2024 09/03 HazMat Tech 1B

 

Start Date/Time: 2024 09/03 0830
End Date/Time: 2024 09/06 1700
Course Total Hours: 40

 

Intended Audience: All qualified personnel

Open to fire service, law enforcement, health, environmental and specific private
industry personnel, this course includes class, didactic and hands-on training in real world
scenarios-based experience.


Prerequisites: 

First Responder Operations (FRO)
Haz Mat Tech 1A

Location:Richmond Fire Dept.,  3506 Cutting Blvd Richmond, CA 94804

Deadline to Register: September 3, 2024

Description: 

Module 1B: Applied Chemistry
Module 1B is the practical application of the chemistry learned in module 1A. Air monitoring and detection devices are discussed and participants will have the opportunity to use not only the instrumentation but hands-on laboratory field identification of unknown solid and liquid samples. Participants will work in small groups referencing chemical information and characteristics from written texts and resources. Students will also work with the latest computer software programs for chemical research, compatibility and reactivity data as well as hazardous vapor plume modeling and graphing. Live demonstrations are used to show reaction consequences.

 

Equipment Students Should Bring: 

  1. Safety glasses