Date: October 13th, 14th, 18th, 19th, & Nov 1st, 2010
Time: 1800-2200
Place: CFR Building, 72 Brown Rd.
Instructor: OFPC Staff
Prepares emergency responders to effectively and safely respond to and stabilize hazardous materials incidents from a defensive position. Meets the training requirements of OSHA 1910.120 for the first responder, both at the awareness and operations levels. Includes recognizing and identifying hazardous materials, classifications and the hazards of each class, transport vehicles and associated hazards, planning for incidents, personal protective equipment and its limitations, confinement methods and decontamination procedures. Case studies identify appropriate operational procedures.
ALL FIREFIGHTERS MUST HAVE HAZMAT OPS.
The State is now allowing people who are not enrolled in the FF1 Class, but who need HAZMAT OPS, to sit in on just those sessions.
Those who would like to attend just the HAZMAT OPS portion of the FF1 Class will need to sign up by calling the DoER at 257-3888.
This program is based on Chief John Salka’s “Get Out Alive” program and is designed for self-rescue and rescue of trapped firefighters.Objectives are to enable firefighters to recognize the types of events encountered on the fire ground that contribute to firefighter disorientation and/or entrapment, to have knowledge of what is necessary to ensure their safety and that of their partners or crew and perform self-rescue techniques when disoriented, separated or when needing to exit a structure in an emergency.
