Hazardous Materials First Responder

Catalog description

Four Lecture. Definition, detection, identification, scene management, basic training, equipment planning, strategy, and tactics in the management of hazardous materials incidents. Preparation for the Department of Emergency Services certificate. Students will be able to: comprehend and identify various hazardous materials and their potential dangers; demonstrate procedures necessary for effective scene management; comprehend systems for assessing possible intervention; identify to the three tier concept of hazardous materials intervention: define hazardous materials. describe and utilize the D.O.T. and N.F.P.A. identification and numbering systems for hazardous materials. describe clues for detecting the presence of hazardous materials by type of occupancy, container, etc. describe the chemical and physical properties of the major classifications of hazardous materials under the U.N. - D.O.T. system. identify the hazards to health and safety created by hazardous materials emergencies and methods of personal protection. describe the risk assessment considerations to be made by first responders at a hazardous materials incident, with special attention to the limitations due to lack of specialized protective clothing, equipment, and training. describe the potential roles of police, fire departments, industrial, pre-hospital and hospital personnel and other governmental and private agencies at the scene of a hazardous materials emergency. identify the components of a pre-emergency plant for hazardous materials incidents. Corequisite(s): For Fire Science majors, the co-requisite is EMS 131 .