Serving General
Manufacturing, Construction,
Industry and Municipalities
since 1981

COURSE: HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM

CATEGORY: Environmental

COMPLIANCE REFERENCE: T8 CCR 5192 and 29 CFR 1910.1200

DURATION OF COURSE: 32 hours

PROGRAM GOALS
This course provides the tools needed to assume control of an emergency response to a haz mat or WMD incident. It focuses on legal and practical requirements to safely and competently manage a haz mat incident. Completing this course exceeds the training requirements of state and federal OSHA HAZWOPER regulations. These regulations require many government agencies and private companies to train certain employees to manage an emergency response to a release or potential release of hazardous materials.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
At the completion of this training session, participants will achieve all of the following objectives.

  • All First Responder Awareness and Operations Level Information
  • Incident Command System
  • Recognition of hazardous materials
  • Hazard assessment
  • Selection of chemical protective equipment and protective actions
  • Agency coordination
  • Plans and regulations
  • Managing the media
  • Working with an emergency operations center

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

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