2020 Hazardous Materials Training Symposium

 

The 8th 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
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Training/Courses

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  • Anhydrous Ammonia Response - Applying Tactics to Scenarios

 

  • Back Up Team Concepts and Best Practices​

 

  • Confined Space: HazMat or Technical Rescue? 

 

  • 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

 

  • Drones for Hazardous Materials Response and Detection: Don't let Your Drone be a Passive Observer

 

  • Effectively Leading and Managing HazMat Teams in Today's Complex Emergency Service Environments

 

  • 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

 

  • Foam Application for Transportation Emergencies Involving Petroleum and Polar Solvents Like Ethanol

 

  • “Game On! The Florida HazMat Team Competition Overview and Insights”

 

  • Hazard Assessment for Multi Hazard Scenarios

 

  • Hazardous Materials; Managing the Incident

 

  • HazMat Breakout

 

  • HazMat/CBRN Performance Standards & Next Generation PPE

 

  • HazMat Detective, Putting it all Together: Research, Chemistry, and Monitoring

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  • HazMat for the One in the Hot Seat

 

  • 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

 

  • 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

 

  • Left of BOOM! 

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  • LNG Overview for the First Responders

 

  • 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)

 

  • 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 

 

  • Natural Disasters, Unnatural Hazards

 

  • Physical & Chemical Properties For Risk Basked Response 

 

  • Propane Emergency Response

 

  • Propane IQ - Advanced

 

  • 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 

 

  • Responding to Emergencies In the Laboratory

 

  • Responding to Natural Gas Emergencies

 

  • Same Circus, Different Clowns

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  • Spill Response Strategies & Tactics

 

  • 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)

 

  • 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

 

  • 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

 

  • 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

 

  • “Why Buy The Cow If the Milk Is Free” (HazMat Cost Recovery From a Local and State Perspective)

 

                     

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Training/Course Instructors
 

  • James Bernard

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  • Richard Barrett​

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  • Christina Baxter, PhD.

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  • Toby Bevelacqua

 

  • David Binder

 

  • Joseph A. Bonnell, PhD.

 

  • 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

 

  • Chris Cahill​

 

  • James Coffin​

 

  • 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

 

  • 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

 

  • 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​

 

  • 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

 

  • 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

 

  • 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.

 

  • 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

 

  • John Wright III

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  • Nick Zamiska

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  • Bill Zielonka

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The 2020 competition was comprised of eight scored and/or timed stations and two unscored support stations.
Competition results can be found below:
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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

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