NOTE: Once registered, participants will receive a confirmation email, a password for access to the course, and a required completion date. In order to meet the attendance requirement for this course, participants must review each training module, complete all required course assignments, activities, quizzes, and the final examination. This course is designed for personnel responsible for the proper handling of hazardous materials. T his course does not meet the NFPA standard of awareness level training requirement.
Skip to Main Content. Hazardous Material Awareness Online. WWW — 1. Course Description The Hazardous Material Awareness online course discusses chemical safety in the workplace and the hazards associated with such materials. Related Courses Water Utilities Safety. F MENU. Topography will determine where a liquid or vapors will travel and identify the main areas for possible evacuation or shelter-in-place.
It will also isolate where the damming and diking operations will be needed to contain any runoff. Likewise, weather will play a part in product movement and could increase or decrease the hazards present.
The wind could move the vapors to an occupied area or help to dilute them. Elevated temperatures could increase the product vapor pressure, change its physical state and, if flammable, the flash point, making it easier to ignite. Conversely, a lower temperature would reverse those conditions, possibly making things better. Yet another safety consideration is to ensure that there is an emergency decontamination area established and all personnel are aware of its location.
This will be a time saver in the treatment of any civilian or responder patients should they become contaminated by the product involved. Kratochvil: The first clue would be provided during the incident dispatch. The address provided will give the location, but it will also provide the type of occupancy. If the responders know their response area and have preplanned, the initial dispatch will be the first signal of a potential hazmat call.
Upon arrival, if there are individuals involved, look for them exhibiting any signs and symptoms of a possible hazardous materials exposure.
They will literally become a human meter, indicating possible hazards that may be present. Look at container shapes and sizes; this will provide clues to the physical state of the product — solid, liquid or gas — and how much product will be present.
On fixed facilities, be aware of the NFPA system diamond, and for all, be aware of unusual sights, sounds and odors. Kratochvil: The following, while cost-prohibitive for some, should be the minimum, as all the hazards they detect are invisible:.
Further, many times, the exposure may not have an immediate impact, but instead, months or years later manifest as cancer or another illness. The IAFC Hazardous Materials Fusion Center also provides extensive planning and response resources for firefighters, officers, chief officers, emergency managers and community leaders alike. Kratochvil: While many may think that the only hazmat incidents that first responders deal with are specific chemicals in a fixed facility or being moved through the transportation modes, these incidents, for the most part, deal with a known commodity.
So, most times the responder knows what they have been exposed to. In fact, vehicle fires and structural fires, especially house fires, are probably the worst hazmat incidents responders will be exposed to.
The burning plastics and hydrocarbon products of combustion create a toxic soup of cancer-causing smoke and particles that creates unknown chemical exposures to the responders. Providing an on-site decontamination site on the fireground to allow the responders an opportunity to clean their gear and themselves should be set up on every fire incident.
It is designed for those personnel fire, police, EMS, and industry who may be first on the scene of a hazardous materials emergency. The content includes awareness-level information that is mandated by OSHA and EPA regulations; and is recommended by national standards. Stressing safety, the program describes correct Awareness level actions, including how to recognize potential problems, take appropriate action to protect themselves and others, collect hazard information from the current edition of the Emergency Response Guidebook, and initiate actions that lead to a favorable outcome.
Payment must be made when registering for courses.
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