Emergency Response Plans and Incident Command questions for the CSP

Question 1

A warehouse's emergency action plan has not been revised in two years. Today, a maintenance technician with no previous role in the plan is newly designated as an evacuation assistant for the mezzanine. The text of the plan is unchanged. The safety manager must decide what review the standard requires.

1. AReview the plan with that technician now, because the technician's responsibilities under the plan have changed.
2. BWait for the next annual refresher, because the plan itself was not changed and no review is triggered.
3. CReview the plan with every employee in the facility, because any change in one person's duties changes the plan.
4. DReview the plan only if the technician is a new hire, since reassignments of current employees do not trigger a review.

Question 2

A plant names a shift supervisor as the on-scene incident commander who will take control of any release that goes beyond the first responder awareness level. The supervisor's file shows 16 hours of training equal to the first responder operations level. The employer has certified in writing that she is competent in every required incident commander competency area. What does the file still lack?

1. AForty hours of training equal to the hazardous materials technician level, because she will control the scene
2. BEight more hours of operations-level training, which brings the total to the required minimum of 24 hours
3. CNothing, because the employer's certification of her competencies replaces any minimum training hours
4. DA fresh employer certification, because the one on file does not cover the competency areas

Question 3

A chemical plant's emergency response team has a member who completed 24 hours of hazardous materials technician-level training and was certified competent in all technician areas. Management wants to designate this person as the team's hazardous materials specialist, who will identify unknown materials with advanced survey instruments and liaise with state and local agencies. Under the standard, what must be in place before the designation is valid?

1. AThe employee must complete a second, separate 24-hour technician course, because specialists need double the technician training hours
2. BThe employee must be certified by a state agency, because only government authorities can certify specialists
3. CNothing more, because the 24 hours of technician-level training is the only requirement and specialists have the same competencies as technicians
4. DThe employee must also show competency in the specialist areas, such as the local and state emergency response plans, advanced instrument use and specialized chemical PPE, and the employer must certify this