This presentation will focus on modern chemical threat response, covering the essential stages of detection, decontamination, and verification, with an emphasis on practical application. Designed to address both traditional and emerging chemical threats, this session highlights cutting-edge tools and strategies to ensure safety, efficiency, and effectiveness.

This program will cover the basics regarding emergency response techniques, spill response operations, dealing with control valve leaks and shutoffs, as well as foam proportioning devices and application techniques. We will also discuss new hybrid technical decon methods for dealing with flammable liquid events. We will review the various challenges in fighting all types of fires and hazmat spills from railcars, tanker trucks, combustible storage tank facilities, and manufacturing process areas.

Hazmat events develop quickly and the first step is a solid plan. It can be overwhelming with information flying at you and questions unanswered. The HazMat Officer Strategy and Tactics course focuses on working with the incident commander and supporting agencies to develop quick, "street level" incident action plans (IAP) for small to large HazMat incidents. Participants will learn a simple, repeatable, process for IAP development and documentation that is easy to implement and is consistent with the National Incident Management
System (NIMS) and NFPA 470 APIET (analyze, plan, implement, evaluate, and terminate) process.

We’ve all been in a class where the teacher was more toxic than the chemicals being discussed. We like to call this “Acute Toxic Instructor Syndrome.”  In this course, we discuss different methods of instruction that will help keep students more engaged.  We outline various methods to help attendees remember key points and maintain attention throughout any lecture.  This class will transform how you instruct, change how your students learn and raise the hazmat training of your department.

If you are a confident instructor, plan to have your confidence crushed!

How do you teach air monitoring to your crew, your department, or the kids at the science fair? By being fundamentally entertaining. Outside of HAZMAT Technician programs, formal air monitoring classes are few and far between. When tasked with teaching an air monitoring class, using the tips and ideas shared here, your students will have a better understanding of the basic principles of air monitoring. Following this class, you will be on a mission to eradicate firefighters walking around waiting on the meter to “beep.”

This session focuses on the health and safety of emergency crews when operating in hot environments. The temperatures can be anywhere from 70 degrees Fahrenheit to 120, the issues are the same.

With so much attention on firefighter health and wellbeing there has been a lot of effort on reducing the exposure to toxic materials at emergency incidents. Whether the scene is a hazardous materials event, or a residential fire, repeated exposure to toxins can cause long term diseases such as cancer. This presentation will focus on the need for proper hydration in the detoxification process as well as the importance of maintaining hydration to prevent after incident heart attacks and strokes.

Technology! Today we have an entire suite of detection and identification tools from papers to gc/ms, and everything in between. But, how do we put them all together in the field to get our answers? In this presentation we will work our way through the matrix of tools available, leveraging their strengths and weaknesses to come to a solution. There is no perfect tool with all of the answers, but using what we have we can get there.

This class will highlight the gaps that occur with traditional pipeline training. Using examples of myths gathered from the fire service and the pipeline industry, the course will discuss ways to build a better training and response relationship with local distribution and interstate pipeline operators.

The shortened conference presentation is designed to provide the student with general information needed to respond to a propane leak involving a bulk transportation vehicle (rail, MC331 tanker or bobtail), bulk storage (250 gallon and larger), common residential and portable tanks.

In this session we will examine the risk factors of non-managed static discharges involving flammable liquid vapors and flammable gases. During the lecture we will examine past events and discuss the factors and lack of De-Risking that led to fires and explosions. We will discuss in detail the importance of conductive and non-conductive flammable liquids and the hidden hazards of each.