Continuing Education

 

In addition to initial training, all personnel must attend monthly team training sessions, quarterly confined space rescue training, and meet annual training requirements.

 

Physical exams are required every two years.

 

Personnel also attend annual conferences in Baltimore, MD and Cleveland, OH to help maintain their current skills and to stay focused on state-of-the-art techniques and equipment.

   

 

 

Specialty Training

 

Team members have also attended specialized training in:

·          Rail Tank Car Specialist, Pueblo, CO

·          Highway Cargo Tank Specialist, Pueblo, CO

·          NBC EMS Technician, ODP Training, Cleveland, OH

·          Advanced Confined Space Rescue, CSU, Bedford, OH

·          Haz-Mat Branch Officer, Mich. State Police, Lansing, MI

·          Haz-Mat Branch Safety Officer, MSP, Lansing, MI

·          Haz-Mat Specialist, Ohio Fire Acad, Reynoldsburg, OH

·          Chemistry of Haz-Mat, NFA, Emmitsburg, MD

·          Pesticide Challenge, Ohio Fire Academy

·          Live Nerve Agent Training, Anniston. AL

·          Hospital Decontamination, ODP Training, Cleveland, OH

·          Hazmat/WMD Incident Command, ODP Training

·          Chlorine Emergencies, Ohio Fire Academy

·          CAMEO/ALOHA/MARPLOT, Cuyahoga Valley JVS

·          Clandestine Drug Labs, Ohio Fire Academy

·          Advanced Haz-Mat Technician, Pueblo, CO

·          Dupont TransCAER Training, Mentor and Cleveland, OH

·          Domestic Preparedness Equipment / Technical Assistance

•     COBRa Training, CDP, Anniston, AL

•     Initial Response To Terrorist Bombing, Sorrocco, NM

•     WMD Radiological, NEEC, Bechtel, NV

•     CBRNE Incident Command, Cleveland, OH

 

   

Qualifications

 

·          All Haz-Mat Team Members must be firefighters who have completed their probationary period and have been recommended by their fire chief.

·          In addition to 24 hours of Hazmat Operations Training, all team members must complete:

·          Hazmat Technician—40 hours

·          WMD Technician—12 hours

·          Confined Space Rescue—24 hours

·          Incident Command for Hazmat—12 hours