Hazmat Resources

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Education Opportunities

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The Latest

Seeking Recruitment and Retention Instructors

  • July 25, 2018
This will be a year-to-year contract position, with no permanency with the IAFC. The contractor will instruct a 2-day course on recruitment and retention for volunteer fire departments.

PHMSA Sends Out a Request for Comments for the 2020 ERG

  • July 6, 2018
PHMSA has requested comments and input for the 2020 ERG to improve the guidebook as it develops the 2020 edition.

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.

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.

Upcoming Events

Regional Rail Response Online

Rural Response to Rail Incidents

Self paced |
This training is designed to help you better understand the rail industry, response efforts and agency-specific roles should a train derailment or similar incident occur in your area.
RRR Moss Point

Regional Rail Response - Moss Point

October 23, 2018 | Moss Point, MS
The training is designed to bring local and regional agencies together to understand the response efforts and roles better should a derailment or incident occur and discuss unified and coordinated response activities to a train derailment scenario, involving crude oil.
RRR Moss Point

Regional Rail Response - Pomona

November 3, 2018 | Pomona, NY
The training is designed to bring local and regional agencies together to understand the response efforts and roles better should a derailment or incident occur and discuss unified and coordinated response activities to a train derailment scenario, involving crude oil.
HazMat Training in Utah

Radiation Specialist Course

November 5 - 10, 2018 | Sandy, UT
The US Department of Energy (DOE) Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program (TEPP) is offering a Radiation Specialist Course in Utah the week of November 5th - 9th.

Mission: Enhance hazmat responder safety and improve decision-making for responding to hazmat incidents.

Resources

White Paper on Data Standardization for Hazardous Materials Response

White Paper on Data Standardization for Hazardous Materials Response

The standardization of data transmission will allow for the advancement of data ingest products capable of digesting the large amounts of data.
Fire Department Pipeline Response, Emergency Planning, and Preparedness Toolkit

Fire Department Pipeline Response, Emergency Planning, and Preparedness Toolkit

The NVFC is working with PHMSA to raise awareness and readiness levels within the volunteer fire and emergency response community.
Pipeline Incident Information Visor Card

TransCanada Pipeline Incident Information Visor Card

Use this Pipeline Incident Information Visor Card to record important information during pipeline incidents.