Hazmat Operations 4: Organizing the Response

This online training course is the fourth of five courses educating emergency responders on how to deal with situations where hazardous materials are involved. This video educates responders on the Incident Command System, creating hazard control zones, the uses and risks of personal protective clothing and equipment, decontamination considerations, and the basics of preserving evidence at a crime scene.

Educating responders on how to create an organized response to a hazardous materials situation will help to control the damage and risk of the situation. By learning how to work within the standardized system, it will help the flow of information and command as ranking and trained responders arrive at the scene.

Responders who have learned how to create and work properly within an organized response will help minimize the danger of a hazardous material situation. This online video training provides emergency responders with the information necessary to create an organized response to a hazmat incident.

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Municipal, Industrial, and Military Emergency Responders

• Introduction
• Incident Command System
• Hazard Control Zones
• Response Options
• Protective Clothing & Equipment
• Hazards of PPE
• Approaching the Scene
• Decontamination
• Evidence Preservation
• Conclusion