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ALERT Grant Enables IAFC to Continue Rail Safety Program

October 17, 2017

Thousands of responders trained both online and in person. read more

Safety and Health: All-Hazards Response and Scenario Planning

March 16, 2018

All-hazards response isn’t a new concept, so what’s the point of talking about it yet again? It’s not about the past; it’s about scenario-planning for the future. read more
President’s Letter: Preparing Our Departments for All Hazards

March 2, 2018

The fire service handles things outside our traditional mission of firefighting: from community paramedicine and terrorism to hazardous materials and technical rescue, our world’s fire service is the benefactor of all-hazards solutions. read more
The American Fire Service and the FBI-Joint Terrorism Task Force

March 2, 2018

Why can’t the fire service get information from the feds that is as relevant as it is to law enforcement? The fact is that we can; we just have to ask, then commit to developing a partnership with them. read more

Hazmat Committee

The IAFC Hazardous Materials Committee is the IAFC's subject matter expert regarding hazardous materials and dangerous goods.

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Industrial Fire & Safety

The Industrial Fire and Safety Section is a forum for industrial fire and safety professionals to exchange ideas and experiences, as well as an opportunity for industrial and municipal fire and safety professionals to network.

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ALERT Grant

The Assistance for Local Emergency Response Training (ALERT) Grant provides hazmat training for volunteer or remote first responders with a focus on emergency events involving the transportation of crude oil, ethanol and other flammable liquids by rail.

The ALERT grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety.

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Foam Application for High Hazard Flammable Train (HHFT) Fires

Report by the Fire Protection Research Foundation (2017)

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Immediate access to accurate, timely data about what type of hazmat a railcar is carrying so responders can make informed decisions.

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IAFC Public Safety GIS Viewer

An interactive introduction to geographic information systems (GIS) for first responders and how it can assist daily operations.

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Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) and App

A go-to manual and app to help quickly identify emergency response procedures to deal with hazmat transportation accidents.

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Class I-III Freight Rail Network

Reference info on private rail network including maps, company hazmat team contacts and more.

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IAFC Academy - Iowa ethanol plant - public domain photo

Ethanol Emergencies Training

Self-Paced

Online

Online course on ethanol fuels incident response including the use, characteristics, transportation modes, transfer operations, basics of foam, tactics and strategies, and environmental issues

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WEB

Hydrogen Response Considerations
Self paced

Online
TBD

Pipeline Emergency Preparedness Training
Learn about scheduling or potential dates
Jun 7

International Hazardous Materials Response Teams Conference
June 7 - 10, 2018

Baltimore, MD

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The IAFC hazmat topic area focuses on:

Providing information, resources and training for first responders across a variety of hazardous materials and dangerous goods industries, types of incidents and modes of transportation.
Developing and sharing lessons learned from major incidents.
Monitoring trends in the fire and emergency response community and industry.
Making recommendations toward regulations and policy and the development of new equipment and associated training and tactics.

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Ethanol Emergencies Training

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