FIELD SANITATION STUDY GUIDE
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- What are the 4 types of waste?
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1. Human
2. Liquid
3. Garbage
4. Rubbish - What is the water requirement per person, per day in a temperate zone?
- 5 gallons of water per person, per day
- A latrine can be no closer than what distance to a water source?
- 100 ft
- What is Potable water?
- Water that is safe to drink
- What are the measurements of a straddle trench?
- 1 ft wide, 4 ft long, 2 1/2 ft deep
- How many gallons of water will a Lister Bag hold?
- 36 gallons
- How deep is a cat hole?
- 6 to 12 inches
- What is a communicable disease?
- A disease that can be transmitted person to person, animal to person, and insect to person.
- What are the 5 "F"s of Field Sanitation?
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1. Foods
2. Fingers
3. Feces
4. Fluids
5. Flies - What is the best protection against disease or biological warfare?
- Immunization and personal hygiene
- What Field Manual covers Unit Field Sanitation Team?
- FM 4-25.12
- What Field Manual covers Field Hygiene and Sanitation?
- FM 21-10
- What is Field Sanitation?
- The use of measures to create and maintain healthful environmental conditions, these include safeguarding food, safeguarding water, and controlling disease bearing insects and rodents.
- What is a vector?
- Any living organism that can carry a disease-producing virus
- What is palatable water?
- Water that is pleasing to the taste, but which may be unsafe
- What are the 5 communicable disease grouped by the Army?
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1. Respiratory
2. Intestinal
3. Insect borne
4. Venereal
5. Miscellaneous - What are the three most common poison plants?
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1. Poison ivy
2. Poison sumac
3. Poison oak - What are some diseases carried by the fly?
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Typhoid
Cholera
Dysentery - What 3 rules apply to water discipline in the field?
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1. Drink only from approved sources
2. Conserve water
3. Do not contaminate your sources - What are some methods of human waste disposal?
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Straddle trench
Mound latrine
Burn out latrine
Deep pit
Pail latrines
Urine soak pits
Bore hole latrines - How far should garbage pits be located away from the mess area?
- 30 yards and no closer that 100 ft from any water source
- Where should the latrine be located in relation to the mess hall?
- At least 100 meters downhill or downstream
- What are some of the diseases carried by the mosquito?
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Malaria
Dengue
Yellow fever
Encephalitis
Filarisis - Enough straddle trenches should be dug to accommodate what percentage of the unit at one time?
- 8 percent
- Water that is not properly treated can spread what diseases?
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Common diarrhea
Leptospirosis
Cholera
Dysentery
Bacillary
Typhoid
Paratyphoid fever - What are two ways to purify water?
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1. Iodine tablets
2. Boiling - Who gives the final approval on whether water is safe to drink?
- Medical personnel