CDP implements hazmat course updates

The Center for Domestic Preparedness recently implemented updates to its hazardous materials suite of courses, aligning them with the latest standards from the National Fire Protection Association.

The center’s Hazardous Materials Awareness (HMA); Intermediate Hands-On Training for CBRNE Incidents (HOT-I); Hazardous Materials Technician (HMT); and Hazardous Materials Technologies: Sampling, Monitoring, and Detection (HT) courses have received updates based on the latest version of NFPA 470 Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Standard for Responders.

HMA is an eight-hour course which provides attendees with practical experience in essential, awareness-level hazardous materials competencies. Additional information on the course can be found at https://cdp.dhs.gov/training/course/AWR-358.

The eight-hour HOT-I course includes hands-on exercises which reinforce the students’ ability to perform triage and decontamination procedures and classify residual contamination using various monitoring equipment. For more information, visit https://cdp.dhs.gov/training/course/PER-900.

HMT is a five-day course that prepares operations-level responders for Technician-level Hazardous Materials certification. It culminates with the performance of their learned skills in a simulated hazmat environment. Additional information can be found at https://cdp.dhs.gov/training/course/PER-272.

The five-day HT course teaches hazardous materials technicians through extensive hands-on training experiences. Responders demonstrate learned skills in response to a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or explosive weapons of mass destruction incidents in both the center's outdoor training complex and the Chemical, Ordnance, Biological, and Radiological Training Facility. For more information, see https://cdp.dhs.gov/training/course/PER-261.

CDP training for state, local, tribal and territorial first responders is fully funded by the Department of Homeland Security, to include round-trip transportation, lodging and meals.