Nfpa Placards and Information Case Study

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The author of this report is to assess a case study where a truck that has potentially toxic or lethal substances has overturned outside of town. While the truck crashed outside of the city limits, the truck has placards, is leaking and is rather close (but not in) an irrigated field. The author of this report is asked how to proceed given the placard information and other details, what restraints should be used, what advice should be given to those that drive up to the scene and what to say to first responders as they show up. While there are some good bits of news about this spill, the news is mostly bad.

The class 8 placard by itself indicates that the material in question is corrosive. The "dangerous when wet" sign is concerning given that there is an irrigated field nearby. However, the details of the case do note that there is no water/substance contact as of yet. So long as that remains the case, there is not a lot of danger in that regard.

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The UN 1836 notation is much more telling as this means that the substance is thionyl chloride. The NFPA placard gives more information. The 0 at 12 o'clock (in the red diamond) means that the material is not flammable under normal fire conditions. The blue diamond (the 4 at 9 o'clock) means that even short exposure to the chemical can lead to death or extremely severe injury. The 2 at 3 o'clock means that there will be bad reaction if the substance gets too high in temperature or pressure and it will not play well with water. The slashed W. The bottom (6 o'clock) is another indicator that water interacting with the substance will lead to very bad things (NFPA, 2014).

Given the above, the answers to the questions posed for this case study are as follows. First, the witness needs to get on the horn with the police and make them aware that there is a very dangerous spill and that the town most certainly does not have the proper.....

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