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FSA 207 - Hazardous Materials Chemistry


Credits: 3
3 Lecture Hours

Prerequisites: FSA 102  FSA 107  and CHM 109  or CHM 110 /CHM 111  

 
Description
This course provides students with basic chemical knowledge related to the categories of hazardous materials, including recognition, identification, reactivity and health hazards encountered by emergency services.


Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:

  1. Define the chemistry of hazardous materials.
  2. Utilize Department of Transportation (DOT) guidebooks effectively.
  3. Identify and describe the common elements of the Periodic Table.
  4. Distinguish between elements, compounds and mixtures related to fires involving hazardous materials.
  5. Explain the difference between ionic and covalent bonding in fire science.
  6. Define the basic chemistry involved with common hydrocarbon derivatives.
  7. Describe the basic chemical and physical properties of gases, liquids and solids.
  8. Discuss the nine U.S. Department of Transportation hazard classes and their respective divisions.
  9. Utilize guidebooks, Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and other reference materials to determine an initial course of action in fires involving hazardous materials.
Listed Topics
  1. Hazardous Materials Chemistry I
  2. Matter and energy
  3. Chemical forms of matter
  4. Principles of chemical reactions
  5. Chemistry of common elements
  6. Flammable gases and liquids
  7. Chemistry of hazardous organic compounds
  8. Chemistry of corrosive materials
  9. Chemistry of water-reactive materials
  10. U.S. Department of Transportation Hazard Classes
  11. Hazardous materials in fixed facilities
  12. Response guidelines
Reference Materials
Hazardous Material Incidents (Christopher Hawley, Delmar)
Hazardous Materials Chemistry (Armando Bevelacqua, Delmar)
Standards 471 & 472, National Fire Protection Association
Approved By: Johnson, Alex Date Approved: 03/28/2012


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