2023 Hazardous Materials Training Symposium
10th Annual

2022 Hazardous Materials Training Symposium
 
The 9th Annual HazMat Training Symposium was hosted January 18-21, 2022 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.

Training/Courses

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• 8 Hour Operations Refresher

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• Anhydrous Ammonia Response - Taming the Tiger, Top Ten Tips

• BioTech IQ

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• Chemical Suicide Response Training

• Common Sense Isn't

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• Confined Space: HazMat or Technical Rescue? 

• Connecting the Dots, from Carbon Monoxide to Fentanyl

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• Crazy Concoctions, Obnoxious Odors, and Colored Smoke: Emergencies in the Laboratory ​​

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• Determined Accord, Pandemic Preparedness Workshop

• Drones for Hazardous Materials Response and Detection

• Emerging CBRNE Threats and Operational Response Considerations
   

• Florida Poison Control Centers: Your HAZMAT Incident Response​​

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

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• From Grunt in the Suit to Officer in the Seat, NOW WHAT?

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

• Hazardous Materials from Class B Fires to Fentanyl but..."I'm Not Dead Yet"

• Hazardous Materials Incident Commander

• HazIC From Tactics to Team

• HazMat a VUCA'd Up Response

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• HazMat By the Numbers

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• HazMat Escape Room

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• HazMat Game of Games

• HazMat IQ: Above the Line/Below the Line

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• HazMat Tech Refresher

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• Hydration, You are Either a Hero or a Hemorrhoid

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• Incident Command & Emergency Response for Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines

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• Industrial Disasters from Natural to Man Made

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• It's Theoretical: Learning Theories & How to Apply Them

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• Kobayashi Maru​

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• LNG Overview for the First Responders​​

• MC-306 & DOT-406 Gasoline Cargo Tank Emergency Response

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• MC-307 & DOT-407 Cargo Tank Emergency Response

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• Nerve Agents: Origin and Evolution

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• No Static At all: Grounding & Bonding

• Physical & Chemical Properties For Risk Basked Response 

• Propane Emergency Response

• Propane IQ 

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• Rail Car Disasters - Are You Ready? 

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• Refreshing Your Chemistry Knowledge​​

• Responding to Natural and Propane Gas Emergencies

• Risk-Based Response to Battery Emergencies

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• Risk-Based Response to Biotoxin Threats

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• Small Spills - It's Not the Big One But It's Still One

• Spill to Drill: Management of an Overturned Petroleum Cargo Tank

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• Static Electricity, the Gremlin in Your Response

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• Street Smart HazMat Response - Is It Safe, Unsafe, or Dangerous

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• Street Smart HazMat - 2021 "The Rule of Three - HazMat's Primary Number"

• The Bomb in Your Backyard Advanced Techniques For Response to Commercial CNG Vehicle Fires

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• The Colormetric Conundrum 

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• The Devil Is In the Details

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• The Lost Art of Recon

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• The Matrix of Detection

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• The Toxic Trio; CO, CN, and H2S

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• The Voodoo of Natural Gas

• The Wild World of Synthetics 2022

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• Thinking Fast; Rapid Hazard Analysis and Field Screening of HazMats

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• TRANSCAER: Inside the Fenceline: Response To Emergencies at Chemical Facilities

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• Transporting Natural Gas Across Public Roadways

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• Unstable Materials, Monomers, and Organic Peroxides

• What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

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• What Happens When They Park The Truck Dirt Side Up?

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• When HazMat Goes Wrong; Saving Our Own?

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• Xplosives Made Easy

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Training/Course Instructors

• Alvaro Tonanez

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• Andy Byrnes​

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• Armando "Toby" Bevelacqua

• Bill Cullen

• Brian Ramsey

• Butch Loudermilk

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• Carl Weeks

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• Cris Aguirre

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• Chris Cahill

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• Chris Davis-Partridge

• Chris Hawley

• Christina Baxter, PhD. 

• Christopher Gould

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• David Binder

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• David Bullard

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• Dave Donohue

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• David William Donohue

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• Dave Wolfe

• Derek Schaumann

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• Douglas Wolfe

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• Frank DeFrancesco

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• Gary Sharp

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• James Villarreal

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• Jason Waterfield

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• Jesse Crews

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• Jessica Caballero-Ashmeade

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• John T. Emminizer

• Jon Scheibe

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• Jon Russell

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• Keith Pomeroy

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• Keith Silverman, PhD.

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• Keith Williams

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• Mark Sicuso

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• Michael Moore

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• Michelle Murphy

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• Mike Callan

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• Mike P. Wallace

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• Monique Lewis 

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• Nick Vent

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• Paul Seiferth

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• Richard Gatanis

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• Richard Stilp

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• Robert Bohrer

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• Robert Coschigano

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• Robert Cruthis

• Roger Windham

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• Ron Holmes

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• Russell MacLees

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• Steve Coffin

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• Steve McCarthy

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• Steven Doyle

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• Tim Dorsey

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• Toby Frost

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• Todd Smith​

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• Tyler Hoke

• Walter "Tom" Berringer

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Team Awards
•    First Place – Orange County Fire Rescue
Team Leader Alexander Ralls-Novo
           
•    Second Place – Orlando Fire Department
Team Leader Christopher Rodriguez
          
•    Third Place – Palm Beach County Fire Rescue
Team Leader James Brothers
  

Individual Best Awards

Best Poker Hand – Fergus Kelly – Brevard County Fire (4 Queens/Ace High)

Individual Best Hazard Analysis – Alexander Ralls-Novo – Orange County Fire Rescue

Individual Best Team Leadership – Taylor Evans - Seminole County Fire Dept. 

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