2019 Hazardous Materials Training Symposium

The 7th Annual HazMat Training Symposium was hosted January 22, 23, 24, & 25, 2019 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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• Advanced Science to HazMat/WMD Response

• Atmospheric Monitoring: How, When, and Most Importantly Why?

• Bread and Butter Hazmat Calls

• Confined Space: HazMat or Technical Rescue? 

• Connecting the Dots

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• Common Sense Isn't that Common

• Determined Accord, Pandemic Preparedness Workshop

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

• Emerging Threats Identification and Response Considerations for Clandestine Laboratories

• 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”

• Gas Awareness Safety

• HazMat Rescue Operations (RIT)

• Hospital HazMat Interface

• How Not to Suck Teaching HazMat

• It's All About Relationships

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• Leading from Within. Learning to Lead.

• Liquefied Gas Leak Countermeasures 

• LNG Overview for the First Responders

• Managing the Hazardous Materials Incident in the Classroom

• Mercury Who ya Gonna Call?

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• Meters 101 Mission Specific for Operational Trained Responders

• Natural Disasters, Unnatural Hazards

• Oil and Water Don't Mix

• Propane Emergency Response

• Protective Clothing for Response to Liquid and Particle Biological Hazards

• Responding to Gasoline Tanker Emergencies

• Responding to Natural Gas Emergencies

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• Responding to Suspected Biological Agents Training For First Responders from the Florida Department of Health Bureau of Public Health Laboratories

• Review of the Florida HazMat Team Assessment Document (TTT)

• So You're a New Hazmat Tech. What do I do Now?

• Tactical Chemistry for First Responders

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• The Big 3 High Pressure Gas Lines

• The Bomb in Your Backyard -Response to Commercial CNG vehicles – Advanced Techniques

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• The New Florida Hazmat or Technical Rescue?

• Thinking Fast Rapid Hazard Analysis and Field Screening of Hazmats

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• What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

• “Why Buy The Cow If the Milk Is Free”

Hands-On Training

• Anhydrous Ammonia Response Taming The Tiger, Top Ten Tips                                                                          

• Break Out Room                                                         

• Foam Application for Transportation      

• HazMat/CBRN Performance Standards and Next  Generation PPE       

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• How Not to Blow Up at a MC 306/406 Rollover

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

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• MC 307/407 Cargo Tank Emergency

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• Physical and Chemical Properties for Risk Based Response

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• Protective Clothing for Biological Hazards

• Rapid ID and Risk Assessment   

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• SUAS in Real World Hazmat Situations                                                                              

• “Thinking Fast: Rapid Hazard Analysis and Field Screening of HazMats”

• Water Injection-Hands on Practical                        

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Training/Course Instructors

• Andrew Barno

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• Richard Barrett

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• Danial Bartle

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• Christina Baxter

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• Toby Bevelacqua

• David Binder

• Billie Boyd

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• Charles Boyd

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• Cody Burns

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• Chris Cahill

• Vincent Cannuscio

• Scott Chappell

• James Coffin

• Daniel Cook

• Robert "Bob" Coschigano

• John Coutinho

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• Jesse Crews

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• Robert Cruthis

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• Mike Deegan

• Frank DeFrancesco

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• Frank Docimo

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• David Donohue

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• Tim Dorsey

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• Steve Doyle

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• Richard Dufek

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• Robert Eckroade

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• Richard Edinger

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• Holly Fortune

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• Rich Gatanis

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• Ron Gore

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• Chris Gould

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• Jefferey Hansen

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• Leigh Hollins

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• Jason Horowitz

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• Ryan Howerton

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• Ronald Huffman

• Harold Hughes

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• Tommy Jambon 

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• Gregory Kassner

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• Robert King

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• Steven Knipp

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• Paul Lanius

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• Douglas LeValley

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• Monique Lewis

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• Butch Loudermilk

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• Phillip Mann

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• Mathew Marshall

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• Danny McKnight *KEYNOTE SPEAKER

• Steven McCarthy

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• Michael Moore

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• Michelle Murphy

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• Dustin Pierce

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• David Piety

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• Brian Ramsey

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• Darcy Ravndal

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• Todd Reek

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• Jason Rogers

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• Daniel Rouah

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• Robert Salvesen

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• Sharon Russell

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• Derek Schaumann

• Paul Seiferth

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• Ryan Sharratt 

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• Richard "Rick" Stilp

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• Greg Socks

• Danny Torres

• James Villarreal

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• Michael Wallace

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• Jason Waterfield

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• Chris Webber

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• Carl Weeks

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• David Wolfe

• John Wright III

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• Bill Zielonka

The 2019 competition was comprised of six scored and/or timed stations and two unscored support stations.

Competition results can be found below:

Team Awards

•    First Place – City of Delray Beach Fire Rescue

           – Brian Fiorey – Team Lead

•    Second Place – Lake County Fire Rescue

           – Jason Graham – Team Lead

•    Third Place – City of Orlando Fire Department

           – Shawn Michael – Team Lead

Individual Best Awards

Best Modified Cornhole – Tyler Olive– Pinellas County HazMat Team

Hazard Analysis – Shawn Michael – City of Orlando Fire Department

Leak Control – Robert Suarez – City of Miami Fire Rescue

*12 teams participated in the Hazmat Team Competition.