Hazardous Materials
These courses help you reduce harm during hazardous materials emergencies. You will learn how to identify hazardous materials in your community and understand their risks. Federal regulations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards require that anyone who might come into contact with hazardous materials learn about HAZMAT. Our programs include general information about hazardous materials; Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS); incident command and control procedures; personal protection equipment (PPE); and everything else you may need to know to be prepared in the event that you become involved in a HAZMAT incident.
Training & Education Partnership (TEP)
The Community College of Allegheny County Public Safety Institute offers a Training
and Education Partnership pay-as-you-go program for emergency services agencies in
western Pennsylvania. The program sets an annual maximum training cost for qualifying
members. Fees are program-based for the required minimum number of students per course.
The courses listed below are a sample of programs. To learn more, click here.
Hazardous Material Awareness
This course will provide instruction in the basic skills of identifying hazardous materials problems in a community, recognizing hazardous materials, and identifying hazardous materials and the associated hazard characteristics.
RegisterHazmat Operations
This course is designed to prepare the student to respond to hazardous materials incidents at the First Responder Operations level. Topics include: Protecting Your Health and Safety During a HAZMAT Incident; Recognizing Hazardous Materials; Preventing or Minimizing Exposure to Hazardous Materials; and Defensively Controlling Hazardous Materials Incidents.
RegisterEMS Hazardous Material Operations
This course trains the EMS Responder in the knowledge and skills required of EMS personnel at the Operations level for hazardous materials response. It has been reviewed and approved by the Community College of Allegheny County for this purpose. The course is heavily oriented toward EMS personnel.
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