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Hazardous materials are a prevalent part of everyday life, making preparedness for hazmat incidents a critical and fundamental component of all emergency response disciplines, firefighting, law enforcement, and medical response alike. In the past, hazmat-specific training was typically reserved for highly specialized teams. Fortunately, this outdated approach is rapidly becoming a thing of the past.
Although the more well-publicized incidents typically highlight large events involving highway tankers, railroad tank cars, chemical storage and manufacturing facilities and the like, it’s important to recognize the reality that a great deal of hazardous materials incidents occur in much more common settings such as garden centers, swimming pools, ice rinks, restaurants, and schools. Moreover, even the contents of private properties and vehicles can pose serious chemical-related risks to emergency responders.
It is essential that all public-safety responders receive discipline-specific training to effectively manage potential hazmat situations safely and efficiently. By equipping first responders with the necessary knowledge and skills tailored to their roles and environments, communities and organizations can ensure a comprehensive multi-discipline approach to safely mitigating hazardous material incidents of all types.
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At Signet North America, we know that every organization has unique hazmat and ICS training needs. That’s why we offer a wide range of courses designed to be customized to your specific requirements. Explore our full Course Catalog , or browse our most popular offerings.
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Hazmat Training for Various Industries
Hazmat Response Training for Fire Departments
Hazmat Response Training for Law Enforcement
Hazmat Response Training for Hospitals and EMS Personnel
Hazmat Response Training for Industrial, Manufacturing, and Storage Facilities
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NFPA 470 Hazmat Technician: Gain the knowledge and skills to safely identify, contain, and mitigate hazardous materials incidents
80-Hour or 160-Hour Course.
Signet’s flagship Hazmat Technician core course is specifically designed to bring students from a knowledge base of zero to Hazmat Technician as defined by OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120(q) and/or NFPA 470, depending on your specific team needs. Customization fully allows for more extensive coverage of any subject matter area, as certain aspects or levels of detail may be adjusted from the base curriculum at any time for specific customer applicability, providing that any changes do not detract from personnel meeting minimum federal standards. These regulations allow for some degree of flexibility to meet the requirements of this section. Modifications can affect the timeframe of each course.
NFPA 470 HazMat Safety Officer: Develop the expertise to manage hazmat response operations and ensure team safety
16 Hour and 24 Hour Course
Summary Description
Signet’s NFPA 470 Hazardous Materials Safety Officer course prepares the hazardous materials technician to fulfill the roles and responsibilities required of the Hazmat Safety Officer role in the Incident Command System. In addition, it will assist in preparing an organization’s overall hazardous materials response management program and protocols.
Hazmat Air Monitoring: Master the use of air monitoring equipment to assess and manage atmospheric hazards
16 Hour Course
This course is geared towards emergency response personnel who wish to acquire specific working knowledge and skills related to the use of and interpretation of information provided by hazardous materials air monitoring equipment. Topics covered include fundamental hazmat behaviors as they relate to chemical detection equipment, making decisions as to the selection, equipment limitations, interpretation of data, and sample collection for lab analysis. This class includes extensive hands-on field exercises to apply the various concepts discussed. Students will work in small groups to ensure maximum involvement and participation in the class. The experience will heavily involve live application of the material learned during this exciting 16-Hour course.
Hazmat Chemistry You'll Actually Use: Learn the practical application of chemistry principles for effective hazmat response
8 Hour Course
Summary Description
This 8-hour Experience brings to life the chemical terminology required of hazmat responders as found in NFPA 470. Rather than simply discuss the terms and definitions, students will actually create and observe the various behaviors, and learn how and why these behaviors are relevant in the field at 2:00 a.m.
Highway Emergency Response: Prepare your team to respond to the wide variety of hazmat incidents involving highway transporation.
40 Hour Course
Summary Description
Signet North America’s 40-hour Highway Emergency Response course (as well as our 8 and 16 hour Refresher courses) is designed to prepare emergency responders to handle the wide variety of hazardous materials incidents involving highway transportation. This includes chemical cargo tanks, dry vans and modern alternative fuels vehicles. Topics include container features, valves, venting systems, basic repairs, drilling and transfer techniques, and grounding and bonding, all incorporated into an extensive hands-on-experience.
Featured Incident Command System (ICS) Training:
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ICS for Executives and Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs): Equip leadership with the skills to manage complex emergencies using ICS principles
8 Hour Course
Summary Description
Any incident can have a mix of political, economic, social, environmental, and cost implications with potentially serious long-term effects. Also, more and more incidents are multiagency and/or multijurisdictional. As the Executive or Senior Official, you need to be aware of how ICS and interagency (regional) multiagency coordination systems can work to ensure cooperative response efforts.
NIMS ICS 100-200: Build a foundation in ICS fundamentals, including incident command structure, communication, and resource management
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NIMS ICS 300-400: Advance your ICS knowledge to handle large-scale or complex incidents
40 Hour Course
Summary Description
The Incident Management System (IMS) is an internationally-recognized model for planning, controlling, and coordination of single and multi-agency crisis management and emergency responders. IMS has been proven effective for managing a variety of situations, both everyday events and critical incidents including: school crisis management, dangerous goods (HAZMAT) incidents, natural disasters, fire, event pre-planning, facility emergencies and many others.
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Wildland Fire Safety and Awareness for Non-Firefighting Personnel: Equip non-firefighting personnel with the knowledge to stay safe during wildfires
8 Hour Course
Summary Description
Many organizations such as utility providers, transportation personnel, law enforcement, etc., have the potential to find themselves in dangerous situations involving wildfires. Signet’s Wildland Fire Safety for Non-Firefighting Personnel course is specifically designed to bring participants to an understanding of the inherent hazards found in wildland fire situations and safety measures that can be taken.This fully customizable 8-hour course introduces students to characteristics and interactions of the wildland fire environment (fuels, weather, and topography) that affect wildland fire behavior for safety purposes as well as safety measures to be taken. The materials in this course are based on elements of the National Wildfire Coordiating Group wildland fire behavior curriculum. Customization fully alows for more extensive coverage of any subject matter area, depending on the previous experience and specific requirements of each individual.Signet North America utilizes each customer’s specific equipment to the greatest extent possible for training, as we feel that it is important to train on the equipment one has in order to discover and understand uses, identify strengths and shortcomings, and address each of these in order to do everything possible to ensure a stronger, more competent organization at the conclusion of the educational experience.
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Beyond Courses: Drills and Exercises
Signet North America goes beyond classroom learning. Our team of certified professionals can design, implement, and evaluate realistic emergency drills and exercises to solidify your team’s preparedness. We specialize in crafting exercises for groups of any size and developing incident action plans, after-action reports, and continuous improvement processes.
Why Choose Signet North America?
- Customization: We tailor every training experience to your organization’s unique needs and applications.
- Convenience: We bring the training directly to your location, minimizing disruption to your workflow.
- Real-World Focus: Our instructors, many active firefighters, create realistic scenarios using our extensive mobile training equipment. We also encourage you to integrate your own equipment for seamless real-world response.
- Experience: Our team boasts over 150 years of combined experience in emergency response and training.
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