Scenario #6 MVA with complications

It is 1500 hours on a weekday. It is 72°. Winds are to the east at 5 MPH. You are dispatched to a multiple vehicle accident at the intersection of Jamison Drive and Wheatley Ave. One of the involved vehicles was reported to be a tanker truck. Engine 14 is first to arrive and report that a 5,000 gallon tanker is sitting in the middle of the intersection along with a passenger car (#2) that crashed into it. The driver of the passenger car requires extrication and the driver of the tanker is already out of the vehicle. Another passenger car (#3) that swerved to avoid the accident struck a utility pole that has snapped and fallen. There are several severed electrical lines. There are two passengers trapped inside the second car.
You arrive on scene and notice an unknown liquid leaking from the tanker. You see a placard with a red background on the tanker. You request a Haz Mat Team. As you are nearing the Command Post, you notice students from the nearby school starting to gather near the scene.



1. Once you get to the Command Post, what action should you take?
a. Transfer Command, notify Dispatch
b. Isolate the scene and deny entry
c. Receive a briefing from the Incident Commander
d. Strike an additional alarm

2. Once Command is transferred, what would be the next action you would take?
a. Identify the liquid in the vehicle
b. Move the students back into the school
c. Notify the Utility Company
d. Order Engine 14 Captain to secure a continuous water source

3. What zone would the Command Post be located in?
a. Cold Zone
b. Warm Zone
c. Organization Zone
d. Safe Haven Zone

4. What would you do in regard to the school?
a. Request a Board of education representative to the Command Post
b. Protect the students in place on the unexposed side of the school
c. Request that the Police take charge of the school security
d. Evacuate the school to the rear, coordinate with school officials

5. The power has been shut down. You have ordered the Ladder Company to extricate the passengers from vehicle #3. What would you tell them to do first?
a. Approach from upwind and uphill, stabilize the vehicle,
b. Check the perimeter for victims that may have been ejected
c. Use universal precautions when handling victims
d. Assess the victims’ vital signs

6. What would be the first thing you would do in regard to the liquid leaking from the tanker?
a. Order foam applied to the spill to prevent ignition
b. Attempt to identify the product
c. D*** the sewers in the area ahead of the spill
d. Control all ignition sources

7. The Haz Mat Supervisor has requested assistance in setting up the Decon Area. You have assigned a company to this task. What personal protection would you tell them to wear?
a. Wear PPE that is the same level as those personnel operating in the Hot Zone
b. Wear PPE one level below those operating in the Hot Zone
c. Wear standard structural firefighting protective clothing
d. Wear Tyvek suits