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HAZMAT TERMINOLOGY 14In clues, the following (_ words) indicates
the number of words without spaces in the answer
Across
1 Capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety, or
the environment
2 Inert materials used to absorb liquid contaminants. Materials
commonly include
corn cobs, diatomaceous earth, and sand
6 Gauge pressure plus atmospheric pressure (2 words)
8 The identification number for a specific chemical compound as
assigned by the
American Chemical Society's Abstract Service
10 Any substance that spontaneously ignites when exposed to the
air
11 A small explosive, electrical, chemical, or mechanical device
used to trigger
explosives
13 Used in or taken into the body through the mouth
14 This contains all fittings and electrical connections between
a tractor and its
towed trailer (2 words)17 This consists of the information
officer, safety officer, and liaison officer, who
report directly to the incident commander (2 words)
20 That organization element having functional responsibility
for a specific incident
planning, logistics, or finance
22 Temporary walls constructed to halt the flow of a liquid
substance
24 Partial bulkheads inside of a tank intended to reduce the
surge effect of partially
loaded liquids
25 Manual valve that is opened to rapidly reduce pressure to
atmospheric pressure
(3 words)
28 A substance that causes cancer
29 Breakdown of a material or substance into parts, elements, or
simpler compounds
32 The person responsible for the management of the hazard
sector (3 words)
Down
1 A schematic drawing of the location of all cargo on a ship (2
words)
3 An alkaline or caustic substance that forms hydroxide ions in
water
4 The weight of an unloaded vehicle or an empty container
5 A cargo tank used for transporting liquids or gases in bulk
quantities (2words)7 Indication of the acidity or alkalinity of a
substance
9 Actions taken by the incident commander to correct the problem
at hand in a
hazardous materials emergency (2 words)
12 A safety valve designed to shut off the flow of a liquid when
the rate exceeds a set
rate (3 words)
15 The process of systematically analyzing a situation,
developing relevant
information, and informing appropriate command authority of
viable
alternatives for selection of the most effective combination of
available resources
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to meet specific objectives
16 Materials which could cause dangerous reactions from direct
contact with one
another are described as this
18 A mixture of fuel and oxidizer which will not ignite on
contact but which requires
an outside source of ignition
19 The designated area within the warm zone in which all
personnel emerging from
the Hot Zone must be decontaminated before exiting to the Cold
Zone (2 words)21 Any liquid that has an ignition point between 100
degrees F and 200 degrees F (2
words)
23 Adverse effects resulting from skin exposure to a substance
(2 words)
26 To give a shape to a substance by pouring a liquid substance
into a mold and
letting it harden or cure
27 A geographical site, within the general incident area,
separate from the base,
equipped and staffed to provide food, water, and sanitary
services to incident
personnel
30 A railroad car used to transport tractor trailer containers
or ship to shore
containers31 A compressible compound or element with no specific
volume that assumes the
shape of the container
