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COURSE: HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FIRST RESPONDER OPERATIONS LEVEL

CATEGORY: Environmental

COMPLIANCE REFERENCE: T8 CCR 5192 and 29 CFR 1910.1200

DURATION OF COURSE: 16 hours

PROGRAM GOALS
The goal of this course is to provide likely first responders with an improved capability to respond to the Haz Mat events in a safe and competent manner, within the response resources and responder capabilities at the “Operations” Level.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
At the completion of this training session, participants will achieve all of the following objectives through completion of a state certified exam meeting performance standards.

  • All First Responder Awareness Level Information
  • Introduction to Haz Mat at the FRO Level.
  • Hazardous Material Recognition and Safety
  • Safety, Isolation and Notifications (SIN)
  • Incident Command
  • Identification, Hazard Assessment and Action Planning
  • Protective Equipment and First Responder Limitations
  • Haz Mat Release Countermeasures
  • Protection Actions
  • Decon, Disposal and Documentation
  • Agency, Coordination and pre-Even Plans
  • The Safe and Competent Haz Mat Response
  • Exercise, Critique and Exercise Briefing
  • The Media and Haz Mat Legal Aspects

    At the conclusion of the class, each participant will take a written examination and complete a course evaluation.

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