

• Short duration incidents.
• Greater hazard to attempt to move.
• Impractical to evacuate.

• Evacuation

• Potential for massive fire or explosion.
• Long duration incidents.

Emergency Response Information

• Firefighting

• Definition of “Haz-Mat Fire”.
• Defensive Vs. Offensive.
• Role of the awareness responder.

• Spill / Leak Control

• Not an awareness level role.

• First Aid

• Remember to prevent secondary contamination.

Unit Summary

• ERG provides guidelines.

• You can find a guide page by:

• Name, ID number or placard comparison.

• Basic instructions - page 1.

• Two indexes

• Orange guide pages

• Green protective action pages

First Responder Awareness Level Training

• Unit 4 - “Termination”

Objectives

• Identify the three actions necessary for proper termination.

• Identify the information that should be received by responders during on scene debriefing.

Reasons for Termination

• Required by OSHA.

• Relates important information to the responders.

• Insures exposures are documented.

• Insures that we improve our future responses.

Steps to Proper Termination

• On-scene debriefing.

• Incident critique.

• After action analysis.

Exercise

• Recognition

• Isolation

• Protection

• Notification

Thank You For Your Participation

• For additional assistance contact:

• Richard T. Owen

• Education Cabinet Safety Coordinator

• 601 East Main Street

• Frankfort, Kentucky 40601

• 502-564-7346

• [e-mail]