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.
2015 Trainings/Courses






Training/Courses
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8 Hour Operations Refresher
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Anhydrous Ammonia Response - Taming the Tiger, Top Ten Tips
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BioTech IQ
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Chemical Suicide Response Training
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Common Sense Isn't
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Confined Space: HazMat or Technical Rescue?
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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
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Drones for Hazardous Materials Response and Detection
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Emerging CBRNE Threats and Operational Response Considerations
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Florida Poison Control Centers: Your HAZMAT Incident Response
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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?
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“Game On! The Florida HazMat Team Competition Overview and Insights”
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Hazardous Materials from Class B Fires to Fentanyl but..."I'm Not Dead Yet"
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Hazardous Materials Incident Commander
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HazIC From Tactics to Team
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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
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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
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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
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Physical & Chemical Properties For Risk Basked Response
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Propane Emergency Response
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Propane IQ
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Rail Car Disasters - Are You Ready?
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Refreshing Your Chemistry Knowledge
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Responding to Natural and Propane Gas Emergencies
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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
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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"
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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
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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
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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
Training/Course Instructors
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Alvaro Tonanez
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Andy Byrnes
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Armando "Toby" Bevelacqua
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Bill Cullen
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Brian Ramsey
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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
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Chris Hawley
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Christina Baxter, PhD.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Walter "Tom" Berringer


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
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.