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What information about a hazardous materials load should you be ready to give fire responders first?
- A.Only the name of the shipper's sales office
- B.The shipping paper information: what the material is, its identification number, and the quantity, from a safe distance
- C.Your personal opinion about how dangerous it is
- D.Nothing, until your supervisor arrives in person
Correct answer
B. The shipping paper information: what the material is, its identification number, and the quantity, from a safe distance
Why
Responders choose their tactics and evacuation distances from the shipping papers and the emergency response guide. Getting that information to them early, without entering the danger area yourself, is a driver's key hazmat duty in a fire.
Manual topic: Fire - Hazardous Materials · From the General Knowledge practice bank (GK-215).