TEEX Confined Space Rescue Levels 1&2 (NFPA 1006) Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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NFPA 1006
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NFPA 1006
TEEX Confined Space Rescue Levels 1&2
(NFPA 1006) Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
What is the percentage of fatalities of confined space rescue that would be the rescuers? -
answermore than 60% of confined space fatalities are rescuers.
Confined space - answer- It is large enough and confi...
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TEEX Confined Space Rescue Levels 1&2
(NFPA 1006) Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
What is the percentage of fatalities of confined space rescue that would be the rescuers? -
answer✔✔more than 60% of confined space fatalities are rescuers.
Confined space - answer✔✔- It is large enough and configured so that an employee can bodily
enter and perform assigned work
- It has limited or restricted means of entry or exit. (Ex: tanks, vessels, storage bins, hoppers and
pits.)
- It is not designed for continuous employee occupancy
Permit Required Confined Space - answer✔✔(also called a permit space)
- Contains a hazardous atmosphere
- Contains a material that has the potential to engulf an entrapment
- Contains internal configurations with the ability to trap or asphyxiate an entrant by inwardly
converging walls or downward sloping floors that taper into smaller cross section
- Contains any other recognized serious safety or health hazard
- Hazardous Atmosphere, Internal Configuration, Serious or safety health hazard and
Engulfment.
Hazardous Atmosphere - answer✔✔May expose employees to risk of death, incapacitation,
impairment, injury or acute illness.
Oxygen Content - answer✔✔Atmospheric oxygen concentration should be between 19.5% and
23.5%
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Flammable Gases, Vapors and /or Mists - answer✔✔The concentration of any flammable gas
vapor or mist must be below 10% of its Lower flammability Limit (LFL)
- The LFL is the lowest concentration that a flammable mixture can be ignited when it comes
into contact with an ignition source at a sufficient temperature
What is the percentage of injuries and deaths in confined space that are the result of a hazardous
atmosphere? - answer✔✔90%
Engulfment - answer✔✔When a liquid or finely divided flowable solid substance traps or
surrounds a person.
- The substance can fill or plug the respiratory system
- The substance can exert enough force on the body to strangulate, constrict or crush the person.
Bridging - answer✔✔An example of engulfment
- Material that is loaded into a vessel that can adhere to the sides of the vessel or clump together
because of the temperature or environment. When the material is unloaded from the bottom it
can create avoid space that can not be seen and can collapse at any point. Anyone who steps on
top of the material can fall below the bridged material and become trapped.
Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH) - answer✔✔Any condition that would pose
an immediate or delayed threat to life, cause irreversible adverse health effects, or interfere with
an individuals ability to escape unaided from a hazardous environment.
Individual Roles in Confined Space Entry - answer✔✔Attendant, Authorized Entrant and Entry
Supervisor
Attendant - answer✔✔An individual stationed outside one or more permit required spaces who
monitors authorized entrants and performs all duties assigned
Authorized Entrant - answer✔✔An employee who is authorized by the employer to enter a
permit required space.
Entry Supervisor - answer✔✔The person responsible for determining if acceptable entry
conditions are present at a permit space where entry is planned, for authorizing entry and
overseeing entry operations and for terminating entry as required.
Requirements for Rescue and Emergency Services in Permit Spaces - answer✔✔- A rescue team
can be formed internally (on-site rescue team)
- Externally (Private contract or public emergency service)
Internal Rescue Teams - answer✔✔Federal regulations require employees to:
- Provide appropriate PPE
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- Train employees to perform rescue duties, Basic First aid and CPR
- AT LEAST ONE MEMBER MUST BE CERIFIED IN CPR
- Practice permit required space rescues once a year
Safety Data Sheet (SDS) - answer✔✔- Sheet that provides information on the safe use of and
hazards of chemicals, as well as emergency steps to take in the event chemicals are splashed,
sprayed, or ingested
- If an injury occurs an SDS must be available
Approaches to Operational Readiness - answer✔✔There are 3 jurisdictional approaches to
emergency response
- Self Sufficient Method
- Community Dependent Method
- Regional Method
Self Sufficient Method - answer✔✔-The responding agency is responsible for everything when a
confined space incident occurs in their jurisdiction.
- Most expensive approach
- Onsite rescue team
Community Dependent Method - answer✔✔- Seek out community agency who have rescue
training and experience
- Create a resource contact list is an emergency arises
- Fire department, Police and Emergency rescue teams
Regional Method - answer✔✔- Most Cost effective
- Spread across several jurisdictions
- More detailed system of accountability
- Disaster readiness, Massive response and Least Expensive
Operational Readiness Trifecta - answer✔✔- Personnel: Rescuers that should be medically and
psychologically evaluated for confined space rescue
- Training: Establishes and maintains knowledge with skill proficiency
- Equipment: Right equipment for safe and effective rescue operations
NFPA 1006 - answer✔✔Standard for Technical Rescuer Professional Qualifications: Minimum
JPR's for personnel that perform technical rescue operations.
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NFPA 1500 - answer✔✔Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety, Health, and
Wellness Program
NFPA 1561 - answer✔✔Standard on Emergency Services Incident Management System and
Command Safety
NFPA 1584 - answer✔✔Standard on the Rehabilitation Process for Members During Emergency
Operations and Training Exercises
NFPA 1670 - answer✔✔Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue
Incidents
NFPA 1951 - answer✔✔Standard on Protective Ensembles for Technical Rescue Incidents:
Helmets and Boots
NFPA 1983 - answer✔✔Standard on Life Safety Rope and Equipment for Emergency Services:
Identifies requirements for life safety rope and equipment used in rescue emergency operations
NFPA 2112 - answer✔✔Standard on Flame-Resistant Garments for Protection of Industrial
Personnel Against Flash Fire: Denotes performance requirements and testing methods for flame
resistant fabric and garments
Incident Command System (ICS) - answer✔✔- Element of the National Incident Management
System (NIMS).
- Provides a standardized approach to command, control, and coordination of on scene incident
management.
- Dictates an organizational structure for incident management that allows personnel from
multiple organizations to effectively work together.
Purpose of ICS - answer✔✔- Safety of responders and others
- Achievement of tactical objectives
- Efficient use of resources
Organizational Terms of ICS - answer✔✔Section, Branch, Division, Group
Section - answer✔✔Specific functions that make up the general staff
(Operations Section, Planning Section, Logistics, Finance/Administration, Incident Commander)
Branch - answer✔✔- Major operational areas at an incident and are inserted between the
operations sections chief and divisions and/or groups.
- Ex: Operations Chief: Rescue Branch, Fire Branch and EMS Branch would be under and report
to the Operations Chief.
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