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List of Courses
Emergency Response to Ammonia Incidents
First of the Drug Lab Scene: Awareness
First of the Drug Lab Scene: Operations
Gasoline Tank Truck Specialist
Handling LP Gas Emergencies
Hazardous Materials Incident Response: Awareness
Hazardous Materials Incident Response: Operations
Hazardous Materials Incident Response: Technician
HMIR: Technician Refresher – Personal Protective Equipment
HMIR: Technician Refresher – Properties, Harm, and Toxicology of Hazards
HMIR: Technician Refresher – Detection and Monitoring
HMIR: Technician Refresher – Incident Management
HMIR: Technician Refresher – Utilizing the Recognition and Identification Clues
HMIR: Technician Refresher – Decontamination
HMIR: Technician Refresher – Predicting the Course of an Incident
Ignitable Liquids and Class B Foam
Responding to Chlorine Emergencies
Emergency Response to Ammonia Incidents
Ammonia is one of the highest volume chemicals produced in the United States. It is used in the manufacturing of rocket fuels, synthetic fibers, yeast, explosives, and—most commonly—fertilizers and refrigerants. To address the current problem of theft of ammonia for drug production, this class will familiarize students with nurse tanks, transport containers, and storage facilities where releases may occur. Other topics will include chemical and physical properties of ammonia, hazard and risk assessments, public protection options, and emergency response options to safely mitigate an anhydrous ammonia incident.
Contact Hours: 12
Prerequisite: HMIR:O
Min/Max: 15/40
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First on the Drug Lab Scene: Awareness
Fire and emergency medical services are frequently the first on the scene
at a clandestine drug lab when there is a fire, explosion, or chemical release.
This class will cover the physical conditions, human activities, and hazardous
materials commonly found at clandestine drug labs in a variety of locations.
The focus will be on discovering the presence of the lab before responders
are exposed to risk. Topics covered will include applicable laws and regulations,
understanding and cooperating with law enforcement, and specific actions that
reduce risk to responders and to the public.
(DFS CEUs 4-Inspector, Investigator)
Contact Hours: 4
Prerequisite: HMIR: A or equivalent training.
Min/Max: 15/40
POST: 3-Technical, 1-Legal
This course is endorsed by the United States Fire Administration’s National Fire Academy.
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First on the Drug Lab Scene: Operations
This class will examine the actions available to, or mandated for, operations-level responders, such as planning, training, response, command, control mitigation, documentation, critique, and follow-up. Topics covered will include response guidelines and practices; typical methamphetamine drug lab hazards (chemical site and human); resource and practices to determine high-risk (hot) and low-risk (safe) zones, actions, and probable changes at drug labs; and team development of a response plan for a case study, including command, isolation, decon, triage mitigation, working with a drug task force, transfer to technical level operations, and documentation.
Contact Hours: 8
Prerequisite: HMIR:O, and First on the Drug Lab Scene: Awareness
Min/Max: 15/40
POST: 5- Technical, 1-Interpersonal,
1-Legal, 1-Skill
This course is endorsed by the United States Fire Administration’s National Fire Academy.
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Gasoline Tank Truck Specialist
This course will prepare students to deal with gasoline tank truck emergencies, one of the most common haz mat incidents encountered by emergency responders today. Both lecture and hands-on activities will be used to teach students about tank construction and features, as well as mitigation options used during gasoline tank truck emergencies, including tapping and bonding/grounding.
Contact Hours: 8
Prerequisite: HMIR: A or HMIR: T
level training.
Min/Max: 15/30
Host Requirements:
- Site for mobile training prop
- Pumper
- 150’ of 1 1/2” hose
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Handling LP Gas Emergencies
LP gas is a potential hazard present in most communities. A complete understanding of LP gas and its hazards is necessary in order to safely and efficiently handle such an incident. This class will present an overview of LP gas properties and characteristics, as well as provide the opportunity for students to participate in an actual fire attack on an LP tank fire. Topics will include common storage containers in residential and commercial use, as well as the components of different types of transport vehicles.
Special Note: When requesting this course the host department will have the option of requesting the residential tank or the bobtail prop. Please let your Regional Training Coordinator know which prop you prefer.
