HAZMAT AIR MONITORING - FULL

2 Day Class (April 24th - April 25th)

Westminster Fire Department

9150 Lowell Blvd, Westminster

This course is geared towards emergency response personnel who wish to acquire working knowledge and skills related to the use of and interpretation of information provided by hazardous materials air monitoring equipment. Upon completion of the course, the student will possess skills and competencies in making decisions as to selection, equipment limitations, interpretation of data, and sample collection for lab analysis. This class includes hands-on field exercises using skills and knowledge obtained in this course. Students will work in small groups to ensure maximum involvement and participation in the class. The experience will heavily involve live application of the material learned during this exciting 16-Hour course.  

HAZMAT IQ: ABOVE THE LINE BELOW THE LINE

1 Day Class (May 11th)

Platte Canyon Fire Protection District

153 Delwood Dr, Bailey

or

1 Day Class (May 16th)

Palisade Fire Department

341 W 7th St, Palisade

or

1 Day Class (June 15th)

Grand Fire Protection District

60500 US Highway 40, Granby

or

1 Day Class (June 17th)

Berthoud Fire Protection District

248 Welch Ave, Berthoud

or

1 Day Class (July 16th)

Fort Lupton Fire Protection District

1121 Denver Ave, Fort Lupton

or

1 Day Class (September 23rd)

Poudre Fire Authority

3500 W Vine Dr, Fort Collins

The HazMatIQ system incorporates trademarked innovative street smart “Cheat Sheets” that enable responders to safely and efficiently respond to any known or unknown chemical or mixture. Students taking this course will be able to size-up (physical state, hazards, initial hot zone, correct meters and PPE) any chemical in minutes. The system then coaches responders through a streamlined chemical research method to verify their initial size-up, preparing responders to immediately go to work when they arrive on a Hazardous Materials/WMD event.              

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TECHNICIAN COURSE*

2 Week Course (June 3rd - June 14th)

Colorado State Patrol

15195 S Golden Rd, Golden

or

2 Week Course (July 29th - August 9th) 

North Metro Fire Department

1006 County Rd 11, Northglenn

or

2 Week Course (August 12th - August 23rd) 

Summit County Fire Authority

0225 County Rd 1003, Frisco 

The goal of this 80 hour course is to bring personnel to, at a minimum, the recognized NFPA 470, 2022 edition Hazardous Materials Technician level. First responders at the technician level are individuals who respond to releases or potential releases for the purpose of stopping the release. They assume a more aggressive role than a first responder at the operations level in that they will approach the point of release in order to plug, patch or otherwise stop the release of a hazardous substance.

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY OFFICER

2 Day Class (July 25th - 26th)

Fountain Fire Department

811 N Santa Fe Ave, Fountain

This course prepares the Hazardous Materials Technician to fulfill the roles and responsibilities required of the position in the Incident Command System in response to hazardous materials incidents.  In addition, it will assist in preparing an overall hazardous materials response management program and protocols.  The Hazardous Materials Safety Officer position within the Incident Command System is a required position when responding to a defined hazardous materials incident.  The person filling this role must possess the training, experience, and education, and shall be defined as a Hazardous Materials Technician in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.120(q).

This educational course is based on the requirements spelled out in 2008 NFPA 1072 and will provide the participant with the education needed to successfully perform at a hazardous materials incident as a HazMat Safety Officer.  By law, technicians can only be appointed Hazmat Safety Officer; however any person interested in hazardous materials safety, or involved in program management, will take great interest in the concepts, objectives and curriculum within this course and is encouraged to attend.

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS HIGHWAY SPECIALIST COURSE

5 Day Course (April 15th - April 19th)

Adams County Fire Protection District

901 E 68th Ave, Denver

This class provides those who are or will be operating as a member of a Hazmat Team (fire department or law enforcement agency) the essential skills needed to evaluate and work defensively or offensively at an incident involving the release of hazardous materials. This course is designed to prepare emergency responders to deal with hazardous materials incidents specifically related to highway transportation. This includes chemical cargo tanks and dry vans. Topics include container features, valves, venting systems, basic repairs, drilling and transfer techniques, and grounding and bonding, incorporated into an extensive hands on experience.

CAMEO COURSE

3 Day Course (August 5th - August 7th)

Larkspur Fire Protection District

9414 S Spruce Mtn Dr, Larkspur

This course is designed for those wishing to utilize the CAMEO software suite (CAMEO Chemicals, CAMEOfm, MARPLOT and ALOHA) for all-hazards emergency planning and response. It is recommended (but not required) that all participants have some experience with data entry to the CAMEO and/or MARPLOT software applications. Linkages between the CAMEO programs and other software applications (Google Earth, EXCEL, WORD and ArcGIS) are explored in depth. Participants learn methods to transfer large amounts of data between CAMEOfm and EXCEL, as well as transferring mapping data into MARPLOT from shapefiles and spreadsheets. Each student will receive a pdf file of the three ALOHA Technical Documents, which are used to supplement the course material. Instruction is accomplished by exploring various chemical release scenarios taken from actual events.