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Emergency Response Planning and Incident Investigation Flashcards

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  1. Which federal regulation requires facilities with extremely hazardous substances above threshold quantities to notify the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)?

    Answer: SARA Title III / EPCRA

    SARA Title III (EPCRA) requires facilities to notify LEPCs and provide hazardous chemical inventories to support community emergency planning.

  2. In Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), an 'AND gate' means:

    Answer: All input events must occur simultaneously for the output event to occur

    An AND gate in FTA requires all connected input events to occur together before the higher-level failure event can happen.

  3. A Drill differs from a Full-Scale Exercise primarily because a drill:

    Answer: Practices a single, specific operation or function

    A drill is a coordinated supervised activity that tests a single specific function, whereas a full-scale exercise tests all functions together with multiple agencies.

  4. Which factor is MOST critical when selecting a Incident Command Post (ICP) location?

    Answer: Upwind and uphill position outside the hazard zone

    The ICP must be positioned upwind and uphill of the hazard to protect personnel from toxic releases and prevent contamination.

  5. What is 'loss causation' as described by Frank Bird's Domino Theory?

    Answer: A sequence where lack of management control leads to basic causes, immediate causes, incident, and loss

    Bird's updated domino model shows that management system deficiencies cascade through root and immediate causes to produce incidents and losses.

  6. Under NIMS, 'Unified Command' is used when:

    Answer: Multiple agencies or jurisdictions share incident management authority

    Unified Command allows multiple agencies with different legal authorities to manage an incident together without losing individual agency authority.

  7. Which corrective action category focuses on eliminating the hazard at its source rather than managing exposure to it?

    Answer: Engineering controls

    Engineering controls physically eliminate or reduce the hazard at the source, providing more reliable protection than administrative measures or PPE.