2020 Hazardous Materials Training Symposium
The 7th Annual HazMat Training Symposium was hosted January 21, 22, 23, & 24, 2020 at The Plaza Resort & Spa in Daytona Beach, Florida. The Symposium featured numerous Hazardous Materials/Transportation related Classroom and Hands-On Trainings. In addition, the Symposium hosted a HazMat Competition to test a variety of hazardous materials skills by first responders.
2015 Trainings/Courses







Training/Courses
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Anhydrous Ammonia Response - Applying Tactics to Scenarios
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Back Up Team Concepts and Best Practices
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Confined Space: HazMat or Technical Rescue?
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Cryogenics, The Cold Hard Facts
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Dealing with CNG and LNG Transport Trailer Emergencies
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Developing and Implementing the Hazardous Material Group Operational Plan
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Determined Accord, Pandemic Preparedness Workshop
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Drones for Hazardous Materials Response and Detection: Don't let Your Drone be a Passive Observer
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Effectively Leading and Managing HazMat Teams in Today's Complex Emergency Service Environments
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Everything Carbon Monoxide: From EMS to Fire to HazMat
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Firefighter Detoxification, Dehydration, and Chemical Illness
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Flammable Liquid Tank Truck Fire Attack
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Foam Application for Transportation Emergencies Involving Petroleum and Polar Solvents Like Ethanol
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“Game On! The Florida HazMat Team Competition Overview and Insights”
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Hazard Assessment for Multi Hazard Scenarios
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Hazardous Materials; Managing the Incident
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HazMat Breakout
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HazMat/CBRN Performance Standards & Next Generation PPE
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HazMat Detective, Putting it all Together: Research, Chemistry, and Monitoring
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HazMat for the One in the Hot Seat
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HazMat IQ: Above the Line/Below the Line
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HazMat Rapid Intervention Teams
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HazMat Roundtable; There is More Than One Way
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HazMat Safety Officer
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HazMat Sandtraps
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HazMat Technician Refresher
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HazMat Wet Chemistry: Field Identification of the Unknown
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Incident Command & Emergency Response for Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines
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Introduction to Proper GC/MS Sampling Techniques
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It's All About Interpretation...
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Leadership, Engagement, and Making a Difference
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Left of BOOM!
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LNG Overview for the First Responders
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Lock Ness, Big Foot, and Dale's Cone of Learning. Myths, Lies, and Legends of Training
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MC-307 & DOT-407 Cargo Tank Emergency Response (Tank Truck 101)
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MC-306 & DOT-406 Gasoline Cargo Tank Emergency Response
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MC-331 Tank Truck Problems and Solutions
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Mercaptan - The Smell of Danger
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Mind OVR Matter: Virtual Reality (VR) for HAZMAT Training and Decision-Making
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Natural Disasters, Unnatural Hazards
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Physical & Chemical Properties For Risk Basked Response
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Propane Emergency Response
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Propane IQ - Advanced
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Push Ups, Sit Ups, and the Importance of Exercising Your Organizational Capabilities
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Rail Car ID and Leak Control
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Recognizing and Responding to Commercial Explosives Incidents (It Doesn't Have to Go "Boom")
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Research Boot Camp
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Responding to Ammonia Incidents. A Company Officer's Guide
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Responding to Emergencies In the Laboratory
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Responding to Natural Gas Emergencies
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Same Circus, Different Clowns
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Spill Response Strategies & Tactics
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Tactical Skull Session
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Tactical TIPS: An Evidence-Based Approach to PPE Selection
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Tactical TIPS:Challenging the Decontamination Paradigm
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Tactical TIPS:Emerging CBRNE Threats & Operational Response Considerations
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Tactical TIPS: Killing Ourselves Slowly (Resolving Fire Exposure Facts From Fiction)
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The Bomb in Your Backyard Advanced Techniques For Response to Commercial CNG Vehicle Fires
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The British Novichok Attack - A Case Study
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The Devil Is In The Details
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The New Florida Medical HM Protocols / Now Available Nationwide
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There Is Something About Mary
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The Voodoo of Natural Gas Incidents
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The Wild, Wild World of Illicit Drug Labs: Meth, Bath Salts, Synthetics, and Now Fentanyl!
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Thinking Fast; Rapid Hazard Analysis and Field Screening
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TRANSCAER: Inside the Fenceline: Response To Emergencies at Chemical Facilities
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Unstable Materials: Oxidizers, Monomers, and Organic Peroxides
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“Why Buy The Cow If the Milk Is Free” (HazMat Cost Recovery From a Local and State Perspective)
Training/Course Instructors
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James Bernard
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Richard Barrett
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Christina Baxter, PhD.
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Toby Bevelacqua
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David Binder
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Joseph A. Bonnell, PhD.
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Billie Boyd
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Robert Bradley
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Dana Brown
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David Bullard
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Jessica Caballaro-Ashmeade
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Chris Cahill
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James Coffin
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Robert "Bob" Coschigano
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Jesse Crews
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Craig Crume
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Robert Cruthis
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William Cullen
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Mike Deegan
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Frank DeFrancesco
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David Donohue
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Tim Dorsey
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Steve Doyle
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Henry (Hank) DuPont
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Robert Eckroade
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Richard Edinger
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Matt Elliott
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Richard Emery
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Tobias Frost
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Rich Gatanis
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Ron Gore
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Chris Gould
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CJ Haberkorn
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Jefferey Hansen
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Butch Hayes
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William Hellard
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Michael Hildebrand
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Jason Horowitz
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Ronnie Hutchison
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Tommy Jambon
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Katelynn Kapalo
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Robert King
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Michael Laycock
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Joe Leonard
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Monique Lewis
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Butch Loudermilk
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Phillip Mann
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Steven McCarthy
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Michael Moore
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Michelle Murphy
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Chris Naff
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Greg Noll
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Miller Opolka
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Keith Pomeroy
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Julio Leonidas Ramos
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Brian Ramsey
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Derek Schaumann
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John "JW" Scott III
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Paul Seiferth
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Mark Sicuso
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Keith Silverman, PhD., MPH
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Todd Smith
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Greg Socks
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William "Billy" Stark
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Richard "Rick" Stilp
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Kenneth Treffinger
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Albert Valerioti
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Mark Vedder
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James Villarreal
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Michael Wallace
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Emmanuel Washington, Jr.
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Jason Waterfield
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Carl Weeks
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Roger Windham
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Darrell Wiseman
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David Wolfe
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Doug Wolfe
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John Wright III
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Nick Zamiska
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Bill Zielonka
The 2020 competition was comprised of eight scored and/or timed stations and two unscored support stations.
Competition results can be found below:


Team Awards
• First Place – Orange County Fire Rescue
• Second Place – Orlando Fire Department
• Third Place – St. Johns County Fire Rescue
*14 teams participated in the Hazmat Team Competition.
Individual Best Awards
Best Frisbee Tic-Tac-Toe – Luke Nakamoto– St. Johns County HazMat Team
Hazard Analysis – Michael Corte– Broward Sheriff's Office Fire Rescue