Hazmat Team

[Rice09]

I was recently asked to look into joining our County Team. I took FF1 and there was a deent amount of Hazmat material we learned. I'm not comparing, just stating that that is where my interest began.
Are there members on a hazmat team that can offer me advice or some pointers? Thanks fellas.

[tajm611]

What, if any, HazMat certs are you capable of getting/ are available to you?

You won't be getting in a suit and having fun/sweating your *** off until you get hazmat awareness, hazmat ops, and then hazmat tech, i think a combined 104 hours.

[Rice09]

What, if any, HazMat certs are you capable of getting/ are available to you?

You won't be getting in a suit and having fun/sweating your *** off until you get hazmat awareness, hazmat ops, and then hazmat tech, i think a combined 104 hours.

For right now I have Hazmat 1st responder. Looking forward to future training.

[tajm611]

You'll need to get Awareness, ops, and technician if you plan to do offensive work or step foot in the hot zone. After, you can take more classes and specialize in a subject. I picked clandestine labs and it's somewhat of a 40 hour course. Hazmat is rarely fun and fast paced. Mid-July early august in a class a suit is absolute torture. It is a prerequisite for many USAR teams in my area though. It's a very interesting subject though. If you have any more questions, let me know.

[pasobuff]

Rice - look into workshops, and 'other' classes too such as Clandestine Drug Lab Operations etc.....if you check the NYS OFPC website you can look for the training schedule.....

I would try to take a varied number of courses too - don't overload youself on Haz-Mat either.....try to get a rounded training record - and as you gain experience you will find more and more training opportunities.....

[Rice09]

Rice - look into workshops, and 'other' classes too such as Clandestine Drug Lab Operations etc.....if you check the NYS OFPC website you can look for the training schedule.....

I would try to take a varied number of courses too - don't overload youself on Haz-Mat either.....try to get a rounded training record - and as you gain experience you will find more and more training opportunities.....

Thanks a lot for all your help. I appreciate it.

[Rice09]

You'll need to get Awareness, ops, and technician if you plan to do offensive work or step foot in the hot zone. After, you can take more classes and specialize in a subject. I picked clandestine labs and it's somewhat of a 40 hour course. Hazmat is rarely fun and fast paced. Mid-July early august in a class a suit is absolute torture. It is a prerequisite for many USAR teams in my area though. It's a very interesting subject though. If you have any more questions, let me know.

Being a tech is a little ahead of me at this point. I'm taking so many training classes that I don't want to over do it, if I haven't already. Thanks for your help and all the info. I have always been interested in Hazmat, so when I was asked about it, it just seemed like the right thing for me. We have about 100-115 calls a year, so I could use the added action, lol.