Hazardous Materials Incident Management N0243

Curriculum: Hazardous Materials
Training Specialist

Wayne Yoder
301-447-1090

Delivery type
6-day off-campus
Continuing education units
3.6
ACE recommendation
In the lower-division baccalaureate/associate degree category, three semester hours in fire science, public safety management, emergency management, or public administration.

This six-day course focuses on the duties and responsibilities of the emergency response personnel who will assume the Incident Commander (IC) role in hazardous materials emergencies above the initial response and will implement a National Incident Management System (NIMS)-based Incident Command System (ICS).

Based on the current requirements of 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1910.120 and the applicable national standards and plans, the program follows three phases of an incident:

  1. Preplanning,
  2. Incident operations.
  3. Post-incident responsibilities.

This course meets the NIMS requirements for ICS-300.

Topics include:

  • Negligence and liability.
  • Planning.
  • NIMS ICS/Emergency Operations Center (EOC) interface.
  • Training requirements.
  • Emergency response plans.

The student will develop a hazard-based response using risk-based decision-making to develop an Incident Action Plan.

The student’s knowledge of the subject is evaluated through written tests and graded scenarios.

Evening classes and projects are required.

Student pre-course materials and course syllabus:

https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/syll/syllabus_n0243.pdf PDF 85KB
Course Syllabus
https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/pcm/pcm_n0243.pdf PDF 176KB
Welcome Letter, Pre-course Assignment

Selection criteria

  • Emergency response personnel who may be called upon to assume the duties of the IC at hazardous materials incidents as described in 29 CFR 1910.120.
  • Safety Officers as described in 29 CFR 1910.120. (See note below.)
  • Departmental training officers, chief officers, company officers and regularly acting officers.
  • Emergency management personnel who would interface with emergency response personnel through an EOC operation at a hazardous materials incident.

Note: While Safety Officers and training officers meet the acceptable criteria for this program, the program is not designed for technician-level personnel.

Prerequisites

  1. ICS-100-level and ICS-200-level training. Preferred courses are Q0462 and Q0463, available through NFA Online.  Chief’s signature attests that the applicant has completed this required training.
  2. Departments must certify applicants as operations-level trained.
  3. Emergency management personnel must be certified by their jurisdiction as part of the EOC staff.

Post-course requirements

None

Student comments

Hazmat incident management is an important and vital aspect of keeping firefighters, EMS and hazmat teams safe and effectively utilized to better serve our communities.