Emergency Response and Preparedness Flashcards
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Which of the following best describes the purpose of a 'pre-incident plan' (pre-fire plan) for an industrial facility?
Answer: To provide responding fire departments with facility-specific information to improve emergency response
Pre-incident plans provide first responders with critical facility information—layout, hazards, utilities, access points—before an emergency occurs to improve response effectiveness.
The RACE acronym used in healthcare and industrial fire response stands for:
Answer: Remove, Activate, Contain, Extinguish/Evacuate
RACE stands for Remove (people in danger), Activate (the alarm), Contain (close doors to limit spread), and Extinguish or Evacuate depending on fire size.
When a confined space rescue is required, OSHA 29 CFR 1910.146 requires that rescue be performed by:
Answer: Trained rescue services, either on-site or an outside service evaluated for adequacy
OSHA requires that employers either have an on-site rescue team that meets training and equipment requirements, or contract an outside rescue service that has been evaluated for capability.
During an ammonia refrigerant release at a food processing plant, the MOST appropriate initial personal protective equipment for the first responder at the operations level would be:
Answer: Self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) with chemical-resistant suit
Ammonia is IDLH at 300 ppm and can cause severe burns; SCBA with appropriate chemical-resistant PPE is required for operations-level defensive response near the release.
Under the National Response Framework (NRF), which Emergency Support Function (ESF) is responsible for coordinating mass care, emergency assistance, and housing after a disaster?
Answer: ESF #6 — Mass Care, Emergency Assistance, Temporary Housing, and Human Services
ESF #6 coordinates federal support for mass care services including sheltering, feeding, emergency supplies, and human services for survivors of major disasters.
A facility uses the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard's Globally Harmonized System (GHS). During an emergency, which section of a Safety Data Sheet provides first aid measures?
Answer: Section 4 — First-Aid Measures
GHS-formatted SDS Section 4 contains first-aid measures for routes of exposure including inhalation, skin contact, eye contact, and ingestion.
The concept of 'all-hazards' emergency preparedness means that an organization's emergency plan should:
Answer: Develop core response capabilities applicable across a wide range of emergencies
All-hazards preparedness builds flexible, scalable core capabilities (communications, command, evacuation, shelter) that apply across many types of emergencies rather than scripting every scenario.