Contact Hours: 12
Prerequisite: Basic Firefighter Skills or Firefighter I.
Min/Max: 15/30
Host Requirements:
- Pumper
- 1 1/2” hose
- Site for mobile training prop
- Staff for IMS functions
This course is endorsed by the United States Fire Administration’s National Fire Academy.
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Hazardous Materials Incident Response: Awareness
This course meets the objectives of NFPA 472, Standard for Professional Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials Incidents (2002 edition), and OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120. Topics will include laws and standards of hazardous materials, identifying placards and containers, recognizing the presence of hazardous materials, understanding material safety data sheets and shipping papers, and using the North American Emergency Response Guidebook (NAERG). This course meets the prerequisite for Firefighter I from the Missouri Division of Fire Safety. Successful completion of this course will require a 70% score or greater on a written exam.
Contact Hours: 8
Prerequisite: None
Min/Max: 10/25
POST: 4-Technical , 2-Skill, 2-Legal
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Hazardous Materials Incident Response: Operations
This course meets NFPA 472, Standard for Professional Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials Incidents (2002 edition). It will examine the tasks that are within the realm of the hazardous materials operations responder. The first module will include an overview of hazardous materials, using the recognition and identification clues in risk assessment, basic monitoring, decontamination, estimating the likely harm and risks, and determining the options of intervention and nonintervention. The second module will be hands-on and cover diking and damming, diversion, applying foam, and performing emergency decontaminations.
Contact Hours: 24
Prerequisite: HMIR:A
Min/Max: 10/25
Host Requirements:
• SCBAs for each participant and air refill capabilities
• 1-5” x 5’ section PVC pipe, 4 shovels, booster line, 2-soft
bristle brushes, pike poles, tarps.
• Appropriate site for diking and damming activities including water
source
ACE Credit Recommendation: 1 semester hour in the lower division baccalaureate/associate
degree category,.
POST: 8-Technical, 2-Interpersonal,
2-Legal, 4-Skill
This course is endorsed by the United States Fire Administration’s National
Fire Academy.
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Hazardous Materials Incident Response: Technician
Revised in 2005
This course addresses 29 CFR 1910.120 Subpart Q and NFPA 472, Standard for
Professional Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials Incidents (2002
edition). Lecture, class participation, and application exercises will be used
to examine the following topics: hazards and risks, sources of assistance,
personal protective equipment, haz mat terms, control and confinement, toxicology,
decontamination, site safety practices, surveying instruments, and assessment
and mitigation.
Contact Hours: 40
Prerequisite: HMIR:O
Min/Max: 20/30
POST: 24-Technical, 2-Interpersonal,
2-Legal, 12-Skill
ACE Credit Recommendation:
3 semester hours in the lower division baccalaureate/associate category
G&T Approved
This course is endorsed by the United States Fire Administration’s National Fire Academy.
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Hazardous Materials/WMD Incident Response: Technician Refresher – Personal Protective Equipment
This course meets the objectives of NFPA 472, 2002 standard and OSHA 29 CFR1910.120. Topics include: Understanding different PPE ensembles, special protective ensembles and coverings, chemical incompatibilities, understanding limitations of PPE, and understanding limitations of the wearer in PPE ensembles.
Contact Hours: 8
Prerequisite: HMIR:T
Min/Max: 15/30
POST: 4-Technical, 4-Skills
Hazardous Materials/WMD Incident Response: Technician Refresher – Properties, Harm, and Toxicology of Hazards
This course meets the objectives of NFPA 472, 2002 standard and OSHA 29 CFR1910.120. Topics include: Identify different chemical hazards; Identify responder safety risks and proper PPE ensembles for various hazardous chemicals and substances; Identify public safety risk and establish control zones; Properly interpret research information and formulate incident action plans and recommendations to incident commanders; and, Understand radiological response procedures and explain their significance in predicting the health and environmental impacts.
