Which NFPA standard addresses competencies for hazardous materials WMD Responders group of answer choices?

Overview

The Hazardous Materials Awareness and Operational course is for emergency response personnel who may be firest on the scene of a hazardous materials emergency. Per NFPA 1072 Section 4.1.1 “Awareness level personnel are those persons who, during the course of their normal duties could encounter an emergency involving hazardous materials/weapons of mass destruction and who are expected to recognize the presence of the hazardous materials/WMD, protect themselves, call for trained personnel, and secure the scene. Per NFPA 1072, Operations level responders are those persons who are tasked to respond to hazardous materials/WMD incidents for the purpose of taking action to protect nearby persons, the environment or property from the effects of the release. NFPA 1072 expands the scope of the operations level into core competencies and mission specific competencies. Hazardous Materials Awareness and Operations has been completely updated and correlated to meet and exceed the competencies in the newly released 2017 Edition of NFPA 1072: Standard for Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Emergency Response Personnel Professional Qualifications. A detailed crosswalk has also been developed to help correlate the JPR’s from the 2018 Edition of NFPA 472: Standard of Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents which can be found as an appendix.

Course Code

FF171-02

Length

48 Hours

Fees

  • $1,600 flat rate off campus

Pre-Requisites

None

Restrictions

Must be at least 18 years of age.

Certification

None

Maximum Class Size

24

Required Student Materials

  • Pen
  • Pencil
  • Paper
  • Highlighter
  •  Jones & Bartlett Hazardous Materials Awareness and Operations 3rd Edition Advantage Access ISBN 978-1284140705
  • NFPA Compliant Personal Protective Equipment

References

Course Objectives

  • Student will learn how to identify products using the ERG guidebook and other identifiers.
  • Student will learn basic decontamination.
  • Student will learn confinement and control of materials.

Other Notes

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Which NFPA standard addresses competencies for hazardous materials WMD Responders group of answer choices?

Significantly revised, the 2018 edition of NFPA 472 works to ensure responders can perform their expected tasks and handle haz-mat/WMD incidents safely and effectively.

Adopted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, NFPA 472: Standard for Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents helps reduce accidents, injuries, illnesses, disabilities, and fatalities by ensuring that responders to haz-mat/WMD incidents are up to the task.

NFPA 472 identifies the minimum levels of competence required by responders to emergencies involving hazardous materials/weapons of mass destruction (WMD). It applies to awareness level personnel, operations level responders, hazardous materials technicians, incident commanders, hazardous materials officers, hazardous materials safety officers, and other specialist employees.

This important Standard is considered the parent document to:

  • NFPA 473: Standard for Competencies for EMS Personnel Responding to Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents
  • NFPA 475: Recommended Practice for Organizing, Managing, and Sustaining a Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Response Program
  • NFPA 1072: Standard for Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Emergency Response Personnel Professional Qualifications

Major changes in the 2018 edition help align the documents, to provide greater clarity and consistency for response personnel, their commanders, and governing authorities:

  • Significant modifications address the competency baseline of hazardous materials technician
  • Added chapters provide specialty or advanced specialty competencies for the technician level, including monitoring and detection, consequence analysis and planning, chemical risk assessment and analysis, product control, weapons of mass destruction, and decontamination.
  • Revised chapters cover awareness and operations levels to correlate with the other documents.
  • Two added operation level responder mission-specific competencies address diving in contaminated water environment and evidence collection.

The latest edition of NFPA 472 is essential for anyone who responds to hazardous materials/WMD incidents, including fire, rescue, law enforcement, emergency medical services, private industry, and allied professionals.

NFPA472-2018

SpecificationsNFPA, 2018
8 1/2" x 11", softcover
105 pages
ISBN: 9781455916979

What is the NFPA Standard for Competence of Responders to hazardous materials?

Adopted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, NFPA 472: Standard for Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents helps reduce accidents, injuries, illnesses, disabilities, and fatalities by ensuring that responders to haz-mat/WMD incidents are up to the task.

Which NFPA standard addresses competencies for emergency medical personnel working a hazardous materials WMD incident?

NFPA 473: Standard for Competencies for EMS Personnel Responding to Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents.

What NFPA 470?

NFPA 470, Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Standard for Responders, was consolidated from previous documents to increase usability, reduce errors and conflicts, and produce a higher quality standard.

Which NFPA code is the hazardous materials Code?

NFPA 400, Hazardous Materials Code, defines hazardous material as: A chemical or substance that is classified as a physical hazard material or a health hazard material, whether the chemical or substance is in usable or waste condition.