Contact Hours: 8
Prerequisite: HMIR:T
Min/Max: 15/30
POST: 4-Technical, 4-Skills
Hazardous Materials/WMD Incident Response: Technician Refresher – Detection and Monitoring
This course meets the objectives of NFPA 472, 2002 standard and OSHA 29 CFR1910.120. Topics include: Discussion of various types of hazardous materials detection and identification instruments; different survey techniques; advantages and disadvantages of different types of instruments; and other survey and detection methods not utilizing instruments.
Contact Hours: 8
Prerequisite: HMIR:T
Min/Max: 15/30
POST: 4-Technical, 4-Skills
Hazardous Materials/WMD Incident Response: Technician Refresher – Incident Management
This course meets the objectives of NFPA 472, 2002 standard and OSHA 29 CFR1910.120. Topics include: Identify procedures for establishing control zones and establishing protective actions; Utilization of the incident command system, documentation and forms utilized during hazardous materials response; and, Authority and responsibility of the safety officer, communications of the planned response, and notification procedures for the incident with various agencies involved in the incident.
Contact Hours: 8
Prerequisite: HMIR:T
Min/Max: 15/30
POST: 4-Technical, 4-Skills
Hazardous Materials/WMD Incident Response: Technician Refresher – Utilizing the Recognition and Identification Clues
This course meets the objectives of NFPA 472, 2002 standard and OSHA 29 CFR1910.120. Topics include: Use of various identification clues, interpretation of the clues, and development of strategic goals and objectives to respond to the hazardous materials incident based on clues present on a hazardous materials/WMD incident.
Contact Hours: 8
Prerequisite: HMIR:T
Min/Max: 15/30
POST: 4-Technical, 4-Skills
Hazardous Materials/WMD Incident Response: Technician Refresher – Decontamination
This course meets the objectives of NFPA 472, 2002 standard and OSHA 29 CFR1910.120. Topics include: Establish a decontamination corridor in the correct location, using information about the material involved to determine the method and materials to be utilized in the decontamination corridor, and different decontamination techniques used in various types of hazardous materials/WMD incidents.
Contact Hours: 8
Prerequisite: HMIR:T
Min/Max: 15/30
G & T approved
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Hazardous Materials/WMD Incident Response: Technician Refresher – Predicting the Course of an Incident
This course meets the objectives of NFPA 472, 2002 standard and OSHA 29 CFR1910.120. Topics include: Understanding the course of events for a hazardous materials incident, planning for contingency of unplanned events, anticipating areas of harm, and successful conclusion and demobilization of a hazardous materials incident scene.
Contact Hours: 8
Prerequisite: HMIR:T
Min/Max: 15/30
G & T approved
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Ignitable Liquids and Class B Foam
This course begins where foam training ended in Firefighter I and II. Topics will include ignitable liquids (what are they and why they burn), class B foam (how it works and how it is different from wetting agents), eductors and nozzles (their uses and practical exercises for troubleshooting). Students will participate in practical exercises using foam and dry chemical on controlled flammable liquid fires.
Contact Hours: 12
Prerequisite: HMIR:O
Min/Max: 15/30
Host Requirements:
- Area for burn
- 2 pumpers for water supply
- Host department will need to dispose of non-hazardous waste material.
- Contact MU FRTI for details
This course is available on a limited basis dependent upon instructor availability.
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Pipeline Emergencies
This course will provide responders with knowledge about how pipelines operate, the common products that may be transported through transmission and distribution pipeline systems, and tactical information about how to respond safely and effectively to a pipeline incident. Topics covered will include primary regulations and standards for pipeline operations, basic principles of liquid and gas pipeline operations, common products and their associated physical and chemical characteristics, and tactical procedures for pipeline emergencies. This is lecture-style course will include interactive response scenarios designed to reinforce lecture materials.
Contact Hours: 8
Prerequisite: HMIR:O
Min/Max: 15/30
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Responding to Chlorine Emergencies
This course will prepare students to respond appropriately to chlorine emergencies. Both lecture and hands-on activities will be used to familiarize students with the physical and chemical properties of chlorine, the health and safety hazards of chlorine, the safe handling of chlorine, chlorine transportation containers, and the safe emergency patching and plugging techniques used during an emergency response to a chlorine release.
Contact Hours: 8
Prerequisite: HMIR:T
Min/Max: 15/30
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